I write about the past, present, and future of technology across three sites. imapenguin.com explores retro computing and programming fundamentals, milkcrunch.com covers modern software development and engineering culture, and evadot.com examines commercial spaceflight and the new space movement.
Posts
- Doing something. Important?? #myzenith750
- Brake cylinders on the rudder pedals. Check. #myzenith750
- The same thing we do at 6am every day Pinky. #myzenith750
- Flying planes. Again.
- Today’s cool airplane spotting of the day: A Rutan Long EZ. This is an airplane I’ve wanted since I was a kid. Unfortunately my Dutch/Norwegian shoulders are too broad to fit comfortably. And no there is nothing wrong with it. The engine is in the tail so when you park it and get out you retract the nose gear and sit it on the nose so it doesn’t tip backwards.
- I hear “I could never build an airplane” a lot. Yes you can. You just have to be willing to spend a couple thousand hours over a couple years paying very careful attention to endless details. This is the only place this jam nut on the linear actuator is mentioned. Check. #myzenith750
- I couldn’t find this tiny part so I made it from the plans specs from scrap aluminum. As soon as I finished I found it. #myzenith750
- Doesn’t get old. Also, windshield bugs.
- I have 13 vertebrae fused in my spine so laying on a hard surface is pretty painful. But if it doesn’t kill you and all that... #myzenith750
- Made 24 of these L angles this morning. I must be slacking, only 384 holes before 8am. And yes, I counted because... well reasons. #myzenith750
- I have thousands of dollars worth of fancy tools but sometimes the right tool for the job is a six dollar hack saw and some elbow grease. #myzenith750
- Today’s cool airplane spotting: a brand new Honda jet. Very nice.
- Before the work day even started today I got the nose skin pulled over. Chipping away every day. #myzenith750
- Asheville airport cool airplane sighting of the day: Zenith 601 being delivered to a new owner in Norfolk.
- Cruzer Update Video · evadot
- One of my all time favorite aircraft
- We only eat bread once or twice a month so when we do we really try to make it special. Tonight it’s a mountain of dinner plate sized homemade garlic naan.
- Rivet day #myzenith750
- This morning’s progress beginning at 6am was 340 holes on the bottom skin and main spar each drilled twice to final size. I think I can skip my shoulder workout today. In case you were wondering, a @boschtoolsna drill can easily drill 680 holes on 1 and a half batteries. #myzenith750
- A lot of people tell me they just don't have time for working out, or learning new things, or long term projects of passion etc. Well what were you doing at 5am this morning? Yeah... #myzenith750