Strobl Solar Panel Kit for Sailplanes
A new toy finally arrived. A solar panel installation kit from Strobl Solar for my club’s DG-1000S glider “1CH”. More photos of the kit are on flickr. (more…)
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
WordPress: famous 5 minute install, 2 days of head beating
For WordPress, the “famous 5 minute install” is not something I would be so proud of. Yes the basic install is quick, but I spent about two days on and off getting things working like I wanted to.
After procrastinating for over a year I’ve finally started using my blog. I had previously designed a layout with Movable Type 3.x, basically it looked similar to what you see here but it sat unused. I looked at it again and was going to upgrade the version of MovableType but thought more about what blog software to go with, and with some advice from others decided to switch to WordPress. (more…)
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Power supply cable for Zaon MRX
I am installing a DC power cable for the Zaon MRX in my glider so I don’t need to worry about feeding it AA cells. The Zaon has a 2.35mm OD/0.7mm ID barrel style DC power jack and it is hard to find good quality plugs to fit these.
DigiKey has these plugs available with preassembled cables here. Right angle plugs, overmoulded strain relief with 6′ of 11 strand AWG 24 wire with bare ends. I brought ten for myself and some other pilots. (more…)
Monday, January 29, 2007
A Glareshield for my Zaon MRX
Yes a little glareshield that keeps the sun from reflecting off the display on my Zaon MRX.
Based on good feedback from fellow pilots I purchased a Zaon MRX PCAS (Portable Collisions Avoidance System) for my glider last year but have not had time to fly with it much yet. It attaches to the top of the instrument panel glareshield on my DG-303 with velcro. The bright LED display on the MRX is readable in daylight but the display surface is shiny and this is some times a problem with sunlight reflections. (more…)
Monday, January 29, 2007
The live in IT department no longer lives here
A while ago I cleaned off stuff from our old Dell Windows XP PC and gave it to my ex-wife. She’s complained of all sorts of problems, and no longer has a live-in IT department to fix it for her. I got to look at the PC this weekend, better than listening to the complaints about email not working, applications hanging on start and slow performance. So what did it take to fix it? (more…)
