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The weather is changing today, bringing cooler temperatures and, most importantly, steady wind. I took the KAP rig down to the local grade school, and after some fussing, was able to get it up in the air. At about 100′ … Continue reading
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Spent the day Friday touring Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Colony Farm, an historic area above the American River in Gold Hill with one of co-conspirator Jason Pittman’s California Geography classes. Visited the grave of Okei, the first recorded burial of … Continue reading
Modified the original design a bit, moving up to 2″ aluminum bar stock for the cross, to allow for the camera to hang on the same plane as the balloon string. I also added a bucket, which I’ll foam up … Continue reading
Finished the camera frame and the suspension business, and got the thing strung up. I need to make some adjustments, and I think I strung it a bit wonky, but it works and auto levels! … Continue reading
In preparation for some weather balloon flights, we’re working on building up a picavet, which will keep the camera level and steady regardless of the angle of the string – you can read all about them here: http://www.kaper.us/basics/BASICS_picavet.html After a … Continue reading
Though it can at times be overwhelming, one of my favorite things about working on a complex project is the vast number of things – some small, some large – that one has to learn to make it all work. … Continue reading
The RTF382 from Event38, soon to be flying under the command of the ArduPilot Mega autopilot. Stay tuned. … Continue reading
Friday’s flight ended in a tree, but in the seconds before that crash, I had the idea for the first time that I might just be able to fly this thing. I thought about it all weekend, and resolved to … Continue reading
Spent the afternoon out at Parallax in Rocklin. Kevin and Nick and Ken flew various iterations of the ELEV-8 platform, and thrilled the gathered crowd with feats of derring-do. Balloons were popped, streamers were clipped, and one flying machine landed … Continue reading