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, March 4, 2015

Really BAD Memory!

Geez, as I post my flight log for today, I remember that I flew on Sunday and did not post that!  Well, it is easy to do.  I flew the Bravata for three 8 minute flights of fun.  On the third as I approached to land, I heard a slight jingle to the engine.  Sure enough as I suspected, the muffler was loose.  I need to get inside the cowl and tighten it down again, maybe using red threadlock this time to keep the muffler on for good, or at least longer!  It was fun flying the behemoth, just like the Toledo Special but huge.  All landings were with full flaps and light touchdowns with slight bounces.  Hard to grease that one for some reason.  I need the perfect flare.



Today I took my three fave helis to fly in perfect weather...sunny, light breeze from the North, clear skies for perfect visibility.  No disorientations in that sky.  Used 10 packs to get 4 flights on the G500, 2 on the Gaui X5, and 2 on the G630.  Still not enough cajones to make turns inverted.  I did get inverted straight forward flight lots of time today.  Also tried some quick flips to upright instead of the more gradual half loops.  Good fun.


Mike was there with his new SIG Something Extra, and later Bob F arrived for lessons from Mike on the Aerostar.   Bob seems to be coming along well and fast since he has flown before, long ago.
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