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One of my hobbies is the SEO of my personal web sites. Recently my Adsense Click Through Rate dropped to zero for over a week and I had to do some investigating to find out what was going on. I do SEO not so much for profit purposes as it is a personal interest in [...]
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I grabbed up some of my high voltage videos from my laser site and compiled them into a compilation for you to view. A quick description of the capacitor discharge setup follows. Power Source: 15kV 30mA Neon Sign Transformer using a full wave bridge rectifier. Each stage was built of 30 1n4007 diodes wired in [...]
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While we were at the NEAT fair Bryn picked up an E-flite Blade mSR on my suggestion to hopefully help him learn some helicopter flying skills. Since I have it on hand I wanted to share my review of it with my readers. I had flown the Blade mSR helicopter a couple of times before. [...]
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Well I did it again and put the Mini Titan e325 into the ground on Saturday doing a fair amount of damage, more than I usually do anyways. I just wanted to share what happened and what it costs to fix a small helicopter. If this had been a larger size model helicopter the repair [...]
Continue Reading Crashed the Thunder Tiger Mini-Titan, Here's What Broke
If you have a HobbyKing Skyfun and are wanting to do an upgrade on it, see how to do it pretty cheaply by reading on. I upgraded on of the SkyFun planes with the one of the cheap brushless motors I bought off eBay and a new CC Phoenix 35 ESC. The RC-Timer 2826/6 motor [...]
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Mini-Titan e325 Night Flying LED Lights Setup Progress » I am working to convert my ACE Mini-Titan e325 to a night-flying setup. Since Winter is...
Y-6? Why not!? My Custom Built Y-6 Multicopter » I have wanted to get into multicopter building and flying for a few years now but...
Reactor Biplane, Copper Vapor Laser and ‘The Sidewalk Project’ » Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve updated the blog, sorry for the long delay I...
My First FPV Flights! » As of last weekend I have made my first FPV flights. It was really amazing, big...
Introduction » Welcome to my Jon’s Hobbies blog site, this site used to belong to my HouseBlog, but...
How I Made an Affordable and Fun Aerial Helicam with My Thunder Tiger Mini-Titan » I was sitting here at home today, upset that another thunderstorm thwarted our lawn mowing efforts...
FPV Plane Test 1 – Radio Controlled Catalina by Guan Li » I’ve been trying to find a plane to use for FPV R/C flying (First Person View)...
Red Bull Pilot Matt Hall Water Impact Video » Matt Hall hit the water earlier in June. This is an incredible video and a great...
Y-6? Why not!? My Custom Built Y-6 Multicopter » I have wanted to get into multicopter building and flying for a few years now but...
Home Made High Voltage Rectifier Using Series Strings of Diodes » I needed some high voltage diodes for a project I am working on. Below is information...
Fun with a FLIR Thermal Imaging Camera » I’ve always wanted to play with a thermal imaging camera, they open up a whole different...
Another Silly Quest – Dynamic Balancing » I really want to get the best results out of my Y-6 Multicopter camera platform and...
Selling my Thyratron Driver, EG&G / Perkin Elmer TM-29 » I’m selling my EG&G / Perkin Elmer TM-29 Thyratron driver to help fund another project. If...
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