Civil Defense Lionel CD V-700 Model 6b Geiger Counter
With the recent interest in Geiger counters I wanted to share one of my favorite items in the house. This is the Lionel CD V-700 Model 6b Geiger Counter which was used for measuring radiation, primarily in case of a massive nuclear attack on the United States or other friendly countries. The CD V-700 is […]
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Very Large Home Made Lithium Polymer Battery Pack
I was sent this video from Chris Luxembourg called BATTERY OR WELDING MACHINE. (He has since closed his youtube account and the videos are no longer available!) He built this monster Li-Poly pack for his Lowracer project, a hybrid/electric super-efficient bicycle. Bicycle may not be the appropriate name for the thing. Looking at some of […]
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Home Made High Voltage Rectifier Using Series Strings of Diodes
I needed some high voltage diodes for a project I am working on. Below is information on how to build a few different types and maybe go a bit overboard. Recently I have been working on rebuilding my energy storage capacitor discharge setup and needed a full wave rectifier bridge for my neon sign transformers. […]
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The New Arduino Mega 2560
I was just looking at Twitter again, trying to decide if it was worthwhile to create an account or not and typed in ‘Arduino’ to the search box and found out that Arduino has release 2 new boards, the Ardunio Uno and the Ardunio Mega 2560. I checked out the specs and they both look […]
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Mini-Titan e325 Night Flying LED Lights Setup Progress
I am working to convert my ACE Mini-Titan e325 to a night-flying setup. Since Winter is on the way, the only time I’ll be able to fly is later on in the day when the sun is low, or gone, so this is a perfect excuse to play with LED lights. LED Technology had come […]
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Tags: Electronics, Helicopter, led, LEDs, mini-titan, Night Flying, Soldering