Hope it makes perfect! Took the SNAFU out for practice for tomorrow's VC fly off with the other clubs, if any even send participants. Actually I had the Showtime with me too for the primary purpose of testing to see if it can do the deadstick loop. It can. But I went on to check the SNAFU out for that task again, and found I can do it IF I dive long enough and most importantly pull up elevator gently, and increase the amount throughout the loop, giving full up just around the time the plane goes vertically up. For some reason (calm?) the plane climbed very high today and it is ample altitude to both execute the loop and then glide down for landing in 60 seconds from the kill engine command. My trouble on other days was inability to climb as high in 30 seconds...either the engine was weaker that day, or the wind really killed the climb on those days. It was seemingly easy to gain lots of altitude in the calmer air today. So today I had to cut the glides short where other days I had to try to prolong them, which is tougher to do.
My timing in my head always seems to be less than the clock. I routinely had 50 or 55 seconds when counting in my head, vs 60 seconds on the watch. Tomorrow I shall adjust by adding another 5 count (one thousand and one, one thousand and two, etc) for every 60 seconds I count in my head!
Oh well, ready or not, I'll try to be calm and fly proficiently tomorrow.
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!!!
Friday, August 17, 2012
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