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cfastie "Hi Patrick, Sorry for the delay, my Public Lab notifications go to a folder that I rarely see. You are correct that a Picavet does not work well ..." | Read more » about 4 years ago
cfastie "Hi tahnok, Those inexpensive anemometers seems to be missing an important feature of the expensive Kestrel and other fancy anemometers. They do no..." | Read more » over 5 years ago
cfastie "A GoPro Hero might weigh 150 grams with the protective case. A Hero Session weighs half that. On a static KAP rig the total weight will be 150g to ..." | Read more » over 6 years ago
cfastie "It would be fun to try an Aeropod. I couldn't find any details about the instruments, but it looks like an awesome contraption to fly. " | Read more » over 7 years ago
cfastie "A pitot tube measures air pressure and uses fancy math to relate that to wind speed. I assume the ones on airplanes work better than the Rev P. " | Read more » over 7 years ago
cfastie "I decided not to drop into the rabbit hole of applying time series analysis to these data. There does appear to be some periodicity present, but I ..." | Read more » over 7 years ago
cfastie "I have a hypothesis about the different results obtained with two BME280 sensors on the flying rig. A difference of 3° to 4°C is more than should b..." | Read more » over 7 years ago
cfastie "Yes, the newer Rev. P sensor works better in high wind because it has a strong heater so the wind can't cool it off too fast. But the older Rev C s..." | Read more » over 7 years ago
cfastie "A running mean of the aerial wind speed looks like a very reasonable result. The red line is a running mean of 10 observations (which were six seco..." | Read more » over 7 years ago
cfastie "I have been meaning to do a post about the Tangerine Rokkaku. I have yet to have a full KAP session with it so I hope that will happen soon. Here i..." | Read more » over 7 years ago
cfastie "Thanks guys. I started the SkyPod wiki. I'm never sure what constitutes an Activity, but maybe there will be some obvious ones eventually. " | Read more » over 7 years ago
cfastie "Thanks Pat, I recall that you might have tried Meshlab with this type of data. Were you able to do some quantitative analysis (e.g., volume) with M..." | Read more » about 8 years ago
cfastie "Yes, I meant to be a little harsh. I think dictating the style of the titles of research notes is a big step. It could be the correct thing to do, ..." | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie " The title is now in compliance. Our Ruby on Rails overlords have been placated. Automated Activity Grids FTW. #slipperyslope#micromanagement #s..." | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "That works. Nice model. Is that Preview or Ultra mode? " | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "Mathew, Your model is not loading. It says there is a "temporary" problem. I will try again later. " | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "Maybe if I designate one type (1/4" ID) for use with the dowels and the other (5/16" ID) for use with the tubing that would be easier to follow? Wh..." | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "Does this link work for the Crown Point Fort: https://recap360.autodesk.com/fireflyviewer/9a913fba007443a18cf11f4f16086a9c " | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "Mathew, their server is not being responsive. Maybe wait a while. " | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "Hey @dorncox, @cversek, @mstenta, @donblair. Remember when we flew a kite at iFarm? That was awesome. " | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "This looks like nicely elegant and simple solution. I might add two things: 1) a lanyard that connects the camera to the second smallest pole secti..." | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "Ranon those are excellent assembly diagrams. Did you make those in Fusion 360? Is there a special mode for that? It looks like a week of work. Wel..." | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "Thanks, that seems to work to open the f3d file (it's not done uploading it yet). I guess another way is for us to share the files at the Autodesk ..." | Read more » over 8 years ago
cfastie "Fusion 360 did not allow me to open the f3d file. It said that opening local files was not supported. I was not expecting that. So I opened the mo..." | Read more » over 8 years ago