Gobby 500 death, Great day next

Well the Goblin 500 that i remaidened about two months ago got re-destroyed yesterday in a very impressive crash at full tilt (pun intended) as i tried to recover while inverted.  While it might me repairable with enough new parts, i think this is my fourth bad crash with it, and i give up on this airframe.   It served me well.  I might consider the new Goblin 500 Sport at a later date.

I continued to fly after the 3rd and final flight of the g500, with 3 flights on the 7HV and two on the Aerostar 40.

Today i flew again...crashes just make me try harder!  I put in 4 flights on the X5 and 4 on the 7HV, followed by 4 on the Mini Star.  With the helis, i continued to try inverted flight, straight lines followed by 180 pyros, and again.  But i didn't get into a 2nd pyro as i also tried to be more conservative to avoid another demolishment like yesterday.  I used the X5 to warm up mostly.  While i tried the inverted routine, i could tell i was having some vision challenges, so i took it easy, then tried longer and harder with the much larger and more visible 7HV.   Felt good and will be flying the larger helis often due to loss of the Gobby 500.  The X5 is my only 500 size heli now.  Still in the saddle but my fleet is down to three again.

4 cubed

4 flights of the X5 followed by 4 of the G500, then 4 by the Giles 202.  All went very pleasingly well.  I made good strides with the helis today!  Finally got the cajones to do more than a straight line inverted.  I would half loop up to inverted, stabilize in hover, go straight into a very slight stall turn, pyro 180, and come back for another inverted straight line into another pyro 180, etc.  Big step for me!  Did it on 7 flights after the warm up first flight.  It is helping me maintain flat and level inverted, using aileron to correct tilt, pitch to control speed, rudder to control path and pyro turns.  It's helping to figure out which way rudder goes in response to stick input.  Great fun after the first few times to work the jitters out.

Giles started up and ran fine, with just a little bit of priming squirts of glow into the carb.  It always was a challenge to prime the OS 160FX enough so that it pops on hand flipping.  Fun to fly the big guy again, 4 flights of 8 minutes each.

I flew yesterday too!  It was club picnic day so I flew planes only.  I did have the G500 with me but did not take it out of the car.  Got in 3 flights on the Toledo Special and 2 on the Yak 54.  Both were dialed in and on rails.  I just love flying big circles and loops with both of those, and of course low passes.

AND big news...Tad maidened his brand new Stinger 90 EDF and it is pretty awesome.  Not that fast, but it has terrific coolness factor with its size, sound, stability, and retracts!  Flew steady as a rock and really entertained everyone at the picnic  who were eating lunch at the time.

GREAT day of flying today with little to no wind, a few puffy clouds, no JB workers, no sprinkling, and pleasant temperatures!

Someone's fat fingers almost messed up this pic!

I got 4 packs through the Gaui X5, followed by 4 flights on the Compass 7HV, and then topped with two long flights of the Intruder!  Very nice outing.  While the helis made me nervous, the Intruder relaxed me and wowed me with its stunning sound and missle like flights.  Felt good to carve up the sky with lots of rolls, knife edge, huge loops, fast
passes, inverted flight.  And then it came in nose high on landings for beautiful touchdowns.  On the first flight the OS 91fs kinda missed a few times during straight up and over the top inverted manuevers.  Before the next flight, I turned the high needle just one click richer, and the engine ran great the second flight, so much so that I did not even think about the issue on the second flight.

4 x 4

Very nice day at the field without too much irritation from JB workers.  Got in 4 flights first on the G500, uneventfully.  Then flew the Bravata and Mike flew his Rascal 110.  Nearly the same size, but the Rascal has  DLE 20 while my Bravata has a DLE 30.  Speed difference is readily apparent yet the Bravata will float in for landings too.  We had three flights together, then I added a fourth individually.  The muffler seems to be staying on, and my engine did not suffer any flameouts.  My idle seemed a bit high, which I adjusted by increasing the endpoint on the low end of the throttle, to make it go lower.  It worked although I think I hear a little hum from the servo at full low, so the servo may be stalling.  Not gonna worry about it since very little flight time is spent at low idle.  Next time I am inside the fuselage, I will look into the servo throw more.  The plane flew great and we had a few nice tandem passes over the runway.

Just 4

Got in four flights on my 7HV this morning. I only took one heli because I intended to fly my Intruder plane to no end, but alas JB messed that plan up by dawdling around near the runway, running the sprinklers near the runway, and just being annoyances.  I don't really think they intentionally mess with us although I would not put that pass them to do so simply due to lack of thoughtfulness through ignorance and not meanness.  Anyway I got in the four fun flights on the heli, with many flips to inverted at various altitudes.  I did not even assemble the Intruder today.

Another 7

Today i got 7 flights again, but distributed differently than last time.  Flew 4 flights on the 7HV, 2 on the G500, and one on the old Intruder plane.   It was overcast, foggy, hazy when i got to the field. Put inthe flights on the 500 first, then four in a row on the 7HV.  While not my fave sky conditions, i did not lose perspective due to now flying lower than i used to when going inverted!  Did get into trouble a few times as i did roll flips...for some reason i had brain farts and fed in left rudder like i would in a plane doing a right roll!  That caused the tail to really kick out and look crazy!  Luckily i recovered each time.  After that i had to tell myself to stop feeding rudder, and instead feed negative pitch.  All went well after that but wow what a lame brain.

I also flew the good old Intruder pattern plane once.  It was great and i need to get it out again.  I wanted to fly it more but the JB worker was vacuuming the cut grass with the tractor.   It was just great to do very axial slow rolls and 4 point rolls with a neutral aerobatic plane!  GOOD GRIEF it has been 14 months since last flying this fine plane!  Need to take it out again in the next week then.

Sweet Seven

I expected to do lots of plane flying, so I only took 8 packs for helis.  That yielded two flights each on the X5, G500, and G630.  The 630 was good to have out again.  Ever since I maidened the 7HV, the 630 has been sitting at home.  It was very cool weather and overcast, so chilly.  First time since Spring wearing a jacket, arg!  Had fun also with the Toledo Special but just for a single flight.  JB brought out the mower and I went home before 10AM!

Baker's dozen

Just 13 packs of 4000 today, lol.  That yielded 3 flights on the 7HV, 4 on the X5, and 3 on the G500.  It was overcast and cool as the Summery weather wanes in the PNW, sadly.  But due to getting lower on my loops and flips and inverted hovers, I have not lost orientation frequently.  That is good news for my slow but hopefully steady progress in learning inverted flight.

I had the Aerostar 40 with me again for its two flights, which were fun and relaxing, shooting many touch and go's, and low level circles just a wingspan or two off the deck of the sod farm grass.

14 x 4000

Yes!  14 packs used on my helis today.  All are 4000mAh.  I had two 5000 packs but gave them to Tad because they were a struggle each and every time to get in and out of the 7HV!  Then he bought two new 4000 packs from HK for me.  I got another 4000 pack on my own at the same time, to get to a nice round and even number of 14.  Today i ran 4 through the X5, 2 through the G500, and 8 (4flights) through the 7HV.  That is the most flights in one day on the 7HV.  Great fun in the sun all by myself....not another soul turned up today.

Also flew the Aerostar 40 with the only 2 packs I have for it.  Silly trainer is great to relax with.