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!!!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

VXL Racing!

On Monday, Jan 17, 2011, Jer and I took our cars to RC Plus to race on their inside track.  We walked in without our cars to scout it out, and there were about 6 guys racing or pitting in there.  Jer brought out his car and immediately could stay up with them or pass them, being the racy guy with lots of skills that he is!  Oh, these guys were racing larger scale, I think 1/10th  or 1/8th.  After seeing Jer do well, I went to get mine too.  I did not do that well, but stayed with them once in awhile.  The track is carpet and definitely slippery for our drift car setups, but it's lots of fun anyhow!  Jer finds the good line around the track and is able to get in it quickly.  It takes me awhile to find that line (sometimes never) and to actually set up for it.

We used all our batteries.  Since Jer started a battery before me, I let him use one of mine at the end, so he ended up running through 5 while I ran through 3.  The Tenergy batts that we got for $5 each are JUNKO!  They are 1400mAh and run shorter than the Traxxas 1200, and don't have as much immediate punch either.  We will look for better ones.  Lastly, the guys we ran with were very nice fellows with good humor, and the really neat thing about RC Plus is that track time is FREE FREE FREE, except when they have organized races.

We came home with new diff loob (30k weight) and Jer changed the lube in front and back of HIS and MY cars right away.  Took between 2 and 3 hours!  Lots of work, but these cars are engineered rather well!  During the job on mine, we discovered one of my bevel gears looks badly worn.  It sounds a little noiser too.  I don't recall a change in sound after any crashes at the track.  Maybe it got damaged from a crash, or maybe it has been that way all along.  Things don't last forever on RC cars, so I'll be getting a replacement gear soon.  The cars seem unbelievably durable after our first racing day at the track!

 
Update:  I recall that when we were almost done racing, the car would hesitate before moving from a start.  I probably could not hear from the driver's stand, but I bet the gear was not meshing well, probably due to one of my runs into the sideboards.  There were some hard ones and a couple even head on into the boards.  My guess is that ruined the main gear that connects to the front differential.  I ordered a couple replacements today from Boca RC online. 
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  1. Midori DreamsJanuary 19, 2011 at 10:01 PM

    That was good fun! Pretty good deal, with the free track and all. I tried my rally in the garage last night with the newly lubed front and rear differentials. Feels different! Like new, as the drifts are more predictable and controllable. I think the cars are going to behave better than new now. Hope your parts come in soon!

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