17th September 2012, 02:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 17th September 2012, 07:49 PM by John Wells.)
We are in West Lothian, Wild West Lothian as far as the wind is concerned, especially on the hills.
We use a wide range of kites for different wind speeds and loads, some of which are:
Jim's choice for general and lowish wind speeds and stability (Longbottom Delta Sled)
Jim has also used a night hawk delta fishing kite in extremely high winds and, although shredded along the lower edge after a continuous day of flight (tethered), it was still flying at the end of the day
Rosie with a general workhorse (Power Sleds 17 to 36 - we have an 81 but have not dared use it so far!)
Near indestructible HQ FlowForm (2.0 and 4.0) with fuzzy tail. I like these but they are brutes, especially the 4.0. Both are used with our thermal imager (>1kg), depending on wind speed.
We also have more compact, gentler Sutton FlowForm 16s, one becotized, but they are no longer available as far as I know.
Rosie with her HQ Flowform 2.0 in a bag with picavet suspension, near IR and visible spectrum cameras, tools, reel and gloves.
We only use a foam filled box with the thermal camera:
Sandwich box chic ;o)
http://www.armadale.org.uk/phototech06.htm
http://www.armadale.org.uk/phototech03.htm
Some of our rigs:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/kitebasic.htm
The ones used by Rosie and I are the most basic.
We use a wide range of kites for different wind speeds and loads, some of which are:
Jim's choice for general and lowish wind speeds and stability (Longbottom Delta Sled)
Jim has also used a night hawk delta fishing kite in extremely high winds and, although shredded along the lower edge after a continuous day of flight (tethered), it was still flying at the end of the day
Rosie with a general workhorse (Power Sleds 17 to 36 - we have an 81 but have not dared use it so far!)
Near indestructible HQ FlowForm (2.0 and 4.0) with fuzzy tail. I like these but they are brutes, especially the 4.0. Both are used with our thermal imager (>1kg), depending on wind speed.
We also have more compact, gentler Sutton FlowForm 16s, one becotized, but they are no longer available as far as I know.
Rosie with her HQ Flowform 2.0 in a bag with picavet suspension, near IR and visible spectrum cameras, tools, reel and gloves.
We only use a foam filled box with the thermal camera:
Sandwich box chic ;o)
http://www.armadale.org.uk/phototech06.htm
http://www.armadale.org.uk/phototech03.htm
Some of our rigs:
http://www.armadale.org.uk/kitebasic.htm
The ones used by Rosie and I are the most basic.