Kites, abandoned mine workings, fun!

[hirez]

1) Gaffer-tape camera to kite line.

2) Some wind things.

3) Profit!That was jolly good fun. The mystery kite turns out to have been designed by a colourblind Mexican on acid and have rather too many spars. This means it's disturbingly quiet but tends to fall out of the sky at inopportune moments

Comments

[nalsa]

*applause*

That's sterling work, there. Motion sickness-inducing, but brilliant.

[steer]

That's great -- how did you get the camera to stay pointed at you or was that just a fortunate coincidence?

[hirez]

jarkman was technical lead. I was just the PFY.

Gaffer tape, though. I'll see if I can persuade the relevant bit of Picasaweb to play. Or just copy a jpeg or two onto my own swerver.

[jarkman]

Like this?

[bluekieran]

next up: http://xkcd.com/kite/kite_trick.jpg ?

[hirez]

What I really want to achieve is footage from a Flexi steaming across the landscape at next-to-zero feet. So basically the kite-pilot stays relatively static in the centre of the frame while the ground goes past at many MPH.

[d_floorlandmine]

I'll be having a look as soon as I'm somewhere where streaming media feeds aren't blocked (such as my sofa), rather than in the office. Because that looks rather interesting, especially with the added jarkman illustrative image.

[bogwitch64]

That made me dizzy! But it's nice seeing you again, JHR. :)