On Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:40:23 -0500, Curtis wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > > ..duh, you bought the Sullivan generator for $79! ;o) > > http://www.sullivanproducts.com/GenesysContent.htm > > Yes, I'm hoping I can rig up an onboard power system based on the > genesys. For what I'll be doing, batteries would work fine too, but I > thought it would be an interesting avenue to explore. ..according to Sullivan, you can hang 3 of those spools on one magnetic prop flange. You want a battery as backup and load damper. > > ..for downlink, a pc-card or usb wifi/802.11 radio with an > > omnidirectional antenna in the airborne end, for the ground station, > > an aimed satellite dish feeding a cantenna, will cover miles: > > http://huizen.deds.nl/~pa0hoo/helix_wifi/linkbudgetcalc/wlan_budgetcalc.html > > I was curious about the idea of removing the case from my Linksys > WRT54G wireless router and powering that by battery. Supposedly it's > running linux and is hackable, but I haven't played around with > trying to hack into it yet. ..workable, especially for a signal relay plane. Also chk those nice nano-itx etc things Jon S suggested, some are _really_ sweet, chk out mini-itx.com/projects.asp and mini-itx.com/news/91875682/ . > > ..how about AoA sensors for the flight computer? This is the only > > thing I see missing in an optics+gps based flight computer, a wee > > downwind gust can both break and make a "slightly" downwind computer > > landing. > > That might be important for some airplanes, but the Kadet I've chosen > is basically impossible to stall at any speed. ..lessee when you're loaded all the cool stuff in it. ;o) > > ..one way is gut a pc mouse for the diode pairs, electronics and > > mouse pin wheels, and ball case, cut the ball case in 2 to make 2 > > vane pin bearing mounts, glue vanes onto each mouse roller pin, and > > stick both vane assemblies outside the prop blast area, one for each > > wing. > > That's an interesting idea. My next step is to get my flight computer > up and running and once I do that and get some basic code in place, I > can start experimenting with other things. An RPM sensor and a > CHT/EGT would also be nice additions. ..read the sullivan's AC frequency and the glow plug resistance. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@flightgear.org http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
