Maukaonyx's "Life is GOOD!": Dozen packs!

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, July 22, 2015

Dozen packs!

Yes, I got two new packs so I am up to an even dozen 6s 4000mah packs for my three helis. The new packs are the new heavy duty Turnigy packs, and they did seem peppy when I used both as a pair in the G630 today. I split the 12 packs today so that I got 3 flights each on the 3 helis...the Goblin 500, Goblin 630, and Gaui X5. Lots of fun, but also scarey at times because today the sky was solid overcast, which is the worst visibility conditions possible for me. ARG! I lost orientation on the G500 a couple times, scaring myself, but never got in danger. Whew. Due to the poor visibility, I stayed close, mostly slower, and I did not fool with too many flips. I had to do some though!

I also flew the Aerostar 40 today with great pleasure. And today I also had a new battery for this plane, a Zippy 4s 2650mah pack. This supplements the single Turnigy pack of the same capacity that Dick gave me with the plane. The packs seem to both be capable of 9 minute flights, and there is about 3.8v per cell upon landing. That is a plenty safe landing voltage that stores well.

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