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the first week of march was wholesomely spent by building my first warbird, and waiting for electronics to come. I got the Idea for this project when I was reading a book about super-sonic flight. the book was talking about WWII and some of the speedy warbirds like the Apache, Mustang, and warhawk. I found some plans for it online, and it only took me about 7 hours including cutting out the pieces, electronics installation, and painting. my brother and I decided to paint the tail red so this could be a red tailed hawk! planes with low wings are typically not recommended for beginner pilots, but I decided to give this one a shot. with the fearless (Lego) pilot Rodger at the controls, the plane went 3 feet then went straight into the ground. CRACK! broken propeller. I put on a new one and gave it a launch. CRACK! broken propeller. I guess I will have to get better at flying, and get better props before trying this one again.
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for the past few weeks, I have been working through a book by Make (technology media company) called geometry. the book uses a free open source kind of CAD (computer aided design) called openSCAD, where the user writes code to create precise 3d models which can be exported to a 3d printer, to become physical shapes. I have mostly coded and (not printed) the stuff in the book, but when one of the small plastic wheels on my tennis ball hopper fell off, I designed a simple half cylinder with a hole in the middle, to print on my friend's printer. I can't wait to learn more functions, and print more complex things, like rocket nose cones, and airplane details!
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