I woke up a little after 7, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast. Then it was surfing. When I got tired of that I went to work on Ellen's car.
The first step was to install the electronics. They wouldn't fit without a little modification to the frame. I took the car out to the garage and went to work with the Dremel. When I was done the ESC and receiver fit pretty well.
The next step was to charge up a battery. The new charger works nice, but the instructions that came with it sucked. Luckily the ones on the web were much better. I printed out a copy to keep with the charger. With the battery charged I bound the receiver to the transmitter and tested the motor connection. I got it right the first time (yellow is positive, blue is negative).
After that it was setting up the steering trim and end points. The ESC is not programmable, so that was it. There was a pretty big cleanup effort. It was past lunch time, so we went to the post office to pick up the Chinese packages. Then we stopped at Culvers on the way back home.
I did the cleanup - putting away tools, the soldering stuff, a little garbage, etc. It's nice to look at that end of the table and see nothing but the work mat and tool case. I'll be resuming work on the Reflex shortly. It's been many weeks.
The rest of the day switched back and forth between videos and surfing. I'd get bored with one and switch to the other.
We're supposed to be in Hondo at 11 tomorrow to see Abby. That means getting up at 7:30.
Cooper seems to doing well. Devon is almost willing to put up with him now. We separated them when we left today. Maybe they can stay together tomorrow.
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