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| ecta64 | "I'm having a hard time figuring out to approve this or not. While there might be a reason to publish info on trying to make a drone to kill lionfis..." | Read more » | almost 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "Thanks for the Tyvek!! The scale I have has worked out well. The only thing is I might still say to get a 2kg for days that are really turbulent an..." | | over 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "maybe a pulley setup like in this video might be useful too. About 25 min in. " | | over 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "That's really curious. I have been debating about getting a 5kg scale cause my 250 gram and 1kg don't cover enough wind range now that I switched t..." | | over 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "Interesting. I have always wanted to visit Mauritius. Its a fascinating place ecologically. The dodo bird was a favorite animal of mine growing up ..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "I did decide to retrofit the keel spars onto my horned Allison kite. I'm now curious to see what performance advantages it might have over one with..." | | over 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "That looks fantastic!!!!!! Awesome job! This design can get pretty up there in terms of flying angle. Due to some oversight I left out the keel spa..." | | over 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "My experience has been quite good in gusty conditions so far. I added a design overview video where you can get a better look at the kite. It pulls..." | | over 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "I think this is a fantastic way to alleviate the problem of spam. " | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "You could always make the kite out of paper/garbage bag plastic or more standard materials. I just prefer the Tyvek but the kite I used to get the ..." | | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "You know I was almost going to add in my note that you could draw the template on the mailer (or put a copy of the plan inside) and mail it to some..." | | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "I have to try some stuff with Meshmixer. I downloaded QGIS too (used to have a ESRI license but it ran out so it should be fun to try a FOSS altern..." | | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "Thanks. I'm not sure if it can accept GPS data since the software seems to be designed for small models. I will check on that. " | | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "Not cool. Please don't post unless you are doing something of scientific merit and not a spam advertisement. " | Read more » | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "ICE has been working out quite well on subsequent oblique maps but it really is hit or miss. I recommend making several passes with different angle..." | | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "I'm likely going to be doing just that. I also got a suction cup window thermometer so now I can get data on wind velocity/direction and temperatur..." | | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "Glad to hear that people like this simple rig. It seems you get what you pay for with sensors and that frustration has led me to things like this t..." | | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "Thanks. I gotta work out a few improvements but it does seem to function quite well and gives rather accurate data. I may mount it on the Public La..." | | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "LOL. That's really the only way I can judge the effectiveness of the system at this time. If it can bother a high level primate then it should do s..." | | about 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "WOW!! That is very interesting. So the tail is just a long thin line with a streamer close to the tail junction then a number of streamers at the e..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | " I just thought, the hybrid approach in my last comment mirrors the Dimorphodon I saw in Jurassic World. " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "Honestly after the first day of testing things have gone a bit downhill. Beyond 20 MPH (still impressive for my small kite) I still get severe loop..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "you might be interested in these helikite's design http://www.allsopp.co.uk/ " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "That is really interesting!! I bet the visual shine off of those (let alone the possible RADAR signature if that is some type of coated metallic My..." | | over 9 years ago |