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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 == | == 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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* Andy | * Andy | ||
* [[User:Mikel|Mikel]] | * [[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]
- Ocean Beach SF Ocean Beach, Stairwell #25
- Cesar Chavez Park, Berkeley (annual kite festival held here last week in July)
People[edit]
If you're interested, leave your name here:
- Michael Toren
- miloh
- Andy
- Mikel
- Jesse
- Spencer
- Griffin
Useful Links[edit]
How to build a kite and instructions on hooking it up with LED's and an accelerometer.