Allan Bennett

They're at it again! I got a text message from Yodel timed at 09:45 today, 25th July, telling me that my Amazon parcel is expected to be with me between 08:45 - 10:45 today. Amazon had said (and still say on the 'Your Orders' page) that it's due between 26th and 29th July. Good thing I was at home (and awake) when the parcel arrived at about 09:50 😃

Driving on a footpath is illegal, I believe. Therefore parking on the footpath must be illegal too, unless one lifted the car there by crane 😃 Round our way, apart from blocking the footpath, parking there still doesn't leave enough room for two cars to pass, so one might as well have parked properly fully in the road.

Today I was woken up at 08:30 by someone ringing my doorbell and knocking on the door (I'm retired and getting on a bit so I often sleep in that late). I knew I was only expecting a delivery of a dozen furry hinges, which would easily fit throught the letter box, so I stayed in bed and the package was delivered. When I eventually got up and switched on my phone I saw a message timed at 08:58 saying my package would be delivered between 08:13 and 10:13. As for packaging, the hinges packets were wrapped in corrugated cardboard to protect them (from what?) and placed in what's presumably the courier's standard A3-size plastic mailing bag. They could have been just put in a standard letter envelope except that probably the courier doesn't permit that. Whenever I get the choice when ordering online I pick Royal Mail as the delivery method, for at least I know when the postie arrives at my house and where to go to pick up if they're unable to make the delivery. In this instance Royal Mail was not offered as an option. What is it about couriers that makes them so attractive to vendors?

I'm lucky, my car is a 2019 model so 'lane assist' and 'auto engine stop' and 'auto handbrake' can be turned off. I keep lane assist on, but I find that engine stop and auto handbrake both make for very jerky manoeuvering when trying to park, so leave them turned off. I don't think I can turn off 'imminent collision warning' but, even though it's been activated by parked cars and cars waiting to join my road at an oblique angle, thankfully it doesn't seem to apply brakes, though I believe from the brochure it would add to my pressure if I did tough the brake while it's triggered. Overall I'm not too impress by all these features.

A soak in WD40 has done the job for me in the past. After it's freed, a further soak in 4-in-1 oil to remove the WD40 and to get it lubricated.

I printed a few layers this afternoon without any brim, and the holes are not filled. So it must be something to do with the brim settings. I've submitted a query to the Github prusa page. Thanks FlyinFinn.

Yes, 'outer brim only' is selected. I was thinking last night I should do a few layers without a brim, just to make sure it's not some other setting that's the problem. I'll report back.

I'm using a brim to ensure good bed adhesion for tall slender prints. I've set brim type to 'Outer brim only' and yet it's filling holes that are supposed to be in the bottom horizontal shell. No real problem piercing the holes after printing, if only I can locate where they're meant to be! So, how can I stop them being filled please?

My wife and I will be there for the show at the end of this month. We go quite regularly on non-show days for a walk and a lunch. If we go the day before a show we often see lots of preparation and practice for free!

Great to read your progress reports Matt. Have a happy home-coming!

I used self tappers without any issues when I was flying an OS61FSR. Bolts and nuts are only good if the underside of the mount is parallel to the top, or you have a tapered washer the correct angle to avoid any bending stress on the bolt.

It says 'recommended' 2S or 3S. Generally speaking it's not volts (cell-count) that kills motors, but amps. Provided you keep the amps within the recommended limit by choosing an appropriate prop size the motor will be okay. To make the right decision we also need to know the dead motor's watts rating, or what measured watts you were actually achieving with it. If you have no data, then what size ESC was it using?

Best wishes for good progress in the new rehab centre.

I don't remember what the plan shows, but I created a front-hinged hatch on the underside of the front fuselage.

I've built it. Only flew it once, but crashed it due to loss of orientation and control (due I think, to the battery shifting in flight). The only damage was to the nose though, so I'm waiting for good weather to fly it again. I never thought about ease of replacing/maintaining the fans, but consider that rebuilding a nacelle would be not too difficult if necessary.