This page is a play-by-play of any events, projects, or posts I’m working on. While the Site Updates page displays individual projects, this page gives a detailed narrative of whatever I’m working on. Know that I’ll be updating the title with the updated day I made a post. Stay tuned & don’t forget to check out my social media links!
Black Falcon Administrative Address
Date Of Post: March 12, 2020
Big big updates for the new year! I’m starting on a lot of projects for this year & will delve deep into using the HC-12 as the primary communication medium for most of my projects. We also have beginner programming kits for sale & will have a video demonstration posted shortly complete with a tutorial video. Stay tuned for the next Administrative Address as well as updates on projects!
Black Falcon Administrative Address
Date Of Post: December 18, 2019
This video describes some of the major updates occurring with my projects and the site itself, which will be going through some major changes over the next few months for you to enjoy. I hope to do an administrative address video every few months to give insight on my projects.
Project: AURA Updates
Date Of Post: October 26, 2019
After days of tinkering with the code, I’ve finally been able to get the communication protocol operating properly! Getting a signal broadcast was easy, but figuring out how the get the receiver to interpret the code & properly implement it was very time consuming & all but maddening. I had to take a break from it all as I stayed up through the night most times to troubleshoot the code until I finally got proper operations and shot a test video .
The next step was a test flight, which sadly didn’t work out. I tested to see if the issue was the battery not having enough power, a motor spec issue, or the weight of the plane, but it seems everything checked out except what I believe was the propeller. My thoughts are that the prop is too small & isn’t grabbing enough air to push over the wings, resulting in it flopping to the ground after about ten or so feet. I ended up finding a spare prop that is slightly larger than the previous version & will conduct another flight by tomorrow depending on the weather. If it passes the flight I’ll have another series of tests to complete such as changing the communication protocol so there isn’t constant signal propagation and testing the gyroscope & altimeter to ensure proper sensory detection. Once that’s complete I need to code the auto-start procedure that starts up the plane to verify all moving & sensory parts before starting up. The last code demo will involve installing a GPS unit similar to the one I reviewed on my channel & integrating it with the SD card unit for data recording. I’d also like to use the SD card for navigation in that I load a GPS coordinate into the SD card & the plane automatically navigates to said location. It’ll take a lot to get to the last testing iteration, but that is the goal nonetheless.