Category: Fun

Living on a Raspberry Pi!

This feels a little weird!

Playing with the overclocking and it really makes a difference!  The settings below look stable but make the proc very hot (over 85 degrees c.)

From /boot/config.txt:

# Overclock settings – disabled until heat sink is added. 170327 SeanK
#arm_freq=1350
#core_freq=500
#over_voltage=4
#disable_splash=1
##force_turbo=1
#boot_delay=1
#sdram_freq=500

Also created a script to put the governor in ondemand mode and put it in the init.d directory:  Continue reading Living on a Raspberry Pi!

Why pre-flight checks are good…

This video was taken by Mr. Brown while we were at the Cherry Creek RC airfield (http://www.denverrceagles.org/) last week.

If you watch the video you’ll see the starboard aileron at full deflection.  The guy who flew the plane had a hard landing earlier that day and didn’t forgot to do another pre-flight control check before this flight.  I do a lot of pre-flights now mainly because I’ve crashed my share of planes making stupid mistakes.

My first famous blunder with a RC plane was from a elevator that was responding backwards, so when I pulled up, the plane actually wanted to go down.  Simple fix – you click on a reverse switch on the transmitter and you’re good to go.  Since I didn’t care to do a pre-flight check, I only realized the issue after I managed to get the plane in the air.  When I realized what I did I figured, up is down and down is up…  Got it.  Seconds later, the plane started to climb, and I instinctualy went down on the controls. Well, down was up… so the plane continued to climb and basically looped – right after take off.  Now it was pointed right at us! Death from above I thought; Clear the deck!!!  I managed to miss everyone involved, and the plane crashed.  From that point on I vowed to always make sure I check the plane before flight to help insure the control surfaces are working like they should.

My A-10 Foamie and F4U Corsair

Here’s my new A-10 warthog just completed and the F4-U Corsair I’m building.  The A-10 is my first ducted fan plane so I’m excited to see how it does.  I expect to “mod” it for Colorado’s altitude.  I got the A-10 kit from NitroPlanes and while the parts are a bit cheezy, the foam construction is very good.

I’m also very excited about my F4-U Corsair.  Debi got this plane for me years ago, and I’ve been frustrated about not getting it built – I plan to have it flying by next month!  It calls for a .40 size engine so of coarse I’m installing a .60 MDS or a .70 Supertigre so it should scoot around just fine.  More to come.

John Mayer

In case you’ve been in a bubble and are in dire need of decent music,  I highly recommend John Mayer.  There’s a few songs from him below.  If you happen to be a singer/songwriter, check out John’s web site blog @ http://www.johnmayer.com/battlestudies/. A recent post called “Conscious Composition” is very cool.  Good Stuff.  So what album is his best?  Well I like Continuum, but probably just because it’s his latest studio album.  I have seriously enjoyed every album to date.   Frankly you can’t go wrong with John.  One album that never had big press that I enjoy is, “Inside Wants Out“.  Check him out!

The song, “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room“, is in my humble opinion is a masterpiece:

“Belief” is another great tune from John…

Howie Day @ The Bluebird

howie-dayStuart was gracious in surprising me with a Howie Day ticket tonight. Man my bro can be a cool cat. At the venue Stuart ran around taking some great pics of Howie live. Highly recommended if you like phenomenal guitar and smart songwriter lyrics. Pics are @ www.skfunphoto.com. Below are a few video’s of Howie doing his thing.  His talent is in the way he can play guitar, and in using loopback devices construct a vibrant full sound — live!  During the BlueBird concert he took the song below, played it, and before he ended the whole thing decided to double up the speed and start a whole techno vibe with it.  Truly makes a regular DJ look like a pud.  Beyond his obvious playing talent his lyrics are great too.  Try him out!

The Song, “Sorry so Sorry”

The Song, “Bunnys“, Live – Incredible!

Live version of, “She Says” – Awesome lyrics!