Album: KAP camera timer construction

The first step (besides a kite) is a camera that you can either control remotely or on a timer. I went the timer route and found James Gentles' design quite helpful as a starting point. I got a Ezon

Album: KAP_1

Trial 1: At Oceanside, Oregon. The wind was far too gusty for the dual-line stunt kite and we basically dumped the camera several times and spent the majority of the time getting the lines untangled. But we did gain some useful experience from the first t

Album: Building a kite

After realizing that a dual-line stunt kite wasn't the right kind of kite for KAP, Mike built a 7ft Delta-Conyne kite with a lot of help from the cats and got it flying. Thanks to a kitemonger.com pla

Album: Cannon Beach

Sunday afternoon July 27th 2003 Mike, Laurie and Ryan went to Cannon Beach to try doing some Kite Aerial photography. After resolving some minor issues with the kite, we finally got it up a second time, but forgot to turn it on the camera! We'll be back a

Album: KAP_2

Trial 2: At Cannon Beach, Oregon. We had the 7ft Delta-Conyne out and managed to get it up for a bit and these are the photos. We adjusted the harness and then it flew a lot better, but I forgot to turn it on, so I missed photos on a great flight. Also, t

Album: Double Delta-Conyne Kite Construction

Realizing that the first 3x7ft kite wasn't strong enough to lift the fairly heavy camera in anything but quite strong winds. Mike started work on a much more 4x11ft ambitious design.

Album: Sewing machine guide

When borrowing mom's sewing machine to assemble the kite, I had to get some specific instructions on how to thread it. So I'm documenting how to thread it with photos to use as future reference.

Album: KAP_3

With the Double Delta-Conyne Kite finally complete, we tried it in the street and landed it in a tree. So we found a field next to the new Liberty High School in Hillsboro and had a great flight, but only a couple of OK photos.

Album: Double Delta-Conyne flights

The first two flights: one in the street that ended with the kite in a tree, and a great flight with all the string out in a field just south of the new Liberty High School in Hillsboro. Last flight was at home and the swivel-hook attaching the bridle to

Album: KAP_4

Second Double Delta-Conyne flight from the field at the end of Marina Ct. The flight was going very well with good photos until the metal swivel-hook broke and the kite went free. After a chase, I found the kite 50 feet up a tree next to Orenco Elementary

Album: KAP 5

After work the wind was still blowing hard so we took the big kite out (still having issues with the wing supports being too short) but the wind was really going so we got the camera out and had a really great flight. Unfortunately the camera only took 13

Album: KAP 6 - Hagg Lake

Great run at Hagg lake with the new Kodak CX6200 camera. Unfortunately the wind was from off the water so most of the shots are of the parking lot.

Album: KAP 7 - Marina Ct.

After a good run at Hagg Lake, I took the kite and camera out for a quick evening run and got a number of good photos of the roof of our house. Unfortunately, the winds picked up and snapped the line. While the camera was easily recovered, the kite is mis

Album: KAP_8 - Lincon City

Some rather poor shots, mostly due to the rather questionable harness used to hold the camera and fading light.

Album: KAP 9 - Oregon Coast

These are the best KAP photos by far. Nearly perfect conditions with high wind, good direction and bright sunlight really brings out the best in these photos. These were taken with Laurie's Parafoil-5 and a slightly better jury-rigged rigging for the came

Album: KAP 10 - Marina Ct.

After a fairly long haitus when Sophia was born, I bought a new Sutton Flowform 16 and built a proper suspension for the camera. Wind at the beach wasn't enough to fly with when I got the Flowform, but a couple of days later it was strong enough in our ne

Album: KAP 11 - Pacific City

Perhaps the most ill-advised flight. In August on vacation out at Pacific City, Oregon. Off the cliffs to the north side of the beach with high wind and clouds at 50ft above the ground. Very few good photos and massive processing to get anything out of th