More Flying and Projects

January 19th, 2010 in News, Projects.

I’ve managed to summon some extra motivation and find time recently to do some things I’ve been meaning to do for a long time. For one, I got a new driver for the mill that will run the larger motors. I got it set up and everything works beautifully, I’m just waiting until I have parts that need to be made.

On a more exciting note, I’ve been doing flying lessons at Danbury Airport (DXR) with Arrow Aviation and at Vansant Airport (9N1) in PA. Here’s the nice J-3 Cub I flew at Vansant:

I was happy to find that it flies *exactly* like my own little plane (which makes sense since my plane is a J-3 replica). In any event, I’m trying hard to get my license done this month (unlikely) or next month (more likely) so as soon as it starts warming up I can go off and adventure without hindrance.

Finally, the least exciting - I’ve been coding algorithms to deduce coming events from sudden volume changes in stocks and options. As with all my previous exploits, it will make a ton of income if it works however I’m not convinced I can find the right trends. Nonetheless the risk of wasted time isn’t huge compared to the return of significant gains.