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, July 6, 2013

Aw rats!

Jer and I took the Extra 300 Soucy and my Giles 202 out today for practice in prep for the Wings Over Keizer event in two weeks.  We are supposed to fly duet in the noon demo flights.  Alas, Jer could not find a sweet needle valve setting for the Extra,  and ended up doing a very lean run that overheated the engine.  From then on he could get decent power out of the engine after a cool off period, but once it warmed up again in the air, it would lose power.  He is ready to give up on this plane and sell it at Tammies.  I think it's time to let it go too since it has run well at times but not consistently all the time.  Knock on wood, my Giles has the same engine and seems to still be healthy.  Anyway it is disappointing he won't be able to fly the duet with me.  It now looks like I will team with Tad by switching to the RV-8 that will match up decently with his Kaos Two.  We might just fly lots of low passes rather than a set pattern sequence that Jer and I intended to fly.  I am going to run it by the club prez first.  If he is not amenable to the change, I don't mind not flying the demo at all.  Anyhoo, I got in 3 decent flights with the Giles today, but wow the North wind was creating lots of turbulence South of the big trees that are on final approach.  Sure had to stay on the sticks really closely to  make the runway.  Hope it's better tomorrow!
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