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, August 4, 2012

Valley Challenge KRCA fly-off

Today we flew the KRCA club only fly-off for the Valley Challenge.  The events dreamed up by Bob were heavy on being able to time yourself either on the ground or in the air.  Pretty hard to do, for me anyhow.  I consistently ended my tasks over a minute early, thus incurring negative points...one for each second off the target time.  Everyone started with 1600 points and Bob limited points loss to 400 per each of the four tasks.    I thought I did worse, but ended up with about 1395 points, Brandon had about 1470, and Joe about 1570. I sort of think both had some point deductions that were somehow missed...but maybe I benefited equally...that is my hope.  I know for sure Joe left the ground on a taxi event, when his plane lifted off and cartwheeled which is a 50 point deduction, but his total points do not reflect that.  In any case, I made it to the finals in two weeks.  I will practice the events to improve my scores.  Others who competed today were Rudy (I think he was very close in score to me), Ashton, Bob Ross, Ron, and Mike Florea.  BTW it was a scorcher.  Temps were probably near 70F when we started and near 95F when we quit.  I flew the SNAFU, with Imagine 50 as backup (not needed today).
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