The #1 vinyl repair kit on Amazon has 2.9 stars. And it’s not made to fix an 10″ split seam. There isn’t a whole lot you can do to hide a 10″ split, which is a problem for my 83 Kawasaki 305. A friend had success using Liquid Electrical Tape to fix the seat of a Honda CBR1000rr. There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of talk online about this. This is the repair for people who use close-enough nail polish to touch up body paint. ...
A stranger off eBay got me pulled over, from across the world. I have a 1983 Kawasaki CSR 305 that has a hint of a cafe racer. For the look, I replaced the stock brake and turn lights with a LED brake/turn light combo from eBay. It was manufactured overseas, very cheaply. typical cheap brake/turn light Something failed and the lights went out…at night…while riding. This upset the local authorities. ...
If you like your quadcopter looking like a rat’s nest, read no further. If you are sophisticated and proper, read on. This is a quick visual how-to for managing and tidying wires on a multicopter or drone. Here is a wiring harness for a Flip 32 Deluxe flight controller. I only need 3 of the wires here. Step 1 - Cut Cable Test fit and cut to length. Leave some extra length. ...
Trying to figure out which power supply, transformer, or wire gauge you need for a LED strip project? Look no further. The tables below show the current and power draw for RGB LED strips in both Metric and Imperial units. Metric Type LEDs per meter LEDs per segment Segment Length Segments per meter Current per meter Current per segment Power per meter Power per segment RGB - One Color On 30 3 10 cm 10 0.2 A 20 mA 2.4 W 0.24 W RGB - All Colors On 30 3 10 cm 10 0.6 A 60 mA 7.2 W 0.72 W RGB - One Color On 60 3 5 cm 20 0.4 A 20 mA 4.8 W 0.24 W RGB - All Colors On 60 3 5 cm 20 1.2 A 60 mA 14.4 W 0.72 W Imperial Type LEDs per foot LEDs per segment Segment Length Segments per foot Current per foot Current per segment Power per foot Power per segment RGB - One Color On 9 3 3.94 in 3 60 mA 20 mA 0.73 W 0.24 W RGB - All Colors On 9 3 3.94 in 3 180 mA 60 mA 2.2 W 0.72 W RGB - One Color On 18 3 1.97 in 6 120 mA 20 mA 1.46 W 0.24 W RGB - All Colors On 18 3 1.97 in 6 360 mA 60 mA 4.4 W 0.72 W Notice any errors? Comment below. ...
I could have gone from 1,000 crashes to 100 crashes with a few simple pointers. There are two big reasons why you are crashing. This is for the pilots who moving from beginner and intermediate. Reason 1 - Your Brain Imagine flying a microquad in a gymnasium. You can practice a banked turn and go wildly off target without crashing. Then you bring it back toward you and try again. ...
The title says it. And you can 10x your skill development as a quad flier with the same amount of practice time. 1 - Spatial Tasks are Hard It’s easy to keep a position in 2D space, because you can place a marker or a cone on the ground. In the air, you can’t mark the spot you are trying to hover by. Targeting a point in 3D space and maintaining a quadcopter is difficult, because it’s hard to remember where that point was, especially when a little quad is zooming all around that point. ...
The same scene plays out everytime I see someone fly a quadcopter indoors… They lift it off the ground, hover for a few seconds, move back and forth, then a spectator roars. “Land it in my hands! " This is not easy. First, it is a not simple to hold a microquad in one position for 5-10 seconds as you lower into someone’s hand. Second, hands are small - much smaller than the floor. Third, you get some Ground Effect and maybe Vortex Ring State from hitting your own prop wash; all make holding a precise position that much harder. Fourth, if you bought a microquad, the motors heat up and slow down mid-flight - throwing off the trim you wasted an entire battery perfecting. ...
Trying to decide which one to take? I’ve driven both, so you don’t have to. I-80 through Nebraska runs on slow, gradual hills. Driving to from Kansas City to Denver is deceiving, because after the 5 hours through Kansas, you still have 3 hours in Colorado that looks remarkably similar to Kansas. There isn’t much along the highway either. Few towns, trees, signs, or radio stations. Highway I-70 through Kansas ...
Here’s a list of the most useful shortcuts in CM - more graphical and intuitive than the built in shortcut list (Ribbon Bar->View->Shortcuts). Above - Shortcut List Location Pro Tip: When the tools aren’t working correctly, press ESC a few times. Schematic Shortcuts Crtl+Scroll Zoom Center Button - Click Hold and Drag Zoom Pg Up/Down Zoom (Great for laptops) Right Button - Click Hold Drag Pan Ctrl+A Select A ll Crtl+C C opy Ctrl+X Cut Ctrl+V Paste Ctrl+D D uplicate W W ire (for opening wiring tool) Space Change Wiring Path - Only works when wiring Shift+Space Change Wiring Angles - Only works when wiring Space Rotate Selected Object Tab or Double Click Edit Properties of selected object G Toggle G rid Size (look in bottom left-hand corner) Z Add Ground V Add V CC (press TAB to quickly change net name) T T ext (press TAB to change text) N N et Label (press TAB to change text) C Place C omponent X Flip left/right (X -Axis) Y Flip up/down (Y -Axis) Esc E xit Tool Ctrl+Tab Go to Next Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab Go to Previous Tab PCB Shortcuts Crtl+Scroll Zoom Center Button - Click Hold and Drag Zoom Pg Up/Down Zoom (Great for laptops) Shift+Pg Up/Down Precise Zoom (Great for laptops) Right Button - Click Hold Drag Pan Esc Exit Tool (so very useful) Ctrl+A Select All Crtl+C Copy Ctrl+X Cut Ctrl+V Paste R Route Trace Space Change Routing Path - Only works when routing Shift+Space Change Routing Angles - Only works when routing Space Rotate Selected Object G Toggle Grid Size (look in bottom left-hand corner) Shift+S Single Layer View (Toggle visibility of all layers except for the active layer) Backspace Undo Trace Segements of selected trace Tab or Double Click Edit Properties of selected object Have a favorite not listed? Leave it in the comments below. ...
After half a semester of college, I learned that my 8″, 40W woofer wasn’t enough. I wanted something bigger, but didn’t want to have to upgrade again in the future. So I decided on something reasonable for any 10’x15′ dorm room - two 15″ subwoofers powered by a 1000W car amp. My goals: keep it under $400, design it so one of the two subs can be placed in a car and be powered from a 12V source (like a car battery), and build them to be as durable as possible. ...