Project RX-7 to Q-steer : First Night

Yes, I started the project last night and it was a nightmare. Before I started, though, I backed up the project by buying my first 32g tube of Tamiya Putty white. Just in case I screw up with the body. So I started doing the very basic step which is trimming. I also have the idea in my mind that the front spoiler of the body is not on the body itself but rather on the Choro-Q chassis. So I have t unmount the front spoiler permanently. There are other problems:

1. THE VERY BIG ONE : The terminals used for the motor soldered on the IC were hitting the window area of the body.

2. It seems that the whole body will not make it to the front mount. In short, the body is short.

SOLUTION TO:

1. I have to dig up some space on the area of that window and to get rid of punching a hole, I also have to sand the terminals of the motor. The only worry I have is that the terminals might not work as I might detach the soldered lead from the terminals.

2. This is due to (1). It took me the whole three hours from 9pm to 12am just to get the body lined-up properly

PROBLEM 3: Even if I made the body lined-up properly with the wheels fitting the wheel wells just fine, the front mount of the chassis might be too long for the body

SOLUTION TO (3) – I trimmed the lower part of the front according to the shape of the chassis mount. It fits well now. The only problem I have is how am I going to mount the spoiler without breaking it when I remove and mount the body.

I’ll post some pictures soon.

PSP-3000’s BIG problem

If you’ve heard the news that the PSP-3000 is coming this year with new features, you might as well heard its new “screen” which features brightness adjustment, bla bla bla so on. Sony said it will be better than the screen in PSP-2000. Although that might sound reasonable considering the fact that PSP-3000 is the latest model, Engadget.com have tested this and it seems that a problem immediately came up.

Please take a look at this picture from Engadget.com:

Notice the interlacing in the screen of PSP-3000? It is clear that PSP-2000’s screen stands better compared to the latest screen. Sony is looking into this problem and an update into the engadget post was placed saying that this “interlacing” was just one of the features of the new screen and there are no plans yet of fixing this problem with a new software..

Visit Engadget : Sony “looking into” PSP-3000 interlacing problems
Man, that was close. My younger brother is planning to get the new model this Christmas as a replacement for his old PSP. Good thing my older brother convinced him not to get it yet, especially the firmware installed in the new PSP-3000 which is the Official Firmware 5.00 is still under DaX’s development. Although DaX has already released CFW 5.00 M33, we still don’t know how it works especially on a PSP-2000 unit. Whew!