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, February 14, 2013

Yellows and Reds Only

What incredibly and abnormally warm weather we had today.  Sunny and in the 50's when I headed to the field, and 64F when I came home and checked the thermometer again!  Geez, it was also mostly calm the whole time.  I took my Shoestring 60 and SNAFU, both are yellow and red planes.  EIGHT FLIGHTS, 4 on each plane today!  Both were a joy to fly, engines ran great, no issues.  Had a ball hovering the SNAFU today.  For some reason, it was just easier today than other days, and I had my longest hovers with that plane.  Also landed the SNAFU in every possible direction on the regular runway and the short N/S runway.  I leaned out the high end on the Saito 100 in the Shoestring today, and also fattened the low speed screw about 1/4 turn.  It seemed to give a better idle, same transition, and stronger high end.  Still running the high end kinda rich to keep well lubricated.  I don't like how Saito's seem to eat up bearings.
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