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!!!

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

X5 is Stayin' Alive!

Here are pics of the rebuild after my inverted crash last Th.  I ordered parts on Fri AM from AnythingHeli and the box of parts arrived on Monday before 10AM!  Holy moly that is fast service.  Parts ordered were identified in the previous post. 



$190 lol.
I bought this special pliers to remove the C ring holding
the gear to the hollow shaft of the gear assembly.  Well
worth $3.99 from Harbor Freight!

This pliers works great and prevents lots of cussing!
You can see missing teeth on the stock red main gear.
Not evident is the fact the new black gear is slightly larger
than the red gear, causing difficulty in just dropping the
black one in place until the engine is removed or loosened!

New tail boom on top has GAUI printed on it!
New turnbuckles and ball links are much larger, from the X7.
Old canopy mounts were bent badly and sheered apart
during removal from the frame.  New ones in the middle.
New LG skids and braces already on the chopper.  Only
front brace and one skid had to be replaced, but I did both
skids and will keep the old one for a spare.
New main shaft on bottom.  Old one is slightly bent when
rolled on smooth surface...cannot tell by picture!
New Rail blades on left.  Believe me, the stock Gaui's are
busted, not bad, but not usable anymore.

Rails are only 8mm at the grip and need two 1mm spacers
to be same thickness as the Gaui blades in the blade grips.
Rails are definitely better finish than Gauis.
All new parts installed!
All done with the new Fusuno Mango canopy .  Stock formula canopy
was slightly damaged so I repaired it to use as a spare.
The X5 is definitely staying alive, and is ready to remaiden, possibly tomorrow if weather permits.  Hopefully I replaced all that needs to be, and don't find issues that only arise in operation and flight.  It sure appears to be as good as new!  It really has a new look with the Fusuno Mango canopy that is much smaller than the stock formula canopy, and with the new Rail blades.  Glad to have it back as flight ready.  It was out of commission only 5 days but I missed it.

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  1. TCJune 24, 2014 at 10:12 PM

    Good documentation of your repair! Looks sweet.

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