What a fantastic flying day. Hardly anybody came, again, lol. Early on it was just me, Mike, Cory/Sherry, and Anthony. Jim Stone came around 10, and near 11, Joe showed up. I flew my Intruder 4 times, and the Toledo Special 3 times. Because the JB geniuses parked the sprinkler on our runway, we flew on the south side of it, using the sprinkler system as our "barrier". It was fine!
The INTRUDER is definitely my fave plane now. It starts well, packs lots of power, and flies like they say...ON RAILS. Lands easily too. It is so smooth and precise, I just love it! I did lots of slow rolls and 4 point rolls, and threw in one 8 point roll. The loops can be crazy huge, the stall turns are purdy, but I do need to throw full rudder early or the plane misses the turn and just flops over instead, lol. Inverted flight is effortless, so I love to do loops and slow rolls from inverted. Before flying today, I adjusted the set screws in the adjustable stab by 1.5 turns of the set screw, raising the LE of the stab that much. It required one click of up trim in flight. Might need a little more rudder deflection to hold KE unlimited time. Right now, the nose will drop after holding KE a few seconds. Hmmm, that would help on the stall turns too! I'll make the adjustment either mechanically or by programming.
The Toledo Special flew well again too. It's an entertaining plane which is very relaxing. Oh, I also flew my Apache for a bit. Caught a 5 minute flight on a couple small thermals. Just a great flying day! Can't get enough of this stuff.
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 26, 2011
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