..one opportunity at the time..
It’s been a while, I must admit. We have the odd bit of summer, interspersed with bouts of autumn and spring and winter. That’s summer for you! Given the general uncertainty of the results of the plans of our minister Dobrin (He who wants to put a ceiling on all model-aircraft activities of 100 meters, … Read more
No cheating! So with approx 40-48 Amps on the clock I get up to a very nice altitude in 10 secs. I’m sure someone will laugh at these numbers, but for me they are quite acceptable. I now need to dial in the ascent a bit, make sure it stays on track. For the rest, … Read more
Grabbed the battery by the leads, and did some radical surgery! The truth is, I did not have a 4S handy, but 2 pieces of 2S were waiting to be used for something. It’s one of these things where the warning label says: Only do this under the supervision of a responsible adult. Since I’m … Read more
There’s a code yellow warning in the making says the weatherman. Don’t want to know what it is, but it sounds cold. I decided to go out anyway, and had a pleasant few flights. The plane must like the Jeti, since we are now finding thermal activity, when none would be suspected. I should not … Read more
Hey, you never know, better to catch it while you can. It was actually quite pleasant last weekend, considering the time of year. Finally managed to get the Jeti and the Insider into some form of happy co-existance. (Nothing to do with the stick-wiggling meatware of course) Anyways, I did reset my CG to where … Read more
Managed to recover another website. This one was in the medium difficulty group. Tomorrow I’ll go for the Real Stuff! In between some time to work on the Insider, it’s mostly general maintenance, checking all the bits and bobs, making sure things are working as designed. It’s amazing how much bits I managed to hide … Read more
.. to you and yours and all the world. May this year bring you lots of happiness, good health and lots of great flying! With the festivities out of the way, it’s time to return to rebuilding websites. My progress is too slow, I know. I need to do it differently. Not sure how, I’ll … Read more