Went fly yesterday...total failure. It was windy at home and unfortunately the same at the field. So I did not get the helis out. Instead I put my Aero 40 on the table, and as I reached for the wing, the fuselage got twirled by the wind, rolled to the far side of the table out of my reach, and proceeded to do a nice left roll upside down as it fell to the ground. Landed upside down of course and snapped the stab off the fuse on one side. Yay, day done, went home. Fixed the stab with lots of thin CA and accelerator. Good as new.
Today I took that plane out again, and my G630 and X5. Got in 4 flights on the X5, 2 on the G630, thereby consuming 8 packs for the day. I did not charge more as I was expecting wind again, and maybe rain. Instead it was perfect and I wish I had my other 4 packs! I don't know why I was very tentative on tight and flat right turns today, but I was. I forced myself to do lots of them to get over it, lol. At least I did not have any crashes. I believe I did my lowest back flips to inverted today, and a couple inverted pyros. Still not enough cajones for doing more than that.
Followed that with two 9 minute flights on the Aero 40. Fun plane to fly low, and do lots of touch and goes on the NS runway. The volt meter read 3.82 per cell after 9 minutes, so I am going to up the timer for that plane to a nice round 10 minutes. I bet it will still come down with about 3.80V per cell.
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!!!
Sunday, July 26, 2015
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