Day 2801

 I woke up at 8 and played games until 8:30.  Then it was up for shaver cleaning, pet stuff, and breakfast.  After a little surfing I took some garbage out and took some other stuff to the shed.  

Ellen brought Abby out and we took her into the shed and clipped her nails.  We want to stay on top of them.  Then I got a chair out because it was time for a haircut.  I drained the tanks at the same time Ellen was cutting my hair.

After that I got an attack of laziness.  I spent the rest of the morning and the first part of the afternoon surfing.  After lunch Ellen went shooting with a lady she knows.  I went out to the shed to finish setting up the rc car.

The process started out well.  I got the transmitter and receiver bound without a problem.  The problems started out with programming.  The programming app needed an update.  After a very slow download the app locked up doing the update.  Something about the failure screwed up internet access.  I had to reset the phone, delete the app, and reinstall the app.  That problem took over half an hour.

The app wanted a firmware update to the ESC.  I did that with no problems.  However, after that the app wouldn't read the ESC parameters.  I finally figured out that the ES needed a power on reset after the update.  After that I set the page and a half of parameters and got the ESC updated.

When I installed the tires I learned that the spiffy tire nuts from the manufacturer wouldn't fit.  Then I had to relearn the receiver controls for adjusting the steering.  As I started the adjustment I noticed that the front wheels aren't straight.  That's even though I measured the arm lengths with a micrometer.  I was too disgusted to debug it.  I went back into the trailer instead.

I sat down and typed up the crawler course notes I made yesterday.  In the process I fleshed out what I want to build.  I think the result will be pretty entertaining and not too hard to build.  I may start it soon.

When that was done I went back to surfing and videos.  Ellen fixed steak and salmon for dinner.  After dinner was videos.