It's a Wednesday day off for Tad, so we went flying together on a altogether PERFECT DAY weatherwise! Wind was light pretty much from the west, i.e. NO CROSSWIND today! It was cool at first then a perfect 60F. Sun was out. This is FALL?
Anyway, Tad had 4 flights and I had 3 on the Extra 330L. We only quit because the long tube on my stock DL-50 muffler fell out of the muffler while in midair. Somehow Tad found it. The engine sounded and ran the same without it, but I did not know what came off and rushed a landing. Ended up overrunning the runway, and stopping on the newly seeded field. One of those darn wooden pegs pegged my left wheel pants, but it is not bad. Cracks can be repaired.
Besides that event, the plane flew wonderfully. And the engine started easy as usual. The SOP for this engine seems to be about 20-25 flips of choke on, ign on, full throttle till a cough comes. Then it starts on about the 5th flip of choke off, on low throttle. Subsequent starts are in just one or two flips with choke off, on low throttle. I did several KE circles with the belly towards the center of the circle. Very easy with this plane! It stays vertical in KE, and the rudder is uber effective in keeping the nose up. Rolling circles were good...the only trouble is that since this Airtronics radio does not have DR or EXP on rudder, I tend to get too much deflection from the rudder application, as compared to my Futaba radio on my other planes. Tempted to put the Futaba in this plane too, but will need to Y harness a channel to get the battery hooked up. Landings were all pretty nice except the forced one when the muffler fell apart.
This is just a place for me to ramble (sometimes rant) about my hobbies which include radio controlled airplanes, oil paintings, my sports cars, and any other random blithering from me.
Aloha and Welcome to my small speck of cyberspace! Dec 8, 2010 is the birth date of my blog. Never had one before, but my son encouraged me to have one, and it seemed like a good way to at least keep a log of my RC airplane building and flying. With the initial design kicked off by my son, I'll carry on from here and have fun with it. Now that I have it, I will use it to also keep track of my oil painting efforts, and any other ideas, hobbies, travels, or whatever else that come up. LIFE IS GOOD!
Update on 02/25/2011. It's been a few months since I began this blog, and I am enjoying creating and having it! I like documenting the things I have done in my hobbies, and sharing with my small family. I think Jer and Tad actually view it fairly regularly, as a means to see what I've been up to lately. At worst, it serves as a reference for my own use.
Update on 12/22/2011. This blog stuff is habit forming. My blog is a year old now, and I make an entry about every other day or so as that seems to be the frequency of doing something in one of my hobbies. Like my hobbies, this blog is a lot of fun, and it has become in itself another hobby that I enjoy.
Years are flying by...update on 01/11/2013. Still enjoying maintaining this blog even though hardly anyone sees it. I don't advertise it anywhere or to anyone, and it is mainly just a way for me to keep my own notes and thoughts on my flying, painting, and cars. If a stranger happens upon it, I think it is by pressing NEXT at the top of the current blog they are visiting, lol. It's a great device for me.
August 2014: still here! Took up flying RC helicopters one year ago and got hooked. Had flown micro Helis up to then, but got serious with 450 size for a couple months, then bought the Goblin 500 and Gaui X5 . Also got my Boxster in April 2013. Most importantly, Ariel was born 12/02/12 followed by Skylar 07/20/13, and they are little beacons of joy in our lives. Life is indeed good!!!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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