u/balllistic

RPi CM5 in a Waveshare IO Board case with Waveshare CM5 integrated heatsink/fan. Nooelec SMArTee SDR with built-in bias tee powering a Nooelec LaNA connected to a Flightaware 1090 Mode S filter fed by a DPD Productions Blade Indoor 1090 antenna. Running FR24feed Debian image. Getting ~170nm range.

Headless connected to LAN via WiFi, feeding PlanePlotter with a custom dark theme and a custom Python script to detect/record/playback flight profiles consistent with police and news helicopters orbiting over an ongoing incident/scene, aerial surveys, Search and Rescue (SAR), and Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) missions inspired by John Wiseman’s Advisory Circular and Peter Aldhous’s Buzzfeed article. Custom desktop and Pushover mobile notifications for situational awareness.

First ride yesterday (25mi) on my new 2026 Addict 10 (Size 54/M) to replace my 20+ year old 2005 Jamis Eclipse. After doing a bunch of research and seeing Dustin Klein (Everything's Been Done) and Chris (outdoorbros) rave about it, I pulled the trigger. It's my first bike with electronic shifting (SRAM E1 Force AXS w/Qarq).

My take so far - very smooth ride, responsive, and it feels fast for an all-road/endurace bike (got PRs on yesterday's route including a 2.75mi Cat 4 climb, more PRs today on another 25mi ride, different route). I need to get some more miles on it, then go back to the shop to fine-tune the fit.

First ride today (25mi) on my new Addict 10 (Size 54/M) to replace my 20+ year old 2005 Jamis Eclipse. After seeing Dustin Klein (Everything's Been Done) and Chris at outdoorbros rave about it, I pulled the trigger after doing a bunch of research.

It's my first bike with electronic shifting. My take so far - very smooth ride, responsive, and it feels fast for an all-road/endurace bike (got PRs on route including a 2.75mi Cat 4 climb). I need to get some more miles on it, then go back to the shop to fine-tune the fit.