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, July 27, 2014

Great day of flying Bravata and Goblin 500 with my sons

Had a wonderful time flying with Tad and Jer today.  Tad had the Goblin 500 and 700.  Jer had his Warp 360, Blade 130X, and Colibri.  I flew my Goblin 500 and Bravata.  Really been dying to fly the Bravata again after a very long hibernation, so it was the first time in 2014.  I got in 5 great flights with not a single issue.  Even after the many months, the DLE-30 started up easily, and ran like a top.  No deadsticks, not even on the runway after landing.  I found out the Bravata can hover with this engine, with a steady vertical hover easily maintained, easier than with any other plane I own!  I landed all 5 times with full flaps, what a joy.  The plane gets so slow and hits the runway after clearing the sprinklers like target practice.  I gotta work on greasing the landing in though, as most times I had a bounce on first touch down.

Special visitor...KIMI!
She made good use of available shade! 

My preferred parking for the XB when I have the Bravata.

Beautivul Bravata flies as good as it looks!

Bravata has good company.

GeeBee R3 and Super Sportster beyond the Bravata.
The Goblin had 3 packs of joy today, no issues.  Have to feel concerned for Tad's Goblins.  Both had brown out or cut off issues, with the Goblin 500 having a rough landing in the north field, ruining the tail boom and landing skids.  Prior to that Tad made a great autorotation save when the G700 lost power to the main blades but kept all control functions.  He was about a foot off the mat when the power came on again, but he landed to check things out.  He still had good flights before that with both helis, showing solid inverted control.
Gaggle of Goblins...Tad's 500, 700, and my 500 (right)

Jer helping Harvey with new Fox powered glider.

Tad launching the Fox for Harvey and Jer...so graceful, lol.

Getting the 500 ready, my Pulse edition on left.
Jer flew the Warp like crazy, beyond my comprehension.  That thing moves quick and does not seem squirrely like other 450 machines.  Nice backwards flight too!
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  1. Midori DreamsJuly 28, 2014 at 8:33 AM

    Great day! Very fun flying. Nice pictures and documentation. :)

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