A tribute to Edo Borghetti

It was a great pleasure to meet Edo today.   Made a quick movie too

Some more post on the Portsmouth kite festival:
- The invite
- Brighton 
- First arrivals
- Portsmouth
- Portsmouth Day I
- Portsmouth Day II
- A tribute to Edo

Kites festival Pourtsmouth

Just arrived in Portsmouth and checked out the kite field immediately..   Great place to fly... A lot of work need to be done to fill these field with kites!

Some more post on the Portsmouth kite festival:
- The invite
- Brighton 
- First arrivals
- Portsmouth
- Portsmouth Day I
- Portsmouth Day II
- A tribute to Edo

Brighton

ON my way to the international kite festival in Portsmouth, I stopped at Brighton.   What a good decision!    Very very nice place with a lot of small stores and restaurants.    Here some pictures of the coastal area including the (too touristic) Palace Pier...

Some more post on the Portsmouth kite festival:
- The invite
- Brighton 
- First arrivals
- Portsmouth
- Portsmouth Day I
- Portsmouth Day II
- A tribute to Edo

Portsmouth

Hi Portsmouth International Kite festival.... just a few days away!!!

Some more post on the Portsmouth kite festival:
- The invite
- Brighton 
- First arrivals
- Portsmouth
- Portsmouth Day I
- Portsmouth Day II
- A tribute to Edo

Rijsbergen 2015

Some more impressions:

Rijsbergen 2015

Just of few shots of the great festival in Rijsbergen

Some more impressions 

Flanders fieds

Flanders fields seen from a camera hanging under a kite at 150 meter high, If you recognize this place... please let me know.  Should be near Diksmuide and Vladslo

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

Badboot

The 'badboot' in Antwerp.

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 was this time attached to Frank's rokkaku kite an secured to my body.  In this case the lifting power was produced by a red Maxi Dopero.

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) .

't Schor

After work, I went back to Paal, a beautiful place not that far from my home town Antwerp for a late afternoon shooting of a restaurant 't Schor'.  I think this is a very unique place for a restaurant.   I should go there more often...
A few other places in the neighborhood worthwhile to visit:
- Paal
- Rilland
- Landscape
- Domburg
- Zierikzee 
- T Schor
- T Land van Saefthinge
KAP, Kite Aerial Photography, Kites: Rokkaku, Aurico, Canon G15

't Geleeg RICOH THETA. #theta360

T geleeg / Noeveren /   steenbakkerij in Boom.

Post from RICOH THETA. #theta360 - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA

Post from RICOH THETA. #theta360 - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA

Boom #theta360 - Spherical Image - RICOH THETA

Toffe cafes in de buurt  ;-)... Den Druppel, Steenkaai, De Koophanel

CamRemote

Website of VP systems

CAMremote software/firmware:
 Personal link to my 

Link to my skydrive   Configuration software (CR2/2A only)

Version 2.7.95

05-Jul-2014

Official link:

Configuration software (CR2/2A only)

Version 2.7.95

05-Jul-2014

 AUTO

MANUAL

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

KapFoil 5.0

First testflight of my new Kapfoil 5.0 (Bought at Kapshop) .
I was quite uncertain about the behaviour of the kite after reading the comments on the Kapforum.
Now, After my first testflight within a windrange of 15km/h upto 30km/h - 200 meter line out, I can confirm, that this kite is doing exactly what I was expecting of this kite (based on my positive previous experience with the smaller kapfoil version)...  It has a nice strong (but not exorbitant) pull; For sure not more than my big holy man roks!  It will rise high...but that is exactly what I am looking for.   Strong enough to lift my RIGs with low winds.
So nothing else than positive feedback!!

Width: 240 cm / 94"
Height:  200 cm / 79"
Sail:  Ripstop Nylon
Line rec.: Polyester 150 kg / 330 lb.
Wind range: 2-6 Bft. (7-45 km/h / 4-28 mph)


Link 1:   The kapfoil I made a few years ago for Jim Day
Link 2:   Some flowform drawings
Link 3:   My original flowform made and designed by Ivo van Olmen
Link 4:  Kapfoil 1,6
Link 5:  Kapfoil 5,0

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