Monthly Archives: May 2008
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