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, January 22, 2014

Gaui Wowee!

On Christmas Day 2013 there was a sale on a heli that I have been admiring greatly, ok lusting after!  It is the Gaui X5, similar size to the Goblin 500 and it uses the same battery packs.  That was a huge attraction.  Well, the darn thing came on sale, so I ordered on Dec 25, received it about a week later, and just built it over the last 10 days.  I learned lots on this build due to the different brand of the airframe, and the different electronics from anything I have already.  This uses the Gaui mini Vbar FBL controller, Gaui ESC, and Scorpion motor.  I added a Futaba 6303 SBus receiver and CC Pro BEC, both of which I also have in the Goblin 500.  No sense in going through the many details of setting up the mini Vbar and the ESC since I probably forget many of them already anyhow.  Suffice to say, I got things worked out so far on those elements, as well as programming my Futaba 7ch FASST transmitter for this heli.

It's a beautiful heli due to that sleek so-called "formula" canopy.   I am looking forward to maidening it soon, as everyone who has it on Heli Freak only has positive things to say about it.  Here come the pics!

Dry fitting the frame together.

Frame screwed together with threadlocker.  Motor and servos installed.

Starting on head assembly.

Tail assembly, boom, supports added.


Futaba SBus receiver, mini Vbar, and ESC mounted.

Left side of completed heli.

Antenna support behind frame.


BEC on left side of frame.

Finished beauty!

The fleet of Trex 450's, Goblin 500, and X5.




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