This last weekend provided an awesome weather outlook of CAVOK around Vancouver and inland so I decided to take a buddy and head east to Princeton for a short but nice mountain flight. I would have liked to take another passenger but unfortunately the combo of Princeton having the 100LL pumps unavailable and a gross weight…
A couple weeks ago I decided to head to a small airfield on the coast that I had overflown when enroute to Powell River from CZBB. Sechelt (CAP3) is a nice little field with a 2400×75′ asphalt runway and open clubhouse complete with leather couches and a ping pong table. For this flight I brought along a…
After a several month flying hiatus during the foggy and cloudy Vancouver winter, the weather finally turned up and gave me a chance to get back into the air. Something I had been meaning to do for some time was get some mountain flying experience, and given the sudden occurrence of unlimited ceilings it seemed like as…
I recently bought a share of an airplane share corporation, where 38 shareholders get the use of 3 airplanes at a very competitive wet rate. After completing my initial checkride yesterday, I wanted to make good use of one of the last remaining sunny and cloudless days of the season so I took the Cherokee…
Recently I’ve been interested in finding another medium complexity project to spend some evenings on, something in the complexity range of a decent ~100W bench power supply. However, I still haven’t been able to settle on an idea yet but have been itching to make some more PCBs. I have one on the way for…
I had another chance to get a morning flight in before work last week, so I figured I’d take a quick flight up to Hope for some scenery. The weather was a bit cloudy with some rain enroute, but cleared up to be nice and sunny by the time we were back at CZBB. Unfortunately…
Since obtaining my PPL (private pilot license) in the summer of 2013, I’ve been looking for opportunities to get out for morning flights to enjoy the beautiful area around Vancouver. I had a friend and co-worker tell me about his recent flight to Powell River and I thought it would be a great opportunity for a…
After a not inconsiderable delay, I have finally documented enough of my AC motor controller project to post it to the website. It is a scalable, modular AC motor controller intended for EV applications and was also my capstone project for UBC electrical engineering. Enjoy! Check the project out here: AC Motor Controller
I’ve finished documenting the first project I’m going to list on the website – an engine monitor used to display engine parameters to the driver. It was completed a few years ago but I hadn’t bothered to document it anywhere so I figured it would be the logical first to go on the new website.…
This marks the first post of the website! It’s finally up! I have been meaning to create this site for some time now and am glad to have it finally online. Currently there are just a couple of pages but I am in the process of documenting the first two projects I’ll be listing on…