Here are the news from last week. Boo, not well, late.

I spent all of May 8 (holiday) at an electronics consultant, to fine-tune the card one last time.

So, when I came home in the evening, I got kidnapped for the weekend − away from the internet. So this morning, it was panic:

The good news is that the electronic part is now complete. I have a few last tests to do, and I'm starting the production of 500 cards next week.

The less good news is that there are only 24 hours a day. I wish there were more − but it doesn't work that way. So yes, sometimes I have trouble finding 2 hours on weekends to write this blog. The impatient will survive until Monday.

We zap.

The famous propellers!!!

I received the shipping notice = I should receive the new parts within a week.

The first ones were unsuccessful. I sent them back.

A priori, they had to redo the mold 3 times before having a correct result. Not that easy as a piece...

So I'm looking forward to the package.

The fuselage

As long as we're in the plastic business… Hull manufacturing is on course.

The engineers have determined the injection point = where the plastic will be introduced.

They also placed the ejectors = the rods that help the part to come out.

I think they must now be making the mold. We should have the parts by the end of the month.

And then the other stuff

But what takes the most time is above all all the small accessory parts.

There's the silly stuff: Where do you buy self-tapping screws to screw into plastic?

There are the rare things: Where do you buy ceramic bearings?

And then there are the things that are ultimately not so obvious: Where do you find U-shaped screws, the right size and which are resistant to seawater?

Short.

Send and receive lots of emails...

Make drawings...

Ask and test lots of samples…

Trying to guess which suppliers are going to be reliable…

You understood, there was plenty to occupy the last two weeks.