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!!!
March 2025: we’re up to five grandkids! Jack born 11/15/2016, Carter 01/14/2017, and Noah 04/22/2019. And Alex and Robin married on 09/25/2021!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Sbach 342 Joins My Air Force!


Tad and Becky gifted me the  Pilot 73" Sbach 342 for my 60th birthday back in May, at which time I installed the LG and stab.  I then laid it down for the flying season till just two weeks ago.  With our rainy or cold weather setting in for the Winter, I picked it back up again, and assembled it.  Twas FUN and the high quality of the Pilot ARF made it fall together rather effortlessly. 

Yesterday I attached the wheel pants and painted the all-white helmet head to match the color scheme.  I pretty much completed the plane today by printing and attaching an instrument panel, affixing the pilot, and redoing the servo arms to the shafts with blue threadlocker.  It's a real beauty of a plane, yet I can remember thinking that when I first selected it, the color combo of orange and purple is GAUDY!   Not so in person.  I think the expanses of white help tone it down some.  The scheme is definitely not conservative, but now I like how it pops enough and says "Look at ME!"  Haha, I kinda like that.

The plane has a DLE-30 with JTec muffler for power.  Tower TS160 servos all around except for a Hobbico CS110 for throttle.  Batteries are a 4.8v NimH for the ignition and 2 LiFe 1100mAh packs for the receiver and servos.  Two heavy duty switches service the LiFe packs while one takes care of the ignition pack.  An RCXEL optokill switch provides positive kill of the engine.  Radio is the Airtronics 10 channel SD-10G with their 8channel 92824 receiver.

It's a BEAUTY and I can hardly wait to maiden it.
 
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