Various projects and exploits
If you happened to be one of the 0.0001% of the people on the Internet who have read this blog in the past, you may have noticed that there hasn’t been an update for over 3 years. I have still been doing things though. In fact, I’d like to think I’ve been doing more awesome […]
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FPV is awesome. What is it? Well, basically it’s a camera and video transmitter mounted on a radio controlled airplane, helicopter, or multirotor. Generally it’s expensive. A GoPro can be $200 or more, video goggles are over $100 at least (often up to $300), video transmitter and receiver systems can easily be $100. It all […]
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As the winter months began to roll in, I decided to attempt to build an airplane small enough, and maneuverable enough to fly inside my school’s gym. I found some foamie plans online, and picked out the lightest electronics I could find (at a reasonable cost). 28g Brushless Motor 10A ESC Hextronix 5g Servos 500mAh 2S Li-Po […]
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What happens when a poor man wants to get into FPV? Awesome stuff, that’s what. FPV (First Person View) is a method of flying radio controlled aircraft in which a camera and live video feed is connected to the plane, and it is flown from the perspective of a miniature pilot inside the airplane. Google it. […]
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In designing a small, light-weight indoor RC plane, I realized that I really needed to know how much weight was added to foam board by the paper. If the added weight didn’t justify the strength and rigidity of the foam, I’d rip it off like most other hobbyists do. So, I conducted a small experiment determine with the greatest accuracy possible, […]
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When the fact became quite evident that I needed a laptop for school, I became determined to get the best bang for my buck. And I’m quite sure I did. After surfing eBay for some time, I realized that old business laptops were quite reasonably priced, and were great no-nonsense machines. I looked at mostly DELL and Lenovo because […]
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Admittedly, the Pinball project has received a minimal amount of attention from me recently, and even less coverage on this blog. But nevertheless, I feel that I at least owe you all an update to it’s current status. In a nutshell, it’s looking great! I ordered from darkhorseprinting.com again, this time getting several contour-cut vinyl pieces, and […]
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So, I have still been working on the pinball machine! Let me mention though, that you should never fool yourself into thinking that you can work a 40hr/week job, AND actively build a pinball machine at the same time. That being said, here’s some of the small progress I’ve made recently. 🙂 There’s some of […]
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There’s nothing like getting a full time job to slash the productivity on a hobby project. The things we do for money! Meanwhile, I finally broke down and decided to completely re-wire the cabinet. Not the playfield mind you, just the cabinet. Pictures earlier in my blog demonstrate how messy it was, but now it’s […]
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