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, February 16, 2011

VXL downer

Went racing at RC+ with Jer and Anthony on Feb 12, 2011.  Long story short, my car stopped completely during the 3rd battery.  Jer quickly deduced it was a bad steering servo just like his.  Bah humbug.  I wrote to Traxxas and they did not quickly replace mine like for Jer.  They said I need to send it in and it would cost $5 to ship it back to me and $15 for repair.  I would have to pay about $5 to ship it there, so that's $25 for a servo which costs that much at Tower.  I basically told them I would not be buying Traxxas anymore.  I then wrote e-mail to Tower Hobbies and forwarded them the e-mail exchanges with Traxxas; I told them this reflects on them too since I bought the car from them.  Tower right away said they would send me a free replacement.  I got notice today that it has been shipped from Reno, yay.  Too bad, the car is cool, but the durability of the very important steering servo is highly questionable based on how fast they died in Jer's car and now mine.  I don't know what I will do after the free replacement dies like I expect it to.  I do know I will not support Traxxas a single penny more.
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