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, July 10, 2011

Flight Log: 07/10/2011

Holy Toledo Special, there's an Intruder in da house. Took the TS and Intruder (and Apache) to the field today on another calm and sunny day. Awesome fun again. Had abouit 3 flights on each, and maybe a five minute thermal again on the Apache at the end of my time at the field. The Intruder is on rails everytime and I practiced a bunch of slow and 4pt rolls, and a few rolling circles. I will perform these during the Wings Over Keizer show in two weeks. Should wow the crowd, hopefully. Toledo Special died on the first two partial flights, then I got her tuned better and had no deadsticks after that. Tad had 3 nice flights and all good landings with his Extra 300, and starting was a piece of cake each time. Also, I took up Brandon's Funtana at their request to make sure it is airworthy again, and to trim it out. On the first flight, the engine started to lose power after a couple minutes in the air. I brought her down and looked her over. Mike checked the glow plug and found the top coils all distorted. Threw that away and put in a new OS Type F, and it ran like a champ the rest of the day with Brandon flying it.
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