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Whew, what a fun waste of time I had this afternoon. I set up a flight for a project on the laptop, and sent out contractor pilot out to fly our plane to get it photographed.
He called after a while and said the camera is not working. One of our standard operating procedures is the get everything set up an in place for the camera system and run a short simulation. The camera would not take photos. So I went out there, we took the camera pod off, and back to my house. Open it up, and test some connections. The 12 volt supply to the cameras (there are two) in the pod tested fine. I plugged it back in, and I had the magic touch and all is fine.
I set up a simulation, and let it fire away as I shook it and played like a airplane in flight. I did not make airplane sounds, but I moved it around. All is working. So tomorrow in the COLD I get to mount the camera and send the pilot on the way. I am real glad he did not fly all the way there and discover the camera system did not want to play nice.
If my business partner was here, he would have fixed it and flow the project. He is off in another state flying so he gets a pass.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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