Saturday, March 30, 2024

Kit Airplane: Airframe Arrived!

The airframe kit for my Zenith CH-650B has arrived. 12'x4'x3' crate that weighed 680 pounds; picking it up from the distribution center...

Removing the top...

Underneath the packing paper...

I emptied out most of the heavy stuff, then some neighbors graciously help me move the crate inside...

I also went through and ensured everything had arrived on the packing list...


I ordered the tool kit with the airframe...


And this is why I went with an experimental. "Certified" aviation part for several hundred dollars? Or what has worked in millions of cars for many decades for a tenth the cost?


The most egregious difference I've seen with this has been avionics.
A 10.6" Garmin G3X Touch for Experimental Aircraft? $4,995.00
A 10.6" Garmin G3X Touch for Certificated Aircraft? $11,895.00

Parts for the vertical stabilizer / rudder are out and ready to be assembled (as well as a few for the horizontal stabilizer that will be constructed next).


I actually already built a vertical stabilizer, but I want to do it again as I think I'll do a better job the second time and it will help me re-familiarize myself with the process (drawings, instructions) with something I've done before. The old rudder can hang from my shop wall!

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Campaign Manager: Coming Soon: Game Mode

Coming soon, Game Mode!

Create interactive stories with branching paths and be able to play it directly in Campaign Manager. Use items in Encounters to build out the game world - including music, text, images, and navigation options.


You can download Campaign Manager from:

https://kamoly.itch.io/campaign-manager

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Campaign Manager: Printing Maps

Lately, instead of using a computer screen for my DnD players, I've been using printed maps and notes. The print feature in Campaign Manager has come in very handy for this. Something it couldn't do well though is print the battle maps, until today.

Battle maps can be selected on the Player View, a grid configured, then hit print.

It will ask across how many pages should the print span. In this example it is spanning across a maximum of 4 pages.


It will give a print preview for review.


The printed pages can be easily taped together for an exceptionally large battle map using standard letter sized paper.

You can download Campaign Manager from:

https://kamoly.itch.io/campaign-manager