Day 3054

 I woke up at 7:30, got up to feed the pets, and then went back to bed to play games.  I got up for breakfast a little after 9.

It was cloudy in the morning, which didn't bode well for eclipse viewing.  I got out the RC stuff.  I immediately ran into problems.  My custom mount wouldn't work.  I had to go out to the garage and take a Dremel to them.  After that I discovered that I needed to drill a hole in the frame - another trip to the garage.  Eventually I got the battery tray attached.

The next step was to install the servos.  That had to wait until after the eclipse.  The cloud cover hadn't gone away, but it had thin patches that allowed viewing the sun.  We sat on the deck and watched whenever the clouds thinned.  Unfortunately they were very thick during totality and we didn't get to see any of it.  Shit.  We went back inside disgusted and had lunch.

After lunch it was back to RC.  The after market servo mounts I'd purchased didn't fit.  Another trip to the garage and the Dremel fixed that.  The next step was installing the receiver box.  At least that went without drama.

I got out the fender to install them.  Before I did I decided to install the rock lights I'd purchased.  They came in pieces with no instructions.  It took me some time to figure out how the first one went together.  After that the other three were quick.  I have to build mounts for them.  It was after four and I'd had enough for the day, so I put everything away.

I watched videos for a while and then had a frozen thing for dinner.  After that it was more videos.  I also did a little investigation into another RC car. We'll see.  I still have work to do on the Defender, the MT10, and finishing the Wrangler.