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| mathew | "You're using this 250g scale right? I'm thinking about one of these: https://www.scientificsonline.com/product/dual-calibration-spring-scales-3001000 " | | almost 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "so cool! I have to try replicating this. Nice to know your results are comparable to the local weather station!!! That's great-- your DIY kite wa..." | | 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 | |||
| mathew | "Neither an anemometer nor a rain gauge require power. Placing a camera indoors and pointed at such a setup through a window would be a pretty reas..." | | 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 | |||
| wjw | "This is a great idea! Simple concept with lots of options for data acquisition and logging I think. I purchased a three sensor weather station fo..." | | 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 | |||
| mathew | "I love this! " | | almost 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "Thanks. This balloon was latex but I likely should have replaced the string with something that would break down easier. " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "awesome! great explanation, and I love the easy-listening soundtrack for the balloon ascent! remember to use biodegradable balloon string and buy ..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "another nugget: 6.2 Estimating salt concentrations using the Tala kite Vertical salt-content concentration profiles can conveniently be measured b..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I love this piece from the Anders TALA report: 5.4 Practical advice As high school students provide an inexpensive and reliable source of kite fly..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "Some more TALA reports I have found across the net anders_TALA_report.pdf wasp_wind_turbine.pdf " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "I'd be very curious about the springs. It said they included several to monitor a very large wind range. TALA's design looks like a combination of ..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "oohh.. its cool to find out they calibrated it by dragging it behind a car (checked for speed with radar) in still wind. That's a repeatable proce..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "Found some more .PDFs on the TALA system neal_kite.pdf kite_anemometer.pdf " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "WOW! I'm very happy to hear you bought the system. I'm extremely interested in TALA. The manual that came with it looked very detailed and I would ..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I can't stop getting excited about this and doing bits of research on it. the Charles Woodhouse patent governs the Approach Fish device. this thi..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "really quick search for more on the TALA system found this US army evaluation of the Fish TALA: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a097082.pdf " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "I just purchased that kite. unbeatable price on a functioning kite anemometer. maybe we can dissect it and replicate it. the system was patented..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "no, I've never made such a system. I'm intensely interested in trying it though. " | | over 9 years ago | |||
| ecta64 | "The posts you did were fascinating. Have you ever made a complete TALA system? If so what kind of equipment does one need to procure/build? One of ..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| mathew | "Yes! Really cool kite. Here is an earlier note on anemometers with a real nice thesis on the subject. http://publiclab.org/notes/mathew/2-1-2013/..." | | over 9 years ago | |||
| tom | "Wow, nice wind meter you have! How is it performing? " | Read more » | over 11 years ago |