03 // FIELD LOG
Interesting days.
Useful notes.
A photo-friendly record of projects, places, experiments, collections, lessons, and whatever was worth remembering.
LOG 001
First full day with the GOAT Racer platform
My first full day in the lab: getting my hands on the platform, asking a lot of questions, and finding out where my RC and drone background carries over.
LOG 002
We finally completed the Blanton’s set
Felicia and I had been collecting the lettered Blanton’s stoppers for years. We finally found all eight and lined them up.
LOG 003
An old Pensacola Beach photo I still like
I was going through older Pensacola Beach photos and stopped on this one. The sky still looked good, so I kept it in the pile.
LOG 004
The Floss 3.0 finally left the ground
The maiden flight was fast, the hybrid setup worked, and I came home very happy with the build.
LOG 005
Setting up the Floss 3.0 for race season
A close look at the hybrid Floss 3.0 setup I was getting ready to race in 2019.
LOG 006
Floss Team Edition ready to race
A quick walk around the Floss Team Edition before racing. Built, tested, and ready to send.
LOG 007
Swapping delaminated arms for Kevlar
The old quad arms were coming apart, so I pulled them off and tried a set of Kevlar replacements.
LOG 008
My first FPV drone build
The first one I built myself: a bright blue Floss 2.1 Team Edition LE running 6S.
LOG 009
Airglow over Pensacola Beach
The weather cleared, the temperature dropped, and I caught the Milky Way with airglow over the Gulf.
LOG 010
Building a camera slider because I could
An early shoot-move-shoot slider for timelapse and astrophotography, assembled on the floor with a pile of parts and tools.
LOG 011
Milky Way over Trona Pinnacles
A night at Trona Pinnacles with the Jeep in the foreground and the Milky Way stretching over the desert.
LOG CHANNELS
No algorithm. Just things worth keeping.
Workbench
Build notes, active projects, technical discoveries, and lessons from doing the work.
Roadbook
Pensacola, electric driving, travel, places, and what showed up along the way.
Archive
Photographs, collections, older chapters, and stories still worth transmitting.