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!!!

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Motor updates

Both the G500 and 7HV got new motors in August 2016.  The G500 has a new XNova 4020-1200 in it which pulls hard and quiet.  That solved an untraceable noise issue that I had for a couple months, and a super hot motor issue recognized by Ron on his visit.  New motor was $170 after $15 discount coupon at AMain.

Slick looking motor

Even matches the canopy!
Then after Ron left, the 7HV had superheating issues with the motor, esc, and packs!  Deduced that the motor was defective, certainly not overworked by my style and frequency of flying that heli.  I installed a new Scorpion 4525-520kv today.  When I removed the stock Compass motor, the mounting housing end of the motor basically fell off the can, and I found a magnet jutting out loose from the can.  Jeez, poor quality.  Anyway after a few issues were resolved, the Scorpion is in the heli and ready for flight.  I had to add three 1mm thick washers at each of the four mounting bolts holding the motor to the aluminum motor cage, to give appropriate spacing for the pinion within the cage.  New motor was $275 after $25 discount coupon at AMain.

That should not fall apart like that!

See magnet sticking up in center of pic?

Three 1mm washers at each mounting bolt location

ESC wires rerouted over top of ESC due to shorter motor leads that require center exit from motor

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