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!!!

Friday, December 10, 2010

The Ultimate ULTIMATE 20-300

I am now assembling the 50cc Ultimate 20-300 made by Aeroworks.  On Nov 16, I got a nice deal (hohoho) from Tom at Valley View for the plane, DLE-55 engine, Xoar Sword prop, CF spinner, and 42% Optokill switch for $1,100 shipped to my door.  Yeah it doesn't sound like it, but it's a deal, haha.  I already ordered and received Tower TS-150 servos for it, CF servo arms from R2Hobbies (China), and the helmet head (Horizon Hobbies).  I also got some Testors enamel paints, and I have painted the head to match the color scheme of the plane.  It's all painted by brush and came out pretty COOL!  Note dash panel: I found one for the Ultimate online, copied, pasted, enlarged, printed (on photopaper) and mounted it with spray adhesive (Krylon).  Not that sharp resolution, but it does the job quite well, especially since it is viewed through the smoked canopy.
 






12/21/10 Update:  I have installed 6 servos in the plane for the 2 elevators and 4 ailerons.  Tonight I installed the control horns on the elevators.  It's amazing how stressful and sweatful it is to do because these are the first ever for which I have put the screws in with a drop of medium CA on them.  There is no changing anything once the screws are down and SET!  Spooky, but that is what the AeroWorks instructions specify.




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