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 29, 2011

Warbird Weekend 2011 Day 2

Our Warbird squadron was very small this year!



It was another great day at the field even though hardly anybody cared to show up!  It was another day of just essential guys there...Joe, Mike, Bob, Tad, and me, haha.  Also showing up late for just one flight was our prez Ron.  Great day though.  It was grey and overcast in contrast to what the weather man said it would be.  Nonetheless it was great because the rain held off, the wind was 7mph mostly straight out of the west and down the runway, and we flew and flew!  Got in 3 flights with the T-28 till one LG door almost fell off in midair, this time breaking between the door and the arm connected to the strut.  A heavy douse of CA at home made the plane ready for the next sortie.  The P-47 was flawless and I notched another 3 flights with it.  My takeoffs sucked but none were as bad as yesterday's almost fatal encounter with the windsock pole.  All landings however were pretty light and on the mains.  None nosed over except on the first one to try to taxi back to the pits.  After that one, I killed the engine on the runway and carried the plane back in.  All flights were exhiliarating and entertaining even to myself, lol.  The most fun was when Joe was up with ME-108 and Tad was up with his Kaos and we ran pattern doing low passes over the runway.  Holy moly, FUN!  Tad's was definitely the fastest, and mine the slowest.  Joe cartwheeled his ME-108 on the last landing by stalling and correcting late with the rudder, inducing a snap 3' off the ground and near the fence.  Happily the damage appeared pretty minor...broken wing tip and stab tip, broken wing mounts.  Joe will have it back up in no time.

Tad maidened his Kaos after breaking in the 46AX with a tank of fuel.  Mikes method to run kinda rich and then pinch the fuel line to the carb to momentarily lean the engine seemed to work very nicely...real cool idea that is so simple.  The engine started easily all day except when we tried to start it on an empty tank, haha, which both Tad and I thought I filled up.  Ok den, the engine ran well and is very quiet in the air.  The plane flew like a dream with very little trim needed.  Flies like the proverbial on rails, and it is FAST!  It even whistles like my Intruder!  Landings were fast, but we think he can add tail weight to improve inverted and KE flight, and also slow down the landing speeds.  What a great little plane that is so cheap!  Tad is super happy with the return to glow via this highly satisfying and high performing plane.
Tower Kaos 40 with OS 46AX

Takeoff for the maiden flight.
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