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, October 24, 2013

14 packs!!

Holy moly, I went through 14 battery packs today.  It was foggy at first but visibility extended about 100' out so I flew the new MCPX and 130X first.  MCPX had 4 packs, and the 130X had 5.  After about 90 minutes, the fog was burning off and the sun was shining through.  I had taken two flights with the Trex 450 FBL by then, and thought I would just go home, but with the sun shining , that allowed me to see well and burn up the other three packs for the 450.  It flew well.  Just did more of the same as I simply need lots of stick time.  I tried to hold better hovers in different attitudes...tail in, nose in, facing right, facing left.  I did them about 15' off the deck and also maybe 30' up.  Got to do a few more stall turns and moderate speed passes and turns.  Great fun.  On one stall turn, I had some negative pitch and that sure got my attention!  Quickly neutralized and went to positive as the chopper dove downwards.  No emergencies today, all landings on the mat, all in one piece.
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