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, June 3, 2016

Happy Birthday Katie!!!

Our dear Katie would turn 29 today.  Seems like yesterday that she was here.

Tad and I flew this AM, but he took so long getting out of  bed that I finished all 7 flights of the helis when he arrived.  In fact I was just landing the 7HV when he parked.  I got in 2 flights of the G500, 2 of the X5, and 3 of the 7HV.  Feeling good about all three helis, except for the slight weird noise out of the G500, but it is less than before due to the changed tail assembly.  Tad got in 4 flights of the G570, very smooth.  I want to get that good, then I can be happy.  No need to even learn to fly backwards, but flying inverted is my goal for now.
X5 still ALIVE!
To wrap up, I did not know if the RV-8 would fly much less run, but it started up fine, and with a little fiddling of the high needle valve plus the xmitter throttle trim (needed to be upped a few clicks), the plane flew real good.  I forgot how good it flies, very much like a small pattern plane.  Still holds inverted with slight down pressure, and KE is clean.  There might be some mixing in it, but I forget since that was long ago when I maidened and trimmed.  I can see it needs a little up elevator to stay on a straight line in right KE.  I did not try left KE.   Landing with the about 2/3 flaps was fun and light and easy.  Should have taken a photo of the plane at the field!
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