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Dry vac addon = wet vac

April 28, 2013by Retro Mc Smart Leave a comment

Occasional accidents with wine or cats isn’t enough for investing in a new hoover.  I have an expensive Dyson but thought an add on for collecting water would be a […]

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diy
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Testing the Sunex DSL355 4.16mm no-fisheye

February 11, 2013by Retro Mc Smart 1 Comment

After some research I ordered two $49 lenses from Sunex, the DSL 377 2.5mm f2.8 (14mm in 35mm format) and the DSL355 4.16 f2.8. (23mm in 35mm format) To make it fit […]

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camera, diy, film
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Quadrotor motor efficiency

January 20, 2013by Retro Mc Smart Leave a comment

Quadrotors and helicopters in general use a lot of energy compared to planes and every other vehicle. To make them stay in the air as long as possible we make […]

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diy, Quadrotor
Quadrotor landing legs - skids vs foam

Quadrotor landing legs DIY vs HK600GT skids

January 19, 2013by Retro Mc Smart Leave a comment

I did a lot of experimenting on the landing legs under my Quad. Everything i tried seemed to either bend or break. The only material rigid enough yet flexibe seems […]

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diy, Quadrotor, radio-controlled
About 1.1 kilo - My third quad

My third Quadcopter, the first official

January 9, 2013by Retro Mc Smart Leave a comment

This is my first proper Quad, that I have been shooting a lot of video with last autumn. It has safety-mounted tripod-rods and a camera tilt mechanism, as well as […]

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diy, film, radio-controlled, Uncategorized
Grillen kan brukes som oppbevaring under transport.

Fra brødboks til Designgrill

August 25, 2012by Retro Mc Smart 1 Comment

Har hatt denne brødboksenen stund, men nå er den blitt skvisa ut mitt noe begrensede kjøkken. Nå er den jo på tilbud hos C. O. for deg som vil bygge. […]

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design, diy
El-sykkelen ferdigbygget - klikk for å se full størrelse

El-sykkel til halv pris – byggeprosjekt

July 5, 2012by Retro Mc Smart Leave a comment

Mitt el-sykkelprosjekt går ut på å bygge en billigst mulig transportsykkel som kan kutte reisetiden til jobben samtidig som jeg får trening. Prosjektet koster c.a 4000 kr i innkjøp. El-sykkelen […]

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diy, electric
Conrad Arf 650 after self-conducting an emergency landing

Conrad Arf 650 V2 Quadrocopter – Worst quadrocopter deal in history?

May 7, 2012by Retro Mc Smart 1 Comment

It did some nice purchases this year but this one wasn´t among them. I bought the Conrad Quadrocopter in a hurry, but would never dream it could be this bad. […]

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diy, gadgets, radio-controlled
Wagner 12V 30A heat fuse

Electric scooter craze

March 3, 2012by Retro Mc Smart Leave a comment

After writing about this drill-powered bikes, I went to the norwegian 2nd hand marked Finn to find a manual scooter or kick-bike as we call it. The purpose was mod […]

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diy, gadgets
Vanlig tynn plasttape langs langsiden

Varmluftsballong kr 20

February 23, 2012by Retro Mc Smart Leave a comment

Dette med å fotografere fra lufta er et tilbakevennende spørsmål. Jeg har tidligere satt kamera på fly og helikopter, men etter å ha blitt inspirert av en film med landskapsfoto […]

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diy, Norwegian

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