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!!!

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Bigger than Normal Funfly

IT was a fun day even though hardly anyone showed up.  We had about 6 flyers, though, counting Tad on helis, so it was good fun anyhow!  Let's see...Tad, Rudy, Mike, Ashton, me, and late arrival Joe, haha.  Spectators respectfully outnumbered pilots!  Maybe there were a dozen spectators or 15 total.
Rudy's Nuance in foreground.  Me and Bravata next.  Joe in back.
Got my Bravata up for 4 satisfying flights, each of 8 minutes.  Gasoline runs long!  Just have to love that plane for wide speed range, stability, visual impact, flap fun, and easy take off and landing.  Can't complain about it at all.  DLE-30 ran well today, and the gas tank maintenance yesterday (new internal lines) had no ill effect.
Bravata on low fly by.  Tad's helis on table.  Tad's nice pic!
Tad did well as usual, using all 7 of his packs...3 on the 700, and 4 on the 500.  I am looking forward to flying helis again tomorrow/Sunday with him.

The only other big bird there was really Mike's Super Sportster which he flew a couple times.  He also had his big Cessna but never got it up due to a temperamental engine.  Joe flew his Frankenstein combo big bird for all of 10 seconds when the wing departed the fuselage.  Body bag was needed for the zillion fuse parts out in the middle of the 80 acres.  Wing fluttered down fine.  Rudy did fine with his repaired Nuance...flies great again even with repair, which is hardly noticeable from 5'.  I guess the Nuance counts as a big bird actually, since it is a 2M plane.

The spectators seemed to enjoy the flying even though we had so few planes.
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