B-kites

zondag 13 januari 2013

Parkspoor Noord

Parkspoor Noord with in the back a view on the Asia dok.

Pictures taken with a camera hanging under a kite at 80 meters high

A few more pictures

donderdag 27 december 2012

Newborn

Finally I had the time to make the maiden flight with the tattoo butterfly kite.

A 5 Panel rokkaku kite.

We used 70kg bridleline. Two times 2 skyshark rods for the spreader and a 8mm carbon fiber for the spine. We cut the carbon rod for the spine in two pieces of 82,5(that is the same lenght as a standard skyshark rod) and 1 piece of 15cm. That is adding weight but now it's easier to carry on my next trip.
Total weight is 600 gr.

How a new butterfly kite is born...

Butterfly
Tattoo I
Tattoo II

2013

Hold tight .... and fly high.

Keep in touch

Bert

Some links:

Banner: Wintervuur

Banner: 2013

Banner: I Fly Higher When You Smile

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zondag 9 december 2012

My Wau

Wau, received as a present of Danny Kiteman. Brought it with from my trip to Malaysia and Borneo. It was very difficult to get it in and out of the taxi. I was surprised that it was so easy to go through customs without passing through the scanner. (It was to big).

Some more links:

Wau's in Borneo

vrijdag 7 december 2012

Feathers

Surprise, surprise!!!,
I just received a nice birthday present from Paris!
I am going to attach it immediately to my kite bag.

Thank you so much Thierry!

If you want to know more about the feathers made by Thierry;

Please check out his facebook page.

zondag 2 december 2012

Palace of justice

KAP = Kite aerial photography: Taking pictures from a low altitude using a remote controlled camera (in this case a Canon G12) lifted by a kite.

This KAP pictures was printed at 1,5 meter by 1 meter.

It's hanging now in the palace of justice as part of the permanent collection.

(Thanks to Joan for the photoshop touch!)

Some more links:

- The equipment used for KAP

- Some KAP pictures photoshopped by Joan Vanden Bossche

- Some KAP pictures taken from 100 meter high
- This KAP pictures is now part of the permanent art collection of the palace of justice
- Some more KAP pictures
- Zoom 5x

- Flying the long way home in the income hall of the palace of justice

- Flying the iFlite in the income hall of the palace of justice

- A Bell kite inspired on the Palace of Justice

Other KAP pictures in Antwerp:

- Sadipo
- Harbor

The long way home

The huge income hall in the new palace of justice is becoming my standard indoor kite field. This weekend I was able to make some basic videos of the "long way home" kite.

Some more pictures:

The long way home I

Some more videos;

"The long way home" kite - Justitiepaleis Antwerpen - I
"The long way home" kite - Justitiepaleis Antwerpen - II
"The long way home" kite - Justitiepaleis Antwerpen - IV
"The long way home" kite - Justitiepaleis Antwerpen - V

donderdag 22 november 2012

Gaasbeek

zaterdag 17 november 2012

Antenna

Given the fact that my RC as well as my video downlink are working on 2,4 Ghz, I had a lot of noise as soon as I was moving the controls on the RC transmitter. According to Ramon; The interference is not caused by the servos, but by the TX that makes the servos do what they're supposed to do. The spread spectrum RF signal will start to interfere with the video signal that you receive just inches away from the R/C antenna. Separating the powersupplies for RC and Video downlink and adding a TP-link antenna type 2.4GHz 9dBi Directional Antenna TL-ANT2409A will help a lot to reduce the noise.

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

zondag 11 november 2012

Beveren

Water toren in Beveren-Waas (Kruibeeksesteenweg) gezien vanuit een kite (strandvlieger) op een hoogte van +/-100 meter.

Days are getting really short to make some KAP pictures.

maandag 5 november 2012

UItwaaidag

Samen met de madammen van het poëtische kapsalon zaten we bij het soms wel echt gure weer in één grote tent op de uitwaaidag in Antwerpen. Het resultaat mag er zijn!

Nog meer fotos op Flickr

Op 4 november zie je het toekomstige Droogdokkenpark al van ver liggen!
De elfmeterhoge wind-en watermolen ‘De Pierewaaier’ waakt er nog steeds over de Scheldebocht, maar ook tientallen kleurrijke vliegers vullen die dag luchtruim boven het gebied. Je leert er alles over vliegers maken tijdens een workshop, maar je kan natuurlijk ook je eigen vlieger meebrengen en het ‘park’ meteen invliege(re)n. Er staan ook demonstraties powerkiting op het programma. In een poëtisch pop-up kapsalon kunnen de kinderen terecht voor een speels wind- of waterkapsel. Ondertussen smijt HetSteen haar deuren open voor de laatste dag van haar eerste seizoen. De hele dag kan je er terecht voor expo, films en workshops. Voor de kleinsten is er de woordenloze muziektheatervoorstelling ‘Wint wind?’. Rond 16 uur is het verzamelen geblazen aan de Pierenwaaier in de Scheldebocht. Je krijgt er je eigen fakkel voor de bonte wind- en waterstoet. Fanfares en majorettes nemen je op sleeptouw van het Droogdokkenpark naar HetSteen. Bij aankomst ontsteken we kaarsen en knetterende vuren en luiden we de winterslaap van HetSteen in met warme chocomelk, jonge dichters en muziek..... Een stukje uit de DNA website over dit event