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!!!

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Early onset alzheimers!


So today i was planning a lot of relaxation via flying the X5 and Bravata.   I got the 4 packs through the X5 without a hitch before anyone else came.   Needed to do that because our good old JB friends were watering the helipad again.  So i needed to take off and land using the main runway.   Got that done and moved the xB to the gasser area for assembly of the Bravata.  That went well, about 20-30 minutes of work.  And then i tried to start the engine.   Not a sound out of the DLE-30!   Kept trying and got frustrated and tired so I gave up and disassembled the plane, and drove home.

At home i took off the the cowl and checked the ignition  battery, then the spark plug to ensure i was getting spark.   Next checked the fuel lines and tank.   Then the carb.  Tried starting the engine outside at various points.

Finally the engine ran as i fiddled with choke and throttle settings.  Nothing wrong with DLE-30!  I am a lame brain.  I was pulling on choke to get it to first bark.  It has to be pushed in.  Dunno why i was thinking backwards .   I think i have early onset alzheimers already.   Well, i tested batt, spark, and fuel tank at home, driving self crazy.   Hate myself.

Got it to run in sideyard and noted reverse of choke stick from what i was doing this morn at field.   Good grief.  Now i can put it all back together but i am resting after the copious amounts of frustration suffered unnecessarily!

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