basicbill Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 Mike, Rose and Steve, three members of the 180 GO! Revolution kite flying team, perform with their personal kites over and near a 360 degree video camera at Montrose Beach in Chicago, Illinois.We had a small group from the Illinois Kite Enthusiasts http://www.ikeclub.org show up on March 28 at frozen Montrose Beach. I placed my 360 video camera about 8 inches off the sand and asked Mike, Rose and Steve to fly their Revs in the area. The camera perspective and optics makes it appear that they were flying a distance away. For much of the time they had the kites within about 25 feet. The final landing was about 3 feet from the camera.It's great to fly with these folks. They are very helpful to a beginner like myself. Letting me jump into the group and do whatever I feel that I can do. And yet gently nudge me to do better. That's me off to the side with my spiral. Airborne for a few seconds until I decided to just watch the masters.More photos: https://www.facebook.com/events/1595871713961606/Bill 2 Quote
makatakam Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 Awwwww, Bill, you didn't include the Sparkly Steve photo. The video is really cool! Quote
basicbill Posted March 29, 2015 Author Report Posted March 29, 2015 On 3/29/2015 at 5:18 PM, makatakam said: Awwwww, Bill, you didn't include the Sparkly Steve photo. The video is really cool! I should have. So I've edited the original post and added the "sparkly Steve" photo at the end. Bill Quote
makatakam Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 On 3/29/2015 at 5:23 PM, basicbill said: On 3/29/2015 at 5:18 PM, makatakam said: Awwwww, Bill, you didn't include the Sparkly Steve photo. The video is really cool! I should have. So I've edited the original post and added the "sparkly Steve" photo at the end. Bill That one is going to become a "classic". Quote
RobB Posted March 29, 2015 Report Posted March 29, 2015 Wow, that was freakin' cool ! It really bent my brain to figure out where & how the kites & pilots were... especially liked when they walked past the camera ! Quote
basicbill Posted March 31, 2015 Author Report Posted March 31, 2015 Here's another view of the same Rev flight. "Unfolded" by a software program to show two simultaneous views. Not as high a resolution quality, however. Bill 2 Quote
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