EvilC57

Dare we risk watching it 😶!

I watched the episode on iPlayer as a result of this thread, let’s just say I won’t be watching any more! With regard to the Reliants, my mother had a pale blue ‘Trotter’ type Reliant Robin van in the 1970s, which (as I think I recall) had a lower rate of road tax than the equivalent car. So my father did a mod which I believe was common then, of cutting holes in the side panels and fitting the flat rear windows from a couple of scrapped Ford Anglias, along with a modified back seat from the same - although others may correct me on the source of the bits. I believe he also mentioned bolting some lumps of pig iron underneath to give it some ‘weight’, and stop it jumping around so much on the road. I certainly remember it being a very bumpy ride as the centre front wheel caught every manhole cover etc. which would go between the wheels of a four wheeled car. I also learned to drive on it when I was 17!

This beer is giving me a sense of déjà vu!

There have been a number of videos shown on the news over recent years, of people (subsequently prosecuted) filming themselves driving at 130mph+ on a motorway, and posting the evidence on ‘social media’. Can’t fix stupid I guess.

Me too.

“He used binoculars to watch the drone and thought this was acceptable because it was in his line of sight.” He doesn’t sound bright enough or knowledgeable enough to have been using FPV equipment.

Has anyone here successfully used one of the iRangeX IRX4 or 4+ multi-protocol modules with a Boldclash BWhoop B03 Bayang protocol drone? I recently bought an IRX4+ module to use with my old JR PCM9X PPM transmitter (see my original thread here). Having climbed the steep learning curve required to install USB drivers, update the bootloader and install the relevant PPM .bin file, I managed to bind it with a Spektrum DSM/DSMX receiver OK, but cannot get it to bind with my B03 drone - which is the real reason I bought it. The IRX has Bayang - BAYANG / H8S3D / X16_AH / IRDRONE sub-protocols available on 4 different switch settings, but the B03 won't bind with any of them despite it binding OK with my little Jumper T8SG Tx in <BAYANG> mode. The Jumper has the channel order AETR rather than TAER, and it has been suggested that this may be the issue, however (with the relevant PPM .bin file loaded) I have tried both, but to no avail.

Toolstation 20g cyano for me. I stick (no pun intended) with the 20g bottles, because the 50g ones tend to go off before I can get half way through them - or the spout becomes too manky and clogged up over time.

Went from WP 5.1 to MS Word via Lotus Ami Pro (remember that?), which I remember as being very unstable with frequent lockups and crashes. Used Lotus 123 before Excel as well.

I used WordPerfect 5.1 at work throughout the 1990s, and really liked it because of the controllability it had.

My understanding too is that it’s not a good idea because even when you are not actively using the router there is system ‘handshaking’ taking place, and if switched off for long periods this cannot happen, which can lead to your ISP thinking that your data use is lower than it actually is, and throttling (slowing down) your broadband speeds accordingly. Not to mention missing overnight router updates as Peter J says. My ISP (Virgin) has said though, that it’s a good idea to switch off for 30 seconds or reboot the router about once a month to clear out the cache, which can speed things up.

Probably not as fast as this one 😁…

What are all these fancy transmitters people are using that log their flight details? All my old DX8 G1 does (apart from a flight timer) is log total hours that a particular model is selected in the memory. Sounds like I’ll have to drag myself into the 2020’s sometime.

And that the static thrust figures the manufacturers quote will likely be somewhat optimistic, like car manufacturers MPG figures.

35C doesn’t seem a high enough rating for a lipo being expected to power an EDF to me. OK for something with a moderate performance and a propeller maybe, but for an EDF I’d expect to use a higher rated battery - more like 60C or more.

A lot of people have absolutely no idea about anything mechanical or remotely technical of any kind. There is a channel on YouTube called Just Rolled In where mechanics submit videos of things they found wrong with cars bought in by customers. Most of them are in America, but I’m sure the same kind of things happen here in the UK as well. Watching them I’m never quite sure whether to find them amusing, or be horrified by some people’s total ineptitude.

I used to in Excel, but gave up years ago.

This is where I think all this ‘work from home’ that’s been going on since the Covid lockdowns falls down. Before I retired I worked in a similar systems design and test department, and there were countless occasions when you would overhear something relevant to the job in the adjoining office ‘pig pen’ or in the tea room, where you would think ‘Ah yes, I need to take that into account’ (or whatever). Or you could pop down the office at a moment’s notice and bounce ideas off a colleague - none of which you can do easily if you’re working on a laptop in the kitchen, with the distractions of a cat/dog that wants to be let out, or a washing machine that’s beeping at you because it’s waiting to be emptied!

News to me if it does. As far as I know (and I’ve just had a look at the back) there’s just in RF connector straight off the Virgin network.

I’d happily leave Virgin and go to our new local ‘Fibre to your front door’ ISP instead, but I do like the convenience of Virgin’s TiVo box and its ability to pause and rewind live TV - very useful when Mrs EvilC comes in and talks to me at the vital part of a program!

The only people who ever call our landline are a 96 year old cousin, and spammers (junk calls). The only time I ever make outgoing calls on it are to call Virgin to check the status of their broadband if I’m having trouble, or once in a while to call them to try and haggle down their regular price increases. I’ve told them I don’t really need the landline any more, but it seems there’s no opt out - unless I leave them completely.