vermont – Grassroots Mapping

Vermont Winter Festival, Viewed from a Kite String

KalynRosenberg — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:32:53 +0000

A kite aerial photography field report

Date of flight: January 27, 2013
Site: North Branch Nature Center, Montpelier, Vermont
Occasion: Ice on Fire deep winter celebration

Flight-ready MK111 timer

cfastie — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:07:22 +0000

I got the MK111 timer all wired up and integrated into the PLOTS Visible/NIR Camera Tool payload. I still have to endurance test the two 4LR44 batteries, but I will wait to do that in the air -- no reason to waste two $1 batteries and not get any aerial photos.

Flight-ready MK111 timer

cfastie — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:07:22 +0000

Dual camera KAP rig

cfastie — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:23:58 +0000

Here is a prototype rig that performed well on its maiden flight. The design might be appropriate for matched visible/IR cameras for vertical photography, like the Canon A495s from the Balloon Mapping Kickstarter project. For such a use, it would require the addition of an intervalometer to trigger both cameras simultaneously. I am not yet sure how to add that function.