Maukaonyx's "Life is GOOD!": Fleet of Four

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!!!

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Fleet of Four

Flew this fleet today, running 16 batteries out, lol.

I ran 3 packs through the G500, 2 in the X5, 6 in the Star, and 5 in the new Scythe wing. It was maiden day for the Scythe, and it flew fine. Just needed a little up and left trim and it was good enough. I found that the plane would snap out of tight loops so between flights I toned down elevator throws to 90%. It can be decreased a little more but is very flyable as is. Seems sensitive in pitch so I wonder if mine is tail heavy. Also just seems touchy regarding neutral elevator. Might try a small piece of lead in the nose someplace.

Helis flew good with many inverted straights. My pullouts with the second half of the loop were not the best due to a different wind direction today, but that is good for practice. Just need to get rudder corrections in before pulling out so that the heli pulls into the dive true instead of slightly sideways.

Star flew like a star as always! I just had to rebind it to the transmitter at the field...luckily I had a bind plug there. I had mistakenly binded the Scythe on my DX6 while on the Star model. That obliviated connection to the Star, which I forgot about till it would not bind at the field, lol. Dumb dumb me.

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