Maukaonyx's "Life is GOOD!": Sbach back!

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, April 17, 2016

Sbach back!

First flew my G500 for 4 flights, followed by the 7HV for 3...that consumed 10 packs. Nobody at the field the whole time I flew my helis. Good stuff today, making progress with inverted. Flipped upside down, hovered, moved forward, pyro 180, then move forward again. Loving this stuff, some progress finally. It is all due to good vision.

Then I moved over to the big bird area near the shed, and assembled my Sbach. With some slight doubts, I tried to start the DLE-30. Doubts due to not flying the plane in 13 months! Happily, the engine coughed after about 30 flips. Then with choke off, it started up and idled after just 5 flips. Ran fine all day, with no flameouts, even as I did some tall stall turns, and a long flat spin. This plane flew better today than I recall it having such capabilities. Enjoyed doing lots of spins, avalanches, rolls of various sorts, stall turns, and inverted flying. Then it slowed down to a crawl for landings. Had two nice flights and called it a very good and satisfying day!

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