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Month: November 2021

ESP-32 Flight Datalogger – Rise Above It

ESP-32 Flight Datalogger – Rise Above It

The data gathered from the flights revealed some interesting things. The first was that the amount of detected networks increased with elevation. The two flight locations weren’t close to any dense residential areas. At ground level, those networks were limited to the immediate area. However, once in the air, that number increased because they were now line of sight. The data logger also captured the three strongest networks detected, along with their RSSI values. Although the network numbers increased, the…

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ESP-32 Flight Datalogger – Flight of Leia

ESP-32 Flight Datalogger – Flight of Leia

Many will think of the hair when they hear this name, unless born before 1960 or after 2010, then those numbers might be fewer. This became the name of the remote control plane due to the large pylons on each side of the fuselage. The plane center of gravity was almost a perfect match to the original. The weight was evenly placed but it was noticeably more than the stock 55 grams. It was flight day after a couple of…

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