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Tricopter – Motor Repair | Geoff Nicol

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Avid Collector of Hobbies. Tricopter – Motor Repair. After my last crash the shaft on my rear tricopter motor was tweaked. Fortunately I gave each motor a spin manually before powering things on and noticed so I had opportunity to fix it. The motor was clearly rubbing and I imagine would have promptly self destructed had I turned it on. The motor is a NTM Prop Drive Series 28-30A 750kv / 140w. As an aside; the earlier part of the flight actually went quite well. Trying it in a fairly open field made ...

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Geoff Nicol | Geoff Nicol

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Avid Collector of Hobbies. Author Archives: Geoff Nicol. The Oatmeal should be spread out in a dish and placed in the over at 350*C for around 20-30 minutes. Stir around every 5 minutes. I’ve found it works best to do this the night before so it can cool back down to room temperature. I’d advise throwing in some rice hulls if fly sparging, I didn’t and very nearly had a stuck sparge. 105 - 1.07. 1012 - 1.018. 23 - 2.9. 48 - 6.5 %. Pale Malt (2 Row) US. Goldings, East Kent. British Ale II (1335). To make ...

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RC | Geoff Nicol

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Avid Collector of Hobbies. Bonsai – More tweaks, more crashes. This entry was posted in RC. September 25, 2013. Brought the new wing out to a field and gave it a go; seems to fly well! I moved the servo arms back one notch from neutral as the flaps seemed too low and I couldn’t trim enough to eliminate the problem. I also adjusted to 30% D/R on the remote which helped a lot in the later flights. This entry was posted in RC. September 17, 2013. Hobbyking Bonsai – Assembly. Required a few tweaks. The stock...

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HackRF Lives! | Geoff Nicol

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Avid Collector of Hobbies. I managed to get the hackrf going on a linux vm with gnuradio a week ago but getting it going on SDR#. Recently has proved a more compelling simple demo. I followed the rather thorough instructions. On superfro’s blog to get everything setup. As a next test I followed the RTL-SDR tutorial. On decoding Pocsag (pagers) quite successfully which was rather neat! Will be fun to try transmitting as well at some point but for a reception only situation this seems like a great start.

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sdr | Geoff Nicol

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Avid Collector of Hobbies. I managed to get the hackrf going on a linux vm with gnuradio a week ago but getting it going on SDR#. Recently has proved a more compelling simple demo. I followed the rather thorough instructions. On superfro’s blog to get everything setup. As a next test I followed the RTL-SDR tutorial. On decoding Pocsag (pagers) quite successfully which was rather neat! Will be fun to try transmitting as well at some point but for a reception only situation this seems like a great start.

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Bonsai Maiden Flights/Crashes | Geoff Nicol

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Avid Collector of Hobbies. Brought the new wing out to a field and gave it a go; seems to fly well! I moved the servo arms back one notch from neutral as the flaps seemed too low and I couldn’t trim enough to eliminate the problem. I also adjusted to 30% D/R on the remote which helped a lot in the later flights. This entry was posted in RC. September 17, 2013. Hobbyking Bonsai – Assembly. Bonsai – More tweaks, more crashes →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published.

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Bonsai – More tweaks, more crashes | Geoff Nicol

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Avid Collector of Hobbies. Bonsai – More tweaks, more crashes. This entry was posted in RC. September 25, 2013. Quanum DIY FPV – Fully Integrated Receiver →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. ZMR250 Headset Transmitter Case. Quanum DIY FPV – Fully Integrated Receiver. Bonsai – More tweaks, more crashes. On Quanum DIY FPV – Fully Integrated Receiver. On Quanum DIY FPV – Fully Integrated Receiver. On Getting Ardupilot Setup for a Tricopter.

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Chickens | Geoff Nicol

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Avid Collector of Hobbies. Chicken Coop – Automatic Door. I decided our chickens needed an automated door to let them out of their coop and into a run through the day (and secure them at night). After a bit of research the Arduino Chicken Coop Controller. By Robot-Chicken on instructables looks like a good guideline. Code is available on github. A video of the maiden run on the door:. This entry was posted in Chickens. And tagged chickens automation. May 20, 2013. ZMR250 Headset Transmitter Case. On Quan...

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Quanum DIY FPV – Fully Integrated Receiver | Geoff Nicol

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Avid Collector of Hobbies. Quanum DIY FPV – Fully Integrated Receiver. The Hobby King Quanum DIY FPV Goggle Set with Monitor. Is a cheap FPV headset but if you use the provided wiring with an external video receiver it ends up a bit cumbersome. To make it easier to use, I embedded a RX5800 video receiver right in the screen. Leaching power from an existing regulator. I insulated the screens pcb using some electricians tape and hot glued the video receiver into position. April 26, 2015. Proudly powered by...

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Practice Quadcopter | Geoff Nicol

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Avid Collector of Hobbies. As my videos may have indicated; although my tricopter is working reasonably well my piloting could still use some work. I decided to get a mini/micro quadcopter that will work with my existing controller. To learn on as they are so light weight crashes don’t seem to bother them. After a bit of research the $18 diy quad. By dave1993 looks like a winning option. The recommended parts are:. WLtoys V939 RC Quadcopter Spare Parts PCB Receiving Board V939-05 $8.90. July 12, 2013.