Boscos.org http://boscos.org -- The world of Bosco's Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:27:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 en Helicopter update http://boscos.org/2008/11/10/helicopter-update/ http://boscos.org/2008/11/10/helicopter-update/#comments Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:25:48 +0000 eric Hobbies http://boscos.org/2008/11/10/helicopter-update/ I’m spending a lot of time at home with the baby on weekends, and when he sleeps I have time to tinker.  I updated the 4#3b to the MIA Frame and TUFF landing gear which is much sturdier, doesn’t snag on carpet and looks cooler. Also, for fun, I hacked a 4#3b battery on top of a spare set of HBFP blades along with some blue leds and now I have a night time helicopter! Check it out.

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]]> http://boscos.org/2008/11/10/helicopter-update/feed/ Our new beautiful baby boy! http://boscos.org/2008/10/14/our-new-beautiful-baby-boy/ http://boscos.org/2008/10/14/our-new-beautiful-baby-boy/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:38:25 +0000 eric Computing http://boscos.org/2008/10/14/our-new-beautiful-baby-boy/ Our family just got bigger, get all the details in the family section!

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]]> http://boscos.org/2008/10/14/our-new-beautiful-baby-boy/feed/ RC Helicopter’s again! http://boscos.org/2008/10/14/rc-helicopters-again/ http://boscos.org/2008/10/14/rc-helicopters-again/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:21:57 +0000 eric Hobbies http://boscos.org/2008/10/14/rc-helicopters-again/ I decided to take another run at RC helicopters. I gave up the last time since I had gotten a very complex helicopter (TREX-450) and misguidedly thought I could learn on that. I crashed it constantly and every time it cost me a lot of money in parts and time to fix it.

This time around I decided to try with simpler/cheaper helicopters known as Fixed Pitch heli’s and I’m having a blast and learning well. I got two models, one for inside that is tiny and one for outside. The inside one is the Walkera 4#3b and the outside one is a E-Sky HoneyBee FP.  Both are very sturdy (I’ve crashed them a bunch of times) and I can actually fly them from behind reasonably well now.  I need to learn how to fly them with the nose pointing at me (controls are reverse, like a mirror). That is going to be much harder.  The 4#3b is basically stock, but I followed the excellent directions of the HBFP Wiki for putting in a slow-max motor, Direct Drive tail and M24 blades on the HBFP so that it can handle light wind better.

Check out some pictures below:

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]]> http://boscos.org/2008/10/14/rc-helicopters-again/feed/ Pictures from the OuterBanks in the family section http://boscos.org/2008/08/27/pictures-from-the-outerbanks-in-the-family-section/ http://boscos.org/2008/08/27/pictures-from-the-outerbanks-in-the-family-section/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:58:10 +0000 eric Family http://boscos.org/2008/08/27/pictures-from-the-outerbanks-in-the-family-section/ We had a great time in Corolla again and spent a full two weeks there.  Most of it was spent at the beach, but we had frequent visits to Dairy Queen. Email me for access to the family section since I changed the password recently.

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]]> http://boscos.org/2008/08/27/pictures-from-the-outerbanks-in-the-family-section/feed/ California Trip http://boscos.org/2008/07/07/california-trip/ http://boscos.org/2008/07/07/california-trip/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:52:10 +0000 eric Hobbies Family http://boscos.org/2008/07/07/california-trip/ We just got back from a great trip to Northern California.  I put a lot of pictures of us in the Family section, click here to see them.  Also, with my new lens and the trusty Nikon D70s, I managed to take some really good shots. I’ve put the best pictures in the gallery. Probably the most stunning is the picture of this hummingbird in mid air below.

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Also I really managed to test the 18-200VR lens vibration reduction. It works great! The picture below was taken indoors, ISO 200, at 1/13th of a second and it still came out quite sharp.  What a huge difference it makes.

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You can see the whole album by clicking here.

]]> http://boscos.org/2008/07/07/california-trip/feed/ HPI Wheelie King RC truck http://boscos.org/2008/05/27/hpi-wheelie-king-rc-truck/ http://boscos.org/2008/05/27/hpi-wheelie-king-rc-truck/#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 11:31:15 +0000 eric Hobbies http://boscos.org/2008/05/27/hpi-wheelie-king-rc-truck/ Elie had gotten me a wheelie king for christmas. This was the last in a long list of RC cars I’ve had over the past 15 years. I have to say it is my favorite! I’ve modified it with a long wheel base, a traxxas brushless motor and aluminum goodies. It is SO much fun! It handles pretty well, jumps well and I love the scale looks. Run times are very long with the brushless motor.

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]]> http://boscos.org/2008/05/27/hpi-wheelie-king-rc-truck/feed/ New Lens http://boscos.org/2008/05/22/new-lens/ http://boscos.org/2008/05/22/new-lens/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 00:02:16 +0000 eric Hobbies http://boscos.org/2008/05/22/new-lens/ After having read several rave reviews, while in NY this week I picked up a Nikon 18-200 AF-S  F3.5-5.6 VR lens which has built in vibration reduction and allows to shoot in much lower light conditions. Below is a shot at ISO 200 that ordinarily would have been a little blurry due to camera shake, but seems quite crisp to me. So far so good and now I just need one lens for the entire usefull range.

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]]> http://boscos.org/2008/05/22/new-lens/feed/ Many new pictures in the family gallery http://boscos.org/2008/04/27/many-new-pictures-in-the-family-gallery/ http://boscos.org/2008/04/27/many-new-pictures-in-the-family-gallery/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:36:43 +0000 eric Computing http://boscos.org/2008/04/27/many-new-pictures-in-the-family-gallery/ I’ve added all the pictures from Jan, Feb, March and April 2008 including our trip to New York. Below you can see some live clams we spotted in Chinatown. Click on the family section to see them all!

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]]> http://boscos.org/2008/04/27/many-new-pictures-in-the-family-gallery/feed/ Some more recent reef pictures http://boscos.org/2008/02/18/some-more-recent-reef-pictures/ http://boscos.org/2008/02/18/some-more-recent-reef-pictures/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:17:17 +0000 eric Reef http://boscos.org/2008/02/18/some-more-recent-reef-pictures/ It’s been a while since I gave an update. We are without a yellow tang anymore since the last one died :( I think 90 gallons is too small for any tang, so we won’t get another one. We do have a beautiful flame angel though that got added recently. Also the cleaner shrimp are doing great. Check it out:

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]]> http://boscos.org/2008/02/18/some-more-recent-reef-pictures/feed/ My first trip on a private jet!!! http://boscos.org/2008/02/16/my-first-trip-on-a-private-jet/ http://boscos.org/2008/02/16/my-first-trip-on-a-private-jet/#comments Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:07:33 +0000 eric Main Page http://boscos.org/2008/02/16/my-first-trip-on-a-private-jet/ My company had a corporate senior leadership offsite in Naples Florida. I happen to work for the only division that met and vastly exceeded their financial plan for 2007. So as a reward, our CEO chartered a private jet to take us down to Naples. WOW! You could seriously get used to that lifestyle. The absolute best part is the complete lack of security screening. You park your car outside the general aviation terminal, walk in the building, show them your license and board the plane that is right outside. From car to plane in under 5 minutes!!!

The plane they chartered was a Falcon 900B. Here is the link to the company that operates it. Only $5600/hour :)

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