I had a few projects that I could have wrote about for today, but I thought I’d give an update on some past projects and a few new things that have to do with the website.
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Website
I don’t know if any of ya’ll have noticed, but over on the right of the webpage are three new buttons that link to my Facebook page, YouTube channel, and a link where you can sign up to get my RSS feed. So if any of ya’ll want to get my status updates you can like my Facebook Page or if you want to see when I upload a new video to YouTube you can do so by subscribing to my YouTube channel! For those who follow RSS feeds on your smartphones, you can sign up for my RSS feed so you can see whenever I post a new blog entry. If you want, you can do all three! 😉
I’ve also designed a logo, updated the banner at the top of the page, added collapsible categories, and I’ve been trying to do better graphics for each blog post. I’m going to continue adding more small stuff like this to help improve the functionality, usability, and appearance of the website. If you have any advice/tips you can email me them ( backroomworkdesk@gmail.com )
Past Projects
I bought a gallon of gas at a hobby shop a few weeks back for a .40 size engine I have on an RC plane. I haven’t looked into it enough to find out if it will work for my .049 engine, but if it does I may be trying to start it soon. I just wanted to let ya’ll know that starting the engine is still on my list of things to do. With school starting back it may be a while till I find the time to do it, but like I said it’s still on my list.
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– Firecracker Dispenser/Lighter
I have had a few new ideas on how to build a firecracker dispenser that hopefully won’t jam. I’m still in the middle of working the kinks out in my mind and then I will built a prototype or two. A guy named “Haunce” left me a comment on one of my firecracker dispenser blog posts with an idea about just using an electrical system to ignite and drop the firecrackers. It sounds like a very good idea and I’ll be toying around with something like that soon too.
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– Homemade RC Boat Part1, Part 2, and Part 3
In my last blog post about this boat I said I just needed a battery to run it. I ended up finding a battery at a yardsale for cheap. It was a 7.2v 1800mah NiCad battery that worked very nice. So after doing multiple tests just in the air with the boat, I charged up the battery again and headed out to the pool. I sat the boat in the water and gave it just a little throttle and it started to go. I gave it just a little more and then the boat jumped to full throttle for like 1/4 of a second and then completely stopped. As the boat jumped shut off I got a very bad smell as the magic blue smoke that is inside all electronics escaped from the ESC/BEC. I guess with the resistance of the water, the motor was pulling too many amps for the ESC/BEC and it fried. So now I’m in the market for a new brushed ESC with a high amp capacity. Whenever I get a brushed ESC I will try ‘er again and see what happens.
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I wore it out in public for the first time yesterday. That is all.
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I have some new projects coming up in the next few weeks so stay tuned!!
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