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, April 22, 2012

Warm and Sunny

It was about 60F when we went out to fly just after 8AM today.  WOW, what great weather.  JB also thought so, and for the first time I can remember, they were working on a Sunday!  Luckily they were done harvesting their two twin trailer loads of sod by just around 10AM, and all of us could go about our important business....of flying, lol.  I flew my Imagine 50 four times, and my Sbach once.  I did not want to fly it again because it is still a bit tail heavy even after adding 4oz of lead on the engine box, and I couldn't figure out how to program a mix to feed up when left rudder (during right KE) is applied.  The plane tucks to the LG on right KE, but for some reason not left KE.  At least the plane sank a little on inverted flight, did not rise anymore, so the CG is getting closer to where it ought to be.  The DLE-30 seemed to run leaner today, probably rightly so due to the much warmer weather of 75F+?  Started up and ran great.  No fiddling with the needles yet!
Mike debuted his September Fury.  The OS 155FS sounds great.  Unfortunately the plane constantly tipped on its nose during any taxi efforts on the grass.  Either the LG need to be tilted forward and/or the CG needs to be moved more aft.  Also larger wheels might help reduce rolling effort.  In any case, it is a very handsome warbird!
Quang flew his large nitro chopper like a pro, earning applause when done with his last flight.  He is learning and practicing new tricks, and is always totally entertaining.  Anthony was very kind to gift me 3 older LiPo packs for my new Blade 400 3D chopper.  I don't need to buy any more, with 4 for that chopper now.   Jeremy seems to have got the Blade trimmed out well with my DX6i transmitter, and is liking it a lot, proclaiming it fit for me to learn on, lol.  I hope not to prang it on the first attempt.
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