It's the time of year when the unsound of mind are trying to get a people-carrying drone built by Christmas. For everyone else it's about buying shit that their nearest and dearest neither need nor want, in order to celebrate the birth of someone who said that we didn't need anything.
Sinclair and Rush are on first thing to re-supply extruded tubes and agree to upgrade the order to three-metre lengths; such that I feel bad about letting them have both barrels to the chest with the TrustPilot review. They're a valuable partner not least for being US-based, where so many of the drones will ideally be marketed.
Overlander too pull out the stops to supply the battery-packs and fix connectors to the loose ends of the ESCs too, saving me the bother of learning to solder. Nearby I collect another overall for our standby mannekin, with a view to a pre-launch SpaceX-style team-photo with everyone suited and booted.
Meanwhile Santa's elves have left four 8mm GRP spars in the garage, which we shall use as the lightweight landing gear for our all-plastic, super-compact phone n' drone.
The principal inventory thus far reads:
(a) Pairs of 22" props, 2 off.
(b) 80A speed controllers, 4 off.
(c) 800W motors, 4 off.
(d) 2900mAh LiPo battery-packs, 4-off.
(e) Space-suits, 2-off.
(f) Crash-test dummies (don't call them that), 2 off.
(g) 1000 x 8mm GRP tubes, 4 off.
(h) 3000 x 25 x 25mm plastic extrusion, 5 off.
(j) Pair of flying-boots (ASDA not NASA), 2-off.
(k) 3-way tube-connectors, 8 off.
(l) 2-way tube-connectors, 4 off.
My mission now ~ should I choose to accept it ~ is to assemble all of these parts into a scale Star-Trek transporter able to beam people up whether with or without Scottie.
