Rachel Brindle
@younata.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Tech witch. I'm building an electric airplane. I maintain the Quick, Nimble, and Swift Fakes testing libraries for Swift & Objective-C.
Avid bike rider. Bicycles […]
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Avid bike rider. Bicycles […]
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@younata 360 video is a pretty good use case for 8K.
Just a tip for anyone with 6K cameras: Don’t upload it (as a 360 video) as a 6K video to YouTube. You need to rescale it (e.g. with Handbrake) to 8K so that YouTube can see the detail. By default, YouTube will just convert it to 4K and then […]
Just a tip for anyone with 6K cameras: Don’t upload it (as a 360 video) as a 6K video to YouTube. You need to rescale it (e.g. with Handbrake) to 8K so that YouTube can see the detail. By default, YouTube will just convert it to 4K and then […]
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ioc.exchange
November 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@younata 360 video is a pretty good use case for 8K.
Just a tip for anyone with 6K cameras: Don’t upload it (as a 360 video) as a 6K video to YouTube. You need to rescale it (e.g. with Handbrake) to 8K so that YouTube can see the detail. By default, YouTube will just convert it to 4K and then […]
Just a tip for anyone with 6K cameras: Don’t upload it (as a 360 video) as a 6K video to YouTube. You need to rescale it (e.g. with Handbrake) to 8K so that YouTube can see the detail. By default, YouTube will just convert it to 4K and then […]
I did the thing all the aviation youtubers are doing, and I bought a 360 camera + a pole mount for my airplane.
It's pretty cool to have this kind of third-person view of the airplane.
The workflow for importing this is... not great, but fine. You need to […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
It's pretty cool to have this kind of third-person view of the airplane.
The workflow for importing this is... not great, but fine. You need to […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I did the thing all the aviation youtubers are doing, and I bought a 360 camera + a pole mount for my airplane.
It's pretty cool to have this kind of third-person view of the airplane.
The workflow for importing this is... not great, but fine. You need to […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
It's pretty cool to have this kind of third-person view of the airplane.
The workflow for importing this is... not great, but fine. You need to […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
0/0 conditions. Yeah, I’ll very happily leave this to the professionals. They have much better equipment and far more training than I do.
Doing a short weekend trip. I was hoping to fly myself, but despite being forecast to have clear skies nearly all day, we […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Doing a short weekend trip. I was hoping to fly myself, but despite being forecast to have clear skies nearly all day, we […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 AM
0/0 conditions. Yeah, I’ll very happily leave this to the professionals. They have much better equipment and far more training than I do.
Doing a short weekend trip. I was hoping to fly myself, but despite being forecast to have clear skies nearly all day, we […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
Doing a short weekend trip. I was hoping to fly myself, but despite being forecast to have clear skies nearly all day, we […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
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@younata
Yes. This helps maximize glide ratio (reduce sink rate) at higher speeds.
A common takeoff technique for a flapped glider, when using a tow plane launch, is to start the takeoff run with flaps negative. That gives the glider a little better roll authority at low speed. When you get up […]
Yes. This helps maximize glide ratio (reduce sink rate) at higher speeds.
A common takeoff technique for a flapped glider, when using a tow plane launch, is to start the takeoff run with flaps negative. That gives the glider a little better roll authority at low speed. When you get up […]
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universeodon.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@younata
Yes. This helps maximize glide ratio (reduce sink rate) at higher speeds.
A common takeoff technique for a flapped glider, when using a tow plane launch, is to start the takeoff run with flaps negative. That gives the glider a little better roll authority at low speed. When you get up […]
Yes. This helps maximize glide ratio (reduce sink rate) at higher speeds.
A common takeoff technique for a flapped glider, when using a tow plane launch, is to start the takeoff run with flaps negative. That gives the glider a little better roll authority at low speed. When you get up […]
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Adjusting the flaperons.
This video shows them operating as ailerons. I move the control stick side to side.
Note that at max deflection, the control surface moves above neutral position more than it moves below neutral position. This is the principle of […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
This video shows them operating as ailerons. I move the control stick side to side.
Note that at max deflection, the control surface moves above neutral position more than it moves below neutral position. This is the principle of […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Adjusting the flaperons.
This video shows them operating as ailerons. I move the control stick side to side.
Note that at max deflection, the control surface moves above neutral position more than it moves below neutral position. This is the principle of […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
This video shows them operating as ailerons. I move the control stick side to side.
Note that at max deflection, the control surface moves above neutral position more than it moves below neutral position. This is the principle of […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
Reposted by Rachel Brindle
This video shows the flapperons moving as camber-changing flaps. The two control surfaces move in unison. My flap control system has five settings. The central setting is flaps zero or flaps neutral. Two settings increase the camber more, which is suitable […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This video shows the flapperons moving as camber-changing flaps. The two control surfaces move in unison. My flap control system has five settings. The central setting is flaps zero or flaps neutral. Two settings increase the camber more, which is suitable […]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
[Original post on universeodon.com]
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That's not to say the Cycle to Work scheme is perfect: it's not. Zero-rating bikes and ebikes would be *much* better because that means the discount is available to everyone, not just full-time workers over the earnings threshold. Also the discount is the same for everyone, not bigger for high […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
That's not to say the Cycle to Work scheme is perfect: it's not. Zero-rating bikes and ebikes would be *much* better because that means the discount is available to everyone, not just full-time workers over the earnings threshold. Also the discount is the same for everyone, not bigger for high […]
✅ bullied house rep about the CR bill.
✅ bullied senators about ditching chuck schumer.
Civic duty done for the day.
✅ bullied senators about ditching chuck schumer.
Civic duty done for the day.
November 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
✅ bullied house rep about the CR bill.
✅ bullied senators about ditching chuck schumer.
Civic duty done for the day.
✅ bullied senators about ditching chuck schumer.
Civic duty done for the day.
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@younata I've heard that sometimes the downside of airparks is they are run like HOA's ... and all the politics associated. That said, one time when we were shopping for a house I looked hard at an airpark. The only problem was the cost of the cheapest place was like 2x our limit, and I don't […]
Original post on social.makerforums.info
social.makerforums.info
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
@younata I've heard that sometimes the downside of airparks is they are run like HOA's ... and all the politics associated. That said, one time when we were shopping for a house I looked hard at an airpark. The only problem was the cost of the cheapest place was like 2x our limit, and I don't […]
Did some airport hopping today, and visited an airpark for the first time! Independence, OR. Seeing all those houses with massive garages specifically meant to hold aircraft was pretty cool.
Do I want to live at an airpark? No. I’m a city girl, and I want city amenities. Like not having to […]
Do I want to live at an airpark? No. I’m a city girl, and I want city amenities. Like not having to […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Did some airport hopping today, and visited an airpark for the first time! Independence, OR. Seeing all those houses with massive garages specifically meant to hold aircraft was pretty cool.
Do I want to live at an airpark? No. I’m a city girl, and I want city amenities. Like not having to […]
Do I want to live at an airpark? No. I’m a city girl, and I want city amenities. Like not having to […]
I'm doing a really bad job of not making being anti-llm my entire personality.
At a leadership q&a last week for my COE (so... nobody there was higher than my skip-skip level manager), I asked a question that boiled down to "there are a ton of really bad externalities here, why are we pursuing […]
At a leadership q&a last week for my COE (so... nobody there was higher than my skip-skip level manager), I asked a question that boiled down to "there are a ton of really bad externalities here, why are we pursuing […]
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hachyderm.io
November 2, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I'm doing a really bad job of not making being anti-llm my entire personality.
At a leadership q&a last week for my COE (so... nobody there was higher than my skip-skip level manager), I asked a question that boiled down to "there are a ton of really bad externalities here, why are we pursuing […]
At a leadership q&a last week for my COE (so... nobody there was higher than my skip-skip level manager), I asked a question that boiled down to "there are a ton of really bad externalities here, why are we pursuing […]
Angela Collier (@acollierastro, but she's much more active on blue sky: https://bsky.app/profile/acollierastro.bsky.social) put out a video today about Faust and the book Mephisto. Most of the content is about the more famous Faust stories, before switching to Mephisto, which is about how the […]
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hachyderm.io
November 2, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Angela Collier (@acollierastro, but she's much more active on blue sky: https://bsky.app/profile/acollierastro.bsky.social) put out a video today about Faust and the book Mephisto. Most of the content is about the more famous Faust stories, before switching to Mephisto, which is about how the […]
Went flying today for the first time since the beginning of October. Just some pattern work - I need to be able to nail that green dot next year!
And while I’m still not hitting my target point, I am getting much smoother: I had my first greased landing today in my plane!
#avgeek #aviation
And while I’m still not hitting my target point, I am getting much smoother: I had my first greased landing today in my plane!
#avgeek #aviation
October 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Did some quick searching in my area, found a list of food banks/pantries/etc. in my area, and made a one-time donation to each of them. I had a set amount I was intending to give, and I split it evenly amongst the ones I found. I even covered all the processing fees, so I gave a little more than […]
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hachyderm.io
October 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Did some quick searching in my area, found a list of food banks/pantries/etc. in my area, and made a one-time donation to each of them. I had a set amount I was intending to give, and I split it evenly amongst the ones I found. I even covered all the processing fees, so I gave a little more than […]
Hey #lazyweb, what’s the least problematic browser that’s actually usable right now?
Safari is my preferred browser, but it’s having issues with my corporate SSO (probably some cross-site/third party cookie issue?), and I’m extremely frustrated at having to re-auth for nearly every single […]
Safari is my preferred browser, but it’s having issues with my corporate SSO (probably some cross-site/third party cookie issue?), and I’m extremely frustrated at having to re-auth for nearly every single […]
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hachyderm.io
October 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hey #lazyweb, what’s the least problematic browser that’s actually usable right now?
Safari is my preferred browser, but it’s having issues with my corporate SSO (probably some cross-site/third party cookie issue?), and I’m extremely frustrated at having to re-auth for nearly every single […]
Safari is my preferred browser, but it’s having issues with my corporate SSO (probably some cross-site/third party cookie issue?), and I’m extremely frustrated at having to re-auth for nearly every single […]
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@younata We've already done a 2 hour 30 minute flight for 336 nautical miles back in 2022 (unfortunately, none of the flight trackers I know of allow viewing historical data that far back without paying; but if you're able to find it, look up N250UT on December 29, 2022).
Now, that was an […]
Now, that was an […]
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hachyderm.io
October 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
@younata We've already done a 2 hour 30 minute flight for 336 nautical miles back in 2022 (unfortunately, none of the flight trackers I know of allow viewing historical data that far back without paying; but if you're able to find it, look up N250UT on December 29, 2022).
Now, that was an […]
Now, that was an […]
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@younata Yeah, it's a really good reason to be working on electric aircraft.
Also, get rid of the lead. It's amazing to me that we still don't have any widespread unleaded avgas. Making progress on it, but also making progress on electric aviation.
Now to be fair, it's only piston engines that […]
Also, get rid of the lead. It's amazing to me that we still don't have any widespread unleaded avgas. Making progress on it, but also making progress on electric aviation.
Now to be fair, it's only piston engines that […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
October 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
@younata Yeah, it's a really good reason to be working on electric aircraft.
Also, get rid of the lead. It's amazing to me that we still don't have any widespread unleaded avgas. Making progress on it, but also making progress on electric aviation.
Now to be fair, it's only piston engines that […]
Also, get rid of the lead. It's amazing to me that we still don't have any widespread unleaded avgas. Making progress on it, but also making progress on electric aviation.
Now to be fair, it's only piston engines that […]
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@younata Pipistrel trainers are really selling. Need more range to do much more than training, but they're still doing pretty well for that.
And there are a lot more airports with electric chargers by now than there are with G100UL.
* Electric chargers: https://skyzero.io/
* G100UL […]
And there are a lot more airports with electric chargers by now than there are with G100UL.
* Electric chargers: https://skyzero.io/
* G100UL […]
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hachyderm.io
October 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
@younata Pipistrel trainers are really selling. Need more range to do much more than training, but they're still doing pretty well for that.
And there are a lot more airports with electric chargers by now than there are with G100UL.
* Electric chargers: https://skyzero.io/
* G100UL […]
And there are a lot more airports with electric chargers by now than there are with G100UL.
* Electric chargers: https://skyzero.io/
* G100UL […]
You know, for an aviation enthusiast, I despise the smell of all aviation fuel. Burnt or unburnt.
I would joke that this is why I’m building an electric plane, but that’s definitely one of the perks. Not having to shower after each and every time I fly would be great.
(I’m waiting to deplane […]
I would joke that this is why I’m building an electric plane, but that’s definitely one of the perks. Not having to shower after each and every time I fly would be great.
(I’m waiting to deplane […]
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hachyderm.io
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
You know, for an aviation enthusiast, I despise the smell of all aviation fuel. Burnt or unburnt.
I would joke that this is why I’m building an electric plane, but that’s definitely one of the perks. Not having to shower after each and every time I fly would be great.
(I’m waiting to deplane […]
I would joke that this is why I’m building an electric plane, but that’s definitely one of the perks. Not having to shower after each and every time I fly would be great.
(I’m waiting to deplane […]
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Writing a proposal to update work's change-proposal process, and I'm strongly tempted to call the equivalent of a "roadmap" a "flight plan". For 2 reasons: to avoid reusing this same boring terminology, and to remove some car-centrist thinking.
Writing a proposal to update work's change-proposal process, and I'm strongly tempted to call the equivalent of a "roadmap" a "flight plan". For 2 reasons: to avoid reusing this same boring terminology, and to remove some car-centrist thinking.
October 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
[workpost]
Writing a proposal to update work's change-proposal process, and I'm strongly tempted to call the equivalent of a "roadmap" a "flight plan". For 2 reasons: to avoid reusing this same boring terminology, and to remove some car-centrist thinking.
Writing a proposal to update work's change-proposal process, and I'm strongly tempted to call the equivalent of a "roadmap" a "flight plan". For 2 reasons: to avoid reusing this same boring terminology, and to remove some car-centrist thinking.
After Swift Testing added support for image attachments on apple platforms and windows platforms (insert 90s-era M$ insult here), they had realized they really should consolidate the different AttachableAs${PLATFORM_SPECIFIC_IMAGE_TYPE} protocols down into just a single AttachableAsImage […]
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hachyderm.io
October 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
After Swift Testing added support for image attachments on apple platforms and windows platforms (insert 90s-era M$ insult here), they had realized they really should consolidate the different AttachableAs${PLATFORM_SPECIFIC_IMAGE_TYPE} protocols down into just a single AttachableAsImage […]
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Had a dream last night where I was back working at the same company I worked at back in 2015.
That’s how hard I drank the kool-aid there. I left that company in 2017.
That’s how hard I drank the kool-aid there. I left that company in 2017.
October 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Had a dream last night where I was back working at the same company I worked at back in 2015.
That’s how hard I drank the kool-aid there. I left that company in 2017.
That’s how hard I drank the kool-aid there. I left that company in 2017.