Yes, it’s been some time since I posted something here. So here I go!

The RC-season is just starting, as the snow gently melts and then comes back again. It’s not letting go that easy. But I’m really hoping to get my FP2 outside someday to practice more, I bet my skills have dropped some during the winter time.

Also I found out that two of my batteries got weak, so weak that they can’t be used for anything. They just wont charge, and my lama barley lifts off the ground with them. One raiden battery and one extreme productions battery. They are now disposed, may their mAh rest in peace.

Anyhow I’ve ordered two new batteries from DX, and since they are so cheap with the combination of the dollar it’s no problem 🙂

I dunno if I forgot to mention about my Asus EEE, well it arrived 1-2 weeks after I ordered it. And I’ve been using it now for some months, and it’s great!

But now the Asus EEE 900 is getting close to release. 1024×600 would be lovely! But I got my old asus eee.

0.1 is ready!

Yep, I’ve given it some time, run trough it many times. Everything seems to work fine. But remember this is 0.1 beta, and if you run into some bugs/errors please let me know.

Now off to work on 0.2

.NET Framework 3.5 is required (not sure if you can run it on 2.0):

My new project, a life simulator type of game. Called LifeBiz, written in Visual C#.

0.1 is currently in development and will be available in short time.

It’s about time, lets leave VB behind!

I jumped over to C#, which is a .NET language just like VB.NET. And since god almighty Microsoft has these nice looking, somewhat fresh and delicious express editions. The choice was easy, and of course I’m used to Visual Studio from when using VB 6.0 and VB.net 2005 & 2008 express editions.

One of the big differences I noticed when starting with C# was the { and }, also the case sensitivity. Now when looking back at some VB code, I got problems reading it. It’s so messy 😛

I’ve also bought a book from Uncle Sam, the Sams Teach yourself Visual C# in 24 hours. It makes the change easier, it covers the basics of the Visual Studio and the C# language. Which is just what I need!

So, over to the RC front. Theres not happening anything right now, since theres a cold winter going on. And almost bad weather everyday.

Legger ut siste versjon av NMSP2, B4R3

Liste over nyheter i B4 & R3:
– Noe småbugs fikset i R3
– La til X for å avslutte før spillet er startet.
– Versjons sjekker. (sjekker om du har siste versjon av NMSP2)
– Pause funksjon lagt til.
– Kriminalitet bug fikset.
– Renten er justert.
– Spillmodus-velger er lagt til.
– Club De Gangster er lagt til! (kan fortsatt være en del bugs)
– Spillformen utvides. (for å få plass til CDG ;))
– Rankene forbedret.
– Hasjplantasje bug fikset.
– Rankbar er lagt til!

Last ned NMSP2_B4

OBS, hvis du ikke har det fra før, så trenger du Framework 2.0 for
å kunne spille NMSP.

We all know when shopping from foreign countries, it’s a pain paying the custom fees. There are some ways to avoid the fees, at least in Norway it is. And now you get to know how to.

There is a “toll-free” limit in Norway and thats 200 nok, over 200 nok you need to pay extra. So there is one good way to solve this problem, at least the method I use the most. It also depends if the seller/shop will cooperate with you. As far as I’ve seen all HK-shops will do so, bending the law is better than getting a unhappy customer.

If you’re shopping on eBay or some other shop, there is always a note-field or some place to write a message to the seller when finishing you’re payment. And in that field I use to write the following:

“IMPORTANT: Please mark package as Gift, and lower the value to under 30$. And remove this message from the reciept”

What that does is, they mark the package as a Gift. There is a Gift limit, and it’s around 1000 nok as far as I know. So if the customs receive a package marked as a Gift, and it’s under 1000 nok it will in most cases pass right trough. This is not a Guarantee, the customs will in some cases open you’re shipment for inspection. Then they will find a receipt, who sends a Gift to someone with a receipt?

So therefore I get them to lower the value on the package to under 30$, in most cases they just look at the package value and since it’s lower than 200 nok they’ll just let it pass. But then again if they now check the contents of the package? Yes now we come to the last point, remove the message from the receipt. So they can’t find a message telling them to lower the value.

And that’s it. All of my packages with this message to the seller has been a success. Notice this, I wrote this guide with experience from the Norwegian customs.

P.S some shipping insurance is calculated from the value of the shipment, so if you’re package is lost…. but then again who often does that happen?

Happy shopping!

Yepp. Bought me a laptop for Christmas, actually it’s a present from my father(Yes, I know all the fun is lost when knowing).

The Eee is one of the worlds smallest laptops, and it’s quite nicely priced too! The reason I want a Eee is that it’s a super light laptop, with decent performance. And since I’m not planning on playing those fancy new games with 3D it’s a perfect choice.

Now lets take a look at the specifications:

Display: 7 in (17.8 cm) 800×480 TFT LCD with LED backlight
Chipset: Intel 910GML series
Processor: 900 MHz Intel Celeron-M ULV 353
OS: Xandros (I will install some Windows OS)
Communication: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
WLAN: WiFi 802.11b/g
Memory: 512 MB DDR2-667
Storage: 4GB(SSD)
Web-Cam: 0.3 megapixel; up to 640×480, up to 30 fps
Audio: Realtek ALC6628
Battery Life: 3(Asus says 3.5) hrs
Weight: 920 g (2 lb ½ oz)

Price? Well, I paid 500$ for it from eBay. And thats including shipping, around 2700 NOK. Pretty cheap!

Oh yes, it’s the new UFO 4# from Walkera. A funky little ufo with 4 rotors, weights around the same as a lama v3. I don’t know so much about these ufos, but the professional ones are used for aerial photography. And as you can guess the Walkera one is not a pro ufo, but a lower costing ufo. And not as crap as the silverlit ufo.

Rc-fever.com got it for around 250 USD.

Walkera UFO4 page

Specifications:

(1). Overall Length: 470 mm
(2). Overall Width: 470 mm
(3). Battery: 11.1V 800mAh Li PO
(4). Main Rotor Diameter: 198 mm
(5). Drive System: 1225 FE
(6). Transmitter: WK-0701
(7). All-up Weight: 190g (Battery included)
(8). Gyro: 3D Gyro

Youtube video here! 

Anyhow, as it’s wintertime and snow this time of year. I’m waiting to get one until the summer. 🙂

Well, when I started looking for RC forums I just tried google. It gave me some really good forums, and as I got to know them, I found one that satisfied me. That forum was rc-groups. It’s one amazingly big forum, members: 181,208. Yeah!

And with so many members, there are categories enough for everyone. If you got some interest in rc, you can find yourself some part of that forum where you can be. Be sure to check it out if you’re looking for some place ask questions or just to discuss. Or maybe you’re already a member there?

And it’s always good to have some Norwegian forums, since I’m from Norway it would be interesting with such a forum. I found two of those:

http://forum.modellflynytt.no/
http://forum.radiostyrt.no/vb/

But I find these English-worldwide forums much better.

The winter time has come, and I’m all ready for it! So I took my lama out for a test flight.

To make sure my lama would survive a crash/dive in the snow, I put the 4in1 controller in a plastic bag. And secured it with some rubber bands. Everything else in the heli should survive a crash. Also the lipo JST plugs I put some tape on them. So they keep water out.

It’s very fun and a bit scary flying over the snow, but this day the weather was perfect! No wind at all, and around -3 Celsius. What I was excited about was if the heli would spin up some snow while it passed over it. But it seems the snow have had time to get a good grip on the ground. I will try to fly some other time when it’s around -5/6 Celsius and a fresh layer of snow has arrived!

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yf5cyGUZO0&rel=1]