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!!!

Sunday, June 23, 2013

New Girl at the Field!


Had the PLEASURE of meeting Quang's daughter Tyra at the field today.  There is going to be competition between Tyra, Ariel, and Skylar to see who solos flying first, haha!  Tyra is a a real cutie, 4.5 months young, 16 pounds, and all angel.  She loves to smile at both Tad and me, and of course daddy and Uncle Anthony!  She was at the field at least 2 hours and never cried once.  Check out the new cutie at the field, haha.

So the day started pretty ugly and I debated a good hour at home about going, but finally decided I needed to try.  I took the Star and Shoestring 60 at around 8:30.  Sure enough it was raining on and off, but never real hard.  I flew the Star first in anticipation of being rained out quickly, and got in 2 flights before stopping for a passing shower.  I just tucked the plane under one of the big table.  Luckily the rain was straight down and not blowing horizontally.  As soon as it was just a light drizzle, I got the Star out for the the 3rd battery pack that I had with me.  The Star shines brightly...great little plane and seems to be dialed in now.




At this point I was considering whether to stay or leave, and decided to stay and set up the Shoestring.  As I set up my stuff at the table, Tad drove up...sure surprised me!  He set up fast since he brings his plane assembled in the car, and we got in 4 flights together over the next couple hours.  It was fun making lots of passes and trying to grease on the landings.


Soon after Tad arrived, Quang arrived with Tyra, and a little while later Anthony showed up too.







The new chopper is a Quang's 700 size GOBLIN by SAB, out of Italy.  Wow, it is futuristic looking, well-engineered, high quality, sounds good, flies good, and did I say EXPENSIVE!  So Tad loves it!






Anthony flew his 500 size Goblin super smoothly, and I think this is the size that interests Tad.  Quang says he had a minor crash on his 500 yesterday.





I should mention that on Quang's 2nd flight today, the engine cut out while inverted and in the middle of a 3D manuever.  He miraculously flipped her over and auto-rotated it with only a small thump upon landing, which caused no damage.  Further investigation revealed that the heat of the engine or current caused the wires to unsolder from the T connectors (Dean) at the battery!  The heat actually burned part of the carbon fiber frame near that connector too.  Wow! What a SAVE!!



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