Well the 3lbs I put on I lost again. Seems to be the story lately been going between 137 and 140 for quite a while. I'm eating more with this protein. It doesn't make you feel full which is great and I'm feeling better most of the time but for me its more important to get off the F as long as I can stay where I am as far as weight.
Well, now I feel like a heal. I have the last 4 pens packaged up ready to put in the mail to my sister in Central Point, Oregon. I decided to send it to her husband. I figured with the fat barrel it might help him with his writing. He suffered a stroke about 2 years ago and is making small bits of recovery. The others will be for his wife Ava, my other sister, Connie and her husband Frank. I made one for Frank 5 or 6 years ago and he just loves using it for sketching. He ask for another pen not long ago and I just got around making him another. I will have to check and see if I have another blank of Purple Heart, what I thought was Purple Heart isn't. Darn it, I wish I knew my woods better. I am sure Ava will take a pic with Jim so when she does I'll repost it here.
well... except for the afib that the cardiologist says has gotten worse and now needs medication.
Thanks! appreciate the thoughts.
Mom says thanks from both!
Thank you for going to so much trouble for us. But, now I feel guilty for asking for a pic. It's a vicious circle, I tell ya!
That pen is the bomb, Diver! I'd avoid using that description when mailing the package, though.
On another subject, you're an RC quad pilot too, aren't you? You have a Blade-branded bird if I recall correctly, and you have flown as a member of a club or association, is that right? I haven't heard you talk about it recently. One of the things you'll get used to as you gain experience is how to steer the quad depending on which way it's pointed. Despite the many, many hours I've spent flying, it still is not totally instinctive to me... I have say to myself "OK, with the aircraft pointed in that direction relative to me, the left side of it is.. there.. so I need to move this stick in this direction to make it go.. there."I learned one thing yesterday - I still have a lot to learn.
You must really love us.
Beautiful! It looks like it would feel really good to write with.
= me for the first 30 minutes
= me when it hit that bush!!!That pen is the bomb, Diver! I'd avoid using that description when mailing the package, though.
One of the things you'll get used to as you gain experience is how to steer the quad depending on which way it's pointed. Despite the many, many hours I've spent flying, it still is not totally instinctive to me... I have say to myself "OK, with the aircraft pointed in that direction relative to me, the left side of it is.. there.. so I need to move this stick in this direction to make it go.. there."
Have you registered with the FAA? $5 for 3 years, takes less than 10 minutes to register online.
Some unsolicited tips:
Examine the props carefully after any mishap, and err on the side of caution if in doubt about whether or not to replace a prop. Also re-tighten the props periodically by hand, and especially after an accident.
buy only props made by DJI. They're inexpensive enough, and they are significantly better in quality than any of the props that are not OE.
When the aircraft is moving faster than your brain's ability to direct your thumbs correctly on the remote control, let go of the control sticks and hope that the bird holds still long enough for you to figure out what to do next.
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I've never used them but that's only because I didn't have any. They don't have any huge negative effects on flight characteristics or battery life, and they would have saved a few props, particularly from the fairly common event where the bird tips over after you've already landed but the motors haven't yet stopped. That can happen from a hard landing, or a stiff breeze, or unlevel landing spot. On some models (I don't know whether it's true with the Phantom 3), you have to use a different, longer set of screws to attach them, and if you forget and use the same screws after taking the prop guards off, you end up damaging the aircraft. Using prop guards does make it easier for the front arms/props/prop guards to appear in video.
I put on a set of new props and cleaned/inspected the others, no damage.
Have you ever used prop guards?... you think they would help? I know they would affect aerodynamics/handling some and add weight, and so shorten batt. life.
Also, when trying to do a small control input, it's easy to misperceive which way the bird just moved. Logically, you should guess right half of the time, but in reality the guess-wrong rate is, of course, close to 100%.. the only way I know to improve the percentage is to have had more multiple cold brews prior to the event.Steering orientation discombooberation was why I hit that bush yesterday. Thinking back on it: The bird was at ~6' high, right at my eye level - and my depth perception 'ain't too good' to begin with. For just a few seconds there, I couldn't tell it was going away instead of coming to me. Luckily it wasn't moving very fast. (Oh yeah... and I shouldn't have been buzzing around the yard while sitting on the deck talking to my wife and sipping a cold brew.
I almost always use a Google Nexus 7 II tablet, but I also have the app installed on my cell phone. The video won't cache on either device most of the time, due to insufficient available storage space. I get a message that says "Cache has stopped due to insufficient storage space" or something like that. I don't know whether caching has any effect on video quality on the micro-SD that's aboard the aircraft camera. Are you talking about that video, or are you instead talking about the video that's recorded on your viewing device?
