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I’ve always wanted to play with a thermal imaging camera, they open up a whole different hidden world at the far end of the infra-red spectrum so last week I finally got a chance to do that and take some photos. With winter on the way I needed to find out where my house was [...]
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This weekend has had beautiful weather so I pulled out the FPV rig for a couple of days to get some flying in. On Saturday I was down at our big field and set up the FPV and let quite a few other guys look through it while I flew. I let my friend Ollie [...]
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With some of my other projects I’m working with fairly small electronics components so I ordered a low-cost digital microscope off of eBay. I paid about $40 for a 0-500x digital microscope. It’s really 0-400x with ‘digital zoom’, a worthless feature but otherwise it’s a pretty cool tool and toy for what it is. The [...]
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I just got back from NEAT Fair 2011 and took quite a few photographs to share. Just as last years there were lots of great aircraft and pilots to be seen. I was only able to be there on Saturday but there was a lot going on. There were several FPV rigs setup on octo-copters, [...]
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I’ve been thinking of making night blades for my R/C helicopter. Back in 2003 I made a set of wooden night blades for my Raptor 60 using RGB (Red-Green-Blue) LEDs and an Atmel AVR micro-controller to make them change colors and shift patterns. The blades were pretty simple but they worked. I even slapped together [...]
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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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