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!!!

Sunday, May 8, 2011

TWM Intruder!

After getting over the hurdle of ironing down the ugly covering on this plane, I spent the last week or 10 days kinda gung ho on assembling it.  As of today it is all finished except for decals/stickers that I need to decide upon.  I might try to make some of my own vinyl stickers for the plane, but I am not sure if they will hold up to glow fuel...maybe they will slide off after enough exposure?  The Intruder has always been a little ugly and ungainly looking to me, yet a classic pattern plane that somehow was attractive at the same time.  I'm glad I have it now as it looks pretty cool all assembled, and its clean lines exude speed and smoothness.  I expect to fly like it is on rails and with extreme grace.  The Intruder  is actually quite large at 63" wingspan and 59" length.  AUW is 7 lbs 7 oz with an OS 91 Surpass II (no pump) mounted inverted in the fuselage.  Turns out this keeps the top and side views very clean.   I just hope the 91 runs inverted good.  It should as my Excelleron 50 never gave problems with its OS 70 Surpass II mounted inverted too.  I anticpate a maiden very soon!!!



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  1. TCMay 9, 2011 at 6:35 PM

    Too Cool. I like the looks of this plane. Well done!

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