auto parts: April 2011

SOLD - Aristo - JZS 147 - Half Cut

SOLD To Customer From Miami, Florida - USA
This Half Cut Aristo JZS 147 - Engine 2JZ-GTE - Auto , Selling Together With Long Shaft / Rear Axle With Complete Frame And Petrol Tank With Fuel Pump Attached

Selling As Is Where Is Basis

To View Engine Idling, Click Video Below :-

General View Of The Half Cut

General View Of The Speedometer

Mileage Reading 100308kms or 62328miles

Chassis Number

Engine Tag Information

Front View Of The Engine

Side View Of The Engine

Front Turbo

Rear Turbo

Inner Part Of The Engine

Front View Of The Auto Gear Box

Side View Of The Auto Gear Box

Rear View Of The Auto Gear Box

Driver Side - HeadLamp - Good Condition

Driver Side - Fender - Good Condition

Driver Side - Aftermarket Absorber - Good Condition

Brand Of The Front Absorbers

Passenger Side - HeadLamp - Good Condition

Passenger Side - Fender - Damaged

Passenger Side - Fender - Close View

Passenger Side - Aftermarket Absorber - High / Low - Good Condition

Rear Axle With Complete Frame / Petrol Tank With Fuel Pump Attached / Aftermarket Rear Absorbers / Long Shaft And Consol Box With Auto Gear Level

Aftermarket Rear Absorbers - Good Condition

Brand Of The Rear Absorbers

Rear Axle With Complete Frame

General View Of The Half Cut

My Syma S107 Helicopter Video Hack

Some time ago I got one of those awesome little IR controlled helicopters, a Syma S107.

Then, I saw a guy on eBay selling keychain video recorders, similar to this one. Of course, I thought I maybe could mount the guts of the micro video camera under the helicopter, and record my flights.

First, I dis-assembled the video camera. It isn't hard, there are 4 screws, 2 on the outside and 2 on the inside. Then the board pops out of the shell.

I also partly disassembled the helicopter, to get to the power wires.

Next, I cut the original battery leads on the video camera. Both batteries are 3.7V, so the helicopter battery will run the camera.

I soldered the power wires together, red to red and black to black, to form a parallel circuit. I wrapped the joints with a little electrical tape, to make sure there wouldn't be any short circuits.

Then, I put the helicopter back together. I slung the camera pod under the body, slightly forward of center, and used a rubber band to hold it.

One problem I found was that the camera vibrated wildly on its ribbon, and needed support. I glued a short bit of coated wire to the board, bent the end, and glued that to the back of the camera.

Here's a short sample movie, of me flying it around my small laundry room. The camera gives reasonably good video (cell phone quality) in bright light. The sound is interesting, you can gear the whir of the helicopter gears and the wind noise from the rotor wash.

The toy still flies reasonably well, though the added weight does make the helicopter noticeably slower to react. The weight bias is slightly too far forward, the way I have it, so copter tends to drift forward, and I need to add some weight to the rear to balance it better. You can't mount the camera pod too far to the rear, because if it blocks the view of the IR sensor (which is located between the rear tail struts) your helicopter will lose touch with your controller frequently.

The effect on runtime is significant... my stock helicopter would fly for around 5 minutes or so (I never really timed it carefully). The modded helicopter will fly for around 3:00 or so. I blame two factors: the weight of the camera causes you to use more throttle (and more main rotor), and the drain from the camera recording.

My next step is to locate a small, easy to detach power connector, and install it, so I can easily remove the camera pod if I don't want to record.

Free Motor Oil Coupon: G-Oil

I was offered a chance to give away a free mail-in rebate good for a 5 qt. jug of G-Oil motor oil, so here it is.

Link.

G-Oil is an interesting new product from Green Earth Technologies. It is billed as a superior motor oil, as good as any synthetic or crude based product, however G-Oil is made from cattle. It comes in 5w-30 weight or racing formula.

Yes, beef.

G-Oil "recycles" beef tallow into motor oil, which is also bio-degradable. It is made in the USA.

Politics: Gas Pump Activism

A bit if gas-pump pinup activism, a blogger is advocating pasting up these fliers at gas pumps, to blame Obama for rising gas prices.

http://disruptthenarrative.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/gas-pump-activism/

To be fair, Obama was talking about his hypothetical (and never enacted) cap and trade plan, and I think he was talking about electricity, not oil. See http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/06/27/flashback_obama_says_cap_and_trade_makes_electricity_rates_skyrocket.html

The current run-up in oil prices has a combination of causes, which include war in the middle east, speculation, cheap dollars, and reduced exploration due to Obama environmental policy.