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Post by DaveM on Jan 29, 2018 19:21:41 GMT
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Post by John N june on Jan 30, 2018 6:04:13 GMT
Interesting market to be getting involved in  Just Googled it expected release date 7th March price £250 |
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Post by pitprops on Jan 30, 2018 13:30:15 GMT
Interesting. The delta conyne is not one of the most stable kites I've come across. Not only that, but the conyne design is renowned for a rattle in the rear cell, which will impart vibration through the kite (and into the flying line). The camera is attached to a longeron so will pick up the vibration. I wouldn't necessarily expect great quality images, and at £250, I wouldn't think of it as great value for money either.
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Post by norfolkdick on Jan 31, 2018 8:16:54 GMT
Interesting. The delta conyne is not one of the most stable kites I've come across. Not only that, but the conyne design is renowned for a rattle in the rear cell, which will impart vibration through the kite (and into the flying line). The camera is attached to a longeron so will pick up the vibration. I wouldn't necessarily expect great quality images, and at £250, I wouldn't think of it as great value for money either. Greetings I have to agree. I have a delta conyne that is a cheap factory made kite and I have made an ordinary conyne, in both cases the back cell flaps and with the one I made I spent a very long time trying to cure it by altering the shape of the rear cell and even going as far as making a complex compensating bridle with inbuilt elastic, all to no avail. I think it is just a characteristic of the design which as a straightforward kite does not affect the way it flys. I too suspect the vibration would be substantial. By changing the angle of attack you can at least partially cure the flapping but then the kite is so flat that it will not lift properly and if you do manage to get it airbourne it pulls horrendously and is unstable. Whichever way you 'cook' it, it seems to me that a flapping back cell is simply what you always get with a conyne or delta conyne. Regards Dick. |
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Post by John N june on Jan 31, 2018 11:49:18 GMT
Would the lines on the bottom of the kite take out the flap. Not having one of these plus knowing very little about them, do they normally have lines attached the bottom.
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Post by pitprops on Jan 31, 2018 13:40:28 GMT
It looks to me like the lines on the trailing edge are there to prevent the delta wings opening fully (and popping the spreader). They won't have any impact on the rigidity of the conyne cells. A similar problem occurs with the Navy Dove mkII. Because there is no cross bracing on the cells, they are free to move, and do. In the case of the latter kite, I believe the reason for the design was so that the kite could lay flat on the deck of a ship fully assembled and be deployed quickly without having undertake any assembly.
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Post by John N june on Jan 31, 2018 14:59:17 GMT
If you google the Flexifoil it gives the technicle details of the kite and mentions the movement and oscillation of the kite when flying but the fantastic stabiliser,  which looks like a little bit of plastic  makes the camera perfectly free of all moavement giving one fur-nominal panoramic pictures which have never been achieved by one before.  . On a more serious note surly they would not sell some thing like this with out trying it out first.  |
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Post by DaveM on Jan 31, 2018 18:58:20 GMT
IMHO This is about 10 years late to the market  A single axis gimbal is a bit of a non starter for me, a 3 axis with a very fast response time may take out the limitations of the kite being used, but is possibly too heavy for that kite. Current public awareness of all things flying with a camera will somehow be attempting to take pictures of them (normally untrue) but the graphics on this kite will leave nothing to the imagination of Joe Public of what this strange kite looking object is above them. I would however been interested to try one with a 360 camera with inbuilt 6 axis stabilisation attached to its standard mounting point, and see if the kite could be removed in post software editing. I also want a drone with a 360 lens in the top, another in the bottom, and software that will remove the drone at the stitch line for the photos (just like they can remove selfie sticks) It must come soon I am sure |
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Post by DaveM on Feb 26, 2018 18:27:13 GMT
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Post by DaveM on Jul 5, 2018 9:00:31 GMT
I was going to write that this kit had dropped in price to £147 inc delivery, that was yesterday evening from an advert on Facebook. This morning it s at £199  I feel Flexifoil are losing the plot with pricing |
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Post by batchoy on Jul 5, 2018 13:14:13 GMT
I was going to write that this kit had dropped in price to £147 inc delivery, that was yesterday evening from an advert on Facebook. This morning it s at £199 I feel Flexifoil are losing the plot with pricing It does seem excessive, normally you would expect to pay less for a commercial product than to make it, but I have just paid less to build two R8 type deltas for KAP using good quality fabric and top grade spars. |
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Post by DaveM on Jul 14, 2018 12:48:51 GMT
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which looks like a little bit of plastic 
makes the camera perfectly free of all moavement giving one fur-nominal panoramic pictures which have never been achieved by one before. 
. On a more serious note surly they would not sell some thing like this with out trying it out first. 
