Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed
FlyCamOne, RSA and Baylands
I velcroed the FlyCamOne to the belly of the Fik100 this morning and took my first aerial videos. The videos were a bit blurry from the vibration of the motor, and the low light due to cloudy skies didn’t produce the best pictures. I’ll have to do some gliding with the Fik 100 on a … Continue reading
Found my FIK 100!!!
Last night, I decided to reconnoiter the area where I thought my FIK 100 landed. I was on my bike, slowly looking at the trees and yards on a street over 600 feet away from the park when I saw the FiK 100 sitting in the front of a garage. I went home and walked … Continue reading
10 games for $40 at Best Buy
Best Buy had a bunch of console games for the discount price of $5 at the front of the store for all 3 major consoles. My brother and I picked up 10 games, and the best part about it is that the checkout lady only charged us for 8 of the games so we picked … Continue reading
Lost Fik 100 to Thermal
I don’t believe I lost the FIK 100 to the thermal coming off the parking lot at the local park. I learned from some reading that the thermal becomes a lot stronger a few hundred feet above the ground since there isn’t any interruption from ground terrain or winds. It wasn’t just the thermal that … Continue reading
More Fik 80/100 flying and smoke
I flew the Fik 80 fuselage / Fik 100 wing some more this morning, and it flew pretty well at a slow speed. It makes more noise than the Pico-Stick since some resonance is occurring with the mount, but other than that, it’s a nice lazy flyer. I had to trim the rudder a bit … Continue reading
Fik 100 wing Fik 80 Fuselage
I had a successful test flight of the Fik 100 wing and Fik 80 Fuselage last night. I couldn’t fly it too much since it was getting dark, but it had a nice slow flight performance. At home, I cut a slot for the battery, and tried to reinforce some areas with Sumo glue. Since … Continue reading
Fik 100 Weekend Report
I tried to remove the prop saver from the MAE motor for the Fik 80 fuselage / Fik 100 wing hybrid build, but I managed to destroy the rotor in the process. I bent the shaft off and the magnets on the outside rim didn’t seem to work right. I put the Skyholic 8×6 folding … Continue reading
FIK 100 successful flight at RSA
I finally had a successful flight of the FIK 100 at Rancho San Antonio Park. With a APC 8×6 Slow Fly prop and proper trim of the elevator, the FIK 100 is a very stable flyer. It was fun trying to fly it back against the wind. I was applying down elevator and tacking against … Continue reading
Macworld | Editors’ Notes | The mythical midrange Mac minitower
Link via MacWorld Amen, brother. What I’d like to see is a minitower design with—and this is just one possible configuration that would fulfill my wish—a reasonably powerful processor (perhaps a higher-end Core 2 Duo or a single Xeon); a good graphics card in an upgradeable slot; a decent amount of RAM and hard-drive space; … Continue reading
More Fik 100 Drama
Last night, I came home around 8 PM and decided to fly my FIK 100 at dusk which was a big mistake. There just wasn’t enough light in the sky, and I lost the FIK 100 in the distance. I tried to turn it around, but it flew into a tall redwood tree before I … Continue reading