helium-balloon
helium-balloon


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Kmckeown "Thank you cfastie for your input. I invested in two new kites. I have not tried solar or balloon photography, but I'm looking forward to it. I h..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
mathew "@cfastie mentions the most pernicious fact of flying-- once you start collecting equipment you might never stop. That's true for whichever method y..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
cfastie "A GoPro Hero might weigh 150 grams with the protective case. A Hero Session weighs half that. On a static KAP rig the total weight will be 150g to ..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
liz "Adding another idea, perhaps a solar balloon https://publiclab.org/tag/solar-balloon might be interesting for your use case? @mathew makes these, f..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
cschweik "Ok, email me on the price -- I think I will purchase through you (thanks for the single camera tray). Should I pay through your website? " | Read more » about 10 years ago
cfastie "Lifting two cameras with a Public Lab balloon requires that you fill the balloon to just about its capacity. I think it should be 5.5 feet in diame..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
cschweik "Hi Chris. Thanks for your continued interest in our project. We've got some ideas on trying to use photoshop to extract out water chestnut. We'll s..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
cfastie "Ally and @cschweik, That's great new stuff on the wiki page. Nice photos of water chestnut. Were you able to get the RGB camera working? I have a..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
cfastie "Yikes, that's not good. Let me know if you need help getting a replacement camera. There are several on ebay now and I think I have another one here. " | Read more » about 10 years ago
aferland "Chris we figured out why it wasn't taking pictures but then when we were out trying to fly balloon we thought going into canoe would be a good idea..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
cfastie "Ally, It is the kite that should be flying at least 100 feet high before you attach the camera rig to the line. The camera can be attached to the l..." | Read more » about 10 years ago
liz "Fantastic documentation! Love the project goals. Keep us posted! " | Read more » about 10 years ago