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Want sharper images at lower shutter speeds?  Famous photographer Joe McNally shows us a tip on how to hold your camera to achieve this.

Most people are a“right eye” shooter normally, but I’m going to try this technique using my left eye instead and see what happens.  He says that you’ll be able to shoot at shutter speeds (while hand-holding your camera) that you never thought possible.  Give it a try and see what happens!  Check out the video at the end of this post.

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Radio controlled toys - Help

The most important step in flying a R.C. Helicopter is the setup. If your helicopter is not setup right the bird will tip side to side, frontward or backward, or the tail could spin out of control. You can see the importance of a good setup.

1. The first step in setting up a R.C. Helicopter.

· Make sure all servos are moving in the right direction When you move the right side stick right the swash plate will tilt right etc for forward and back.
· Make sure the throttle is correct and the it does not need reversed in the radio also called the TX.

2. Now that the servos are moving in the right direction we need to center the servos.

· Turn on radio then plug in receiver make sure the motor is unplugged if working on electric helicopter.
· Move the throttle stick to half way this get all your servos to the half way position.
· Now we want to find the servo horn that will line up 90 degrees with center keep moving till you find one that is close or dead on make sure to put in the screw when you find the one that works.

HX RADIO CONTROL HELICOPTER

HX RADIO CONTROL HELICOPTER

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Here is a guide to knowing what is ok. for the kids use of electronics, kids dvd player.  Noteworthy to read, I think.

Only In Moderation
An issue that many parents struggle with is how to manage their child’s TV watching habits. Just like many other things, moderation is the key. Television can both stimulate and stifle a child’s development. Knowing when and how much television to allow your children to watch is a very important aspect of parenting that many parents overlook.

Some of the negative affects of television include:

Children who consistently spend more than 4 hours per day watching TV are much more likely to be overweight.

Diego NDC6003-GDG: Npower Flash™ Jr. Rugged Digital Camera

Diego NDC6003-GDG: Npower Flash™ Jr. Rugged Digital Camera

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Radio controlled toys are out.  Outdoors that is.  There is water to sail the controlled ships in.

The first general use of radio control systems in models started in the early 1950s with single-channel self-built equipment; commercial equipment came later. The advent of transistors greatly reduced the battery requirements, since the current requirements at low voltage were greatly reduced and the high voltage battery was eliminated. In both tube and early transistor sets the model’s control surfaces were usually operated by an electromagnetic escapement controlling the stored energy in a rubber-band loop, allowing simple on/off rudder control (right, left, and neutral) and sometimes other functions such as motor speed.[1]

Crystal-controlled superheterodyne receivers with better selectivity and stability made control equipment more capable and at lower cost. Multi-channel developments were of particular use to aircraft, which really needed a minimum of three control dimensions, (yaw, pitch and motor speed) as opposed to boats, which can get away with two or one.

Silerlit pairateship

Silerlit pirateship


April 22, 2009

It doesn’t seem to matter how old the kid is.  Most have not learned to respect the electronics given to them.  The little iPods are even thrown into the toy box with the rest of the stuff.  Durable and tough is good for the wee folk.  But, tough is good for the older ones, seven, eight and nine years old, and up.

Kids dvd player, and other electrical play things, are in a good plastic too.  Colors are still bright.  Sometimes a parental control option is also included so you can restrict what your child watches.  Without parental supervision the electrical players and such can end-up in a pile, and not in the proper shelves which they supposed to go.  But, on a positive note… maybe there are some kids who put there toys away?

dora dvd

dora dvd


Radio control?  What a variety there is for radio controlled toys.  Control for the toys is not difficult.  Some of the favorites remain - the airplanes.

A little information: Remote control military applications are typically not radio control in the direct sense, directly operating flight control surfaces and propulsion power settings, but instead take the form of instructions sent to a completely autonomous, computerized automatic pilot. Instead of a “turn left” signal that is applied until the aircraft is flying in the right direction, the system sends a single instruction that says “fly to this point”.

Some of the most outstanding examples of remote radio control of a vehicle are the Mars Exploration Rovers such as Sojourner.

silverlit-palmz 2 - miniature radio controlled airplane

silverlit-palmz 2 - miniature radio controlled airplane


April 10, 2009

It’s great fun to play with the radio controlled toys.  Here’s a bit of history on radio control.                          Today radio control is used in industry for such devices as overhead cranes and switchyard locomotives. Radio-controlled teleoperators are used for such purposes as inspections, and special vehicles for disarming of bombs. Some remotely-controlled devices are loosely called robots, but are more properly categorized as teleoperators since they do not operate autonomously, but only under control of a human operator.

Remote control military applications are typically not radio control in the direct sense, directly operating flight control surfaces and propulsion power settings, but instead take the form of instructions sent to a completely autonomous, computerized automatic pilot. Instead of a “turn left” signal that is applied until the aircraft is flying in the right direction, the system sends a single instruction that says “fly to this point”.

Some of the most outstanding examples of remote radio control of a vehicle are the Mars Exploration Rovers such as Sojourner.

HX RADIO CONTROL HELICOPTER

HX RADIO CONTROL HELICOPTER


April 8, 2009

I don’t know what thrills my granddaughter the most her new kids dvd player or the new soft soap push-down soap bottle in the bathroom.  She is excited about both of them.  Actually it is the digital toy camera.

It’s a dependle brand name.  It is rough and rugged.  It is colorful, and it is safe for her to use.  It is right up-to-date with what is on the market;  she can talk to all her little friends about it.

Diego NDC6003-GDG: Npower Flash™ Jr. Rugged Digital Camera

Diego NDC6003-GDG: Npower Flash™ Jr. Rugged Digital Camera


April 6, 2009

Radio controlled toys are ever so popular. The first general use of radio control systems in models started in the early 1950s with single-channel self-built equipment; commercial equipment came later. The advent of transistors greatly reduced the battery requirements, since the current requirements at low voltage were greatly reduced and the high voltage battery was eliminated.

In both tube and early transistor sets the model’s control surfaces were usually operated by an electromagnetic escapement controlling the stored energy in a rubber-band loop, allowing simple on/off rudder control (right, left, and neutral). and sometimes other functions such as motor speed.[1]

EXCALIBUR® NASCAR 1:10TH SCALE RADIO CONTROL CAR

EXCALIBUR® NASCAR 1:10TH SCALE RADIO CONTROL CAR

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Portable DVD players

kids dvd player

Portable DVD players can be useful for business, and can keep the kids entertained wherever you go! DVDs are now the accepted international medium for buying movies and other videos. Portable players mean you can keep yourself (or your kids!) entertained wherever.  If you have a TV but no DVD player, you can connect your portable DVD player to the TV and watch movies on the bigger screen – perfect for the hotel too.

Dora dvd:

Also plays audio CDs, CD-R/RW discs and MP3 audio files
20-track programmable feature for CD playing
Selectable 16:9 (widescreen) or 4:3 (normal aspect ratio)
High-speed Forward and Reverse picture search (x2, x4, x8, x20)
Slow-motion Forward and Reverse search (1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7)
Multi-angle scene selection (if available on disc)
Coaxial AC-3/DTS digital output
48-key remote control
Requires two “AA” batteries

dora dvd

dora dvd


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