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Posted by fredmdbud | Mar 12, 2024 @ 11:01 PM | 6,865 Views
Acrylic floor glosss. Dries clear, apply multiple coats for hardness.
Posted by fredmdbud | Oct 08, 2023 @ 03:45 AM | 5,472 Views
Designed around high-power surface-mount LED packages. Permits surface flush mounting or recessed with a common lead.
Posted by fredmdbud | Aug 24, 2023 @ 09:20 PM | 10,311 Views
Goal is to 3D-print a new housing
Posted by fredmdbud | Aug 09, 2023 @ 03:01 AM | 20,534 Views
Posted by fredmdbud | Dec 14, 2022 @ 12:03 AM | 14,112 Views
Initial concept for the catapult shuttle. Since the plane doesn't have a launch bar, it operates as a push instead of a pull on the nose gear.
Posted by fredmdbud | Sep 07, 2022 @ 12:19 PM | 10,375 Views
Reduces the number of cables needed to run between two points.

Possible uses:
  • Wire management (e.g. receiver in front, servo junction in middle)
  • With female connector housing bonded, a multiple-servo quick connect/disconnect

Posted by fredmdbud | Mar 16, 2022 @ 12:06 AM | 25,039 Views
Deploy on ground only. Actuating with the throttle-cut switch ensures no power applied during braking.

F-22 surface brake (0 min 6 sec)

Posted by fredmdbud | Feb 06, 2022 @ 03:23 PM | 32,576 Views
Adding wingtip navigation lights, on both dorsal and ventral sides using parallel diode arrays.

Lighting will take advantage of MCB-E’s separate channels for regular always-on and “takeoff lights” to have strobe lights with gear down, with a simple insertion circuit requiring only minor modification to the cable harness.
Posted by fredmdbud | Dec 30, 2021 @ 09:28 PM | 70,837 Views
Charging two 3S batteries using a single charging port.

Preferably using matched batteries with similar capacities, C rating, initial voltages.

Can also use a multiple balance board, using both 3S and 6S connectors, battery with GND lead using the 3S, and the battery with + lead using the 4 pins of the 6S on the left (looking at the board’s JST-XH connector with the notches on top).
Posted by fredmdbud | Jun 25, 2021 @ 10:26 PM | 38,643 Views
Some Tomcat goofin'

"I was inverted" (0 min 7 sec)

Posted by fredmdbud | May 16, 2021 @ 09:11 PM | 39,132 Views
Alternative to soldering probe wires to the battery leads
Posted by fredmdbud | Jun 09, 2020 @ 01:34 PM | 23,417 Views
Can be used as dust covers or used-battery indicators.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4440894
Posted by fredmdbud | Jun 08, 2020 @ 10:00 PM | 18,419 Views
Can be used as dust covers or used-battery indicators. Can be used with XT-90 if made with flexible filament.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4439507
Posted by fredmdbud | Aug 18, 2018 @ 05:32 PM | 18,288 Views
  • $1.50 electronics part, can be connected between end connectors on balancing plug, or soldered directly on ESC battery plug for voltage.
  • Permanently mount in battery compartment of larger planes for instant before-and-after flight voltages.
https://www.sparkfun.com/products/14313
Posted by fredmdbud | Aug 13, 2018 @ 01:41 PM | 17,458 Views
Mount on visor, tabletop or ground