http://www.prototypemachining.ca/Articles/ElectronicsMathSimplified.html
PrototypeMachining went ahead and started pulling apart the eccentric symbols and letters used for electronics math. He's put real words, and layed them out like you were taught to write equations in math class. This, is seriously useful stuff.
Showing posts with label design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label design. Show all posts
Monday, March 12, 2012
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Time to ditch the affordaplane.... and design from scratch.
The more I look at the Affordaplane the more i'm upset with it.
First off, allow me to share a resource I've built for it: http://theaffordaplaneresource.blogspot.com/
I've been collecting data for the airplane for a month now. And I'm less and less happy with it. I'm finding that the frame is weak, and heavy. The plane more or less flies on horsepower versus finesse. The plane builds up well outside of the part 103 rules, so I'd need to register it with the FAA and do all the experimental plane approval fun-ness I was hopping to avoid.
To make a plane I'd be happy with out of an affordaplane, I'd need to completely remake the fuselage. And landing gear. I could make it come in under part 103 rules. But at that point, I've essentially designed my own airplane.
OH... Well there's an idea.
Funny that.
Now I'm developing something of an obsession over the Davis DA-2. And... that means a pilots license. I'm taking a discovery flight this weekend. So we'll see how that goes.
Pretty isn't it? 120mph on 65hp. And a solid 510lb useful load.
First off, allow me to share a resource I've built for it: http://theaffordaplaneresource.blogspot.com/
I've been collecting data for the airplane for a month now. And I'm less and less happy with it. I'm finding that the frame is weak, and heavy. The plane more or less flies on horsepower versus finesse. The plane builds up well outside of the part 103 rules, so I'd need to register it with the FAA and do all the experimental plane approval fun-ness I was hopping to avoid.
To make a plane I'd be happy with out of an affordaplane, I'd need to completely remake the fuselage. And landing gear. I could make it come in under part 103 rules. But at that point, I've essentially designed my own airplane.
OH... Well there's an idea.
Funny that.
Now I'm developing something of an obsession over the Davis DA-2. And... that means a pilots license. I'm taking a discovery flight this weekend. So we'll see how that goes.
Pretty isn't it? 120mph on 65hp. And a solid 510lb useful load.
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