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, June 29, 2013

RV-8 and Star


Got to the field early to beat the heat today. Very nice and cool but sunny and bright.  Flew the RV-8 three times with Tad and his Kaos Two.  Also flew the Star for two packs.  Actually Tad flew it for most of one pack, had fun, and landed it very nicely too.  I helped Harvey with his electric Alpha by checking it out, and flying it for a short hop, trimming it in the air, and landing.  He did really fine flying it the rest of the day, and thanked me when he left for "babysitting" him, haha.  Tad also was a helpful resource by helping Ken check out and test fly his electric Sportster.  He flew it and landed it well.


Anthony, Quang and Tyra were there today too, and they flew their choppers again. Also flying today were Joe, Mike, Rudy, Chris, and Ashton.  The latter by the way had trouble the other day with his No Can Do...he was trying to get his Magnum 70 to run steady on that plane, and it was mounted inverted.  While inverted engines can be tuned to run fine inverted, it sure is easier to just avoid that often problematic issue by simply mounting the engine sideways.  I recommended that the other day, and Ashton had the engine side mounted today.  It ran great, and Ashton is a happy man again, lol.

Later we met Anthony, Quang and Tyra at the Brooks Heli Fun Fly and spent a couple hours together there.  Very entertaining to see good pilots and choppers fly.  And through all of this long day, little Tyra was an angel again...what a sweet baby girl!



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