It was a great day of flying with sons Tad and Jeremy today. Hardly anyone came out. It was basically just us plus Mike and Brandon/Bruce. I took my Intruder and Extra 300SP and had innumerable flights, about 4 on the Intruder and 6 on the Extra, burning up almost half a gallon of fuel! Tad took his Kaos and 50cc Extra, but flew just the Kaos. Jer brought his Extra 300 Gene Soucy. We had a lot of excitement flying low passes in groups, sometimes Mike joined us. I took a few flights alone with both planes. That Intruder is just such a sweet pattern plane, and I got lots of satisfaction doing slow rolls about 50' off the deck. It makes it easier to judge if the rolls are on a line when closer to the horizon. Turns out my Extra 300SP is slightly slower than the Kaos and Gene Soucy, and my Intruder is slightly faster than them.
We had a GREAT day all the way up to when on our last pass (not planned) we all pulled up after show center to climb vertically into stall turns. We were all pretty close but I was on the right, when I pulled my throttle and stalled and proceeded back down. Tad was doing it about the same time, but Jer was still going up. Unfortunately they were on the same path and they met with much impact, tearing the wing off the Kaos and the left stab off the Gene Soucy. I saw just the fuselage of the Kaos making like a javelin back to earth, and the wing fluttering like a leaf very slowly. From the corner of my eyes I thought Jer was recovering and would make a safe landing. I had to take my eyes off them and watch my own plane, and I landed quickly. By then, it turns out Jer's was able to do a controlled crash into the tall grass on the north field, and Tad's wing was still spinning its slow path back to terra firma. The good news is that the boys found their planes without endless searching. The bad news is the Kaos fuse was totalled and the wing had major damage on one leading edge to back to the spar. The Gene Soucy left stab was torn off completely and hanging on just by the control rod to the servo, the canopy was ripped off along with some fuse balsa and never found, and there are small cosmetic dings on various parts of the fuse. All in all, a very nice save and she will fly again. Tad has to get a new plane. The boys took it well, just one of those unlucky things that happen now and then!
This is just a place for me to ramble (sometimes rant) about my hobbies which include radio controlled airplanes, oil paintings, my sports cars, and any other random blithering from me.
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, June 19, 2011
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