"Trust but Verify." Reagan popularized it, but the quote is actually a Russian proverb: "Doveryai, no proveryai" one of Reagan's Russia advisors, Suzanne Massie, helped Reagan with many Russian proverbs which gave insight into Russian thought processes and world-views. Reagan came to like many of them, and when the Russians found out about his personal interest in them, it changed the entire tone of the cold war from one of suspicion, to one of cooperation.
I like putting a fuse inline after the battery when using alligator clips to connect stuff. I was doing a after school electronics program and on of the kids accidentally shorted the leads directly across the battery terminals. The insulation on the wire went up in smoke before I got it disconnected. I opened all the windows but it was to late the smoke set off the automatic fire alarm and the whole school got evacuated and the fire department came.
Kind of overkill for something that looks like it could run on a 555 timer with maybe a power transistor for switching unless it needs a servo motor type driver. Even then, use a motor driver rather than the computer. I interviewed at a place that was still running Win3.11 for one test because that was the only OS their old test software would run on. They weren't doing in-house programming and farming out for an updated program cost more than they wanted to pay. Unless they have made the part it tested obsolete, they are likely still running Win3.11 to test it. Yep, little computers are real clever until they are no longer supported.
Funny how easy and cheap it has become to make quick test rigs. Previously you had to either make a custom i/o for a PC, or setup a plc. Both took a lot of code to make function correctly. Arduino and the like make huge libraries of code with an easy interface to piece it together. It's one of our most prolific prototyping tools.
I used to build stuff like that when I worked in medical electronics making test equipment for implantable defibrillators and pacemakers. I also built test equipment for Intel for testing microprocessors earmarked for military application, testing 12,000 microprocessors at a time, while torturing them by cycling the temperature from 20 degrees to 110 degrees within 20 minutes. And I built robots for HP for testing ink-jet cartridges for leaks after the clam-shells are sonically welded. I'd built test equipment for Tektronix for testing and calibration of their Phaser 3 print heads, and sped up the calibration procedure from 8 minutes to 2 minutes. If it can be broken - I'll find it. And when I'm done testing it - it'll last forever. :o)
Good ole Quality Control! Test inbound to be sure that suppliers are delivering raw materials to spec, then randomly test outgoing to be sure production is building a quality product.
If you didn’t test it, it doesn’t work is our QA model. So we test and retest. Then we give it to customers who use it in ways that we never envisioned it being used. So it’s often our inability to imagine all the use cases that causes our failures. I’m glad to see you guys use a similar philosophy.
I'm in software and our customers do the same thing. "It crashed while you were doing what? How did you even come up with that combination of keystrokes?"
we did lots of field trials,, something simple as a shaft lubed with silicone grease, will bind solid at minus 30,, sent it back to a warm shop and you get a Whaa Its fine response... Look at the iphone bet they never thought people would have the phone in their pocket in the rain or sweating in the gym causing the moisture sensors to go red. but within a month yep .
Worked quality control for a 'switch' company. The main testing lab would come grab a completed switch right off the production line. Put a counter on it and power it up. Would see how many times it would go till it died. Once found a major problem - recalled thousands of switches. Had to be rebuilt due to a engineering problem. The fix was still in use till the company was bought up by Siemens.
I've built literally designed/built and programmed hundreds of ESS/HALT/HASS systems in my career. I shake and baked comsumer/medical/defense products from everywhere. Trust but verify! And then document the crap out of it!
@@billhaight7010 there are lots of units made just for moving RVs but if you have seen them they look nothing like an aircraft mover! the one i seen had a ball bolted where the wheel hook is! ones made for moving RVs have a lift so dont have to wind down the jack, pluse are much smaller for tighter turn! and far cheaper! so someone got a best and just used it!
So I wasn't clear - are you testing the device/servo that was in the GripLock tie or the other larger device with the pen? I'm thinking it was the device in the GripLock tie, but not sure.
Love it, 40k cycles, that should last several lifetimes. I just finished a similar test with a rotary actuator that lasted 60days 85C, decided to push the temps till a failure which happened at 125C after 5 days. do you ever test to extreme environment conditions?
Interesting, different, cool video though from another ADHD Brain. When will you get to posting more about the Plane your'e building? No disrespect intended, just curious. Forgot to ad, It's 03:15 am here, been a long day & the next job is in 4 hours from now. Sleep is optional ha ha
Hey Mark glad to see more content from you. Looks like an Arduino Uno as controller?? Do you run cycle testing in any cold/hot environments or just the office? It’s funny Mark I get that same sensation every time I work on my federal taxes, 40,000 cycles in two days, yep it’s my taxes all over again.. ouch! Every year!! That feeling never quite goes away..
Hi best thug, been following up and really your works. I wish you have an institute as to admit and teach students on aircraft making. I really wish to learn from you if you’d have a school to teach students.
protections that A are potted or buried in and B unavailable lest you wait 6 months , are the biggest issue servicing techs face that make them say new swear words , Easy field swappable parts or boards make them happy. Something you can unplug from a similar unit to verify operation makes them REAL happy.as does Part Numbers and instructions you can read.Ask any mobility scooter or (Arizona made tug )repair techs. First time they hear, Oh ya gotta buy a complete unit, Yields a "these things are garbage "review when people ask are they worth buying. Also as far as repairing units, look at a Yamaha snow mobile repair manuals, they were night and day ahead of any they see elsewhere for techs to understand. they use actual pics .. Batteries that cant be sourced easily are a pain as well,, Gotta be able to truck em in quick.. Proprietary is a pain. Grip tires for winter ice are a real need for some.
This video is just for some GripLock tie product placement isn't it... 🤨😉
You caught me 😂
"Trust but Verify." Reagan popularized it, but the quote is actually a Russian proverb: "Doveryai, no proveryai" one of Reagan's Russia advisors, Suzanne Massie, helped Reagan with many Russian proverbs which gave insight into Russian thought processes and world-views. Reagan came to like many of them, and when the Russians found out about his personal interest in them, it changed the entire tone of the cold war from one of suspicion, to one of cooperation.
Test Bugs at Best Tugs eh?
Underrated!
You and your brother Mike are an asset to humanity! Keep on keepin' on!
I like putting a fuse inline after the battery when using alligator clips to connect stuff.
I was doing a after school electronics program and on of the kids accidentally shorted the leads directly across the battery terminals. The insulation on the wire went up in smoke before I got it disconnected. I opened all the windows but it was to late the smoke set off the automatic fire alarm and the whole school got evacuated and the fire department came.
Love that you are using the Arduino to make a simple test rig, just another great use for the cheap and abundant mpu's
Could do same with a national instruments dev board test kit for students
Kind of overkill for something that looks like it could run on a 555 timer with maybe a power transistor for switching unless it needs a servo motor type driver. Even then, use a motor driver rather than the computer.
I interviewed at a place that was still running Win3.11 for one test because that was the only OS their old test software would run on. They weren't doing in-house programming and farming out for an updated program cost more than they wanted to pay. Unless they have made the part it tested obsolete, they are likely still running Win3.11 to test it.
Yep, little computers are real clever until they are no longer supported.
I feel like your employee just reused some code from one of his private... uhm... Projects.
Just saw your latest videos of your granddaughters flying with you in the helicopter, they are adorable and G-D has blessed you. 💗
I was watching it go and then it just stopped, everything went dark and video stopped at 2:52 seconds into the actuator test!!! WHAT THE HECK MAN! LOL
I love your products and seminars. Respectfully..... it is always verify then trust
Now that was funny! I burst out laughing and scared my cat when you turned the device on. Cheers from Winnipeg.
Funny how easy and cheap it has become to make quick test rigs. Previously you had to either make a custom i/o for a PC, or setup a plc. Both took a lot of code to make function correctly. Arduino and the like make huge libraries of code with an easy interface to piece it together. It's one of our most prolific prototyping tools.
love the short little videos like this too! Always interesting to see how things go down in your shop!
Nice! Always enjoy you and your brothers videos
great reminder to all of us to remain diligent in our own businesses. thank you
I hope you’re making a Lotta new videos on your new cub build? I want to see your light, yet powerful take on a cub. Don’t hold out on us!
I used to build stuff like that when I worked in medical electronics making test equipment for implantable defibrillators and pacemakers. I also built test equipment for Intel for testing microprocessors earmarked for military application, testing 12,000 microprocessors at a time, while torturing them by cycling the temperature from 20 degrees to 110 degrees within 20 minutes. And I built robots for HP for testing ink-jet cartridges for leaks after the clam-shells are sonically welded. I'd built test equipment for Tektronix for testing and calibration of their Phaser 3 print heads, and sped up the calibration procedure from 8 minutes to 2 minutes. If it can be broken - I'll find it. And when I'm done testing it - it'll last forever. :o)
Good ole Quality Control! Test inbound to be sure that suppliers are delivering raw materials to spec, then randomly test outgoing to be sure production is building a quality product.
If you didn’t test it, it doesn’t work is our QA model. So we test and retest. Then we give it to customers who use it in ways that we never envisioned it being used. So it’s often our inability to imagine all the use cases that causes our failures. I’m glad to see you guys use a similar philosophy.
I'm in software and our customers do the same thing. "It crashed while you were doing what? How did you even come up with that combination of keystrokes?"
we did lots of field trials,, something simple as a shaft lubed with silicone grease, will bind solid at minus 30,, sent it back to a warm shop and you get a Whaa Its fine response... Look at the iphone bet they never thought people would have the phone in their pocket in the rain or sweating in the gym causing the moisture sensors to go red. but within a month yep .
You just can’t out-engineer STUPID!
King-O-Vetts, indeed Sir! Genius has its limits, stupidity is boundless.
King-O-Vetts You can, but it’s very expensive.
Great QC. I wish it was more common in today’s marketplace. I like to see businesses that care about quality.
IMHO, quality is the best warranty.
Best Hugs to Best Tugs!
This retired EE approves. 👍🏻🧐
Worked quality control for a 'switch' company. The main testing lab would come grab a completed switch right off the production line. Put a counter on it and power it up. Would see how many times it would go till it died. Once found a major problem - recalled thousands of switches. Had to be rebuilt due to a engineering problem. The fix was still in use till the company was bought up by Siemens.
Tom Pinnef Was it Cherry switches?
I've built literally designed/built and programmed hundreds of ESS/HALT/HASS systems in my career. I shake and baked comsumer/medical/defense products from everywhere. Trust but verify! And then document the crap out of it!
Mark!! Nice to see you again. I can’t wait to see more of the plane you are building. You are so cool. I can’t wait to build one Some day.
High Mark nice to see you again ( meet gizmos. )
Industrial use of Arduino, that's awesome.
Brilliant , what a decent set up
If I had a plane I would want a Best Tugs.
That was cool for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Ardiuno’s and ESPs and Pi’s are the coolest thing ever right? It’s amazing what you can do at home (or work in this case).
Trust in Thrust!
FYI i seen some one moving an RV trailer with what looked like tug! so i went over and looked and it was a modified best tug
I think they make one just for RV trailers.
@@billhaight7010 there are lots of units made just for moving RVs but if you have seen them they look nothing like an aircraft mover! the one i seen had a ball bolted where the wheel hook is! ones made for moving RVs have a lift so dont have to wind down the jack, pluse are much smaller for tighter turn! and far cheaper! so someone got a best and just used it!
Awesome Content!! Keep these inside views coming
So I wasn't clear - are you testing the device/servo that was in the GripLock tie or the other larger device with the pen? I'm thinking it was the device in the GripLock tie, but not sure.
You have a fun job. Is that Cocos island Costa Rica on your monitor??
Sometime simplicity works out to be the best idea. Great video Mr Mike:-)
It's Mark 😉
Love it, 40k cycles, that should last several lifetimes. I just finished a similar test with a rotary actuator that lasted 60days 85C, decided to push the temps till a failure which happened at 125C after 5 days. do you ever test to extreme environment conditions?
That's what happens when you let your kits play and come up with crazy ideas at work LOL Nice short video.
Those grip lock guys will do anything to get in the videos...
Interesting, different, cool video though from another ADHD Brain. When will you get to posting more about the Plane your'e building? No disrespect intended, just curious. Forgot to ad, It's 03:15 am here, been a long day & the next job is in 4 hours from now. Sleep is optional ha ha
Trying to figure out where "pull my finger" would work here....... :^)
Hey Mark glad to see more content from you. Looks like an Arduino Uno as controller?? Do you run cycle testing in any cold/hot environments or just the office? It’s funny Mark I get that same sensation every time I work on my federal taxes, 40,000 cycles in two days, yep it’s my taxes all over again.. ouch! Every year!! That feeling never quite goes away..
Very Clever.
Kind of midevil testing. Get lab view, closed loop load feed back test system. Then run it while monitoring everything. Just like aerospace parts
Arduino vs the Empire! Are Best Tugs Skookum?
Nice, thanks.
I dread to think what Heath Robinson could have done with a packet of GripLocks(tm)...
Wow that is one hell of a servo to stall 40000 times in a row.
Hi best thug, been following up and really your works. I wish you have an institute as to admit and teach students on aircraft making. I really wish to learn from you if you’d have a school to teach students.
I don't even own an airplane and I want a Best Tug :o)
Good old Arduinos
Is that the west end of Catalina island on your screen?
I like your hair cut. My wife don’t let me shave my head.
Looks like Krieger decided to repurpose fisto roboto
the best part is he's learning.
Do you have engineering degrees, or self taught ?
Never get that with "Made in China".🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Trust and verify! Story of my life! Good job best tugs, quality above profits! #SexBot 😂🤣
Grip lock tie as limiter....
Engineers need to generate Twerk Mode... If you have to ask... Mark, check some Miley Cyrus videos.
protections that A are potted or buried in and B unavailable lest you wait 6 months , are the biggest issue servicing techs face that make them say new swear words , Easy field swappable parts or boards make them happy. Something you can unplug from a similar unit to verify operation makes them REAL happy.as does Part Numbers and instructions you can read.Ask any mobility scooter or (Arizona made tug )repair techs. First time they hear, Oh ya gotta buy a complete unit, Yields a "these things are garbage "review when people ask are they worth buying. Also as far as repairing units, look at a Yamaha snow mobile repair manuals, they were night and day ahead of any they see elsewhere for techs to understand. they use actual pics .. Batteries that cant be sourced easily are a pain as well,, Gotta be able to truck em in quick.. Proprietary is a pain. Grip tires for winter ice are a real need for some.
6σ all the way!!
noice
I should have tested my ex-wife like that. Excellent job 👍
Dare we ask how many cycles before she failed?
Coming next: towing a 747 with a best tug
They take VW V-10 TDI Touareg's, and rebrand them!
What does tugs stand for, sorry probably a dumb question
Best Tugs makes powered carts for moving airplanes around on the ground.
Think of a Tug boat for airplanes. Although... one could argue the name might be "R" rated also.
Sex robot 😂. Literally unit testing… 🤣🤣🤣
Ha! Funny
Everything about your vids is great, except --- the audio. You have a reverb sound. Get a 19 y/o geek to set up your audio feed.