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, March 23, 2014

Field closed OR NOT!

Beautiful day dawned for us, calm, sunny, Sunday, 45F.  Everyone wanted to go flying.  First thing I do is open an e-mail from Al that the field is closed due to workers he saw on the field at 8AM.  RATS!  I decided to go anyhow.  Yup they were there but pretty far to the west, doing their work.  Mike showed up in 5 minutes and we decided the work was far away enough that we could fly, as long as we spotted for each other.  As we prepare, the sod cutter machine rolls past, back to the parking area, all done for the day.  As soon as the semi truck loaded up the pallets, they left, and we could fly with no hindrance from the workers.  Am I glad I went out!

Tad, Quang, and Anthony came today to with their helis, and we had a great time.  Everyone flew smooth, and nobody had any crashes.  Even Tad, hahahaha!  He set up the governor on his Goblin 500, and it worked fine, and he had no power brown outs.  He flew well with all 5 packs.  Hope that solves his power situation.   Quang flew his Trex 600 nitro, as well as his Goblin 700, like the wild man that he is....very impressive flying.  Anthony flew his G500 and flew smooth too, practicing his backwards flying.  I flew my Goblin through 4 packs and the X5 through 2.  I was happy to overhear Quang expressing amazement at how much better I am flying now compared to a few weeks ago, and Tad and Anthony complimented me a few times too.  I must be doing better.  I did a little inverted (very little), and a number of loops and bigger stall turns, with much fast forward flight.  I still like to begin most flights with some sideways hovering and nose-in hovering, just on the other side of the dirt road (perhaps 40' out and 10' high.)

X5 and me.  Thanks Tad for the pic!
I was sure happy today with the company, watching Tad, Quang, and Anthony, and my own flying smoothness.  Great day, and I almost did not go due to the e-mail about field closure!

BTW I had my 450 DFC with plenty of batteries and time to fly, but just did not feel like flying the little guy.  The big ones are so much smoother and more predictable.  Just easier to see too!
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