Day 3527

 I woke up a little after 7, played games, and then got up for pet stuff and breakfast.  There was no point in working on the AC.  The temperature was low 60's, the wind was blowing, and it was raining.

I decided to go out to the garage and finish up the RC stuff.  I soldered the connectors on the 2 Flysky receivers that I'd ordered from Aliexpress.  They look pretty nice after being encased in the heat shrink.  The heat gun was the only way to do it.  Then I started to program the 6x6.

After pouring through the documentation for the motor/ESC and my programmer I thought I figured out a way to program it.  However I had to go inside and hook the programmer to the computer to do it.  After that it didn't work.  More document examination showed that my fancy programmer wouldn't work.  I needed the cheap one that I left in Texas.  Crap.  I'm also not happy that the the expensive one isn't universal.

Fortunately I only wanted to change one parameter, so I decided to complete the programming.  The resulting vehicle looks like it runs pretty well.  Ellen actually did some work on the body for the first time in weeks.  Maybe I'll get it finished by Sept. 

I noticed a new hole in the shed floor while I was working.  Just what I want, another project.

At 2:30 I went to the audio place to get ear impressions done.  It was a little painful because my right ear had wax in it again.  The technician gave me a shipping container for the impressions.  When I got home I started to put together an order for new earplugs.  Ellen had to make a copy of the hearing aid test because my computer didn't have the driver and it was on a CD.

While looking on the website I found that they have a 20% off offer for old customers.  You needed the serial numbers fro the old ones though.  By some sort of miracle I had my old ones in my shooting bag.  That will save me $500.  I have to wait until they send me the coupon before ordering though.   

That was it for the day.  I reverted to videos and surfing.

Ellen fixed fish and corn on the cob for dinner.

After dinner we watched episodes of Wednesday and Gutfeld.  Then it was surfing.