Brins mad mumblings

Been looking at using the E-Maxx to do some rock crawling, but want something versatile that i can also use for bashing etc. Few thoughts, Gears, diff’s & tyers

2 Speed Gearbox conversion, and 4ch radio to suit
Diff locked with Spools or Goo /Â Putty orÂ Heavy oil
Large Rock Crusher tyres and Axial BeadlockÂ Wheels

Might be able to use the 2 speed conversion without the 4ch remote, but would be more versatile with it, Spools tend to break things, puts a lot of stress on the drive train, better to use goo or putty, but thats still on the extreme end, on the moreÂ conservativeÂ side, heavy silicone oil seems to be more LSD like, and OFNA oil seems the best.

Jan '11 15

Custom Paint on F100 RC Truck

by Brin in R/C | 1 Comment

I’ve finished working on my new body for the RC truck, I masked it up with a flame kit and the Missus painted it for me. Looks good! Would do a few things different next time, Orange doesnt spray well, may need to use reducer or a different orange. Pealing the mask off may be better left till the next day, or peal mask off after the first few light coats, to get cleaner lines. White base on the inside seemed to take longer than 1 night to dry.

Dec '10 22

Key Chain Camera

by Brin in R/C | Comments Off

Having a few problems with frame rates on my little key chain camera on my hat cam, wish i found Chuck Lor’s site about them before i bought it. Looks like i have a Fake HD not the real HD

Dec '10 17

Purge objects from squid

by Brin in Computer, Linux | Comments Off

To purge objects from squid cache there are a few methods, if you know the exact URL (file)

add “acl purge method PURGE” and “http_access allow purge localhost”
squidclient -m PURGE http://some.site.com/file.html

to purge a subset use the purge utility (syspci)

./purge -c /etc/squid3/squid.conf -p localhost:8080 -se ‘http://www.keller.com.au/our-people’ -P1 (-P1 turns off dry-run)

Nov '10 08

Backup Linux Box

by Brin in Computer, Linux | Comments Off

When creating a second Backup box, install minimal system, use the dpkg –get/set-selctions and apt-get dselect-upgrade

use cp -a to copy the following folders/files; NOTE: Avoid copying the whole folder, as fstab / passwd / udev etc. may be different (causing boot failure.)

/etc/ppp/
- /etc/ppp/*secret*
- /etc/ppp/options*
- /etc/ppp/resolv.conf
- /etc/ppp/peers/
/etc/postfix/
/etc/squid[3]/
/etc/apache2/
/etc/openvpn/
/etc/bind/
/etc/samba/
/etc/defaults/
/etc/webalizer/
/etc/network/if-up.d/
/etc/ssh/sshd_config
/etc/vim/vimrc
/etc/pptp.conf
/etc/vsftpd.conf
/etc/ntp.conf
/etc/cron.*/
/usr/local/[s]bin
/etc/.git/
/etc/.gitignore
/etc/.etckeeper
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/network/interfaces
Merge passwd and group and shadow