We got our custom PC boards in that our buddy Christian Klippel designed for us (Thanks a bunch Christian) and soon after our components also arrived. Rick went to work under the glass with the surface mount components, tweezers and the soldering iron.
In 2009 we set out to conclusively answer the following question... Can a vehicle be built which can go directly downwind, faster than the wind (DDWFTTW), powered only by the wind, steady state? On 3 July 2010 we established a world record by going directly downwind at 2.8 times the true wind speed with the Blackbird. Now we have begun to modify the Blackbird with the intention of going directly UP-wind faster than the wind - steady state.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Tiny brains
While I've been turning billet into shavings (and other assorted goodies), Rick has been busy with the instrumentation.
We got our custom PC boards in that our buddy Christian Klippel designed for us (Thanks a bunch Christian) and soon after our components also arrived. Rick went to work under the glass with the surface mount components, tweezers and the soldering iron.

We got our custom PC boards in that our buddy Christian Klippel designed for us (Thanks a bunch Christian) and soon after our components also arrived. Rick went to work under the glass with the surface mount components, tweezers and the soldering iron.