cellphone sync
February 20th, 2009ct-suchmaschine
February 20th, 2009VDO Fahrradcomputer
December 15th, 2008Direct link to the manufacturer homepage
Sjoukje und Matthias heiraten am 11. Oktober
October 4th, 2008Buddy Guy’s Legends
August 27th, 2008Being in Chicago and visiting Buddy Guy’s Legends blues bar in South Wabash is one thing to do if one has a chance during a stay in the windy city.
A nice dinner, 2 newcastle ales and Alexander Lindsey playing the guitar extraordinary well was worth the trip. Buddy Guy’s is allways worth a visit. It’s not that kind of tourist place, it’s a place for people to listen blues in an authentic atmosphere. I have been there numerous times and enjoyed it every time.
remote controlled Phibros
August 12th, 2008
This Phibros is build according to a plan published in www.phibros.de. The aircraft is build from 3mm Depron. The wingspan is approx. 800mm. The weight is about 300gr. Because of the white color of the material it looked really ugly. I applied some paint and the flags to make it looking nicer.
A microfan with a brushless inrunner and a 2 cell 640mAh LiPo battery powers it up. The motor draws about 7Amps. The microfan delivers a high frequency noise where the complete cell of the aircraft works like a speaker.
A small receiver is mounted on the left side of the fan mount. Ailerons and elevator are mixed and driven by two micro servos. The LiPo is mounted in front using Velcro in front of the fan.
The model is easy to fly for a pilot experienced in flying small models.
Schulze Electronic LiPo Card
August 9th, 2008My well beloved LipoCard battery charger was unable to read the preconfiguration ( number of cells, chemistry and and current to charge with ) attached to my LiPo battery packs. Sending an email to the manufacturer was quickly done. They replied within 8 hours with a really precise description what might be the cause of the problem and how to fix it. Two zero Ohm resistors were blown by accidentally connecting the battery in reverse polarity. Replacing the the “fuses” was done in no time and the charger works again and all at no cost.
I appreciate this kind of support very much. My next charger if I would need one would be one coming from the same manufacturer.
webcam
August 7th, 2008A webcam is now available on a separate page.
I used a Logitech Quickcam 4000 connected via USB. The standard pwc driver is used to connect the webcam to the operating system. To stream the video data motion, well documented application, was installed. The video stream is integrated into a separate page using the WordPress WebCam Image Viewer plugin available via Google code.
The link code.google.com/p/wpcam was the only reference I found referencing this plugin and there is hardly any other how to than the documentation in the program code itself.
Frog
July 31st, 2008This frog showed up in our garden pond this morning. He looks quit comfortable there.
Thunderstorm
July 31st, 2008A nice thunderstorm roared across my hometown yesterday night. My son took this picture of a lightning.
