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!!!

Friday, July 10, 2015

Goblin 500 Revived

Out with the Pulse edition crash victim

The Dragon edition rises again!
I crashed the G500 back on May 29, 2015.   That day, I took the mangled parts off and kept the salvageable parts in a box.  As time passed, I thought I would buy either a new Gaui X5 or a new G500 and reuse the electronic components.  Finally a week ago, I was bored, so decided to remove the components from the victim.  As I did so, I found that I could reuse some heli parts, take spares from the spare box, and order just about $100 of new parts to get the heli back in the air.  That is much less than purchasing a new heli, of course, but it is due to convincing myself to repair and use an old canopy from a prior crash, reusing the slightly damaged main frame, etc.  So the list of actions follows, for my own records.

1.  Frame:  damaged right side is missing the battery latch part of the frame, plus has a crack in one place on the outside only.  By switching the left and right sides, I hide the slight surface crack, and put the battery latch on the correct side where it should be.

2.  LG mount:  took spare part to replace one broken/lost.

3.  Main blades:  bought new.

4.  Tail control rod:  bought new.

5.  Main blade holder:  took spare part for one side, including ball link arm.

6.  Radial arms:  used two spares.

7.  Nylon bolts and nuts: bought new plus used a spare.

8.  Tail belt:  bought new.

9.  Canopy and tail boom:  repaired spare Dragon canopy in a few spots with FG cloth and CA,  and used with spare Dragon boom.  Tossed demolished Pulse canopy.

10.  Tail skid and main LG:  used spare Pulse edition parts, tossed broken Pulse parts.

11.  Servo arms:  Used new Dubro arms for all servos.  Tossed old ones that all were broken.

12.  Control linkages and ball links:  Used spare used parts to replace all broken or lost ones.

It feels absolutely awesome to have my heli squadron back to full force of three.  And there is a fourth one on the building table!
From back: G630, X5, G500

Compass 7HV being assembled very slowly!

Posted by at
Labels: ,

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)