Maukaonyx's "Life is GOOD!": Heli Sunday

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, September 7, 2014

Heli Sunday

Great time today flying with Tad, Quang, Allen. Latter is Quang's good friend visiting from Kentucky! The guy can fly like crazy, even better and crazier than Quang. He flies an old Trex 450 and a Gaui X5, both old and basically beaters from years of use and likely zillions of flights.

Allen and Quang

Allen doing indescribable 3D with his Trex 450

Allen's 450 and X5

Quang and his Goblin 500 and Hobby People EDF jet...SUPER FAST!

I flew my Goblin 500 for 4 packs, Gaui X5 twice, and the Factor for six packs. Goblin 500 needed gain lowered, so Quang dropped it a few points for me at the field using his laptop. That helped a lot to reduce some tail chatter, and I will lower the gain one more point at home. The increase in motor pulley from 18T to 19T is the cause of the chatter. Excellent! Both the 500 and the X5 flew great and I felt real comfortable, owing likely to the clear blue sky and full sun that create the best visibility for my lousy eyes. Tad flew great with both his 500 and 700, 7 flights in all. Really coming along good, the confidence shows in the air.

Quang flew his 500, 800, nitro 700, and the red F-16 in the photo above. He just flies good, period. Awesome was the jet....super fast. And with high speed low level passes skimming the grass or dirt, wowser it is impressive. And it only has elevons for control! $30 he says, from Hobby People, for the airframe only.

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