what do you "do"?

[Tango]

308 was "Whitewing's" round of choice too.

[Arvik]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

Strange that on a school bus conversion site, hippies like myself are in the minority!

im certainly a hippie.
just well armed.
45 auto, pump 12, ak under folder in case hate just keeps coming.
jammin to Jerry

[Robin97396]

Well armed hippies? I doubt you guys are very dirty.

I don't have room for a gun safe in a bus so my Python is in a drawer under my chuds. How would you keep a rifle or shotgun out of sight in a bus?

[dgorila1]

Originally Posted by Robin97396

How would you keep a rifle or shotgun out of sight in a bus?

I've been thinking about this when I finally do my build. I want to build in several safes for both pistols and rifles (as well as valuables). I'm thinking a normal sheet steel rifle safety locker built into a wall, a floor cutout or a piece of furniture will work well (the kind you can buy from Dicks Sporting Goods and other stores). It is light enough to handle easily to get it in place, but can be bolted or welded into place and "integrated" into the build to hide it.

[Arvik]

have to build a lock boxes.
me, im a clean hippie

robin make sure you never get pulled over with it out of sight unless its in locked box. mucho trouble in wrong states. In oregon you cant have it hidden unless locked. unless you have the CC permit.

[Robin97396]

Yeah, I like to leave the guns at home when I'm traveling. My protection system isn't for traveling. It's for when I'm out in the woods, but yes I know what you mean. Apparently it's really easy for veterans to get CC permits, but I don't have one. I'm thinking blanks would actually work for deterring wildlife, considering you could actually see them coming.

[chopperdr]

I'm a Helicopter mechanic, and the company I work for has 32 helos across the county and I have to travel to them all very often, I'm currently doing it from a sprinter van/Rv, but looking for a new bus so my family can travel with me

[Jolly Roger]

Originally Posted by chopperdr

I'm a Helicopter mechanic, and the company I work for has 32 helos across the county and I have to travel to them all very often, I'm currently doing it from a sprinter van/Rv, but looking for a new bus so my family can travel with me

Dang your a real chopper doctor not Harley type?
We can turn my bus into a CH-46
I can do the airframe and you get the actual flying thingy working
OOHRAH
CHERRY POINT AIR BASE NC
NEW RIVER AIR STATION,NC
But I almost like the 53 better for that task?

[chopperdr]

I think the chinook drive train would lend itself better to bus life, all the moving parts on the roof, plus folding rotor disks at the push of a button, its a lot of work to fold the 53 blades lol

[EastCoastCB]

My cousin worked on the Osprey. What a turd that thing is! Apparently its killed a few folks in its development.

[Robin97396]

I was in 17th Aviation Brigade in S Korea, but I'll choose fixed wing and VFR every time if there's a choice.
Umbrellas were optional while in the Chinooks.

[chopperdr]

yeah I knew one guy who did die in one of the accidents, but all I can say is, in all of the incidents they did learn from and implement corrections, the biggest problem they had was mostly pilot errors, they solved the mechanical problems early on, the software took more time due to the pilots inputing wrong commands to the system as I'm told, but thankfully I don't work on anything that complicated, mine are small 2 seater and 4 seater mechanical helicopters, no dam putters to foul it up

[chopperdr]

well the Sh*thooks did have the rep that you knew it was out of hyd fluid when you didn't see any more on the ramp

[Stu & Filo. T]

AMT for major airline, 28 yrs now,

[jazty]

Originally Posted by cadillackid

"DEV RANDOM" is its name and it will be a mobile DEV lab as well as a sandbox / toybox itself.

I dig it! I just have to ask: will you stylize it as "/dev/random"? or maybe "/dev/urandom" because of all your unlimited randomness?

[cadillackid]

Originally Posted by jazty

I dig it! I just have to ask: will you stylize it as "/dev/random"? or maybe "/dev/urandom" because of all your unlimited randomness?

I'll keep it 'DEV RANDOM' as its 10 characters just like 'SCHOOL BUS' only 3+1+6 instead of 6+1+3.. and I can use the same font lettering as SCHOOL BUS uses across the top...

I might do something cool with lettering on the sides.. not sure..

one of my friends thought it would be neat if I got one of those electromic school-bus-number placards they make.. (some busses had an electroic version, others had the numbers painted on).. then each time I start the bus I coud have a computer program generate me a random bus number.. or when stopped at a light it could be scrolling the segments generating numbers.. then stop and be a number when I started to move.. all kinds of endless ideas and projects for it...

the A/C system and server rack are already designed.. and well o nthe way to designing the "desk / bed" (conveniently located in front of the old wheelchair door so I can pop that open and its almost like im sitting outside on a patio while I work.. I'll outfit it with a retractable bug screen..

-Christopher

[family wagon]

Originally Posted by cadillackid

one of my friends thought it would be neat if I got one of those electromic school-bus-number placards they make.. (some busses had an electroic version, others had the numbers painted on).. then each time I start the bus I coud have a computer program generate me a random bus number.. or when stopped at a light it could be scrolling the segments generating numbers.. then stop and be a number when I started to move.. all kinds of endless ideas and projects for it...

I don't mean to be a bad influence or anything (well, maybe I do).... but in case you do decide to pick up a Luminator flip-dot destination sign, I've already reverse-engineered the protocol and put custom messages on mine and will be happy to share the code. teaser from my build thread

[cadillackid]

Originally Posted by family wagon

I don't mean to be a bad influence or anything (well, maybe I do).... but in case you do decide to pick up a Luminator flip-dot destination sign, I've already reverse-engineered the protocol and put custom messages on mine and will be happy to share the code. teaser from my build thread

this is too cool for school!!. Protocol hacking has always been one of my specialties.. so cool to see someone else doing it!! i love this stuff!.. hardly anyone understands protocol hacking or has any interest in doing it..

albeit much of my protocol hacking has been in HVAC and home automation gear that I wanted to write my own software for.. this is kickin!..

how are those normally programmed? via IR remote? if so, did they use a standard pulse-distance encoded method to send essages to the sign? I find thats a common theme among MANY devices.. esp those manufactured in china...

-Christopher

[family wagon]

Luminator uses a multi-drop RS-485 bus to connect an "Operator Display Keypad" with multiple signs. A library of messages (route names/numbers, icons, etc) are downloaded into the ODK by maintenance personnel. The operator can then recall any of them by entering the corresponding code, usually a 2- or 3-digit number. When a new message is selected at the ODK, it is sent from ODK to each sign on the RS-485 as basically a set of uncompressed monochrome bitmaps. That's where I hacked it: I worked out the meaning of some of the initialization commands and the format of the bitmaps so that I can compose my own and leave the ODK out of the picture.

[FlyboyHPD]

Originally Posted by chopperdr

I'm a Helicopter mechanic, and the company I work for has 32 helos across the county and I have to travel to them all very often, I'm currently doing it from a sprinter van/Rv, but looking for a new bus so my family can travel with me

Always nice to have an A&P mechanic with us. Whenever they did maintenance on my helo i always took one of them up with me for a test ride. That guaranteed they really fixed it or they would die with me....lol.