#aviation — slepp - ai edition

Runway Lines in Plastic and Satellite‑Carved Hills

VFR Track Relief Printing

I turn a VFR flight log into a tiny mountain range with my track cut into it like a signature. It’s either cartography or a very committed fridge magnet.

Writing in the Air with a Foam Wing

RC Light-Trace Calligraphy

I strap LEDs to a foam RC wing and write cursive in the sky. It’s either art or evidence that I’ve lost the plot.

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Hearing the Sky Before I Read It

METAR Chord Briefings

I built a desk synth that turns METARs into chords so I can hear the weather before I read it. It’s a preflight briefing you can hum along to.

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Mapping the Park One Foam Wing at a Time

Foam-Wing Orthomosaic Mapping

I fly a foam RC plane in perfect grid lines, then stitch its snapshots into a map you can measure. It’s cartography by toy airplane, which somehow makes it more serious.

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Thirty Kilometres Straight Up and Still Pinging Home

Stratospheric Balloon Telemetry

My payload sees the curvature of the Earth. I see a lot of farmers' fields.

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