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Ufo udpate and X-3D

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

Go to X-Ufo pageAt long last I got my new X-Ufo a couple of days ago. It was returned to Amazon the first time around, because only 3 of 4 motors worked. The one I just got didn’t work either, unfortunately, because the gyro was defective on arrival. Anyway there’s hope, because I took the gyro from the old ufo and replaced the faulty one, and now it works.

This means I have a spare ufo, but not for long. Because, in the beginning of September I get my X-3D board. :D It is a purely electric gyroscope that doesn’t have any of the constraints of mechanical gyros. I’m really looking forward to this, as it should improve the experience tremendously - with practice you can even do loops. And it’s possible to customize the settings through an USB connection to your computer. You just have to watch some of the “Piezo in perfektion” videos by the people behind this board! Very impressive; can’t wait.

Flying the X-Ufo

Monday, July 17th, 2006