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| Built at: Jan.14.2002 Last update: Dezember 06, 2004 |
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Suspension at the Kiteline:
The camera, or better the KAP-Rig must be mounted to the
kiteline. There you have to look at something, too. The camera
always has to hang horizontal, so that the horizont is not
crooked. The camera mustn´t swing, so that the pictures are not
blurred. As we were children, we often put the ear at the
kiteline to hear the wind sing. That is because the line is
vibrating by the wind. That will bring blurr to the pictures, too.
All this reflections have brought the result to a suspension gear,
which is taken from most of the KAPers, the Picavet.
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The principle of a Picavet: The KAP-Rig is hanging in the middle of a cross out of wood, aluminium or something similar. At the corners of the cross and at the kiteline are pulleys mounted. A line (At my picavet #1 it is 12 m long) is now mounted in a special system at the pulleys and a small ring. By this mounting the camera always can move to the horizontal position The order for the line is shown below. 1 / B1 / 4 / A2 / Ri / 2 / B2 / Ri / 3 / A1 and 1 again. |
Pulley wheels:
So that the camera can always move to the horizontal
position quickly, a smooth suspension is needet. I have build
pulleys out of aluminium. It is important that the line can not
come between the block and the wheel.
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pictures show the double pulley. It is needet at the
kiteline suspension at the Points B1 / B2 / A1 / A2. |
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Aluminiumprofile for the picavetcross:
The picavetcross has a size of 190 mm and is built out
of aluminiumprofiles with 10 mm x 10mm x 1 mm thikness. The
pulleys are mounted with small whirls, so that they can move into
the right position. The KAP-Rig in mounted from below and is
fixed with a safteypin.
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The line is mounted in a special system at the pulleys and a small ring. Camera: Canon EOS D30 |
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Attaching the Picavet at the kitelin:
The whole construktion now must be fixed at the kiteline. Till
some time ago I used rings out of steel and a knot for that. But
if the kite pull was very strong it was no easy work. At the last
month I found a solution at the WEB-Site from Charles Hall. He has
used potato chip bag clips. They are very light and can be
handled with one hand.
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The potato chip bag clips can be handled with one hand. Camera: Canon EOS D30 |
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| Transport: So that the picavet and the line can be transported safe, I use a wooden stick. In the ends there are eyelets and karabiners to mount the picavet. After the line is rolled up I fix it with some rubberrings. My Picavet#1, has a weight of 130 Gramm. |
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It looks not good,
but it is a easy way to Camera: Canon EOS D30 |
The picavet in use:
The picavet in use with my new KAP-Rig#4 for the SONY
Digitalkamera P5. At the left picture you can see the
pulleywheels and the safty pin. The old receiver is to big and to
heavy for the small rig. I will change it to a new miniversion in
the next time.
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Rig#4 with the old
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The Picavet is
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Links to other KAPers and more you can find in my Surfers Guide.
I like to be available for questions, suggestions or experience exchange.
I would be very pleased about an entry in my visitor's book.
Manfred
http://KAP-Man.de
Manfred