A Brief Dive Into CAN Bus
During the past two days, I've had just enough free time that I've been able to test out some CAN bus, GMLAN sniffing, and experimentation – I've also discovered how…
Spins
For the past two days, I've been practicing various upper-air work activities. Apart from the stalls, slow flights, steep turns, slips, and forced approaches, I got to re-experience what it…
Golden Cross Country
As part of my flight training, I must do a cross country to Golden, British Columbia. The whole flight took 4.4 hours of Hobbs time and was quite an experience…
Castlegar FSS Tower Visit
Today a couple of friends of mine and I wanted to go visit the airport’s control tower. We’re fortunate enough that the really nice people at NavCanada told us that…
Vehicle Lighting Controller
One of the first things I did to the car was to install under-dash lighting. The actual LED strips weren't anything special; they're aqua in colour and fade in and…
Free Falling
Today while heading back to the airport, we decided to toy with Newton's laws. We pitched up, then down again, causing a moment of continued upward motion as we tipped…
Flight Around Mt. Gimli
Today on one of the mutual flights that I was acting as FO for, we decided to take a short trip around Mt. Gimli. It's a beautiful mountain located in…
Stepper Motor Test
There’s nothing quite like experimenting with some electronics on a quiet afternoon day. Today I decided to try driving a stepper motor with a simple microcontroller; it wasn’t very long…