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[Fabri91]

So, the conversion is now I believe 80% complete:

• Taped breadboard and taped Arduino Uno --> Arduino Pro Mini which actually fits the existing control electronics box
• Printed battery support

Control board:

Battery support:

Semi-complete package:

Possible improvements:

• It might make sense to move the battery support, currently attached where the old fuel tank would have been, a bit back to interfere a bit less with the bodyshell
• Some sort of arming system would be nice, especially in case of broken RC link
• Need to print a support for the low-battery beeper which connects to the balance leads
• Control via touch-screen is...not so easy as I hoped

 

[Fabri91]

As mentioned, had to print a new version of the battery support:

A small support for the low-battery beeper:

And a test drive, after the last few days of (welcome) rain:

 

[Urwumpe]

Just heard an interesting history lesson, about CAS aircraft, which also mentioned why Germany did not buy the A-10, despite being offered it. One popular explanation mentioned technical reasons like the availability of ammunition or the US department of state that also blocked sales of the aircraft to South Korea and Thailand. But in this case, another aspect was mentioned that likely backfired back then and can be verified:

The US company Fairchild, in a strong blindness to history or German culture, hired the former Luftwaffe pilot and later Neonazi activist Rudel to advertise the plane here... :facepalm: While he had many fans among the later German Luftwaffe, as some scandals showed, he was persona non grata in German politics...

In this case, they maybe had the best CAS plane, but picked the worst possible salesman for this country...

https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-39909575.html

 

[Fabri91]

Italian Cavour Aircraft Carrier Passes Through A Narrow Canal To Leave Taranto Maritime Military Arsenal

There's something oddly beautiful in seeing such a (relatively) large and modern ship traverse such a narrow and old canal such as the one that links the Maritime Arsenal to the wider Gulf of Taranto.

 

[Notebook]

Excellent! A joy to watch.

 

[Star Voyager]

Trying my hand at NASCAR paint schemes again. The hood would be left white, and that’s where the NOAA meatball would be.

 

[Notebook]

Build your own LEGO Space Station

http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Partnerships/Build_your_own_LEGO_Space_Station

 

[jedidia]

It's funny you should mention LEGO, because I just came here to say that my wife has found a new name for them.
She calls them "Tiny, tiny " now! :lol: I guess there's no point in pitching that to LEGOs marketing department...

 

[Notebook]

Re. the LEGO post#25814 above.

I wonder why ESA went with the LEGO company rather that the plastic kit makers I remember from childhood, Airfix, Frog, and the others I can't remember?

 

[Linguofreak]

It's funny you should mention LEGO, because I just came here to say that my wife has found a new name for them.
She calls them "Tiny, tiny " now! :lol: I guess there's no point in pitching that to LEGOs marketing department...

By reputation, the only thing worse than stepping on a lego is stepping on a D4, AKA "caltrop".

 

[Urwumpe]

Re. the LEGO post#25814 above.

I wonder why ESA went with the LEGO company rather that the plastic kit makers I remember from childhood, Airfix, Frog, and the others I can't remember?

Maybe because well, LEGO is the more successful one? Also Frog is gone and Airfix got revived...

 

[Notebook]

Indeed. Wonder if Revell is still going.
Sure I saw a model of a Saturn V on here sometime.

 

[Urwumpe]

Indeed. Wonder if Revell is still going.
Sure I saw a model of a Saturn V on here sometime.

Still around under new ownership. Also they are now a German company, after the German branch was under a different owner as the US one for some years after 2006, now both are united again under the same investor.



The Hobbico bankruptcy also killed a few UK brands.

 

[Notebook]

Thanks Urwumpe.

I must of built several dozen if not hundreds of mostly Airfix aircraft.
Our local model-shop would occasionally get American imports, and these were usually very good.

Remember one manufacturer that had the stand as part of the North pole rather than the usual V shape.

 

[Urwumpe]

Remember one manufacturer that had the stand as part of the North pole rather than the usual V shape.

I am not sure, if I understand this correctly - which stand?

Also, I recommend looking at the Tamiya models.... great stuff, though the quality can be better sometimes.

 

[Notebook]

With some models the fuselage had a slot in the bottom, roundabout the cog.

A plastic arm, about 3" long slotted into this, the other end into a usually V-shaped piece.

Gave the appearance of being off the ground if you did it with the wheels up!

 

[Urwumpe]

With some models the fuselage had a slot in the bottom, roundabout the cog.

A plastic arm, about 3" long slotted into this, the other end into a usually V-shaped piece.

Gave the appearance of being off the ground if you did it with the wheels up!

Ah OK, that was usually optional part for most models I saw. :lol:

I still have some scale models on my cubboard to be painted and assembled, but I lack the calmness to do that again.

- UHT Tiger
- 206 class submarine
- M109 SPH
- Apollo CSM and LM.

 

[Notebook]

All mine are land-fill long time ago.
I resist the temptation passing modelling magazines in the newsagent...

Out of curiosity I looked up Airfix and Revell on Amazon.
There's hundreds of them!
I'm doomed.

 

[jedidia]

Life: "You just got out of bed and got dressed. What do you do?"
Me: "I start my laptop and check my work mail!"
Life: "Please give me a skill check for that."
Me: "Right, uhm... whoops, that's a natural one..."
Life: "You accidentally auto-paste your email credentials from keepass into the chat window instead of the login page!"
Me: "Well, !"

 

[Notebook]

Coronavirus: Robot dog enforces social distancing in Singapore park

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technol...-enforces-social-distancing-in-singapore-park

Boston Dynamics, aka Skynet.