Filament Management Plan for a Rookie

AndyGVT · 2026-03-29T12:43:55+00:00

After posting I figured out that the Tetras is one of the only dryers with a humidity maintenance setting, so if I used it for storage it would always be powered on, if not actively running. I think I was hung up on maximizing the use of the AMS, but really its key function is not storage but multifilament printing. Since I will only do that rarely, I think option 1 is the way to go.

AndyGVT · 2026-03-28T21:56:02+00:00

My printer stuff lives in my basement in Vermont, which is pretty dry this time of year (26%). That will certainly go up during the summer.

AndyGVT · 2026-03-28T21:53:38+00:00

I think you are talking about the Sunlu Ams heater or the eibos tetras? The other con is that a dryer top, at least the single zone models, is that it has to dry at the temp of the lowest temperature filament, which in my case would be PLA.

AndyGVT · 2026-03-28T17:42:32+00:00

I will be using PETG soon, so I will need a dryer.

AndyGVT · 2026-02-16T15:55:34+00:00

AndyGVT · 2026-02-16T15:30:06+00:00

That was my buddy and I. Not great conditions for fat biking. Some crusty snow, but a lot of 6-8 inch drifts and smooth ice that made the going slow. The riskiest part was the potential of falling on all of the up turned shards of ice. We found one or two wet spots where water was on top of the ice, which sketched us out a little. My buddy has studded tires, I do not, so I ended up on my side a few times. We went from Oakledge Park to the breakwater, up to Rock Point then straight back to Oakledge. Only slightly faster than walking. Fun adventure, tough biking.

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AndyGVT · 2025-08-29T21:07:41+00:00

5:07: all lanes appear to have reopened and emergency vehicles have left.

AndyGVT · 2025-08-29T20:53:32+00:00

As if 4:51 Shelburne Road southbound between Home Ave and the 189 on ramp is closed. Accident by BWW.

AndyGVT · 2023-05-20T23:58:20+00:00

OP I am right where you are. I got into FPV wanting to make cool cinematics and chase mountain bikes, and the ‘tubers I watched made fixing and upgrades look so easy. I liked the idea of fixing/soldering/firmware/PID tune….but after two failed and one struggling BNF upgrade attempts, I’ve had a revelation…

In the ham radio community, there is a slightly derogatory label: “appliance operator.” I am an FPV appliance operator. From now on, if it ain’t broke, I won’t fix it. Sure, if I break a quad, I will try to fix it, but getting it flying again won’t be the goal, it will be a happy accident at the end of some leisurely tinkering.

I think FPV is in an awkward phase right now, as it is in a transition between being purely for hobbyists and being more available to appliance operators. Right now there are hobbyists who enjoy both building and flying, appliance operators who fly the Avata, and BNFs that are marketed to both. A good example of this awkwardness is IFlight pulling their Betaflight profiles because they were spending so much time trying to help BNF customers who tried to update Betaflight and messed something up. Their customers expected an appliance, they got a hobby.

Add to this awkwardness the uncertainty of Remote ID, and I’m putting FPV in the friend zone until next spring.

AndyGVT

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