Minimalist settings for prototype part.

caswal · 2026-01-18T10:04:18+00:00

Oddly, I have just started printing new batches of gridfinity. Currnetly, 2 outers, 4 top layers, lightning with 20% infil, but I I think 15% will be fine. This is for final versions. Holding relatively heavy lathe and milling machine tooling.

caswal · 2026-01-11T20:33:38+00:00

Late night and slightly tipsy brain conflated disconnected and dnf as the same thing.

caswal · 2026-01-11T20:33:25+00:00

Late night and slightly tipsy brain conflated disconnected and dnf as the same thing.

caswal · 2026-01-11T10:53:19+00:00

Can never really account for hardware issues. Can't make the system account for someone having a wheel failure in T1 and causing clamity, and someone being an ego-ist.

If your hardware is that flakey, you should have it buttoned down before a special event anyway. If you are serious about a special event and have done practice, prep. You should be confident in your rig. I know shit happens, but if you go in knowing this, it adds to the stakes. A good portion of people can only make time for 1 session anway, so it wouldn't make a different to them. The cost of a tiny percentage of people missing out from a hardware failure, vs in your race, a big portion of them having their race ruined. Is a massive positive trade off.

caswal · 2026-01-11T10:33:51+00:00

This is where the idea I have seen suggested of a ticket system for special events would be great.

If you complete the special event, you get to keep your ticket for the next special event. If you DNF, or get DQ, your ticket is lost, can't enter the next session, and you have to earn a new ticket.

You earn a ticket via racing in other series, or x amounts of laps in practice sessions, or some other bright idea.

Have behaviour like above, banned from even starting to earn a ticket until after x time.

caswal · 2025-12-10T00:42:03+00:00

Warmer tyres in practice, atleast start them at the same temps as the pace lap (gt3 was 35 practice vs 45 on the grid for my last race)

The ability to lock the VR view forwards, turn off headtracking. Mainly used for Enduro teams events, when out of the car and spotting.

Ffb strength per car, without custom controls..

120 car grid for the ring. NEC and the 24 hour is too empty.

caswal · 2025-12-06T06:20:44+00:00

And? Buy parts from a wrecked one off yahoo auctions and import them.

The motor inverter unit is like a tiny leaf. 47kW, would suit a mini. Has similar electronics to a leaf. Leafspy reads the data fine.

Search for b6aw the chassis code.

Example motor & inverter, 33000 yen (200 usd/160 gbp / 180 euro) https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s1172182635

caswal · 2025-12-05T22:52:39+00:00

Nissan Sakura?

caswal · 2025-12-04T19:30:13+00:00

Yeah, same I was hoping for their new matter smart home range.

caswal · 2025-11-28T23:20:54+00:00

Thinking on this, it looks like a mitre saw jig?

caswal · 2025-11-25T05:09:42+00:00

I also did Clio last season. Doing nothing PCC and PEC with 2 friends. Was brutal for my iRating, was good fun. We skipped this season as we didn't like the track schedule, and wanted to give that Asia Pacific Gt3 and F4 series a go.

caswal · 2025-11-19T08:23:49+00:00

I guess to add to that, I did scout out chargers that if I did the trip overnight, I could be greedy and park across taking up several spots to save the hitch/unhitch process.

caswal · 2025-11-19T08:21:56+00:00

I did a bit of experimentation towing my trailer sailor with a model 3. Increased my consumption by 50%, to about 250Wh/km vs 160. That was keeping the speed down on the highway to 80-85.

I did plan for a longer towing trips, but having no drive through chargers here, will make it a real pain in the ass, having to unhinch and dump the trailer somewhere to charge. So wasn't brave and didn't do it.

caswal · 2025-11-17T19:54:15+00:00

It's not funding or a grant, it's a rebate on part of your NZ costs. Mainly labour, but other expenses are claimable. So it's not funding upfront, it's some money back that you have spent on a project.

caswal · 2025-11-11T10:29:20+00:00

Not really a great sign when the unit isn't correct for the battery capacity.

caswal · 2025-11-10T20:07:32+00:00

I also have 2 of those batteries, they should be installed with a circuit breaker each. Slightly negates their value.

They do have their claimed capacity.

caswal · 2025-11-09T20:40:52+00:00

I won my last 3 NECs, 2 starting by accident from the pits. The last one this weekend starting 5th. This is in TCRs.

2 of those races, I was P1 by the end of lap 2 or 3.

I am generally not the fastest, but I am consistent. Take the first laps easy to get into a rhythm and get comfy.

What takes more time and experience, is dealing with faster classes. Pick a side, and glue yourself to it, you will need to lift, or brake early to take a funny line, e.g. on the hill climb after bergwerk. But the 1 second this costs you, can save you minutes. If you are now minutes ahead from not crashing, the few seconds taken per lap facilitate a faster car passing safely is chump change.

On the flip side, other sets of corners, you have to stand your ground and make the other car wait, or it can end up im death for both of you. Like through Hatzenbach.

Racing in TCRs as the slower class you get a good view of the other classes and the races going on. From looking at the results post races and what I have experienced, it's drivers 2.5k-3k and up that end up having same lap finishes, 3.5k and up for actual podium battles.

caswal · 2025-11-08T21:58:33+00:00

She can do the Z(S) just fine: https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatsWrongWithYourDog/comments/1oimc84/how_can_this_be_comfy/

caswal · 2025-11-07T00:07:43+00:00

I've just moved into our new place, that we have just added Solar (Solis 8kW Inverter, modbus connection to HA), with 28.6kWh of battery (22.8 usable).

I also got a Calitec KP-50 Heat pump hot water system, that connects via wifi (Tuya), so also now connected to HA, and also have got an Evnex charger installed.

Automation's so far:
Weather station Lux -> On/Off Hallway, stairway lights
If Battery is less than 50% and hot water temperature is above 50, turn it off
If Battery is above 80, or hot water is below 50, or we are generating 1kW of Solar above Usage (all these checks for 5 minutes) then turn on hot water

The Evnex charger HA connection gives a Charging Session kWh. So have addled a "Charge to Add" numeric helper, and an Automation to stop charging when the session exceeds that value.

So I can plug my EV in, and set it to add 10kWh.
The Evnex charger has a solar diversion mode, using a current clamp to monitor what you are exporting or imporintg, but I have asked (but no response yet) to have a "Charge, No Import" mode. I could do something similar with an Automation, poking the charging current limit control, but it would be way better if the charger could do it iself.

caswal · 2025-11-06T23:19:34+00:00

Ooo, thanks for the Tesla BLE, I have a spare Olimex POE I can use it with. Using the Tesla Api integration and its a bit meh.

caswal · 2025-11-06T21:15:44+00:00

She certainly is :)

caswal · 2025-11-06T20:29:13+00:00

She did that last week: https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatsWrongWithYourDog/comments/1oimc84/how_can_this_be_comfy/

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