{"id":4276,"date":"2020-02-25T18:08:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/?p=4276"},"modified":"2020-02-26T17:37:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T17:37:03","slug":"a-bit-of-nostalgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/a-bit-of-nostalgia\/","title":{"rendered":"A bit of nostalgia."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG0006.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is IMAG0006.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1280px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1280\/960;\" \/><figcaption>Outside Rostrevor, Yellow Road, looking towards Hilltown. This was sometime 2009 I think. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course I did the smoke test today. Mounted the motor, connected a 3S battery and hit the throttle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ran the Emax 2204 motor for 10 secs before I could fry an egg on it. Hmmm, maybe I should have looked beyond &#8221;it fits&#8221;? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An 8*4 prop is not quite the same as a 5*4 drone bit of plastic. No problem, what else do we have in the BigBox of Stuff?  Ah, look at that, sort of ancient history here. A HET-RC Typhoon Micro 6\/3D. More or less the first motor I got just before the foamy craze started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Specs:<\/li><li>Weight : 35 grams<\/li><li>KV : 1460<\/li><li>Max Current : 12 A<\/li><li>Power Nominal : 90 Watts<\/li><li>Recommended Props: APC E 9 X 4.7 <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 9*4.7 is what is relevant here. Ok, lets see what E-Calc says:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>50 Watt on a 2S Lipo with almost 4.8 m\/s vertical performance at 370 gr RTF, and a 5 mins motor run on a 450 mAh battery. Ok, no problem. Lets go!  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting a bit nostalgic there while looking for the plane with that Typhoon. At the top is my Blaster in good ol&#8217; N-Ireland. It had a variety of radio gear in it, this is I think the Spektrum-Mpx version.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/dsc032291-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is dsc032291-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><figcaption>..and before Blaster was this one, think it had foam wings with doped on glass. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Can&#8217;t resist looking back: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@54.1676311,-6.1875945,3a,75y,35.33h,76.85t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3iZp8CrcH2ACj5z54XyrQA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656\" target=\"_blank\">Yellow Road<\/a>. With the right northerly you could hang for an hour in the breeze, untill your fingers turned blue. Further back was a similar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@54.1616545,-6.1894386,3a,71.4y,223.15h,76.38t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sOgT3N3ar4RFLxnQHFgw8gw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656\">bowl facing south-ish<\/a>. That was the better spot. My first flight with the Birdy lasted 30 mins or so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I found it! First ever CNC-ed plane. Not a real serious design, just made it, because I could.  This was powered by that HET-RC Typhoon. Did fly well enough in the backyard!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" data-src=\"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2007_05_07_18_21-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4275 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2007_05_07_18_21-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2007_05_07_18_21-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2007_05_07_18_21-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2007_05_07_18_21-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2007_05_07_18_21.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/680;\" \/><figcaption>..<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Rostrevor,+Newry,+UK\/@54.1099926,-6.1855424,389m\/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x4860d709523d0af3:0x40a379b46bb71a68!8m2!3d54.10073!4d-6.2003999\">meadow at the back of the house in Rostrevor<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@54.1086356,-6.185427,3a,71.2y,357.16h,82.74t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smgTANYVFC0-A3DAheRSkyw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656\">Just checked, after 10 years my car is still parked there!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course I did the smoke test today. Mounted the motor, connected a 3S battery and hit the throttle. I ran the Emax 2204 motor for 10 secs before I could fry an egg on it. Hmmm, maybe I should have looked beyond &#8221;it fits&#8221;? An 8*4 prop is not quite the same as a &#8230; <a title=\"A bit of nostalgia.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/a-bit-of-nostalgia\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about A bit of nostalgia.\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[85],"class_list":["post-4276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dlg","tag-blaster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}