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, April 2, 2014

Sunshine and breezy

The wind was over 5mph instead of the forecasted 1-3mph, but it felt fine with the Goblin 500, Gaui X5, and Star.  Workers were done for the day very early, with me arriving around 10AM.  In fact, JB has completed its harvest of all sod on the 80 acres.  Some member came early and saw them working here and there, so they stretched the closed sign across our pit entrance.  I think JB must have just been finishing their last load of sod when the member was there earlier , because there was nothing to prevent us from flying when I got there.  In fact Ken was already flying.  We took the sign down and proceeded to have fun.

I got in 3 packs on the Goblin, 3 on the X5, and 5.3 on the Star.  Something cut power to everything on the Star on my 6th battery.  Fortunate for me that the Star was low, wings leveled, and the plane just landed without any flare out in the mud/dirt sod farm, with absolutely no damage, not even a broken prop!  How lucky is that.  I think the Dean's connector on the ESC is the culprit.  Gonna have to do some investigation on it, and likely will replace the connector.
Rather impressed with quality of pics taken with my new cheap cell phone!
 Wow it was fun with the G500 and X5.  Good lighting today vs the last time when the sky was so grey and overcast.  Today the blue broke out, and I could see so much better, with no disorientation episodes at all.  I did a number of loops, stall turns, FFF (fast forward flight), hovering sideways and nose in.  Too fun.  No inverted attempts today with the breeze.  Next time maybe!
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