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!!!

Saturday, June 13, 2015

SNAFU and helis

Nice day of flying with Tad and Quang this morning!  Perfect weather with one JB worker doing soil prep but he ended early and was not an issue for us.  Flew my SNAFU maybe 4 times, and my X5 and G630 three times each.  Feel like I got the confidence back and am doing my flips and inverted straight lines as usual.  In fact I seem to be getting lower on the inverted flight, and am working the pitch more to either speed up or slow down, plus collective to maintain a steadier height.  I used to climb a lot while inverted, prolly the natural save your ass tendency, lol.  In discussing with Tad, I plan to make very gentle turns while inverted, more like flat pyros for change of direction, with little bank.  Banking is what causes the speed to build up fast, then bad things happen, haha.  Also I want to flip into inverted at altitude, then drop the altitude to get the feel for being lower while inverted, then pump it back up to flip out.
Good old SNAFU still serving me well

Tad flipping the Forza 700 into inverted
Tad is doing awesome with his F700, as well as the others, but that thing has the best presence in the air.  And lastly, Quang flew his 7HV with just twin 4000 packs.  Flew same as with 5000 packs, so I am thrilled that I can use my 4000 packs too for my 7HV.  He is getting 4 minute flights, so i bet I can stick with my 4.5 minutes due to flying style and ability!
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