KR> camera strobes

2008-10-27 Thread Aviation Interests
<> I was referring to a technique that was once used for a strobe light for a locator in a space mission (I think that was for aapproaching a satellite with the space shuttle, or something to that extent). They needed to maximize the range, and they could not increase the

KR> camera strobes

2008-10-27 Thread Aviation Interests
On the KR I owned in South Africa, I did just that: used house alarm strobes, which are extremely cheap and easy to find. The same strobes are also used on industrial machinery as an indicator of the machine condition. The ones I used had a perfect flash rate (1Hz, that is 1 flash per second). I

KR> Electric motor ?

2008-10-26 Thread Aviation Interests
In my (extremely biased) opinion, an electric motor is the future, but definitely not a sustainable idea right now. I toyed with the idea for a while, but I think it can't be done satisfactorily. Endurance is way too marginal, and charging the battery is sure to be a long wait. The only