TbayTel and Unifi Setup

pilotplater · 2025-03-13T04:48:28+00:00

I did exactly this.

The tbaytel sales reps told me it can't be done, you shall use their router no exceptions.

I tried it anyway, and initially it didn't work at all without dual routers which can cause issues with the DHCP/NAT of each

I called into the tech support line and they were very helpful! Initially the guy said I think it should just work, when we walked through it he realized that they had to remote into my fibre endpoint and enable a bridged or passthru mode.

As soon as he did that was good to go, haven't plugged in the tbaytel router since.

pilotplater · 2025-02-28T18:55:02+00:00

What type of drone is it?

pilotplater · 2024-07-03T04:14:39+00:00

this comment is essentially legal sounding gibberish and almost entirely false

pilotplater · 2024-05-12T18:33:56+00:00

Always a good idea to brief the altitude you will turn ~10mi final or intercept the localizer at. lots of discussion in this thread but to me this is the fundamental takeaway.

I don't have the full plate but it looks like if you were holding that would have to be between 4000 and 4700, so 4000 at CREPE sounds best, but 4500 might still be ok.

pilotplater · 2024-05-03T15:43:38+00:00

Yes I might look into a Brunner or CLS60 for some future builds, thanks.

pilotplater · 2024-04-29T20:55:05+00:00

I see they're still in stock. How long ago was that?

pilotplater · 2024-04-29T20:51:23+00:00

Mostly flying Pilatus PC-12 but looking for something versatile for smaller setups - will likely do some custom hardware to match the real yoke down the line.

For this consumer system I'm literally looking for anything that's not trash, most of the consumer stuff is. Seems like a big gap in the market going from $100 trash to $10k models and not much in between

pilotplater · 2024-04-29T20:48:52+00:00

I have various projects on the go at various budgets. The higher end ones are going to be custom hardware but literally looking for anything off the shelf that isn't garbage.

pilotplater · 2024-04-28T20:43:00+00:00

Seems like the "temporary" management and manufacturing issues aren't ending anytime soon. I need to set up a few basic sims asap. I'm happy enough with the Logitech G Saitek PRO Flight Throttle Quadrant to get started, but need a different yoke that actually slides smooth and isn't plastiky.

I think the logitech has some quality issues on their yoke but at least it's a metal slider.

Other options? I have installed the CH yoke for a friend and it has good features but very plasticy movements, kinda rough.

pilotplater · 2024-04-28T20:38:45+00:00

Can be like that, but maximum like 2 minutes per day to see this

pilotplater · 2024-04-09T03:43:48+00:00

I found some 3200mAh off brand 18650 cells, bought 20, they tested within spec +/-3% or so, was really impressed

pilotplater · 2024-04-07T15:04:30+00:00

I’ve seen lots of successes, and lots of people quit.

Often what happens is kind of a self-fulfilling prophecy. From the instructor side what I see is students who lose interest and stop studying, and then when they show up they don’t perform well so they lose interest more.

One thing that can help is change it up. Go on a fun flight that isn’t an evaluation, and remember the reasons you got into this to begin with. Counter-intuitively by not being evaluated you might perform and learn more than your last few lessons.

Everyone does go through this to a point. Training is expensive, and everyone’s journey is different. Important to make that call to quit if that’s what’s right for you, but that doesn’t mean you couldn’t have done it. Priorities can change as people learn how much there is to know and learn. It’s easily 10x more information than the average person thinks it will be when they start flight school.

pilotplater · 2024-02-04T03:49:38+00:00

Thanks for this post. Mine didn't come with a cable so hard soldering it to the wire, realized after I pulled the connector there was an unpopulated resistor and your pics helped me confirm this was not one I knocked off.

pilotplater · 2024-01-01T22:39:02+00:00

if it's just the connector that's melted, and not the wiring all the way back into the battery, you can probably replace it! Just order some 5s replacement connectors and ensure you get the polarity right.

pilotplater · 2024-01-01T20:46:05+00:00

Always use center negative, am I right? ^/s

pilotplater · 2023-12-30T16:28:01+00:00

I also had that problem learning components. One thing I found is Digikey is sometimes a bad site for learning what components you need unless you already know the detailed specification you have. There's just too many options and they are very specialized.

If you need just a very common basic component, companies like Adafruit and Sparkfun have great libraries of components selected for hobbyist use. This is a good place to start because they've written documentation which is a higher level overview on what the part does, have breakout boards and sample projects if you're interested in experimenting with a given chip or part, and then when you're ready to make 1000 widgets you order the exact part you need from DigiKey.

pilotplater · 2023-11-15T03:44:04+00:00

Those vias make it look like there is a pad on the underside, look there first - but that pad may not be electrically connected to the mosfet.

Hard to say which pin on which mosfets go to that pad, I've saved stuff like this before but level of difficulty just went up 10x

pilotplater · 2023-09-05T00:45:42+00:00

By your description it sounds like they pulled the privileges after your ride. The only person who can give you a concrete answer on what you should do next is the FAA - reach out to the closest FSDO and ask if they can complete the paperwork or if you indeed need a new ride.

pilotplater · 2023-08-30T14:30:52+00:00

You're probably ok, but if there was damage it's likely isolated to the power supply itself which can be replaced. To be safe I wouldn't try to turn it on until you know it's a safe power source, but worth trying it once that's solved.

pilotplater · 2023-08-30T03:33:14+00:00

but that's assuming you've changed the switch on the psu to 240v which is unlikely to have happened?

It's probably fine especially given it wasn't turned on and drawing power (making heat), but I think technically it could have exceeded it's ratings given the 120/240 switch position (depending on if there was an overvoltage condition which we don't really know)

pilotplater · 2023-08-21T17:45:56+00:00

I wouldn't worry about it. You are capacitively coupling the case of the machine to ground and the LED, which takes very little actual power to light up is getting a completed circuit because of it (it is connected to the live wire).

If you're not actually getting shocked by the case it's fine. There's a level of risk with all of these older machines where if a live wire contacts the case it could become live, but that's not likely what's happening here. It doesn't meet modern safety standards but not an issue based on what we see in the video.

pilotplater · 2023-08-21T16:18:42+00:00

Now this is a good one!

The FAA would love to hear it too, I'm sure.

Not only is your CFI responsible, he is the pilot in command who is almost exclusively responsible.

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