I was looking for some brushless motors and prop sets to modify a twin motor aerial photography plane. I thought about HobbyKing and decided that for quicker delivery I’d pay a bit extra and buy locally. My usual local supplier doesn’t have counter-rotating props. My next thought was Foamworks, but […]
TVNZ program FSI covered a fire that seriously damaged an automotive service garage. Before leaving for the night the owner and a friend were flying model helicopters using Lipo batteries. One or more batteries was left on charge on a work bench overnight. The investigation concluded that the Lipo battery […]
Maybe something much worse than the recent Christchurch earthquake in our near future: A few leaked studies and rumours suggest that the world is reaching “peak oil” and oil supply is about to begin to decline with catastrophic consequences for world economies. Of course, 15 years could be 30 or […]
It seems that DIY-Drones are having problems sourcing Atmel CPUs and memory chips. Atmel in short supply – what a shock, who would have thought it ! I’ve been looking at the Ardupilot and development for ages now and have always been put off by the Atmel component. I think […]
Having worked all day; at about 8:30 PM I visited McDonalds Silverstream. I should know better by now; expensive compost. My comment to their web site: Me again. Last time – I promise. I’m a f?*&^*g idiot. I should know by now; but no, I came back to the drive […]
This is just a series of thoughts or notes. It’s not in response to a specific person or comment. There is a discussion running at the moment concerning RC plane flying locations, frequencies, safety and rules. This has been fueled by a few club flyers concerned about their models being […]
Installed WordPress. Started with v2.5. Tried to change themes but didn’t work; got a error, something to do with not found in line “who gives a crap”; too hard. Searched update process to v2.9. Looked easy enough and 2 hours larter it was done but couldn’t find MYSQL details. Sorted […]