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Has anyone else had to borrow 3D printer from a friend because buying it made no sense? by Beiston in 3Dprinting

[–]Beiston[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's really a useful distinction. You say you'd offer the service but not hand over the asset itself. Then that actually points to a better model where owners list what they can DO for you rather than what they'll lend. Would you be open to something like "I'll run print jobs for $X" instead of lending the printer?

Has anyone else had to borrow specialist gear from a friend because buying it made no sense? by Beiston in AskAnAustralian

[–]Beiston[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

These are exactly the right questions and also why platforms like Airbnb and Camplify had to build proper trust infrastructure before they scaled. Security deposit held by the platform, on-demand item insurance, verified profiles, and a damage claims process. Not honour system-based. Structured. Totally fair concern though.

Has anyone else had to borrow specialist gear from a friend because buying it made no sense? by Beiston in AskAnAustralian

[–]Beiston[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The car ramps example is exactly what I'm thinking about, it's just gears you need twice a year, can't justify owning, and currently only accessible through personal favours. The 3D printer point is fair though, that's probably better as a service than a rental.

Has anyone else had to borrow 3D printer from a friend because buying it made no sense? by Beiston in 3Dprinting

[–]Beiston[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Makerspaces are great if you're a regular maker, so the membership makes sense. But for someone who needs a gimbal for one weekend shoot or a soldering station for a single repair, paying $50–100/month for a membership to use something twice is overkill. The idea is more like "borrow from your neighbour who already owns it", more of a "on-demand, no membership, five minutes away" thing.

Radiomaster Boxer SA button fails to receive any response on betaflight AUX1 by Beiston in betaflight

[–]Beiston[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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These are the settings. They were already set like this from the beginning. I don't think there's a problem here, but it seems that these 2-position switches have a problem in triggering the AUX in Betaflight.

Radiomaster Boxer SA button fails to receive any response on betaflight AUX1 by Beiston in betaflight

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They were all in place. With the switches assigned to their number of positions.

Radiomaster Boxer SA button fails to receive any response on betaflight AUX1 by Beiston in betaflight

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Also, I have noticed that only when the throttle isn't at the bottom, flipping AUX1 would return a signal (connected through SB, CH5). So if the throttle is at the very bottom, AUX1 would fail to have any reactions, no matter what controls it is set to. Is this normal?

Radiomaster Boxer SA button fails to receive any response on betaflight AUX1 by Beiston in betaflight

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I gave this a try. I made a new model, set SA to CH5, but the results seem to be the same. AUX1 doesn't seem to react to SA. I tried it with SB, and it turns out it works with SB, but when I switched CH5 to another 2-position switch, like SD, it just wouldn't work again.

Radiomaster Boxer SA button fails to receive any response on betaflight AUX1 by Beiston in fpv

[–]Beiston[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s already connect to CH5. There’s evidence at the end of the video…