Quail Quorum
In this case the minimum number of quail eggs required to put three in a row.
Haven't shot stuff using a pellet rifle in a long time. I ran out of target ideas with the marble cannon, so I took it apart.
And went back to the pellet set-up, plus I got to clean-up and use my workbench again.
Tried shooting a few things and they all looked like crap. After I was ready to give up, I remembered some very, very old quail eggs in the refrigerator. It is amazing how long eggs keep, these are over a half year old.
Not quite thousand year eggs, but on the path.
My pellet set-up worked perfectly for a test shot, then went totally to hell. I spent a few hours doing something that I should have done a long time ago and switched from my old laser to a new IR LED, to make the set-up less sensitive to vibration (micro-phonics). It still has strangeness, but it will have to do for now.
I have to keep reminding myself that good triggering is a process, not a destination :-)
I also tried out another kind of capacitor in my flash prototype. The first batch of caps had an internal shorting issue, but the new set (at least the first one) went for over one thousand flashes and still looks good. Maybe I will be able to make a flash with a built in power supply someday. I am still having problems with my flyback HV supply, it dies after a single flash, but at this point I am thinking about asking for help.
In my book, low voltage semiconductors and 20kV make a very shaky marriage.
Had a good bike ride today, we are having the overcast mornings and clearing afternoons of a normal June, so if I get out early I get a nice cool ride.
Cheers.
Quail Quorum
In this case the minimum number of quail eggs required to put three in a row.
Haven't shot stuff using a pellet rifle in a long time. I ran out of target ideas with the marble cannon, so I took it apart.
And went back to the pellet set-up, plus I got to clean-up and use my workbench again.
Tried shooting a few things and they all looked like crap. After I was ready to give up, I remembered some very, very old quail eggs in the refrigerator. It is amazing how long eggs keep, these are over a half year old.
Not quite thousand year eggs, but on the path.
My pellet set-up worked perfectly for a test shot, then went totally to hell. I spent a few hours doing something that I should have done a long time ago and switched from my old laser to a new IR LED, to make the set-up less sensitive to vibration (micro-phonics). It still has strangeness, but it will have to do for now.
I have to keep reminding myself that good triggering is a process, not a destination :-)
I also tried out another kind of capacitor in my flash prototype. The first batch of caps had an internal shorting issue, but the new set (at least the first one) went for over one thousand flashes and still looks good. Maybe I will be able to make a flash with a built in power supply someday. I am still having problems with my flyback HV supply, it dies after a single flash, but at this point I am thinking about asking for help.
In my book, low voltage semiconductors and 20kV make a very shaky marriage.
Had a good bike ride today, we are having the overcast mornings and clearing afternoons of a normal June, so if I get out early I get a nice cool ride.
Cheers.