Random Bits 0107: vacation start, Citicar

so my vacation started off on a good note, and it went very well from there.
music: • Dick Delaney - The Hap...

[@donovandelaney3171]

You flew? Ugh. No thank you.

[@RinoaL]

Lol what?

[@davida.5683]

That dude can sure make that keyboard sing...

[@Coolkeys2009]

Interesting mix of stuff and people, really enjoyed that thank you for posting.

[@MrJamesonStyles]

Gorgeous cloud formations on your flyover! Thanks for doing that time lapse, that was awesome.

[@TheAussieStig30]

Is there a name for that style of lantern? I remember a similar one around our house growing up but I think it had a red lens on top as well. I wouldn't mind doing the nod to one, if I can find one, it looks very cool. Totally relate with not having space, I have 15 ride on mowers now and I'm cramming them everywhere

[@RinoaL]

+TheAussieStig30 just a railroad lamp.

[@TheAussieStig30]

+Rinoa Super-Genius schweeeet. Off to eBay I go! Hey seeing your old computers reminded me, I had a second gen Commodore 64 and also a Tandy TRS80, then an Amstrad and a Commodore 64, then an IBM 386, and a 486 growing up. I think I paid $300 for my C64 new and everything else was second hand.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

+TheAussieStig30 Normally the a lantern with a white and red lens fit on the end of a train of passenger cars as what in the industry is referred to as a rear end protection device and the red light projects backward as a warning to trains approaching the rear. The opposite white end faced forward and showed across the back of the passenger car sides to make it easy to see from other directions. Our steam train association has two that fit on either side of the rear passenger car. This was especially desirable because in steam locomotives the crew could not see directly ahead. With the red lights on both sides of the last car, either the fireman or engineer would see a red light. Freight trains had cabooses that had a removable lights that were green in 180 degree direction and red in the other 180 degree direction. The crew in the caboose could take these lanterns off at night and get on the ground and use them to signal by showing the red side or green side and waving it various patterns.

[@TheAussieStig30]

+Lewis Doherty cheers for that. My pop did work in Clyde engineering in Sydney where steam trains were made and repaired so that is probably where it came from. My memory of it is a red light on top and a clear light on the side like the one in this video, but it was probably 30 or more years ago now. I remember it was hammercoat green and had a chrome slide switch on it and from memory you could have both lights on at the same time, or select one or the other.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

My maternal grandfather had the caboose version. It disappeared and was probably stolen. The various Australian state systems appear to be a hybrid of about three-quarter American practices and equipment, and about one-quarter British practices and equipment. It might be white represents clear, if there are just red and white signal lights for train movement. I remember the signals in the Washington Metro system were red for stop and white for clear. I think if a switch was open, it was yellow and if the switch was aligned to the main line, it was green. So a switchman's lantern would show white moved up and down for forward, show white in a circular manner for reverse and show red for stop. Green and yellow might have been just reserved for switch position lights. I believe the British system uses a four light system that has red, one white light, two white lights and green.

[@TheDrunkenCelt]

*Hears the Silent Hill darkworld siren and goes on like it's business as usual*

[@Rustbelt_Research]

That citicar is going to be awesome once converted to Lithium Ion!

[@memaxcool]

you can tell when the plane turns. interesting. but any who enjoy your vacation 😁

[@x9x9x9x9x9]

Wow those batteries were made in june of 2015 so I would say they are new. Thats awesome!

[@sc0tte1-416]

+x9x9x9x9x9 Yep good find eh?

[@N3KN1L]

Just a quick question about the Citicar project. Wouldn't it be much less effort to convert it to Lithium-iron-phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries? As far as I know, they handle similar to Li-ion packs, have a lower nominal voltage but they pack many more amp-hours. Plus they are a bit bigger and most of them have screw-on terminals directly on the cells. I know they are a bit tough to find, especially when Lio-ion cells are a dime a dozen. Certainly would be something I'd take a look at if I were to convert an entire car. Hahah. :-)

[@MrJamesonStyles]

5:25 DEEP CYCLE BATTERY SCORE! But man, the amount of weight reduction you'll get with li-ion. You'll fly! I think this next battery pack will have to be a step forward. Spot welded tabs... otherwise I think you'll lose your damn mind soldering several hundred cells individually.

[@RinoaL]

+MrJamesonStyles agreed

[@sandmanxo]

Never seen any Space Invader bootlegs before, even cooler that it's a cocktail. I have 7 arcade games, but they are mostly from the 1980-1982 range, except for Smash TV from the 90s.

[@RinoaL]

+sandman x its not a bootleg, its a licensed rebranding of it.

[@sandmanxo]

+Rinoa Super-Genius I didn't realize that, bootlegs were common at that time. Does it use an 8080 cpu like the original does then?

[@RinoaL]

sandman x i cant remember TBH, but i made a video about it.

[@roryg4075]

Great video. I can totally relate to not having enough space, for all the collectibles. Hey Rinoa your friend is pretty good on the keyboard. i enjoyed the flight sequence too. Can't wait for more citi car updates. So cool.

[@steve64464]

Someone's most talented on the keyboard :-)

[@latasha66]

+steve64464 Could have been Shooby Taylors organist... (you have to search "Shooby Taylor the Human Horn" to fully appreciate this comment...)

[@steve64464]

I bet they could both pull off a interesting music playing together :-)

[@MYNICEEV]

great. hello to mom.

[@RinoaL]

+Raymond Earle :D

[@raym9691]

I'm sure you are aware that most of the car footage was hard to see... but looking forward to progress on the car hopefully with better lighting. Hope you had a good vacation!

[@RinoaL]

+Ray M yup but i cant have everything looking perfect.

[@raym9691]

+Rinoa Super-Genius oh I know, just would have been nice to see more of the car. Good job anyway.

[@richardlongmore9301]

"If you live under a goverment your going to get screwed " 100% true

[@boylesterminalshops6841]

Finally! A new video!

[@ELECTRICBIKEDIYLIFE]

If, maybe I should say when you replace all that lead acid in your Citi Car, it'll be a lot lighter. Your car kind of reminds me of a "Go Bot" in a good way, lol.

[@Granite]

A cool collection you got there.

[@RinoaL]

+Granite thanks!

[@ToMuchCoffie]

+Rinoa Super-Genius nice shots of lick observatory!! I went there when I lived in cal.

[@chriswouse7713]

2:53 - who thought they were looking at the grate of an aircon unit?

[@dylanreischling4151]

Creepy sirens

[@sc0tte1-416]

Does the TSA molest you like the Stasi when you fly domestic flights? Really cool video and editing of that flight. It sounds like there's a freakin air-raid siren going off lol

[@sc0tte1-416]

Man....so many circuit boards just to run such a simple game. Times have changed, now my cellphone is like a million times more powerful than that arcade machine lol

[@randomviralshorts1501]

cool music he plays

[@o0julek0o]

Now drop an LS in it :D

[@MrJamesonStyles]

+o0julek0o There's always one. :D Naw man, Hayabusa engine swap. Then you could say you're taking the Citi'busa to work today. XD

[@cedrickdelacruz8228]

maaaaaaaan

[@sized4spills]

Awesome video!! Who were you with?

[@RinoaL]

+sized4spills a friend

[@fibrodad1354]

omgomg you have my fave game ever... mappy..

[@RinoaL]

+JRushPixel i still need to repair it, buts its just the CRT and the audio thats got issues, the motherboard still plays fine :D

[@fibrodad1354]

Rinoa Super-Genius That def needs a series of its own with a final play thru. Mappy was iconic.

[@mewantbrains]

3:25 am I the only one who sees a flying boat?

[@Goeimiddaaagh]

How are you gonna take the city car to silicon valley?

[@RinoaL]

+abdel ouahabi drive it once i upgrade it enough

[@dozer1642]

Lick observatory! You should drive the Citicar up there when you get it back out here.

[@FordExplorer420]

DID YOU THAT UFO ...... ;)

[@Paperguide152]

what song was your friend playing?

[@randomviralshorts1501]

who is this new friend?

[@cedrickdelacruz8228]

do you have a video making a powerbank???

[@RinoaL]

+cidreck dela cruz what "powerbank"?

[@cedrickdelacruz8228]

+Rinoa Super-Genius powerbank for mobile phones???

[@fibrodad1354]

+Rinoa Super-Genius battery powerbank i think he means, like emergency usb powerbank for a phone...

[@RinoaL]

+JRushPixel no sorry, i'd recomment just buying one of those from ebay and adding more cells.

[@AdammP]

+cidreck dela cruz They're that cheap anyway it wouldn't be worth the effort making your own. unless you really wanted to just bunch a few 18650's together and buy a voltage regulator module with lcd display to monitor the output., you can buy the modules pretty cheap too, under $15 easily. if you wanted more voltage u can even add a step-up converter. > i mean for other purposes, not for charging a mobile phone as the usb output is 5volts and anywhere from about 500mA - 2A current depending on phone model.

[@michaelchoki2133]

I hope you get some time for vacation that's not coming home. Go abroad and teach people how to scavage stuff and make use of the stuff they have.

[@RinoaL]

+Michael Choki i kinda do that with my videos, why would i have to be there to teach when i can just post videos?

[@michaelchoki2133]

I know, but there's still a lot of people out there that are not online and there's also your fans and enthusiast in the same things, so collaboration is fun to see. Human interaction is different than online in my opinion so it's still fun to see and for you to experience. Anyways you're doing great help with this videos and we all thank you.

[@juansalinasfaber]

lithiumize it all the way!

[@juansalinasfaber]

+JS makes such a cool car

[@Gazdatronik]

Dick Delaney FTW

[@photonic_induction2633]

will you upgrade the la batteries to lithium ??? hi to your mum

[@RinoaL]

+Kristijan Dinga yup i plan to

[@photonic_induction2633]

Rinoa Super-Genius cool :)

[@nathangarrett452]

do you need a license to drive that?

[@RinoaL]

+Nathan Garrett yup

[@nathangarrett452]

Do you have one

[@RayFinkle]

Hoard much :)

[@Dynamitemonkey500]

Yay a video :D

[@wespeace2869]

Hi

[@photonic_induction2633]

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[@armpitdew]

when are you changing the lights all to LED? :)