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, December 8, 2012

Flight Log: 12/08/2012

Woke up to calm air, no rain, overcast, and 41F.  Waited till 9:30 when it was a whole 43F, then headed to the field.  Flew my 60 size Shoestring three times, eight minutes per flight.  The CA held the two lower cowl mounting blocks to the firewall securely.  This Shoe flies on rails like the smaller one, but definitely slows better for landings.  I like it very much.  The Saito 100 has good power, and gives the Shoe a wide speed range.  I was able to just putter around upright and inverted at half throttle or so, further demonstrating the speed range of the airframe.  I probably can increase rudder throw for tighter turns on the ground, and also to kick the tail over with more conviction in stall turns.  There is a little roll coupling when the rudder is deflected in knife edge, making the plane want to roll to upright.  Might just leave it as is for now.  So far so good with this plane...it looks great on the tarmac and in the air, and flies like a good sport plane.
Posted by at
Labels: , ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)