OUR, window on the world.

[Chet K]

Grum
We have a friend from Holland who has remarkable ability to find things like this
( Dealing with water)
Will see if he can help?
Sounds really neat

[Allcanadian]

Here's a picture of the hydrofoil board I built this spring to test the monofoil (one wing) design. I also built/tested many two wing foils last year which use a larger main wing up front, fuselage and smaller tail stabilizer wing. The mono foil was surprisingly stable and lifted myself and the board out of the water around 2 mph and cruised around 10 mph behind the boat. We also tried a little wake surfing which was interesting.

The board, mast and foil use a shaped wood core covered in two layers of fiberglass then painted and waxed. This winter I plan on building a new canard based foil which has the main wing in the rear and a smaller stabilizer fin up front. I'm also working on a computer controlled/stabilized foil using a 3 axis gyro and waterproof linear servo actuators I built. In theory the foil control should come up to a predetermined height/depth Z then help dampen movement on the X, Y axis.

AC

[Chet K]

AC
I hope to learn more hands on with water foils
Thanks for sharing

Here a share from TinselKoala
He Was giving "moment to moment" in cloudy ( hit or miss ) conditions

Then —-He actually got to see this "ring of fire" in person ( first time in his life seeing it ( ring of fire) in person

A hole in Ol SoL

Wild !
Yes he took it with cell phone , not scope

[Grumage]

Just a quick note to wish all the members and guests at OUR a very merry Christmas or just happy holidays....

Aren't those Elves a ****** nuisance?? 

https://youtu.be/aApZogU2sow?feature=shared

Cheers Grum.

[Verpies]

Aren't those Elves a ****** nuisance?? 
https://youtu.be/aApZogU2sow?feature=shared

I expected the Elf to get on fire any time.

Merry Christmas

[JimBoot]

Thank you all. Have a great one. I took my crew paintballing. Not paint on my face. Heaps of fun but still recovering 2 weeks later.

[Grumage]

Hi Guys.
Not even a day after escaping from hospital I managed to get to the Anson engine museum for our second annual small power engine rally, hence my rather disheveled appearance.... An old friend of mine caught me off guard a little and made this short video for posterity. Hope you enjoy it.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dtXOfzTHgI8&si=supJzOIueuU-8kis&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2upJzMCa0EKDN296FVOxFziYXBuCZXiOc8bcsgoCM2DJV6xHu5hpGzB_8_aem_DBHJM0NdU4CvcU1L6CkDQA

The engine behind me is a Crossley Diesel of 125 HP. The flywheel weighs in at 13 Tons.

The picture is of the Penultimate gas engine as mentioned.

Cheers Graham.

[JimBoot]

Hi Guys.
Not even a day after escaping from hospital I managed to get to the Anson engine museum for our second annual small power engine rally, hence my rather disheveled appearance.... An old friend of mine caught me off guard a little and made this short video for posterity. Hope you enjoy it.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=dtXOfzTHgI8&si=supJzOIueuU-8kis&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2upJzMCa0EKDN296FVOxFziYXBuCZXiOc8bcsgoCM2DJV6xHu5hpGzB_8_aem_DBHJM0NdU4CvcU1L6CkDQA

The engine behind me is a Crossley Diesel of 125 HP. The flywheel weighs in at 13 Tons.

The picture is of the Penultimate gas engine as mentioned.

Cheers Graham.

really enjoyed watching that and seeing you up and about grum. You didn't look too rough

[Itsu]

Ditto here Graham,  looking fine one day after your release 

They were surely jogging your mind there 

That's a monster machine in the background, hopefully you are not thinking of building that one on a 1 to 1 scale 

Itsu

[gyula]

Hi Graham,

Nice to see you in that shape and fitness after what you went through.  Thanks for the video link.

Gyula

[Thaelin]

Great to see you up and at it again Graham!  Was back home a few weeks ago and had the pleasure to help start a F-M hit and miss. Quite a rig when you are standing next to it. Told him of you and your love for the old motor werks.
Be well.
thay

[Grumage]

Thank you all for your kind wishes, they are greatly appreciated.   

Sadly the curator was unable to start the big Crossley for me due to a blown gasket on the high pressure air start valve. Anyway, here's a short clip of 13 tons of Iron coming to life....

https://youtu.be/1HG1eMNuawc?feature=shared

Thay. I have restored 3 Fairbanks, Morse engines of my own over the years. They were one of the most prolific manufacturers in the USofA.

Cheers Graham.

[Centraflow]

Welcome back Graham, do take it easy, you may think you can do things but later you may pay for it, if you know what I mean.

Not sure atm if I will be over to visit in the uk, as you know not far from you, but if I do I will let you know. With one thing and the other here I am very busy, 73, and still burning the midnight oil and keeping my head down as we say, regards to Jules.

Mike

[Aking.21]

Graham seems to be back on video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxbC2WvwXA4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_U38qnyTC0

[JimBoot]

Finally finished writing my book! I went a step further and created an audio version by cloning my voice using AI. Even my mum can't tell the difference. I also fine tuned a model on my noggin to create the cover image. WHat a world.

[Itsu]

Congrats Jim, looking great.

I love that "beyond" color setting           I needed to look up what "noggin" is, but the result on the cover's background says it all 

Itsu

[Grumage]

Well done Jim....

[Chet K]

Very cool Jim 👍

[Verpies]

Finally finished writing my book! I went a step further and created an audio version by cloning my voice using AI. Even my mum can't tell the difference. I also fine tuned a model on my noggin to create the cover image. WHat a world.

Congratulations!
What voice cloning service did you use ?

[Verpies]

Graham seems to be back on video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxbC2WvwXA4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_U38qnyTC0

What is that ?!



He's put a laundry clip and a stripped wire where I would've put an optointerrupter, MOSFET and a LOPT plus some other electronics-glue, ...which is not made out of a real glue !

[JimBoot]

Congratulations!
What voice cloning service did you use ?

I used Eleven labs. I tried the open source F5-TTS but it could not get the Aussie accent. Itsu Noggin = head. Here are a couple of fails from FLUX.1 . I thought the prompt was good.

[Grumage]

What is that ?!



He's put a laundry clip and a stripped wire where I would've put an optointerrupter, MOSFET and a LOPT plus some other electronics-glue, ...which is not made out of a real glue !

Makeshift contact maker.

This short video represents a real effort to regain my left and right perception. It took over a week to stop turning the flywheel in the wrong direction.... 

[Grumage]

I used Eleven labs. I tried the open source F5-TTS but it could not get the Aussie accent. Itsu Noggin = head. Here are a couple of fails from FLUX.1 . I thought the prompt was good.

A ' noggin' is also an old Enlish term for around a 1/4 Pint of Ale. 

Love the Frock Jim. 

[broli]

Finally finished writing my book! I went a step further and created an audio version by cloning my voice using AI. Even my mum can't tell the difference. I also fine tuned a model on my noggin to create the cover image. WHat a world.

AI is here to stay and we better embrace that fact. However it is about seeing the bigger picture too and to not fall in the habitual behaviour of 'enslaving' something that is 'different' from us and see it as a beatifull creation that perhaps even can merge with us one day. But that can only work if it is imbued with something at its core that is unbreakable and unshakeable: Love. Nothing else will work to 'align' it into obeins like the many teach 'leaders' think. It can only 'align' with having perhaps 8 billion worth of people tell it what their version of 'love' means. 8 billion views and perspectives on the same word is the only way to 'align' it with our mutual 'goals'.

[chief kolbacict]

Is this true?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_Secrecy_Act