jhn.holgate Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 (edited) Setup the KAP rig on the back axle of the vmax. Used some pvc pipe to raise the anchor point so the single line doesn't hit me in the head when I turn downwind. 50m of line to camera.....a little far away but useful if I use the video stabilizer in the edit software. Bumpy paddock is pretty crap for this but the beach should be good. I'll try 35m to camera when I'm at the beach next. Pretty pleased for a first effort. The Ultrafoil 15 flies nice and steep and is easy to duck under during the turns. Only generates a few kg of pull although I expect that will increase somewhat when I'm on the sand. Edited August 29, 2015 by jhn.holgate gum-nuts and eyrewaves 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igeighty Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Thats fantastic John, well done, what is the stabilisation software you are using for that ? it works very well. flexible solar mat on the kite to charge the cam whilst flying Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhn.holgate Posted August 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Thats fantastic John, well done, what is the stabilisation software you are using for that ? it works very well. Cheers Doug. It's a ProDAD Mercalli plug in for Video Studio. It works sort of ok - there's a few parameters that I should have a play with and see how good I can get it but I'd much prefer to avoid using it if I can. Perhaps I should try rigging a short bit of bungee cord into the system and see if that can negate some of the vibration. A shorter post on the back of the buggy might help too. I've got a camera mount that I can use with the Nasa Star 2's but I think the single line kite is better - at least the camera basically holds one orientation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soliver Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 That was great John!... I'm excited to see how it goes on a shorter line and on the beach! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssayre Posted August 23, 2015 Report Share Posted August 23, 2015 Well done John! That's going to be awesome. You've got a camera man that will always follow you and it's a kite! Things like that really take the hobby to another level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gum-nuts Posted August 24, 2015 Report Share Posted August 24, 2015 Nice work @jhn.holgate, I may have to try something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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