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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.
* 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?)


* 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 ==
=== Basic kite maintenance ===
=== 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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* [[User:MCT|Michael Toren]]
* [[User:MCT|Michael Toren]]
* [[User:Miloh|miloh]]
* [[User:Miloh|miloh]]
* Andy
* [[User:Mikel|Mikel]]
* [[User:EmbeddedLinuxGuy|Jesse]]
* Spencer
*  [[User:Glamrock|Griffin]]
== 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.]

Latest revision as of 10:18, 1 February 2011

Mailing List[edit]

You can subscribe to the kites mailing list here.

Project Ideas[edit]

  • 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?)
  • 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?
  • Aerial photography. There was a group at MakerFaire selling camera rigs for large single-line kites. Designing a rig of our own might be a fun shop project, too.
  • 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[edit]

Basic kite maintenance[edit]

Places to fly[edit]

People[edit]

If you're interested, leave your name here:

Useful Links[edit]

How to build a kite and instructions on hooking it up with LED's and an accelerometer.