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!!!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Flight Log: 05/17/2011

Got distracted and forgot to post in my log the other day!  On Tues, I flew the Giles 202, and was the only one at the field while I was there.  On the first flight, the engine died suddenly in mid flight.  How come?  I landed in the field closeby without incident.  Came back and started the 160 right up, richened a bit, and took off again.  Had a full flight, but I noticed the engine note changed, and the idle was real high for landing.  Guessed that the muffler was loose.  Had to go around several times, each time trimming the idle lower.  Got down fine and inspected the plane.  Sure enough the muffler was dangling.   One bolt was missing, the other barely hanging on.

Came home.  I had been fooling with the loose muffler on the OS 120 in the Yak 54 the last few days, because it came loose on its last outing.  The bracket between the muffler and the engine mount had fatigued and broken in half, allowing the rest of the muffler to vibrate more and come even looser.  When looking for a replacement bracket in my stuff, I came across another bracket that comes with the muffler for the OS 160.  Might it work?  Nope, but how come I am not using it on the OS 160?  AHA!  That is why the muffler is coming loose on the 160 on both my Giles AND Jeremy's Extra.  DOH!  I installed it in the Giles, used red threadlock on the bolt for the bracket to the muffler and the bolts for the muffler to the engine...a good healthy dose on each bolt.  I think the muffler will stay put a long, long, long time!  At least I hope so.  :)   Mentioned it to Tad, and he found his unused bracket and gave it to Jeremy for his plane.  Problem solved...we hope.  The TIP is to use the darn brackets when provided by Slimline for a reason, haha.  They grab the muffler at far reach from the cylinder connection point to greatly stabilize the attachment and reduce vibration effects, i.e. loosening.

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