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!!!

Friday, June 17, 2011

Flight Log: 06/17/2011

No clouds or rain or wind was forecast for today, so I took the tonneau off the truck and packed up the Extra 330L for some fun.  It was pretty uneventful flying.  There were JB workers laying pipes and one was mowing, but this was all happening at the far east and south ends of the sod farm, so I took off and flew mostly over the north field.  Got in two nice flights.  The DL-50 started as well as usual, which is very relieving.  My landings today were too slow, and I have now set low idle higher so that I don't come in so slow.  Still, I need to keep some throttle on to avoid stalling.  The plane just keeps slowing down till it pancakes, and I don't want to fix the LG again!  The first landing attempt was a rather hard bounce, and I immediately slammed throttle full on to get back up safely.  The next landing was still slow and bumpy but I got her down and found no damage.  Took her up again and had another good flight.  Landing was still too slow, but I carried more throttle on final, and can only get better.  I think this new situation is a result from putting throttle on a curve so that there is now less engine response in low throttle.  The new Airtronics SD-10G transmitter seems to be working well...all I can say for sure is that it has not had any glitches, lol.  I decided to quit as I was not sure where the workers would be as they laid their pipes.  A good day of flying, 2 more flights on the big Extra!  :)
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