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| cfastie | "Yikes, I hadn't seen the pre-built boost converter corner of ebay. That could be the source of all solutions. A lot of those output 5V for charging..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| donblair | "Seems like the cheapest boost option might be to find a pre-built boost circuit on ebay? http://www.ebay.com/itm/DC-Boost-Converter-3V-3-7V-4-2V-T..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Great report of the incident and crash performance of the rig, also beautiful imagery. " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "That's a great idea. Last week as I was driving away from the house on the way to Middlebury College to launch the Saturn V Rig at 35°, It occurred..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Haha, great documentation of a rough flight! On the battery front, have you considered using hand warmers to keep the batteries warm? Oliver Yeh us..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Yes, any battery pack will work. The SkyShield has an LDO voltage regulator that can take an input from battery up to 17 volts. So it's easy to fin..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| dbenjamin | "What about using lithium batteries? " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| dbenjamin | "Well, I've never been to LEAFFEST but I grew up in the Mad River Valley :D " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "@dbenjamin You mean you hail from Planet LEAFFEST? @patcoyle I guess I will have to try the new MapKnitter feature. I couldn't get very many nadir ..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| dbenjamin | "Wow, this makes me really nostalgic about home! " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "And This is a perfect kite for flying off-wind. Paul's instructions, my simpler strategies. " | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | " Very nice results Chris. Good to learn that the gps isn't a big power drain. Having the GPS turned on, not so much for panoramas, but for use in ..." | Read more » | about 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "It's great to see that you have the Saturn V Rig performing well enough to produce all these excellent 360° panoramas. That's quite an artistic poi..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| dbenjamin | "3.3 Cu m " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Cool! which size helikite do you have? " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "For 360° kite panoramas, I let ICE analyze the photos and do the stitching. If the stitching works, ICE usually selects the "spherical" projection ..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| dbenjamin | "Hey Chris, What is your process for creating panoramas in ICE? Which projection do you use? " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| patcoyle | "Nice work. I was able to download your OpenDroneMappoint cloud ply, view it in Meshlab. Cropped snapshot from model is interesting. " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| dbenjamin | "We have some photos from May that I'm hoping to compare to. The difference from the ground is just astounding. That was exactly the problem, thank..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "What an eerie, apocalyptic place. This is what happens to golf courses when maintenance ceases. I hope someone is documenting the succession. I ha..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| Juanjo | "in Hackney Marshes, London, UK " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| warren | "Where are you hoping to take aerial photos, Juanjo? Very cool! " | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| Juanjo | "I hope to have some wind this weekend and be able to test the rig. That particular design of kite is one of my favorites. It has a great lift power..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Juanjo, That's some impressive assembly improvisation. Sorry about the missing ring but your hose ring should work just as well. I think I should ..." | Read more » | over 9 years ago |