kalmthoutse heide

I tried to stitch together +20 kite aerial pictures taken of the kalmthoutse heath, getting almost a 180° view.    For sure not a 100% succes, but still a lot of fun.

To make these pictures, I used a camera (Canon G15) lifted at 150 meter high by a kite (strandvlieger).This technique is called Kite aerial photography (KAP). The kite is attached and secured to my body.  In this case the lifting power was produced by a red rokkaku kite.

The camera rotates and is triggered automatically, but I can take over all functionalities from the ground.   Yes, I do see what the camera is shooting (video downlink) .

Sting

New single line project...

landscape

Late afternoon... a trip to a place called "de bocht van bath" in Holland.  Terrible wind condition and a lot of thermal wind.  I wasn't able to get the kite that high, so I took some pictures of the line-play between land and water in this beautiful landscape ..  Hope you can enjoy this too.

A few other places in the neighborhood worthwhile to visit:
- Paal
- Rilland
- Landscape
- Domburg
- Zierikzee


KAP, Kite Aerial Photography, Kites: Rokkaku, Aurico, Canon G15

Domburg

Yesterday, we had a great day flying our kites above the 13th-century medieval castle in Domburg (Westhove).  The wind was just enough to lift the RIG up to 150 meter above the castle.

A few other places in the neighborhood worthwhile to visit:
- Paal
- Rilland
- Landscape
- Domburg
- Zierikzee


KAP, Kite Aerial Photography, Kites: Rokkaku, Aurico, Canon G15

Crap KAP

Don't laugh!  ;-)  I am back in the air!  Just bought a small Canon A2400IS,  installed CHDK for interval shooting (thanks to a handy program of Dave Mitchel called Stick) and from the packaging of the camera I made a small RIG.
Tomorrow, we are back in the air!!  

Some More links:

See also: Kap equipment   
See also: G12 Rig
See also: Aurico RIG

See also: KAP reel
See also: Downlink
See also: Antenna
See also: AuRiCo
See also; Crap KAP 

Air plane

The Boeing 707 from the African republic of Benin is parked on the roof  of the GoWalt complex in Wetteren. A Lockheed P 80 is exhibited at the parking lot . Rumors are telling us that the B707 private plane flew with the leader of the Moon sect (Moonsekte) and the President of the Republic of Benin. In 1993 the unit was held on the ground at the Ostend Airport . The inside is/was in excep-tionally good condition ; There are still original teak cabinets in the cabin and the kitchens are well preserved.   The tail fin was removed in 2010 . The engine nacelles were removed , which are nowhere to be seen. The aircraft is now in poor condition.

To make these pictures, I used a camera (Canon G15) lifted at 150 meter high by a kite (strandvlieger). The kite is attached/and secured to my body.  In this case the lifting power was produced by Frank Dehu's yellow vented Rokkaku.

The camera rotates and is triggered automatically, but I can take over all functionalities from the ground.   Yes, I do see what the camera is shooting (video downlink) .

Omnichem Wetteren

The castle of the Cooppal-factory
The castle with park was initially part of a Gun powder factory Cooppal of Wetteren. Now is the property of an industrial company called Omnichem.

To make these pictures, I used a camera (Canon G15) lifted at 150 meter high by a kite (strandvlieger). The kite is attached/and secured to my body.  In this case the lifting power was produced by a red rokkaku kite.

The camera rotates and is triggered automatically, but I can take over all functionalities from the ground.   Yes, I do see what the camera is shooting (video downlink) .

Other nice places:

KAP; Laarne

KAP: Berlaar

KAP: Beveren

KAP: Wetteren

KAP: Domburg

Trucks in Dendermonde

 

Nothing else to do...

Sola beach

 

Sola I  The announcement
Sola II The Festival seen from above 
Sola III  The neighbourhood
Sola IV The harbor 
Sola V   Sola beach views

Sola beachhouse

I was invited by the sola kite club in Norway to come over for the weekend to fly kites. I couldn't resist to take some pictures from the neighborhood were we stayed.  I think I will plan a vacation there too!

Some more things about the festival:

Sola I  The announcement
Sola II The Festival seen from above 
Sola III  The neighbourhood
Sola IV The harbor

AuRiCo

Playing around with my AuRiCo

Thanks to the KAPshop setting up this RIG.

Great piece of equipment the only disatvantage is that the system doesn't have a 0° together with a 15° tilt position.

Remark: The switch setting (9 OFF and 10 FF) in the beginning of the movie is for the Mode 0 movement (meaning no tilt).  The switch setting for the movie itself is (9 ON and 10 ON) Mode 3 movement   0° - 15° - 45° and 70° .

Some More links:
Some More links:

See also: Kap equipment   
See also: G12 Rig
See also: Aurico RIG

See also: KAP reel
See also: Downlink
See also: Antenna
See also: AuRiCo
See also; Secure your kite

See also; Crap KAP 

Gaasbeek