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!!!

Thursday, September 20, 2012

New Shoestring, 60 size

My new Great Planes 60 size Shoestring is essentially complete today, with the addition of the decals provided with the ARF.  Powered with a Saito 100, the all up weight of the plane is 7.3#.  At this time the balance point is perhaps 1/4" or so in front of the recommended CG, so it should be a safe maiden flight.  I am using my second Futaba 7 ch transmitter with the usual 617 receiver and 3152 servos on all flight surfaces.  A Hitec 325 is on throttle.  A 6V NimH powers the receiver and servos.  Here are some pics of the plane.


































Hey that's me in the cockpit!  Alex made a coooool profile pilot for the plane,
scaled to be 1/4 scale like the plane.  I am wearing a KRCA cap and Harbor Freight
ear protectors, haha.  He flip flopped the pic for the other side and mounted them
on thin plywood.  







I had the ARF about 2 years before finally assembling it during the last couple months.  This ARF is not sold anymore and I was lucky to find one on RCU.  I also have the 46 size version with the FG fuselage.  They are going to look nifty side by side in the pits!




UPDATE on 09/24/2012:  I test ran the Saito 100 in the Shoestring this afternoon, in the side yard.  It would not start at first because the initial low idle setting was too low to stay running.  I upped the throttle and the engine started right up, so I increased the throttle trim to maintain a decent low idle, on the higher side to keep from dying.  Right now the high needle is set at 3 turns open.  While I opened the throttle up a little, I did not run it prolonged at high speed because I don't want to bother any neighbors.  I doubt anyone heard it with the low sound of this engine.  It ran steady and without hesitations, so that is a good beginning.  I am ready to take it to the field to tune it more and of course to maiden it!
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