A perfectly beautiful Sunday with no JB workers and sprinklers brought out an overwhelming number of pilots today at the field. Just Bob Ross and myself. Crazy. I got there early, before 8AM, and Bob was already putting away because he crashed his new Beaver on his 3rd takeoff. Never have seen it fly yet.
I flew my Yak 54 for 3 flights, and my Goblin 500 for 6 packs! When I prepped the Yak last night for today, I installed a new Tenergy 6V 2000mAh NiMh pack into it as part of my battery replacement cycle every 3 or 4 years. Good thing I did so because I checked the old 2500 pack when I removed it from the Yak, and it was dead dead dead. With the new packs I installed in the T-28 and P-47, this brings to 3 planes updated with new batteries in my squadron. The Yak flew great like usual, with the OS 120 Surpass III running like a top.
The Goblin flew fine although I keep hearing different sounds out of it that do not comfort me. Flew the heck out of it anyway after checking for possible causes. I got in much more inverted hovering than ever. Only loss orientation a few times, lol, then I wore my yellow sunglasses after that and it really seemed to help me see the heli more clearly. Gotta make that a habit I guess! A good day of flying (more like 2 hours non-stop), even though nobody was there more the majority of my time there.
This is just a place for me to ramble (sometimes rant) about my hobbies which include radio controlled airplanes, oil paintings, my sports cars, and any other random blithering from me.
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!!!
March 2025: we’re up to five grandkids! Jack born 11/15/2016, Carter 01/14/2017, and Noah 04/22/2019. And Alex and Robin married on 09/25/2021!
Sunday, May 25, 2014
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