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== Mailing List ==
You can subscribe to the kites mailing list [https://www.noisebridge.net/mailman/listinfo/kites here].
== Project Ideas ==
== Project Ideas ==


* Attaching lights for night flying.  It would be awesome to try to illuminate the tail on a dual-line stunt kite. (Maybe EL wire would be a good candidate for this?)
* Attaching lights for night flying.  It would be awesome to try to illuminate the tail on a dual-line stunt kite.


* Microprocess + accelerometer + RGB LEDs on the leading edge of a stunt kite.  We can program it to change the color pattern as the g-forces increase, when it goes into a steep turn or loop.  Or maybe a speaker, and have the kite scream when diving?
* Microprocess + accelerometer + RGB LEDs on the leading edge of a stunt kite.  We can program it to change the color pattern as the g-forces increase, when it goes into a steep turn or loop.  Or maybe a speaker, and have the kite scream when diving?
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* Building our own kites.  We can easily find patterns, and we have a sewing machine upstairs, near the electronics lab.
* Building our own kites.  We can easily find patterns, and we have a sewing machine upstairs, near the electronics lab.
* Kite buggies - tricycles pulled by kites


== Topics to cover ==
== Topics to cover ==


=== Basic kite maintenance ===
* Basic kite maintenance


=== Places to fly ===
* Places to fly
* Ocean Beach SF [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=103130972748030172875.000470be8d7ec75e65490&ll=37.765321,-122.509317&spn=0.013774,0.021865&z=16 Ocean Beach, Stairwell #25]
* Cesar Chavez Park, Berkeley (annual kite festival held here last week in July)


== People ==
== People ==
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* Andy
* Andy
* [[User:Mikel|Mikel]]
* [[User:Mikel|Mikel]]
* [[User:EmbeddedLinuxGuy|Jesse]]
* Spencer
*  [[User:Glamrock|Griffin]]


== Useful Links ==
== Useful Links ==


[http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorial_info.php?tutorials_id=121 How to build a kite and instructions on hooking it up with LED's and an accelerometer.]
[http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/tutorial_info.php?tutorials_id=121 How to build a kite and instructions on hooking it up with LED's and an accelerometer.]
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