Oh yeah, I cured my engine running probs with a new RCEXL optokill switch in the Bravata. The first (new) one is defective and deserves a hammer death, or at least being returned to the vendor for replacement. The dummy light for the ignition did not blink an iota today, which if I did not see, I would have known via a dying engine. Where I got max of two flights per day on each of the first three days of flying this bird, today I got in 4 flights with nary an issue. I am loving this big bird. So graceful and impressive in the air. It looks real up there and creates instant nostalgia on low slow flybys!
I landed twice with no flaps, and twice with half flaps. Due to a sprinkler on the West end of the runway, I made my landings on the sod farm. The Bravata loves landings, holding its tail feathers up after the main landing gear have touched terra firma. The mix of down elevator with half flaps at low throttle seems to be about right. With this mix, the plane has almost no pitch up when the half flap is deployed. Takeoffs are easy too, leaving ground in about 25' with very little throttle. The rolls are a little faster now, but still slow and easy, after I maxed out the upward movements against the hinges AND decreased the aileron differential on the down aileron. The Bravata loves to loop, and inverted flight requires surprisingly small down elevator input. And it's pretty awesome seeing this huge plane do knife edge pretty effortlessly, with the nose slightly high. Stall turns are easy peasy.
LOVING IT!
Also flew 2 packs through the 130X!
This is just a place for me to ramble (sometimes rant) about my hobbies which include radio controlled airplanes, oil paintings, my sports cars, and any other random blithering from me.
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!!!
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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