The winds were out of the South this AM, and fairly healthy at 5mph+, but the flying was great. Tad had fun with his Kaos Two, and was happy it made it through its second flying day. Alex did great with four solo flights. Tad and I did not touch his transmitter at all! Al had all good takeoffs, avoiding the fence and the pipes laid along the south edge of the runway. He also made 3 outstanding landings, better than Tad or I have ever landed that plane. They were straight down the runway, with no hops, fairly greased on! The other landing was decent, but snaked around the final moments before touch down due to the crosswind, but had no hops. Alex'es flying progress is phenomenally fast! He was looping more today, as well as doing many rolls, and inverted flight, and all of it seems to be getting lower and faster. He IS learning throttle management though, witness throttling back on the back side of loops, and making low approaches in practice for landings. He knows to be at full throttle with that flat bottomed wing inverted. Very enjoyable to watch his improvement each time out.
I flew my Stinger II a few times, twice with Tad. His Kaos and my Stinger are fairly evenly matched in speed so we had fun making passes together, but he did try to keep lots of air between us so that he went home with the Kaos intact. :) Another fun day. Too bad Alex will head back to college very soon.
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!!!
Saturday, September 8, 2012
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