Maker Workshop - Personal Flight Recorder on Make: televisio

[geekthinker]

If you can't open it, you don't own it. I can open anything.

[Whisper6911]

instead of using plexiglass to seal it, u can get the clear version of this case and

cut the lcd slot into the rubber insert and attach it to that.

also why not take apart the nunchuck and mount the guts of it inside the case?

[ebutwatcheruser100]

How did you securely mount the LCD screen? Screws? Epoxy? Hot glue gun? I'm looking for a stable way to mount mine without PEM studs or screw heads showing. Any tips anyone?

[shortfilmguy321]

You live in Minnesota?  Hooray!

[poop1014666]

LOL He's really up at bat in baseball, not the pitcher lol. Hence why he's swinging too early, oh well lol

[marcuelcajon]

That's freaking badass. I'll probably never make it, but it looks cool.

[lapinasp]

why do I need it

[GraniteTutorials]

dont make us look stupid

its not a"rotary cutting device"

its a fucking demel!

[langerzachary]

Alright Minnesota!

[yblocker]

OH SHIT ITS A BOMB!

[pupustinki]

wii promotion!!!!!

[nokia789456123]

try taking that through airport security :D

[yblocker]

@nokia789456123 wow i was thinking the same lmao!

[Haydeez64]

Awesome project [: You did an amazing job making this video as well.

[mjusee]

How does he connect the nunchuck to the computer when he shows that program?

[MrCelloman21]

does anyone know where i can get a wii chuck adapter?

if so please tell me

[kalterplanet]

Yeah, totally not a bomb. No way anyone like the TSA or park security would mistake it for that. /s

[matthew2921]

Where did you get the LCD screen from

[stefaniesbistro]

@matthew2921 SparkFun

[mikeyman12343]

all of makemagazine and maker shed videos are great

[97273998]

cool!

[lukabert]

looks like a bomb

[riverlifeva]

good luck getting that on a coaster,or even in the park.

[ryky596]

very cool

[blazerblast]

yhanks for posting 5 stars

[suicide5389]

alota people including me think it looks alot like a bomb

[pshapiro]

this is a fascinating video. thanks!

[HUNTERTMAXX]

no the board he used was a Arduino Duemilanove

[matt09ad]

what kind of bored is that is it the "Arduino Mega AVR ATmega1280 USB board"

[Jokkocze]

I dont see the meaning of having a small display on it on a rollercoaster, it's not like you're gonna sit and look at it all the time. I'd personally go with a memory of some kind, so I can look at it later.

Also, if I'd used a nunchuck, I would've taken the casing of it, and then I'd mount it inside the yellow case.

[eugyathin]

you can buy a tri axis accelerometer from parallax. I they might have it in makershed as well. so you can lose the wii remote.

[aspiringrockstar]

It looks so much like a bomb.

[weldmaster80]

not really bombs are made to NOT call atention to them-self so I bright yellow box is a poor choise.

[fun4me23]

try taking that on a plane

[Jeperjumper]

im not gowing to rewen a wee

[BruGaleen]

You can also turn any screw into a standard slotted or philips head screw with a dremel, That's what I usually do.  :)

[theorderoforange]

it looks like a bomb

[XCasperProductionsX]

isnt it illegal to take a camera on a rollercoaster?

[slaterking1000]

Would you want to be near a person with a yellow box??

[jacool1994]

Heck no, I would think it was a bomb

[Zeekezoid]

That was cool, but could you tell us how to store the data to upload on the computer?

[deweys]

Funding for Make from Geek squad?? I'm pretty sure anyone subscribed to make magazine would NEVER call geek squad.

[VictorA12324]

the airport securyty will never let this on the plane it looks like explosive

[Mochumbo]

I thought the video was interesting.

What amazes me is the extraordinary number of retards that watch a technical video and then make irrelevant comments full of misspellings and incomplete sentences.

[Groudon185p]

Most of the people are random spammers who post crap like "PUT THIS IN 5 VIDEOS OR DIE IN 2 HOURS... DURRRRRRRR..." So yeah.

[HaloHedgehog22]

where can you buy the lcd screen?

[DairyProduct]

Electronics Store? Online?? Radio Shack???

[1996kevin2007]

Hello I kome from Germany Like heist this progrief?

[kamakazi612]

i find it funny that the ps3 controller won an award over the wii remote

[Cheesewookie]

that is so cool, i love this, it is i am sad to say it, better that bre pettis's weekend projects

[porche3r]

if scream in a rollercoaster like that your gay!!

[MasterTenku]

Or you could buy a Accelerometer a third of the size and already built for about £20, and make it waterproof using plastic.

[shigan3]

i boght it i own it itch ! i can open it with anything

[thatoneguyuwihuwere]

or, rather than buy a tri wing screwdriver, you could use a hammer!!

[TXTCLA55]

just ordered the parts for this project, came to about $90 :( but it will be worth it!

[gkhelsinki]

pretty cool but, I bet ya if someone saw you on a rollercoaster with that box youd be tazered faster then you could say guantanamo lol. looks awfully much like a bomb dude. anyway cool video.

[freakybuzz]

1:13

"If you can't open it, you don't own it."

My new favorite catchphrase!

[slaterking1000]

i own many things i cant open. simply because there glued shut. So that phrase is pointless.

[freakybuzz]

Glue, unidirectional screws, or voiding the manufacturer's warranty never stopped me from opening anything. :-)

[slaterking1000]

Ye, it's fun trying to opening thing, you get that nice suspense to see what insides and how it works.

[TheBlueThread]

OMG I found an arduino laying around and found a nunchuck on a website, made this and it turned out win!!

WEEEE THANKS :D

[jamiew1995]

"WOOOOO!" @ 6:25 *drops it* xD

[TheEightBitLink]

What kind of box did you use?

[Somestoner502]

thats pritty cool dude

[YamiPoyo]

How did they video tape him he was in the front car?

[fighterlegend]

It looks like there were more people on the roller coaster each camera angle.

He could've taken a small camera and attached it to the front though.

[YamiPoyo]

even carying the thing how he did would make it dangerous and security should have kicked him out also unless the camera was areo dynamic it could stall the wind resistance on the front

good device i just wana know how he filmed that bit

[fighterlegend]

Dunno. Never thought of the wind factor. Could be billions of things.

[MasterTenku]

It was in a test lab for roller coasters by the look of it. They test stuff like this there so they don't have to use a real rollercoaster where people could get hurt.

And how would a camera stall a roller coaster, if a camera could cause it to stall then so would raising your hands while it was moving.

[Zeekezoid]

That's stupid! if the camera stalled the coaster than a fat man would also, or puting your hands up would.

[mats383]

when he is filmed up close hes not in the front wagon :P

[dukemost]

Man if I saw a guy with a yellow box and a switch and in the front row of a coaster I would just wait for the next ride.

[Krisrilee]

y not mount the nun chuck in the box??? lol

[Zeekezoid]

Seriously!

[streethero9]

awesome work

[sonicmonkey123]

Are those controllers waterproof?

I don't think so.

[rax2099]

I am sure to get under arrest if i carry one of those...

[Gagzorz]

definitely looks like a bomb...

[qatar599]

C4 lol

[cruzyvonne]

haha he was playing the wii baseball wrong

[conrad2468]

i wondered why that place looked fimilliar.......ive been their a few times myself

[TheEightBitLink]

Instead of a wii-chuck, why not use an accelerometer and some buttons from your friendly neiborhood Radio Shack?

[chunkyfunkymonkey28]

Ladies and Gents,

at 4:40, why not to cut plastic with a dremel on HIGH speed

it melts the plastic and u get molten plastic whipped into your face...

fun? no

[thefireguy22]

lol that things looks like a bomb! i bet u have trouble gettin that into certain parks haha it even has a little strap so the bomb doesnt fall off the suicide bomber :)

[luchador04]

man ppl are going to think thats a bomb your carrying around

[mirabilis]

a wii bomb

[007ghg7]

LOL

[vanpat1987]

kipkay, and this guy makes "MAKE" so fun !!

[th55]

OMGWTFBBQ

[nicox86x]

LOL TF2!

[Zeekezoid]

WHAT!!

[th55]

Yeah

[claudestcerny]

Did you know that you can make your own triwing screwdriver by heating a ballpoint pen and pushing it in the screw. Wait for it to cool off and their you have it. It might take a few tries but it works, I used that trick to unscrew my gamecube open a couple of years ago.

[slaterking1000]

will this work with any type of screw?

[CRAZYB00MBS]

at 5 g you cant breath and at 8 g you are allmost dead

[dumle29]

false.

pilots in f-16 and other planes like that gets 9 g when they are ejected only for a couple of seconds tho

[shoom91]

Hm... Well i flew in a Plane and we pulled nearly 5g and i was able to breath... no problem...

and at 8g you arent dead, you only get a "blackout" because your blood sinks down into your feet.

Negative Gs are more "painful" i think :-D

Blood pressure in your head going up xD -> redout(not dead!)

[slaterking1000]

depends how long. you under go this acceleration or deceleration.

[Barnekkid]

Interesting.

[jdawgsworld]

now that's cool

[silntdoogood]

awsome, how much does a wiichuck cost?

[NinjaRuben]

like 20 bucks

[whatstheverdict]

about $50. sucks. cause then when u add the case, arduino, and the chuck, it comes out to be about $100.... haha. chuck. chuck norris.....

[SoCalCoaster521]

Great build, really intresting and I'll have to try to make one of these. But I gotta say, wtf? The Orange Streak? Rock Bottom Plunge at the MOA would of been a much better roller coaster to use to test high-g's.

[zeeman418]

thats kool!

[shotchicken]

That is awesome

[monkeyfunforidiots]

i prefer kip kay

[kyleoshaughnessy]

:P

:P

[123xmax]

xD :)

[JakPictures]

and worst lol joke :)