CA – Grassroots Mapping http://grassrootsmapping.org Stories of community based mapping projects Sun, 01 Apr 2018 14:24:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.5 KAP Flight over Pacifica State Beach, CA http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/micheletobias/2-20-2012/kap-flight-over-pacifica-state-beach-ca http://publiclaboratory.org/notes/micheletobias/2-20-2012/kap-flight-over-pacifica-state-beach-ca#respond Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:41:15 +0000 https://grassrootsmapping.org/?guid=02e447ad972d2da249ec4ef593cfff7e Alex Mandel, Michele Tobias, and a couple of others photographed the foredunes at Pacifica State Beach in Pacifica, CA, using a kite aerial photography rig. The kite was a Skyhook 30 outfitted ...]]>

Alex Mandel, Michele Tobias, and a couple of others photographed the foredunes at Pacifica State Beach in Pacifica, CA, using a kite aerial photography rig. The kite was a Skyhook 30 outfitted with an SLR camera. The wind was strong - about 25-30 miles an hour - which allowed the kite to lift the heavier camera. The flight went well, but there were some minor concerns. The biggest concern was that this kite needs a more substantial tail than we had (a home-made drogue tail about 15 inches long) in higher winds to keep it from waggling back and forth, swinging the camera.

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