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!!!

Monday, October 14, 2013

TREX 450 FBL and FB

New to the fleet are the Trex 450 Pro FBL (fly bar less):

And the Trex 450 Pro with fly bar (older technology):

I bought the FBL from Anthony a couple weeks ago, and Tad gave me the FB around the same time!  All of a sudden I went from micro helis only to two of decent size.  The FBL is flying well after a couple days of fine tuning with Quang and Jeremy.  The FB is doing some silly tail wagging which when I dial out with less gain in the gyro, then leads to sluggish response from rudder, neither being acceptable.  We thought Quang found the cause when he spotted threadlock causing binding to the tail slider.  Unfortunately, I got that all cleaned out so the mechanism is smooth, but the tail wag is still present.  I did more research today online and will try some DELAY in the gyro to see if that helps.  I notice that there is much less buzzing and jitteriness from the rudder servo, so mayhaps it will eliminate the wag.  I will find out next time I fly.

While the helis are a great challenge, they also are costly and exasperating.  I have established that I can fly them well enough in hover and forward flight.  If it doesn't get to be lots more fun and satisfaction, I might consider my accomplishments as acceptable and not put more money into something not giving me fair return in personal happiness!  My planes are much more trouble free and significantly less costly.  Choppers are in need of continuous maintenance and/or repair.

These are two pics of the same helis with the original canopies:


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