Mark, you would have a very good measure of that period of time called the 'ohnosecond' - the period between doing something stupid and realising just how stupid it was. I've measured it myself many times but I can't recall such a spectacular example (although breaking all the ceramic rods in an ion source last year was pretty 'good' - except it wasn't my money).
Mark, you would have a very good measure of that period of time called the 'ohnosecond' - the period between doing something stupid and realising just how stupid it was. I've measured it myself many times but I can't recall such a spectacular example (although breaking all the ceramic rods in an ion source last year was pretty 'good' - except it wasn't my money).
As the old saying goes best way to learn something is by your mistakes.
As for most expensive equipment accident it was not astronomy but it was a $4500 LCD screen that cracked when i put it in my car when i moved not long ago.
Phil
When i accidently came across these forums one day while surfing the net Ever since i havnt been able to stay away and looks like my shopping list gets bigger each week
I recently bought the shoestring gpusb thingo and made the cable myself. Not realizing that I had some solder touching two of the pins. Plugged it in and toasted it instantly, $80 vaporized.
Yes, it seems that it will fly again. The trick was to wait until I found someone who car repair the [carbon fibre] wings properly. Everything else is fairly cheap. Some people just know how to fix stuff.
Yes, it seems that it will fly again. The trick was to wait until I found someone who car repair the [carbon fibre] wings properly. Everything else is fairly cheap. Some people just know how to fix stuff.
Good luck with that, it looks like a decent size model that would be both fun and challenging to fly.
