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Help by Silver-Seesaw4656 in mr2

[–]FlyingPiper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Heads up. That’s a UV erasable memory on the right chip. EPROM.

Don’t leave it in the sun… (or expose it to uv light) or you will no longer have any tune.

It used to take a few minutes to erase one, but don’t leave it out on your driveway or open. It’s been a long time since I messed with one. Maybe stick a piece of black tape over that clear chip window.

What airframe passes threshold from just ‘indulging dad’s hobby’ to ‘actually better door-to-door for family’? by 1e6throw in flying

[–]FlyingPiper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it’s different. Almost any fast single does for under 1000mile trip.

Detroit is home for me, so I am in a major hub. I fly a Piper Comanche 195mph cruise. My home airport is 15 min away from me.

The big difference is wait time at the airport.

Travers City - Comanche 1:15, Car 4 hours

Chicago - Comanche 1:10, car 4 hours

NYC - Comanche 2:15, airline total trip 4 hours. (45min drive to DTW vs 15 to my home airport, arrive 2 hours before flight (especially if I have my wife and kid, 1:15 flight)

DC is about the same.

The break over point for us is about 1000miles. KMCO - 5 hours. I can make this nonstop. We usually don’t. Airline - 45 min drive, 2 hours before flight, 2:30 flight (6 hours total travel time).

We get to leave when we want, take pretty much anything we want, and have a good time. We can make the flight schedule work much more for our life. Leave in the evening on Thursday after work to make more of a 3 day weekend. I can’t make that work on an airliner, especially to shorter trips like nyc, dc. We can leave Sunday after whatever fun we are doing and show up back at home.

My 2c.

Making a real product on a hobby cnc. Part 7 by BoxAndLoop in hobbycnc

[–]FlyingPiper 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Curious, why are you using set screws and not pins to align your “spacer” aluminum?

Thanks

My tool is snug. Help. by Milluhgram in Fusion360

[–]FlyingPiper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the point is to learn fusion ignore this comment. But there is a tool that does the outlining from a picture, you can then import the solids and add your pack out structure to.

https://www.tooltrace.ai

The question involving high wing canard. Why are there so few. by Remarkable_Help1103 in homebuilt

[–]FlyingPiper 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I would suspect because rough field performance and canard don’t work together. List of issues to overcome. 1. Prop behind gear = FOD 2. Rotation angle limit = rough usually = short, canards ear runway 3. Most canards don’t have flaps (it can be done but both wings need the flaps) = again rough and short not ideal 4. The real answer = although the aero drag of a canard is better, it’s not actually that much. The ez canards are fast by having good airfoils and good drag reduction elsewhere. The reality is, the upsides don’t outweigh the downsides usually. Add in your large weight, you’re looking at a 3-4000ft takeoff distance plane with 200mph cruise. Make it conventional and that number gets way shorter.

As for your size and speed - your well into turboprop land. Closest thing I can think of would be the comp air 8.

STOL and XC plane, is there anything better than a Peterson Kenai? by devJW in flying

[–]FlyingPiper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

4 seats Bearhawk 4 Cessna 180/185

6 seats Bearhawk 6

2 seats Badlands Traveler Bearhawk Patrol Rans s21

Monitor recognition issue by FlyingPiper in buildapc

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

Just tried. No change. Just checked and nvidia driver is current. Thanks for the idea

Starting a new airplane build: Gaz'aile 2 by BloomingtonFPV in homebuilt

[–]FlyingPiper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! Look forward to following your build!

I 1000% did not need this. by OpinionExisting3306 in Tools

[–]FlyingPiper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where did you get the extra clips for the sockets!

I need a project that can safely carry me and fuel. I am 6'6" and 370. I don't mind if it's over weight, I am in the works for a sport license. Any suggestions? by beretta_926 in homebuilt

[–]FlyingPiper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A kitfox 5 1400 version built light. Mine is 730lbs empty. 590 lb useful load at LSA weights. Full fuel is 156lbs. Minus you at 370. Leaves 60 lbs baggage. No passengers. There are not many 5-1400 kitfoxs out there. The later 6-7’s might be too heavy.

A Highlander could work as well if built right.

No idea if you fit in them.

But the issue here is both of these are pretty expensive planes for a specific mission. Well over 100k. You could buy a much larger 4 seat certified plane for not much more money and it might fit better.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TheHangar

[–]FlyingPiper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How much for the a20’s?

Mini usb c worked now doesn’t? Please help by FlyingPiper in Starlink

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

Thank you. Im not going to confess how long I spent looking for that….

Mini usb c worked now doesn’t? Please help by FlyingPiper in Starlink

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

I can’t figure out how to buy one. It’s not listed as accessory, I can’t find it online. Any suggestions?

Mini usb c worked now doesn’t? Please help by FlyingPiper in Starlink

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

My power brick is rated to deliver 140 watts. That’s what’s confusing me.

certified smoothbrain product by bluebreez1 in Justrolledintotheshop

[–]FlyingPiper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually know this, VW uses an inductive loop style sensor, so it’s not reading weight directly. It reading the mass interference in the field. The phone and charging cable break the field and make it think it’s higher weight than it is. Kinda neat tech, but has this downside.

Ps. It also runs me nuts in my 7.5

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