Day 2329

 I woke up at 8:30 and played games for a little while.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After a little surfing I decided to tackle the servo winch problem.

I started by trying to resurrect a Spectrum micro servo that I'd killed when I was building the Ryft.  I took it all apart and managed to get it to work.  While it was apart I decided to try to get it to run using the Flysky transmitter.  I couldn't.  Some viewing of YouTube videos taught me two things.  First, the transmitter didn't have the capability to control a modified servo winch.  Second, I'd have to further modify the servo and control it with a switch rather than the transmitter.

I put the Spectrum servo back together and set it aside.  It was time for lunch.  After lunch Ellen went to the club early and I went to the garage.  I got a switch from the old train stuff and mounted it on the winch housing.  That's sounds simple, but it involved building a mount and attaching it to the housing.  Then I went back to the house and took a shower.  It was over 90 today and hot in the garage.

I was a little tired after the shower, so I did some planning for the days until we leaved.  I also tried to add to the travel plan.  I ran into some problems finding places to shoot, so I had dinner - leftovers.  After that I was revitalized.  I took apart the Axial servo and took out the control board.  I soldered the power wires directly to the motor and put everything back together.  The soldering wasn't easy.  The wires were VERY small.  I tested the result and it worked fine.

I soldered some extensions onto the end of the servo wires (that wasn't easy either) and reassembled the winch.  I also cleaned up the new switch connections.  It had been used before and had a lot of leftover solder on the connectors.  At that point I ran out of gas and quit for the night.  I should be able to get it done tomorrow.

Ellen was watching TV, not chick flicks thankfully.  I sat down and watched with her for the rest of the evening.