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!!!

Sunday, January 5, 2014

Maidened!

Pulse Edition Goblin 500 with DORK!
I had the maiden of my Goblin 500 today and it was great!  Only thing is that Tad flew it for me to ensure everything was AOK, and I did not have the cajones to try it myself afterwards.  He says it flies just like his but with a slightly different feel to the sticks due to our different Futaba transmitters.  It was just satisfying and exciting to see the heli perform off the building board with no problems.  Now I can fly it myself from now on.  Oh yeah!

I flew my two Trex 450's with great joy that I did not lose any control since last flying a few weeks ago.  I put in 3 packs on the FBL and 2 on the DFC.  Used 2 other packs on the Star!  I have 7 packs that all three of these aircraft utilize.  I only did one forward flip today, and all the rest of the flying was just nice easy circles in both directions and some stall turns.  I wanted to re-establish my feel for the beasts, lol.

Unfortunately after Tad had two great flights on his Goblin 500, he found that his connectors were not making continuous contact between the battery pack and the ESC.  Jiggling the connection produced some system re-initialization sequences.  He landed fine the first time when the connection was spotty while low, and he got power back intermittently so he could land.  After bending the prongs on the connectors, he took it up again and all seemed well for a minute, then he said "Uh oh" about 60' high over the sod farm.  The power never came back on and the heli pancaked on its tail boom and landing skids.  At the field the only damage looked like a busted canopy and landing skids, fractured side frame, and the nylon bolt holding the tail boom on.  I think the breakaway feature saved the boom and other tail parts.  We'll see what other parts need replacing.  $HUCK$!
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