What’s the plan and why A few years back I was looking at building a larger (about 2M) flying wing for FPV. Since then I have been playing with multi-rotors. Not the 250 racing size but rather 350-400 FPV types. Considering the short flight times, relatively high accident cost in […]
Get a copy here – well almost As of 12-August-2015, looking at the CAA web site here, the AC101-1 advisory is OK but following the links to the Part 101 rule takes you to the old version, dated 1-April-2014. They show Part 101 01-August-2015 costing $4.65. There seems to be […]
How to discharge a number of old LiPo batteries Most of these Lithium Polymer batteries were about 6 years old. I cut off the connectors I wanted to keep and then poked holes in them with the garden fork. There was a bit of smoking, a nasty sweet smell and […]
We have had a 5-foot fluorescent in the kitchen for many years. For the past few years it has been running a thin 35 watt echotube and adapter. The ends have been hot for years and the plastic tube holders are falling apart. This light is often left on for […]
The Story Back in December I bought a new 24V 5A switch-mode power supply from a seller on our local Trademe auction site for NZ$45 delivered. When it arrived I tested it and nothing, no output. The options were to send it back or fix it. The risk is that […]
A thought in progress I wonder if there has ever been a similar situation that compares to the current multi-rotor vs commercial aircraft perceived situation. A sub $1000 toy gadget readily available from a store shelf that could collide with a commercial aircraft taking off or landing. This is new […]
Why Cubieboard 2 – CB2 I’ve been running a mail server on a older AMD machine for several years. It sits there doing very little and sucking up 82 watts or power. The CB2 has a SATA port, there are distros based on Ubuntu 14.04 and the power draw with […]
While waiting for support yesterday, I had a great idea. New for 2015 – high capacity cordless phone for those hours spent on-hold waiting for your ISP, courier company or other service provider. A massive 7Ah of on-hold capacity and long-range enhanced antenna for short trips to pick up survival […]