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Posted: 12/29/2021 4:02:52 AM EDT
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so full of awesomeness
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Posted: 12/30/2021 9:50:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TeeVeeTee: I’m so darned upset at myself for not moving there so my girls could be in your class!  We stopped in Idaho, but I’ve always loved WY. My hubs would have hated the wind... but with such a great school for the girls he could have handled 4 years. Also, my Mom and I went to Cody when the Art show was there and the gal who let us in informed us of the rule of no taxidermy anymore. I was sad as that would have been cool to see, and told her as much. She agreed wholeheartedly with us.  I was reading the Unicorn thread and had not realized it was YOU and YOUR STUDENTS who were shafted by that!I’m sorry that happened, but glad you guys went out on top. Love these threads as they truly are a very uplifting read. Great teachers make great students, and you’ve great students. Though ... can we have the task board Haiku again?  I appreciate the kind words.  I'm looking forward to getting back with the students next week. The Cody Country Art show and the Buffalo Bill Art show are cool shows. I didn't know they had ever allowed Taxidermy. I have former students who are invited every year to present traditional pieces for those shows. One of them has even had pieces used as the advertisement art for the Buffalo Bill Show. That is a huge honor for him. All that said, those weren't the shows that we took taxidermy to. It was the WSAA WY State High School Art Symposium in Casper that requested we not bring the taxidermy anymore. That and the changing of entry fees that put the nail in the coffin for us going there. The Haiku task board was pretty amazing and exactly why arfcom has made these projects so much more than I thought possible. That organic creative process that grew out of a simple joke was incredible. The kids latch on to suggestions that are posted here and pull the projects in crazy directions. It makes it fun for everyone. I'm not sure I have the Haiku enthusiasts at the moment, bit I will let them know and see where it goes.
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Posted: 12/30/2021 11:14:17 AM EDT
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Haiku tshirt this year?
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Posted: 12/30/2021 3:07:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TeeVeeTee: I'm so darned upset at myself for not moving there so my girls could be in your class! We stopped in Idaho, but I've always loved WY. My hubs would have hated the wind... but with such a great school for the girls he could have handled 4 years. Also, my Mom and I went to Cody when the Art show was there and the gal who let us in informed us of the rule of no taxidermy anymore. I was sad as that would have been cool to see, and told her as much. She agreed wholeheartedly with us. I was reading the Unicorn thread and had not realized it was YOU and YOUR STUDENTS who were shafted by that!I'm sorry that happened, but glad you guys went out on top. Love these threads as they truly are a very uplifting read. Great teachers make great students, and you've great students. Though ... can we have the task board Haiku again? |
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Posted: 12/31/2021 2:20:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Seiran: The Unicorn was even more beautiful in person. After reading that thread I was fired up to buy a shirt myself, only to be completely bummed I was a bit late to the party.  (As with all the shirts so far)Watched the video as the poo-head dude announce guns’ students as the winner made me give a shout of “Ah-HA!!” I’ve been spoiled in being able to read these build threads as evening enjoyment and getting the whole story from start to finish quite quickly. I keep hitting refresh hoping Wyoming has funky school days and they have to come in for class work between Christmas and NewYears! |
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Posted: 12/31/2021 2:31:21 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I appreciate the kind words. I'm looking forward to getting back with the students next week. The Cody Country Art show and the Buffalo Bill Art show are cool shows. I didn't know they had ever allowed Taxidermy. I have former students who are invited every year to present traditional pieces for those shows. One of them has even had pieces used as the advertisement art for the Buffalo Bill Show. That is a huge honor for him. All that said, those weren't the shows that we took taxidermy to. It was the WSAA WY State High School Art Symposium in Casper that requested we not bring the taxidermy anymore. That and the changing of entry fees that put the nail in the coffin for us going there. The Haiku task board was pretty amazing and exactly why arfcom has made these projects so much more than I thought possible. That organic creative process that grew out of a simple joke was incredible. The kids latch on to suggestions that are posted here and pull the projects in crazy directions. It makes it fun for everyone. I'm not sure I have the Haiku enthusiasts at the moment, bit I will let them know and see where it goes. Ahhhh.... that explains why the rooms where my mom and I wandered around viewing art was not the big coliseum I’ve seen in your vids of the show. We were in the wrong city!  Can’t wait for you all to get back at it! Signed, A Soon to be Investor
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Posted: 12/31/2021 4:21:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TeeVeeTee: After reading that thread I was fired up to buy a shirt myself, only to be completely bummed I was a bit late to the party. (As with all the shirts so far)Watched the video as the poo-head dude announce guns’ students as the winner made me give a shout of “Ah-HA!!” I’ve been spoiled in being able to read these build threads as evening enjoyment and getting the whole story from start to finish quite quickly. I keep hitting refresh hoping Wyoming has funky school days and they have to come in for class work between Christmas and NewYears! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TeeVeeTee: Originally Posted By Seiran: The Unicorn was even more beautiful in person. After reading that thread I was fired up to buy a shirt myself, only to be completely bummed I was a bit late to the party. (As with all the shirts so far)Watched the video as the poo-head dude announce guns’ students as the winner made me give a shout of “Ah-HA!!” I’ve been spoiled in being able to read these build threads as evening enjoyment and getting the whole story from start to finish quite quickly. I keep hitting refresh hoping Wyoming has funky school days and they have to come in for class work between Christmas and NewYears! It was very cool to go out "on top" with the sweeps every year. The everybody gets a trophy doesn't work when the other art teachers don't get as involved with their students. Most any of them could do most of what guns is doing if the school has a wood shop, staples, poster board and a plan. Rather than try to compete, they bring Cancel Culture into it, which kind of bums me out about my next door neighbor state falling into that trap even more fully now. |
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Posted: 12/31/2021 10:30:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By TeeVeeTee: Ahhhh.... that explains why the rooms where my mom and I wandered around viewing art was not the big coliseum I’ve seen in your vids of the show. We were in the wrong city! Can’t wait for you all to get back at it! Signed, A Soon to be Investor If it helps......Even during vacation I wake up almost every night worrying about our F22 and what we forgot, what needs done, and wondering if we can ever get it finished..... I have to remind myself......it will be fine.  Students come back in Wednesday next week. I start again on Monday with in-service....Tuesday is planned as the day to move the 1/2 scale Sopwith Camel. We will move it up and possibly back and over a bit to make room for the Raptor. Students will have different schedules so it will be interesting to see how my team gets mixed up and how the new mix works together. |
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Posted: 12/31/2021 10:42:39 AM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brass: It was very cool to go out "on top" with the sweeps every year. The everybody gets a trophy doesn't work when the other art teachers don't get as involved with their students. Most any of them could do most of what guns is doing if the school has a wood shop, staples, poster board and a plan. Rather than try to compete, they bring Cancel Culture into it, which kind of bums me out about my next door neighbor state falling into that trap even more fully now. I'm often taken back when talking to new to the district students about their past Art classes. Many really don't do much art of any kind. It's mostly studying others art. That is a pretty common philosophy on how it should be done. Definitely not my way of thinking. I know a lot of that comes from budget constraints. Art is expensive. I just spent $2000 for oil paint. Nothing else. 200ml tube are close to $50 per tube for some colors. My school budget for the year is $5,600......hasn't changed in 25yrs. Most schools just can't and don't support that. I imagine many teachers work with what they have. A project like this that runs close to $3000......seems out of their grasp. Arfcom is the secret ingredient that makes it possible.  Many parents even here would gladly shut down my program as they see no value in teaching "Art" . That is just a fact of some in our society. ETA: I had to do a presentation to teachers from other districts about our projects and how they work. My thesis statement was that tea hers need to take care to not get stuck in the ruts of comfort and familiarity. Teachers like to stick with what they have done and are familiar with. Changing to a project based curriculum is overwhelming to many. People don't like change. My projects are not traditional "art" but I justify this to those who ask as teaching not just the essentials, but also stressing attention to detail,, problem solving, work ethic, working as a team, leadership, and persistence. A team of teachers could easily take these projects and teach it across a host of disciplines giving context to math, science, engineering, and history. That takes change in philosophy, and getting away from teaching to the ACT . Our society doesn't really see that as the way forward. |
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Posted: 12/31/2021 10:50:18 AM EDT
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You have a program worth supporting. A true teacher is VERY hard to find nowadays, as most I see are either regurgitating syllabus slaves or activist socialist drones, or worse, the good ones who are cowering in fear for their jobs from the circling Soros harpies, waiting to pounce on any deviation from The Agenda. You, sir, are none of those, admirable, and worth supporting in your endeavors.
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Posted: 12/31/2021 11:13:06 AM EDT
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Oh, and yesterday at the range, I ran into one of my former team leaders from 2019-20.....you know, one of the Covid grads.
 He was shooting his AR with his family. I remember when he was assembling his rifle. He was continuously asking questions on parts. I realized I hadn't seen him since the schools got shut down and we had to finish online. He was leading our team working on the John Deere Space tractor and put serious work in on Marine One as a Junior. He hasn't been back since. He told me he would stop by Tuesday and see the latest work. |
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Posted: 12/31/2021 11:58:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryArfcom is the secret ingredient that makes it possible. ARF is just the seasoning you have available to add so that the recipe tastes like it should. |
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Posted: 12/31/2021 11:58:53 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Oh, and yesterday at the range, I ran into one of my former team leaders from 2019-20.....you know, one of the Covid grads. He was shooting his AR with his family. I remember when he was assembling his rifle. He was continuously asking questions on parts. I realized I hadn't seen him since the schools got shut down and we had to finish online. He was leading our team working on the John Deere Space tractor and put serious work in on Marine One as a Junior. He hasn't been back since. He told me he would stop by Tuesday and see the latest work. |
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Posted: 1/1/2022 6:03:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZNetEng: No my friend. YOU are the secret ingredient. ARF is just the seasoning you have available to add so that the recipe tastes like it should. ^this^ Just saying, after you run out of room for your projects... you need to run for leadership in Education. Some where. ANY where. America needs more “you” kind in position of leadership. There’d be quite the army of helpers to get you elected!
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Posted: 1/4/2022 1:23:47 PM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Update 1/4
Moving the Sopwith today. We are running into a little problem getting it closer to the wall. The light fixtures and sprinkler system are in the way and we don't want to have a problem messing with either. We think we can get the tail a bit closer to the corner of the room, but the center will need to stay about the same. It should be able a bit more than it currently is and hopefully we can get it closer to the ceiling.      The 10ft pvc pipe allows us to move the cable looped over the main beam, closer to the wall. We only have about 24" to play with. |
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Posted: 1/4/2022 1:30:48 PM EDT
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For some reason I can't get the last picture to post.
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Posted: 1/4/2022 2:06:43 PM EDT
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So now that you're moving around one of the older projects, how are you finding it to be holding up over time?
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Posted: 1/4/2022 4:32:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ashraam: So now that you're moving around one of the older projects, how are you finding it to be holding up over time? How many freshmen did it take to dust it? |
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Posted: 1/4/2022 4:39:08 PM EDT
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Awesome as always. I'm sure you've told us, but where do all the projects wind up? Are they all around the school?
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Posted: 1/4/2022 5:57:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By backbencher: How many freshmen did it take to dust it? Head custodian shared his secret weapon.... Leaf blower! I hit it quick before we put it back up.
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Posted: 1/4/2022 6:06:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ashraam: So now that you're moving around one of the older projects, how are you finding it to be holding up over time? Really, pretty well. There were a couple parts that the hot glue had let go, mostly because of direct sunlight and material that doesn't do well with hot glue-plastic and leather. Other than that, it is in the same condition we put it up. The custodians have done a good job dusting it over the years. We do have little things that continually cause problems....at least for a little while. Each of the projects with robotics has had bugs that needed to be worked out. The shuttle was a pain for a year or two. It's been great the last two years. Marine One was a feaken nightmare the last couple years, till we found the motor with a bad spot on it. The tail propeller motor kept coming loose from the drive, but we have it fixed now. This year it has been pretty trouble free. The Locomotive train was doing great till today. I found this on the ground. It it supposed to be on top of the bell. I'll get it up there in the next few days.  This year, the tractor and electric train on our Mission to Mars have been nonstop pain in the broken parts dept. We are currently waiting on an upgraded drive pulley wheel for the front wheels. It broke on of the bolts and then proceeded to self destruct. So sits the train.   The little adapter for the power cord has a short in it. That allowed the engine to go past it's sensor and sit and run, burning out the motor. I've got a new motor coming. The track is always dirty and needs cleaned all the time. I had my son update the program when he was back last week, so it now has a timer so it won't go too long if it stops or runs off the track. |
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Posted: 1/4/2022 6:08:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Keib: Awesome as always. I'm sure you've told us, but where do all the projects wind up? Are they all around the school? They are permanent installations. They are all still there, we have just added to a few. It makes for a fun tour.
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Posted: 1/4/2022 6:11:44 PM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Update 1/4.2
New angle of attack for our Sopwith Camel. It's much higher now and the tail is more in the corner of the room. We think we are good to go now for room for the Raptor. We also checked to see about locations for cables. We think we will also be good there. It will be a little closer to the nose of the Camel than anticipated, but it should look good.     |
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Posted: 1/4/2022 6:20:12 PM EDT
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 Looks like I need to dust off my presentation for these projects. I was asked to give a presentation to the WY state CTE (culinary, robotics, CAD, Graphics, industrial arts, woods, welding, agriculture, ect..) teachers this summer. They will be here in Powell for a convention in June, and will be able to wander around the H.S. to see all the projects. |
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Posted: 1/4/2022 6:27:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Looks like I need to dust off my presentation for these projects. I was asked to give a presentation to the WY state CTE (culinary, robotics, CAD, Graphics, industrial arts, woods, welding, agriculture, ect..) teachers this summer. They will be here in Powell for a convention in June, and will be able to wander around the H.S. to see all the projects. It would be pretty cool if you could have a tablet in each area showing progress photos and video for each project. Obviously budget couldn't cover something like that. |
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Posted: 1/4/2022 6:54:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ashraam: It would be pretty cool if you could have a tablet in each area showing progress photos and video for each project. Obviously budget couldn't cover something like that. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Ashraam: Originally Posted By guns762: Looks like I need to dust off my presentation for these projects. I was asked to give a presentation to the WY state CTE (culinary, robotics, CAD, Graphics, industrial arts, woods, welding, agriculture, ect..) teachers this summer. They will be here in Powell for a convention in June, and will be able to wander around the H.S. to see all the projects. It would be pretty cool if you could have a tablet in each area showing progress photos and video for each project. Obviously budget couldn't cover something like that. I'll have to see if the district has some leftovers that we can set up. I know upu guys have suggested this before. It's a great idea. I'd love to see it happen. |
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Posted: 1/4/2022 9:49:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I'll have to see if the district has some leftovers that we can set up. I know upu guys have suggested this before. It's a great idea. I'd love to see it happen. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Ashraam: Originally Posted By guns762: Looks like I need to dust off my presentation for these projects. I was asked to give a presentation to the WY state CTE (culinary, robotics, CAD, Graphics, industrial arts, woods, welding, agriculture, ect..) teachers this summer. They will be here in Powell for a convention in June, and will be able to wander around the H.S. to see all the projects. It would be pretty cool if you could have a tablet in each area showing progress photos and video for each project. Obviously budget couldn't cover something like that. I'll have to see if the district has some leftovers that we can set up. I know upu guys have suggested this before. It's a great idea. I'd love to see it happen. |
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Posted: 1/4/2022 10:20:51 PM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZNetEng: What would your preference be for tablets OS and size wise? How many would you need? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZNetEng: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Ashraam: Originally Posted By guns762: Looks like I need to dust off my presentation for these projects. I was asked to give a presentation to the WY state CTE (culinary, robotics, CAD, Graphics, industrial arts, woods, welding, agriculture, ect..) teachers this summer. They will be here in Powell for a convention in June, and will be able to wander around the H.S. to see all the projects. It would be pretty cool if you could have a tablet in each area showing progress photos and video for each project. Obviously budget couldn't cover something like that. I'll have to see if the district has some leftovers that we can set up. I know upu guys have suggested this before. It's a great idea. I'd love to see it happen. Android would be most familiar to me, but I think my district may have some old Apple iPads. Let me check this week. We need 8 for the rooms, but one more for the Unicorns would be cool. Something around a 10 or 12inch tablet would be great. Maybe just those picture frame type tablets might be a more ecomical way to go. Just needs to be able to display pictures. I'm a little worried about being able to lock them out to keep some student from uploading and changing the images. I'm trying to think like a teenager. |
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Posted: 1/4/2022 10:29:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Seiran: The Unicorn was even more beautiful in person. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Seiran: Originally Posted By TeeVeeTee: I'm so darned upset at myself for not moving there so my girls could be in your class! We stopped in Idaho, but I've always loved WY. My hubs would have hated the wind... but with such a great school for the girls he could have handled 4 years. Also, my Mom and I went to Cody when the Art show was there and the gal who let us in informed us of the rule of no taxidermy anymore. I was sad as that would have been cool to see, and told her as much. She agreed wholeheartedly with us. I was reading the Unicorn thread and had not realized it was YOU and YOUR STUDENTS who were shafted by that!I'm sorry that happened, but glad you guys went out on top. Love these threads as they truly are a very uplifting read. Great teachers make great students, and you've great students. Though ... can we have the task board Haiku again? Yes! The unicorn is awesome! Even more so in person!  Attached File Attached File
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Posted: 1/4/2022 10:34:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Really, pretty well. There were a couple parts that the hot glue had let go, mostly because of direct sunlight and material that doesn't do well with hot glue-plastic and leather. Other than that, it is in the same condition we put it up. The custodians have done a good job dusting it over the years. We do have little things that continually cause problems....at least for a little while. Each of the projects with robotics has had bugs that needed to be worked out. The shuttle was a pain for a year or two. It's been great the last two years. Marine One was a feaken nightmare the last couple years, till we found the motor with a bad spot on it. The tail propeller motor kept coming loose from the drive, but we have it fixed now. This year it has been pretty trouble free. The Locomotive train was doing great till today. I found this on the ground. It it supposed to be on top of the bell. I'll get it up there in the next few days. https://i.imgur.com/x1Nr7m3.jpg This year, the tractor and electric train on our Mission to Mars have been nonstop pain in the broken parts dept. We are currently waiting on an upgraded drive pulley wheel for the front wheels. It broke on of the bolts and then proceeded to self destruct. So sits the train. https://i.imgur.com/51KyAl1.jpg The little adapter for the power cord has a short in it. That allowed the engine to go past it's sensor and sit and run, burning out the motor. I've got a new motor coming. The track is always dirty and needs cleaned all the time. I had my son update the program when he was back last week, so it now has a timer so it won't go too long if it stops or runs off the track. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Ashraam: So now that you're moving around one of the older projects, how are you finding it to be holding up over time? Really, pretty well. There were a couple parts that the hot glue had let go, mostly because of direct sunlight and material that doesn't do well with hot glue-plastic and leather. Other than that, it is in the same condition we put it up. The custodians have done a good job dusting it over the years. We do have little things that continually cause problems....at least for a little while. Each of the projects with robotics has had bugs that needed to be worked out. The shuttle was a pain for a year or two. It's been great the last two years. Marine One was a feaken nightmare the last couple years, till we found the motor with a bad spot on it. The tail propeller motor kept coming loose from the drive, but we have it fixed now. This year it has been pretty trouble free. The Locomotive train was doing great till today. I found this on the ground. It it supposed to be on top of the bell. I'll get it up there in the next few days. https://i.imgur.com/x1Nr7m3.jpg This year, the tractor and electric train on our Mission to Mars have been nonstop pain in the broken parts dept. We are currently waiting on an upgraded drive pulley wheel for the front wheels. It broke on of the bolts and then proceeded to self destruct. So sits the train. https://i.imgur.com/51KyAl1.jpg The little adapter for the power cord has a short in it. That allowed the engine to go past it's sensor and sit and run, burning out the motor. I've got a new motor coming. The track is always dirty and needs cleaned all the time. I had my son update the program when he was back last week, so it now has a timer so it won't go too long if it stops or runs off the track. You need to get rid of that steel track and get nickel track. It will still need cleaning occasionally, but nickel seems to work better. https://www.hobbylinc.com/bachmann-ho-scale-nickel-silver-model-train-track |
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Posted: 1/4/2022 10:37:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Goodn: You need to get rid of that steel track and get nickel track. It will still need cleaning occasionally, but nickel seems to work better. https://www.hobbylinc.com/bachmann-ho-scale-nickel-silver-model-train-track Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Goodn: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Ashraam: So now that you're moving around one of the older projects, how are you finding it to be holding up over time? Really, pretty well. There were a couple parts that the hot glue had let go, mostly because of direct sunlight and material that doesn't do well with hot glue-plastic and leather. Other than that, it is in the same condition we put it up. The custodians have done a good job dusting it over the years. We do have little things that continually cause problems....at least for a little while. Each of the projects with robotics has had bugs that needed to be worked out. The shuttle was a pain for a year or two. It's been great the last two years. Marine One was a feaken nightmare the last couple years, till we found the motor with a bad spot on it. The tail propeller motor kept coming loose from the drive, but we have it fixed now. This year it has been pretty trouble free. The Locomotive train was doing great till today. I found this on the ground. It it supposed to be on top of the bell. I'll get it up there in the next few days. https://i.imgur.com/x1Nr7m3.jpg This year, the tractor and electric train on our Mission to Mars have been nonstop pain in the broken parts dept. We are currently waiting on an upgraded drive pulley wheel for the front wheels. It broke on of the bolts and then proceeded to self destruct. So sits the train. https://i.imgur.com/51KyAl1.jpg The little adapter for the power cord has a short in it. That allowed the engine to go past it's sensor and sit and run, burning out the motor. I've got a new motor coming. The track is always dirty and needs cleaned all the time. I had my son update the program when he was back last week, so it now has a timer so it won't go too long if it stops or runs off the track. You need to get rid of that steel track and get nickel track. It will still need cleaning occasionally, but nickel seems to work better. https://www.hobbylinc.com/bachmann-ho-scale-nickel-silver-model-train-track I just ordered a track cleaner.
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Posted: 1/4/2022 10:54:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Android would be most familiar to me, but I think my district may have some old Apple iPads. Let me check this week. We need 8 for the rooms, but one more for the Unicorns would be cool. Something around a 10 or 12inch tablet would be great. Maybe just those picture frame type tablets might be a more ecomical way to go. Just needs to be able to display pictures. I'm a little worried about being able to lock them out to keep some student from uploading and changing the images. I'm trying to think like a teenager. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By AZNetEng: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Ashraam: Originally Posted By guns762: Looks like I need to dust off my presentation for these projects. I was asked to give a presentation to the WY state CTE (culinary, robotics, CAD, Graphics, industrial arts, woods, welding, agriculture, ect..) teachers this summer. They will be here in Powell for a convention in June, and will be able to wander around the H.S. to see all the projects. It would be pretty cool if you could have a tablet in each area showing progress photos and video for each project. Obviously budget couldn't cover something like that. I'll have to see if the district has some leftovers that we can set up. I know upu guys have suggested this before. It's a great idea. I'd love to see it happen. Android would be most familiar to me, but I think my district may have some old Apple iPads. Let me check this week. We need 8 for the rooms, but one more for the Unicorns would be cool. Something around a 10 or 12inch tablet would be great. Maybe just those picture frame type tablets might be a more ecomical way to go. Just needs to be able to display pictures. I'm a little worried about being able to lock them out to keep some student from uploading and changing the images. I'm trying to think like a teenager. Easy enough to secure them. I have quite a few old clients that refresh equipment constantly. The picture frame units would be easy to set up but zero security... |
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Posted: 1/4/2022 10:57:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I just ordered a track cleaner. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Goodn: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Ashraam: So now that you're moving around one of the older projects, how are you finding it to be holding up over time? Really, pretty well. There were a couple parts that the hot glue had let go, mostly because of direct sunlight and material that doesn't do well with hot glue-plastic and leather. Other than that, it is in the same condition we put it up. The custodians have done a good job dusting it over the years. We do have little things that continually cause problems....at least for a little while. Each of the projects with robotics has had bugs that needed to be worked out. The shuttle was a pain for a year or two. It's been great the last two years. Marine One was a feaken nightmare the last couple years, till we found the motor with a bad spot on it. The tail propeller motor kept coming loose from the drive, but we have it fixed now. This year it has been pretty trouble free. The Locomotive train was doing great till today. I found this on the ground. It it supposed to be on top of the bell. I'll get it up there in the next few days. https://i.imgur.com/x1Nr7m3.jpg This year, the tractor and electric train on our Mission to Mars have been nonstop pain in the broken parts dept. We are currently waiting on an upgraded drive pulley wheel for the front wheels. It broke on of the bolts and then proceeded to self destruct. So sits the train. https://i.imgur.com/51KyAl1.jpg The little adapter for the power cord has a short in it. That allowed the engine to go past it's sensor and sit and run, burning out the motor. I've got a new motor coming. The track is always dirty and needs cleaned all the time. I had my son update the program when he was back last week, so it now has a timer so it won't go too long if it stops or runs off the track. You need to get rid of that steel track and get nickel track. It will still need cleaning occasionally, but nickel seems to work better. https://www.hobbylinc.com/bachmann-ho-scale-nickel-silver-model-train-track I just ordered a track cleaner. 
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Posted: 1/4/2022 11:53:07 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I just ordered a track cleaner. A freshman? 
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Posted: 1/4/2022 11:55:53 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By armoredman: A freshman? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By armoredman: Originally Posted By guns762: I just ordered a track cleaner. A freshman? That along with with a 1" square of the green ScotchBrite pad and a few hours would be perfect. |
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Posted: 1/5/2022 12:02:38 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Update 1/4 Moving the Sopwith today. We are running into a little problem getting it closer to the wall. The light fixtures and sprinkler system are in the way and we don't want to have a problem messing with either. We think we can get the tail a bit closer to the corner of the room, but the center will need to stay about the same. It should be able a bit more than it currently is and hopefully we can get it closer to the ceiling. https://i.imgur.com/HEWE8nM.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/bwsDnyE.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/HPnkh8q.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/kCwYNih.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/ciO07i9.jpg The 10ft pvc pipe allows us to move the cable looped over the main beam, closer to the wall. We only have about 24" to play with. |
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Posted: 1/5/2022 8:24:46 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By F15Mech: Is the purple/pink colors in the pictures light from the Unicorn? Is so damn that is much brighter then I remember. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By F15Mech: Originally Posted By guns762: Update 1/4 Moving the Sopwith today. We are running into a little problem getting it closer to the wall. The light fixtures and sprinkler system are in the way and we don't want to have a problem messing with either. We think we can get the tail a bit closer to the corner of the room, but the center will need to stay about the same. It should be able a bit more than it currently is and hopefully we can get it closer to the ceiling. https://i.imgur.com/HEWE8nM.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/bwsDnyE.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/HPnkh8q.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/kCwYNih.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/ciO07i9.jpg The 10ft pvc pipe allows us to move the cable looped over the main beam, closer to the wall. We only have about 24" to play with. That is from the grow lights for the hydroponics set ups the Environmental Sciences teacher is doing. |
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Posted: 1/5/2022 11:53:25 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZNetEng: Easy enough to secure them. I have quite a few old clients that refresh equipment constantly. The picture frame units would be easy to set up but zero security... Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZNetEng: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By AZNetEng: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Ashraam: Originally Posted By guns762: Looks like I need to dust off my presentation for these projects. I was asked to give a presentation to the WY state CTE (culinary, robotics, CAD, Graphics, industrial arts, woods, welding, agriculture, ect..) teachers this summer. They will be here in Powell for a convention in June, and will be able to wander around the H.S. to see all the projects. It would be pretty cool if you could have a tablet in each area showing progress photos and video for each project. Obviously budget couldn't cover something like that. I'll have to see if the district has some leftovers that we can set up. I know upu guys have suggested this before. It's a great idea. I'd love to see it happen. Android would be most familiar to me, but I think my district may have some old Apple iPads. Let me check this week. We need 8 for the rooms, but one more for the Unicorns would be cool. Something around a 10 or 12inch tablet would be great. Maybe just those picture frame type tablets might be a more ecomical way to go. Just needs to be able to display pictures. I'm a little worried about being able to lock them out to keep some student from uploading and changing the images. I'm trying to think like a teenager. Easy enough to secure them. I have quite a few old clients that refresh equipment constantly. The picture frame units would be easy to set up but zero security... I talked to the Principal today and he thinks we could do this at the end of the year this year with his budget. He will need an idea of what we want, and I need to talk to the IT department....he was thinking they would be cloud based, but I'm not sure that's as easy as just loading up each tablet with pictures from bluetooth or thumbdrive. It sounds like there will be money to make this happen.
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Posted: 1/5/2022 11:57:04 AM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I talked to the Principal today and he thinks we could do this at the end of the year this year with his budget. He will need an idea of what we want, and I need to talk to the IT department....he was thinking they would be cloud based, but I'm not sure that's as easy as just loading up each tablet with pictures from bluetooth or thumbdrive. It sounds like there will be money to make this happen. Very awesome!
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Posted: 1/5/2022 12:02:41 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I talked to the Principal today and he thinks we could do this at the end of the year this year with his budget. He will need an idea of what we want, and I need to talk to the IT department....he was thinking they would be cloud based, but I'm not sure that's as easy as just loading up each tablet with pictures from bluetooth or thumbdrive. It sounds like there will be money to make this happen. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By AZNetEng: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By AZNetEng: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Ashraam: Originally Posted By guns762: Looks like I need to dust off my presentation for these projects. I was asked to give a presentation to the WY state CTE (culinary, robotics, CAD, Graphics, industrial arts, woods, welding, agriculture, ect..) teachers this summer. They will be here in Powell for a convention in June, and will be able to wander around the H.S. to see all the projects. It would be pretty cool if you could have a tablet in each area showing progress photos and video for each project. Obviously budget couldn't cover something like that. I'll have to see if the district has some leftovers that we can set up. I know upu guys have suggested this before. It's a great idea. I'd love to see it happen. Android would be most familiar to me, but I think my district may have some old Apple iPads. Let me check this week. We need 8 for the rooms, but one more for the Unicorns would be cool. Something around a 10 or 12inch tablet would be great. Maybe just those picture frame type tablets might be a more ecomical way to go. Just needs to be able to display pictures. I'm a little worried about being able to lock them out to keep some student from uploading and changing the images. I'm trying to think like a teenager. Easy enough to secure them. I have quite a few old clients that refresh equipment constantly. The picture frame units would be easy to set up but zero security... I talked to the Principal today and he thinks we could do this at the end of the year this year with his budget. He will need an idea of what we want, and I need to talk to the IT department....he was thinking they would be cloud based, but I'm not sure that's as easy as just loading up each tablet with pictures from bluetooth or thumbdrive. It sounds like there will be money to make this happen. Geofencing would be cool if there is enough separation between the project spaces. Or augmented reality using the tablet cameras. Cloud offers more flexibility in updating and delivering content vice having to handle multiple devices individually. |
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Posted: 1/5/2022 12:54:25 PM EDT
[#41]
Maybe actual plaques on the wall for 15 years from now when OP is retired & all the installed displays are broken, and the pictures are in formats no longer easily accessible?
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Posted: 1/5/2022 1:49:20 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Update 1/4.2 New angle of attack for our Sopwith Camel. It's much higher now and the tail is more in the corner of the room. We think we are good to go now for room for the Raptor. We also checked to see about locations for cables. We think we will also be good there. It will be a little closer to the nose of the Camel than anticipated, but it should look good. https://i.imgur.com/SDr2MD6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HGhEG6d.jpg https://i.imgur.com/3XVBBJX.jpg Tell me that hawk is going to be part of the display when it's all done. It belongs up there with the other war birds (and a hawk is a raptor, after all.) |
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Posted: 1/5/2022 4:30:13 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redoubt: Tell me that hawk is going to be part of the display when it's all done. It belongs up there with the other war birds (and a hawk is a raptor, after all.) Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By redoubt: Originally Posted By guns762: Update 1/4.2 New angle of attack for our Sopwith Camel. It's much higher now and the tail is more in the corner of the room. We think we are good to go now for room for the Raptor. We also checked to see about locations for cables. We think we will also be good there. It will be a little closer to the nose of the Camel than anticipated, but it should look good. https://i.imgur.com/mVT9OHc.jpg https://i.imgur.com/SDr2MD6.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HGhEG6d.jpg https://i.imgur.com/3XVBBJX.jpg Tell me that hawk is going to be part of the display when it's all done. It belongs up there with the other war birds (and a hawk is a raptor, after all.) There was discussion of moving it permanently but, I think you make a solid argument that it needs to be back up there. I'll get on it. We moved it yesterday to make room for the other Raptor. |
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Posted: 1/5/2022 6:41:09 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: I talked to the Principal today and he thinks we could do this at the end of the year this year with his budget. He will need an idea of what we want, and I need to talk to the IT department....he was thinking they would be cloud based, but I'm not sure that's as easy as just loading up each tablet with pictures from bluetooth or thumbdrive. It sounds like there will be money to make this happen. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By AZNetEng: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By AZNetEng: Originally Posted By guns762: Originally Posted By Ashraam: Originally Posted By guns762: Looks like I need to dust off my presentation for these projects. I was asked to give a presentation to the WY state CTE (culinary, robotics, CAD, Graphics, industrial arts, woods, welding, agriculture, ect..) teachers this summer. They will be here in Powell for a convention in June, and will be able to wander around the H.S. to see all the projects. It would be pretty cool if you could have a tablet in each area showing progress photos and video for each project. Obviously budget couldn't cover something like that. I'll have to see if the district has some leftovers that we can set up. I know upu guys have suggested this before. It's a great idea. I'd love to see it happen. Android would be most familiar to me, but I think my district may have some old Apple iPads. Let me check this week. We need 8 for the rooms, but one more for the Unicorns would be cool. Something around a 10 or 12inch tablet would be great. Maybe just those picture frame type tablets might be a more ecomical way to go. Just needs to be able to display pictures. I'm a little worried about being able to lock them out to keep some student from uploading and changing the images. I'm trying to think like a teenager. Easy enough to secure them. I have quite a few old clients that refresh equipment constantly. The picture frame units would be easy to set up but zero security... I talked to the Principal today and he thinks we could do this at the end of the year this year with his budget. He will need an idea of what we want, and I need to talk to the IT department....he was thinking they would be cloud based, but I'm not sure that's as easy as just loading up each tablet with pictures from bluetooth or thumbdrive. It sounds like there will be money to make this happen. Ok! If for some reason that falls thru DM me and we will get it taken care of. |
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Posted: 1/5/2022 8:43:03 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AZNetEng: Ok! If for some reason that falls thru DM me and we will get it taken care of. The people here really make things happen.
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Posted: 1/6/2022 2:25:37 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Sixtigers]
[#46]
So...Just spitballing, here...
Would it not be easier to have students make up a detailed website for each project, with photos, write-ups, trial videos, etc... ...and then just have a scannable QR code at each station? This could be for any of your projects, from taxidermy to Bearded Man and beyond. You control the website and what goes on it. Visitors--or students--could scan the QR code at any time on their own media devices, and the presentation could be viewed easily and frequently, without having to mess with any hardware at all. It would be technically simpler, eliminating the use of quickly outdated and eventually degraded/diminished hardware...as well as providing as much information as you want, simply and securely. All updates/additions/revisions would only have to be done at a single point. It's a safe bet that all of your visitors and interested parties already have their own media devices (phones, tablets). It would literally take up no room other than a smallish card--down to the size of a postage stamp--at each project location. There would be no requirement to acquire/maintain/oversight of a collection of hardware devices. ETA: You know...if you did this with YouTube videos of your projects, it could result in another income stream for your projects. Maybe your school has a multimedia class that could make this a project? Every one of your displays could be showcased with its own sounds, music, effects, and interactions. The sky would be the limit. For example:  Visitors who--for whatever reason--don't have the time or equipment to view project histories at the time of their visit could also simply be handed a piece of paper--a program, if you will--with all the project QR codes on it, and could enjoy viewing your presentations at their own leisure anytime--for literally almost no cost. Hell...for that matter, a simple code the size of a student's picture in your yearbook could be the gateway to tons of pictures, videos, and multimedia history. |
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Posted: 1/6/2022 4:05:12 AM EDT
[#47]
Now THAT is a great idea...
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Posted: 1/6/2022 8:52:36 AM EDT
[Last Edit: guns762]
[#48]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Sixtigers: So...Just spitballing, here... Would it not be easier to have students make up a detailed website for each project, with photos, write-ups, trial videos, etc... ...and then just have a scannable QR code at each station? This could be for any of your projects, from taxidermy to Bearded Man and beyond. You control the website and what goes on it. Visitors--or students--could scan the QR code at any time on their own media devices, and the presentation could be viewed easily and frequently, without having to mess with any hardware at all. It would be technically simpler, eliminating the use of quickly outdated and eventually degraded/diminished hardware...as well as providing as much information as you want, simply and securely. All updates/additions/revisions would only have to be done at a single point. It's a safe bet that all of your visitors and interested parties already have their own media devices (phones, tablets). It would literally take up no room other than a smallish card--down to the size of a postage stamp--at each project location. There would be no requirement to acquire/maintain/oversight of a collection of hardware devices. ETA: You know...if you did this with YouTube videos of your projects, it could result in another income stream for your projects. Maybe your school has a multimedia class that could make this a project? Every one of your displays could be showcased with its own sounds, music, effects, and interactions. The sky would be the limit. For example: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/166803/E6735774-037A-4BA7-886B-CA11636FCFFF-2230191.jpg Visitors who--for whatever reason--don't have the time or equipment to view project histories at the time of their visit could also simply be handed a piece of paper--a program, if you will--with all the project QR codes on it, and could enjoy viewing your presentations at their own leisure anytime--for literally almost no cost. Hell...for that matter, a simple code the size of a student's picture in your yearbook could be the gateway to tons of pictures, videos, and multimedia history. Love the idea. We did something like that once down at the State Art Symposium. We didn't see much use of the opportunity. That said, I think I will talk to the Robotics teacher. He has been having his class film all the projects with drones. He has some great video and I think he teaches a web development unit too. They might be able to put this together. I think having both options would be great |
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Posted: 1/6/2022 10:04:52 AM EDT
[#49]
QR code is definitely a cool idea.
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Posted: 1/6/2022 10:38:38 AM EDT
[#50]
Update 1/6
First day back with students was a whirlwind. Lecturing beginning classes on color theory, and trying to get advanced students back in the game made for a long day. We also had -42F wind chill for part of the day(9am), but it mostly stayed around -30F with the wind chill. My classrooms face the N.W, so it was noticeable even in the classroom. More windows went up on the Control tower, and skinning resumed on the vertical stabilizers as well as the left wing bottom. We fixed the leading edge on the right wing. We will have to do the same on the left wing when we get there. It's not perfect, but straighter than it was. It was great seeing all the students again. We even had a couple come back to Art after taking a semester off. That was nice to see. They jumped right into the F-22 project.  We flipped the Raptor on its back again. My mechanical engineer wanted to tackle the main weapons bay doors. We originally thought we were going to 3D print the nose, but I'm worried that is not going to happen soon enough, so foam it is. The bottom of the fuselage will also get skinned soon.   It's going to clean up nicely.  We also decided it was time to tackle the bumps on the bottom of the wings. This may cause a problem with our gravity assisted flaps. Our weight balance will be off again. Ugg. 
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