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!!!

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Airplane Stand Assembly Day!

We assembled two new stands today at the field, with the help of about 12 members.  Mike Florea made up a kit for each stand, cutting the raw lumber to the right sizes and angles, painting each piece, then labeling each one.  We had two teams, one assembling each stand.  It took about 2 hours to get them done, and they came out beautiful!  One stand design was found by Mike and is very similar to the two old stands we currently have.  I found the other stand in a thread on RCU.  IMHO, the latter is much sturdier and provides much larger flat area for placing tools, flight boxes, and transmitters near the plane.
Design found by Mike
Design found by me
Both completed

Carpet strips will be added to protect wings
They work!
Before and after the assembly period, I was able to fly my Imagine 50 three times.  The engine was happy in today's weather and ran strong.  Had fun flying at the same time with Jeremy (Stinger) and Joe (Zlin), making low passes and doing evasive maneuvers.
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