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-title: "Week 12, Wednesday:"
+title: "Week 12, Wednesday: Geneva to Brüttisellen"
 date: 2024-10-16T21:55:00+02:00
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-{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/todo.png" alt="Credit: " >}}
+{{< image frame="true" width="17em" float="right" src="/img/headline/vv.png" alt="Credit: VV, YouTube" >}}
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+After yesterday's slow evening staying indoors, and eating salad and soup, my night's rest was
+fabulous. After my morning boot-up ritual, Fred treats me to a few _Gifpeli_, and we compare notes
+between the swiss pastry versus the french one. We believe that the swiss one has one third of the
+butter and three times the cost. That means the Swiss _Gipfeli_ are nine times more lucrative, for
+somebody :)
+
+We first go to the IP-Max office, Quai du Rh&ocirc;ne also called GVA08. Here, I gather the APU
+stuff and a 1.5 meter LSH/PC - LC/PC patch cable to reroute a temporary patch I made the other day
+when visiting this place. We say our goodbyes at 10:30 and I drive up to _Lau-ss-ane_. Here, the
+entry to Brainserve is once again spotless. A mere three minutes later, I'm standing in front of the
+rack. I quickly drain the LAG member, reroute the patch cable, and put it back in service. I also
+unplug the old APU and plug in the new one I installed (to grain chagrin!). Ha! An SSID for `AS8298`
+with password `IPngGuest` appears and I can use it.
+
+I bounce from Brainserve and the car says it'd like to charge around Berne _Westside_. The drive
+there is calm, and I'm the only one at the supercharger. I write my journal for yesterday as the car
+charges, and I get a sandwich and iced tea from the store. With electrons in the battery and bread
+in my belly, I continue my journey westward. I arrive at Br&uuml;ttisellen at 15:30.
+
+Marina greets me and informs me of a package in the same sentence. A package! I ordered a cute 14"
+screen which will serve as a navigation and flight sim aid. You see, MicroSoft FlightSimulator has a
+built-in ATC but by default it uses a little pop-up window with a numbered menu like "1. request
+taxi clearance; 2. request straight departure takeoff; 3. request ground services" and it's a little
+bit annoying if that sits on the windshield screen. Also, most pilots these days will have an iPad
+with them in the cockpit with some flight navigation and information system like my buddy Tim's [[Sky
+Demon](https://www.skydemon.aero/)], or my buddy Ludo's [[ForeFlight](https://foreflight.com/)].
+
+The mission for the rest of the day is to draw and then 3D print a somewhat more complex structure:
+a ball joint. This does indeed take a longer time than I anticipated, but as with most things, it
+was merely a _skill issue_. Drawing this plate object is simple. It's merely a rectangle 60x80x5mm
+with a cylinder in the middle, and a sphere sitting on top of the cylinder. Drawing the arm object
+is easy - once I figured it out: rather than making a 2D drawing and extruding the part, I compose the
+part from discreet 3D shapes, much like I would've with [[TinkerCad](https://tinkercad.com/)].
+
+For posterity, here's how I made the part:
+
+1.   30mm sphere at origin.
+1.   40mm sphere at origin.
+1.   Plane at angle through origin, 45deg
+1.   140mm cylinder from the angled plane
+1.   Cut three 5mm holes through the cylinder perpendicular to the Y axis
+1.   Plane from the angled plane, 20deg
+1.   Offset plane -5mm from the previous plane
+1.   Split object from the previous offsetplane
+1.   Dismiss the bottom cut off part
+1.   Cut the inner sphere from the part
+1.   Split the part along the Y axis
+
+The MK4S makes quick work of the print, and a couple of hours later, I have the plate and arm put
+together and due to friction fitting, it is snug as a bug. Hell yeah :) Michal would be proud.
+
+I plan a flight from LSMD (D&uuml;bendorf) to LSZF (Birrfeld). The screen works a treat, but I have
+it sitting on a box for now. Flight time is twentytwo minutes to Birrfeld and twentyone minutes
+back. Considering I don't have VFR maps (yet), I ask the sim to draw them for me in the sky. This
+will also help me get better at approach and speed/attitude controls.
+
+I'm feeling a bit tired so I turn in early for the night.
+
+## Pictures of the Day
+
+{{< gallery-category >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-16/IMG_2127.JPG" caption="The beautiful IP-Max rack at Brainserve, now with APU6 + WiFi!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-16/IMG_2126.JPG" caption="I'm all alone at the Bern Westside supercharger. 108kW, baby!" >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-16/balljoint.png" caption="The render of my 3D parts for a balljoint." >}}
+  {{< gallery-photo fn="2024-10-16/IMG_2128.JPG" caption="The printed object, using friction fit." >}}
+{{< /gallery-category >}}
+
+{{< gallery-modal >}}
+{{< gallery-script >}}