Maukaonyx's "Life is GOOD!": December 2013

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, December 28, 2013

Ear to Ear from Bravata!

What a fun flying plane...I took it out today and had a blast with it. We finally had a warmer day of 40F, very light wind, no fog, even a little afternoon sun. I got 4 flights on my Bravata. It was fun doing stall turns, knife edge, Cuban 8's, reversed C8's, slow rolls, 4 pt rolls, and regular rolls, inverted, fast and low passes, slow and low passes with half flaps, flapped landings. It is all graceful and relaxing with the Bravata. Here is a pic of it on a day last month, with my son's heli. BTW, the wing is staying true after heat gunning it during assembly almost a year ago, and I am flying with no aileron deflection to keep her level. Gotten past the bad color match of all painted parts versus the red covering. It flies too good to notice that anymore. DLE 30 started up and ran so easily in 40F, same as in 85F! A grin of a day.

Bravata and Tad's Goblin 500

Saturday, December 14, 2013

7 & 8

Tad and I were diehards today, flying in just around 40F temps, with grey overcast skies. We were not the only crazies, with Mike and Chris there too. Tad got 4 flights on his 130X and 4 more on his G500. I put in 7 flights on the 450 FBL and 450 DFC. No mishaps for either of us, and we were happy! Tad said he got disoriented once on the 130X and once on the G500. He flew both really good though, with inverted skills showing today. I was lucky but also due to being more conservative, I did not have any disorientations or miscues today. Both of my 450's flew well and came home well too. After not flying a few weeks, it sure felt good to fly helis again, with no issues. Loving them again!