Friday - March 25, 2005

What a busy month, in fact this year has just been incredible.  I've been wrapped up in some interesting software development, time just flies when you are having fun.

I've had very little free time for some of my favorite diversions, basically R/C Soaring, but there isn't much of that going on in the winter in Chicago.  Not that we don't find other things to fly if we get a chance.  With all the advances in battery technology, (NiCad's are old fashioned, so are NiMH, LiPo is the rage now) micro electric indoor flying is becoming very popular.  One thing that has always interested me is helicopter flying, particularly micro helicopters, for instance the Pixelito or the Proxflyer.  Imagine being able to pilot an R/C Helicopter small enough to easily fly around inside your house.

Lately, my living room has been my "flying field" in the evenings.  I've been flying a commercial version of the Proxflyer known as the BladeRunner.  Although it is sold as a kids toy, (and it really is one including a low price), it is easy to find web sites and documents online where the average kids age is closer to mine and they are hacking and modding these models to improve their performance.  I have to say, it's a lot fun to take a five minute break with one of these.

Here are a couple of videos of me being silly and flying around inside my house.