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, May 3, 2015

Failure to Launch Redux

Crap, I took the AW Ultimate out today and it again failed to run properly.  This means the fuel tank tubing was not the issue last Sept when I tried and failed just like this to fly the aircraft.  I am sure the fuel tube replacement was not a wasted effort, but it just was not the issue with the engine not running properly.  I noted today during assembly that the optikill switch was hanging loose inside the fuselage, not stuck to the wood like it was installed.  I also observed that the optikill light stayed on all the time, and did not go off when I hit the kill button on my xmitter.  To me that is an indicator that the optikill is malfunctioning at least in that respect, and likely is the cause for uneven running of the DLE-55 engine!  So I am going to replace the optikill with a new one I found at home later.  We will see if that solves the issue.
A giant waste of time today!
I put away the Ultimate after spending all that time assembling it.  I got out my two 500 size helis and put 4 packs through each...the Gaui X5 and Goblin 500.  Nice weather and nice fun!

Here are a few pics of other aircraft today:

Don and Jerry new Dago Red foamie electrics...could not take off due to thick grass.
That and the fact they are typical warbirds!
John with new old timer!
It has an old OS20  four stroker in it.  Sounds awesome and flies that way too!


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