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  1. JMichael

    Anyone know where to find aircraft data?

    Crowdsource it. Perhaps create a wiki with an interface that permits entry in the fields you need to populate, then scrape those. Also scrape data from FAA Regulatory and Guidance Library, e.g...
  2. JMichael

    Difference between Renaissance Festival & SciFi Con

    SCA has one dot. OSH has multiple dots.
  3. JMichael

    Calling all Videographers. Equipment Question

    The functionality of the free version is a moving target, often tied to resolution and codecs support. At some point you might want to do something and find out that it is only in the paid version. Why use Resolve vs. other video software? Cost aside, time is saved by not having to learn another...
  4. JMichael

    Interest in an "inexpensive" full-motion-simulator (AATD)?

    Back around the turn of the millennium I was working for a British aerospace company. We started a project to build a C-130 simulator for demonstrating avionics, so I got to attend a military oriented simulator show down in Orlando. They had some great toys on display including a jet fighter...
  5. JMichael

    Calling all Videographers. Equipment Question

    Pick up a 360 video camera that is an all in one unit with two lenses mounted front and back. They are very small and will not present much wind resistance on an external mount. They are at different price points, but the Theta from Ricoh that runs about $1k probably has the best quality output...
  6. JMichael

    Buying a plane with crypto...

    No reason to have to hold any crypto for an extended period of time, but even if there was the transaction could be made in a stable coin like tether. I recently had someone in Switzerland trying to purchase a view camera from me using a bank wire. He could never get it to go through. The...
  7. JMichael

    Popping static navcom

    Yes correct, I didn't hear it with the engine not running. And I didn't hear it on the handheld, which would seem to rule out radiated noise.
  8. JMichael

    Popping static navcom

    Yes during entire flight and while the engine is running. Popping is several times per minute in flight, say every half second to two seconds. On the ground two or more seconds apart. The fact that it stops when transmissions are being received seems odd. No maintenance related event that I can...
  9. JMichael

    Popping static navcom

    Random means no periodicity. However, I suppose that a plot of engine firing events against popping events might show a correlation where a random pop coincides with an engine firing, although I don't have the equipment to measure that. I did duplicate it on the ground, but it's more pronounced...
  10. JMichael

    Popping static navcom

    What do you make of this? Popping static that is random, but occurs at a higher frequency in flight. It is not heard when a transmission is being received. It is not heard on a handheld. It is heard on both left and right seat ports. There is no audio panel. Michel radio in a Stinson. Both mags...
  11. JMichael

    Ever seen a UFO?

    This case seems interesting http://www.ufocasebook.com/pdf/mufonstephenvilleradarreport.pdf What do controllers make of the radar analysis?
  12. JMichael

    New weather radar app designed for small aircraft

    The storm chasers would probably be a good market for your app, although they have some pretty sophisticated tools already available to them. They have to address the data latency as well. Read more at the StormTrack forum.
  13. JMichael

    Career change: programming / IT questions

    Since OP has lots of healthcare experience I'd look into software companies developing apps for that industry, like iPad chart apps for clinicians, or HIPPA compliance services. That sort of thing. Re OpenSource utilization in large corps, you are unlikely to find any where all they use is...
  14. JMichael

    Aviation Halloween Costume Ideas

    You could dress as a VASI. When you get toasted turn both lights on white.
  15. JMichael

    How will the unmanned "revolution" affect us?

    I think there will end up being at least 3 different classes. There has to be a class for things too small and too low performance to be a threat like insect-sized devices. Then there has to be a class for long range higher performance craft like might be used for pipeline patrol. The third...
  16. JMichael

    How will the unmanned "revolution" affect us?

    There are already a bunch of folks conducting business using small RC helicopters. FAA sends a few cease and desist letters, but they seem not too occupied with enforcing their rules. And now they are trying to fine someone who then spent some big bucks on a nice defense rebuttal. Seems one risk...
  17. JMichael

    Two Factor Authentication

    The fingerprint and iris systems probably have the same problem that speech biometrics has, where on the false accept/reject curve do you place the passing criteria? Do you make the user keep running a finger over the sensor or do you settle for close enough? In an effort to make the interface...
  18. JMichael

    Two Factor Authentication

    Yes, a favorite scheme I see some computer security folks use is a character substitution, like p@55w0rd. Get it? Then they make everyone change the post-it-note on the side of their monitor every month, so you wind up with something like p@55w0rd10 (it's October). One of my favorites from...
  19. JMichael

    Georgia Pilots

    Looks like Tara Field 4A7 runway is open now.
  20. JMichael

    New vehicle, what to get?

    How's the road noise with Subaru? I drove a Ford Escape a few years ago and didn't like the ride or the way it handled. Someone mentioned Ford Flex, it has a real nice ride and it's quiet.
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