KAV Flight - Sunset Beach, NC - July 21, 2009

This is my 2nd attempt at KAV (Kite Aerial Video). The video was shot in the evening on July 21st, 2009 at Sunset Beach, NC. I would estimate that the camcorder was probably 75ft - 100ft in the air, and winds were probably 10mph - 15mph.

The first and last couple minutes of the video are considerably more shaky because I'm letting out and/or bringing in line at the time. Otherwise, I'm pretty happy with the minimal shakiness of the video, especially considering the whole camera/video rig consists of a couple nuts and bolts, sheet metal, a servo, and string, all dangling from a kite line. The video is a bit lengthy, but whatever, I thought it was cool to see the entire flight from start to finish. I also thought it was pretty cool to see birds flying BELOW the shot, as well as hearing the howl of the kite line at times. It also never gets old seeing Myrtle Beach in the distance when the camcorder is facing south-west.

TECHNICAL STUFF

••• Kite •••
10ft. Alpine DC by Into The Wind

••• Line •••
100# braided Dacron, 500ft

••• Accessories •••
2 x 20*ft. Gomberg inflatable tube tail
2 x 15ft. Gomberg ribbon tail

••• KAP/KAV Rig •••
Brooxes HoBEAK kit

••• Camera •••
JVC Everio GZ-MS120 Digital Camcorder

••• Location •••
Sunset Beach, NC @ 37th Street

••• Intro Music •••
"Return From Skull Mountain" by EDENPARK

* Title screen was wrong, whoops!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• kap
• kav
• kite aerial photography
• kite aerial video
• sunset beach
• nc
• north carolina
• myrtle beach
• jvc
• everio
• brooxes
• gomberg
• edenpark
• alpine dc

[teabaggerable]

i miss the old bridge that they had here my favorite beach kicks myrtle beachs ass

[xsmashxhousex]

@teabaggerable Yeah, I miss the bridge too. I was back at SSB this past Thanksgiving, and saw the new bridge functioning for the first time. Certainly a lot more convenient, and wasn't as bad as I expected it to be (like the Ocean Isle Beach bridge, don't care for that one), but the swing bridge is classic.

[RobertDNC]

Great job, love the aerial view,love the beach!

[baseballgrader]

I am going to try it with my hobby zone plane and my flip video

[DwankMob]

This is so awesome! My favorite time to be on the beach and we stayed on 31st street about a week later! It's like being back, only 100 feet in the air haha!!

[scottdunnTUBEYOU]

Interesting to see the motion patterns. Thanks for posting.