Great day for flying because the temp was 55F when I headed out, and forecast to be about 80F later. Sunny skies made it easy to see my G630. I took 8 packs, all of them for the 630, for four flights. Was done and weed wacking around the safety fences when Quang showed up. What a surprise. He had his newly acquired Extra 300 from Tad, so I hung around to watch him fly that and his helis. Good fun. I helped him replace the stiffened Tygon tubing attached to the clunk filter in the fuel tank, and it was good to go. Even after being dry a maybe a couple years, the DLE 55 started up easily and ran well. Rather than over 20 hand flips to pop, it popped in under 10, then started up in less than 10 flips too. Quang liked it, but said it is tail heavy, causing lots of long floating approaches for landing. A little nose weight should help, plus shifting the flight batteries forward of the CG if possible.
Unfortunately Quang crashed his Gaui X5 on its first flight. It just stopped responding and went full positive pitch inverted into the tall grass of the North field. Yikes. Definitely needs a tail boom, torque tube, main gear, main blades, and canopy. I actually missed the crash. I was watching the flight, turned away a second, and that is when I heard the familar WHOMP of a heli going into that grass.
This is just a place for me to ramble (sometimes rant) about my hobbies which include radio controlled airplanes, oil paintings, my sports cars, and any other random blithering from me.
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!!!
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
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