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JT56, 10/30/2013
Date: 10/30/2013 Participants: Tom Mahood General search area: The northerly facing slopes of the central bowl area of Smith Water Canyon. Rationale for searching this area: Having now pretty much...
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JT57, 11/03/2013
(Note: Written by Myth) Date: 11/03/2013 Participants: Myth of the Mt. San Jacinto Forum and spousal unit. General search area: Lower portion of the central bowl area of Smith Water Canyon, exiting out...
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JT58, 11/07/2013
Date: 11/07/2013 Participants: Tom Mahood General search area: The ridge making up the southwesterly perimeter of the central bowl area of Smith Water Canyon. Rationale for searching this area: This...
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JT59, 11/14/2013
Date: 11/17/2013 Participants: Tom Mahood, Patrick McCurdy General search area: The upper and easterly portions of the central bowl area of Smith Water Canyon. Rationale for searching this area: This...
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QAV500 Quadcopter
Because apparently I hold the belief that one can’t own too many multicopters, I decided at one point to include a 3D Robotics Y6 in my menagerie. With 6 motors it would be something of a heavy lifter...
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Tricopter Resurrection (Now with added APM!)
The “Pro Delrin Tricopter kit” from GetFPV.com was my first multirotor (and now that I think of it, WTF does “Pro” mean….as opposed to non-professional??). It was a very nice design but probably far...
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APM Bixler fixed wing trainer
I had spent some time flying my first Bixler 1.1 around using FPV and was getting quite used to it. I was also occasionally crashing it and it occurred to me it would be nice to have some spare parts....
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JT60, 1/07/2014
Date: 1/07/2014 Participants: Tom Mahood General search area: The middle and lower portions of the central bowl area of Smith Water Canyon. Rationale for searching this area: This was intended to fill...
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Hike to the Ruby Lee Mine, JTNP, March 6, 2014
Ummmm, what, why and how??? I choose to blame Patrick again. While he was poking around for information on the Captain Jenks Mine for that hike we did, he came upon a document titled, “Historic...
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(And a whole lotta other stuff) OK, this is going to be a very roundabout trip, and a lot of damned text. Unfortunately I have no pictures, just an overabundance of words. But if you manage to stay...
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JT61, 3/22/2014
Note: Report written by Adam Marsland Date: 3/22/2014 Participant: Adam Marsland General search area: Ridge and slope southwest of Covington Trailhead Rationale for searching this area: Since my last...
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JT62, 4/3/2014
Date: 4/3/2014 Participant: Tom Mahood General search area: Steep southerly slopes of Smith Water Canyon easterly of the central bowl area. Rationale for searching this area: As coverage in the Smith...
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The new and improved ground station
My original ground station was built the way it was simply because I had a plastic case that had been lying around my garage for too many years. It wasn’t really large enough to hold all of the junk I...
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Fortis Airframe’s Titan Tricopter (and well beyond)
My resurrected tricopter was starting to edge into the “adequate” category. Not great, but adequate. It was somewhat transportable and it had a sophisticated APM flight controller, but…. (there are...
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The Tri^2 Tricopter
I wasn’t happy about it but it was clear to me I needed to do a complete rebuild of the tricopter if, “I wanted to do it right”. I hate those words. But there were a number of things I needed to fix. I...
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JT63, 5/14/2014
Date: 5/14/2014 Participant: Tom Mahood General search area: Upper southerly slopes of central Smith Water Canyon. Rationale for searching this area: I was looking for an easier route into the upper...
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JT64, 5/24/2014
Note: Report written by Adam Marsland Date: 5/24/2014 Participants: Adam Marsland, Teresa Cowles General Search Area: Immediately west of Upper Covington Flat Rationale for searching this area: A new...
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Mountain Biking Santa Catalina Island
Somewhere on the order of 20 years ago, when mountain bikes were much newer and something of an amusing novelty to the hikers whose paths were crossed, Jeri and I did a bit of mountain biking on Santa...
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The Avalon Circle of Death Ride
Like so many unfortunate events in my life, this all seemed like a good idea at the time. I swear! Looking at the mountain bike trail maps showed a route circling the town of Avalon. This was new from...
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The Two Harbors to Parsons Landing Ride (Our hero is redeemed)
I figured I needed something pretty good to offset the Avalon Circle of Death ride with Jeri and I found it in a very nice ride out of Two Harbors on Catalina. Two Harbors is a remarkable place....
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