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!!!

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Successful Maiden!

Yay, the conversion of the FB to DFC head on the Trex 450 Pro is a complete success.  I managed to fly between fog banks and misty air this AM, and of course nobody else was nutty enough to be there.  It was actually quite mild but the sun never broke through.  I took one 4 minute flight with the DFC and it was very exciting just because I did not know what would happen.  It was uneventful as the heli flew smooth and steady.  The BeastX setup worked fine for initial flights, and now I can change some settings if really needed.  

I also flew the FBL version again, but with a couple minor adjustments to linkages.  Never realized how it was not setup "correctly" till I got involved with the DFC.  More adjustments are needed since in normal mode at zero throttle, the pitch is significantly negative!  And then the heli does not get off the ground till around 2/3 of throttle stick movement!  I found some cyclic servos uncentered and one using a different hole on the servo arm than the other two.  All should be identical!

Also flew the 130X and it seems ok, but the tail blew out once.


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