Maukaonyx's "Life is GOOD!": June 2017

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, June 29, 2017

Flight Log: 06/26/2017 and 06/29/2017

I flew on Monday with the Dallas club. Took the Yak 54 up for a couple flights. Spent more time watching and fraternizing than flying, but the guys are nice, and I am trying to learn the customs there. They seem to like my flying, and I think its a good fit for me! Good fun.

Then today I went to the old KRCA field and flew my helis. Four flights on the G500, 3 on the G630, and 2 on the Logo 690SX. All flew well and came home in one piece, yay! I was relieved to get the 690 back successfully just because i have not flown it in a very long time, since Sept 2016! I got in a zillion flips to inverted and built more comfort with bailing out of inverted with side, back, and forward flips. All good! Breeze was 5mph+, which was not an issue at all.

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Fathers Day flying

Nice weather for fathers day! Nobody there even today, lol. Took all 14 of my 4000mAh packs. Took 4 flights on the G500, 3 on the G630, and 2 on the 7HV. Lots of flips, loops, and rolls. Many times flipped into inverted. Getting more comfy. Coordinated turns while inverted coming soon!

Saturday, June 17, 2017

Flight Log: 06/17/2017

Hey twice in a week flying! Got out early and as usual nobody else was at the field, lol. Flew my X5 twice, G500 twice, and 7HV thrice. Then followed on with the Aerostar 40 electric plane twice. With the runway still off limits, I flew it off the heli pad and road. No issues with helis or plane today. No miscues or misorientations on the helis, yay. Felt good and positive and confident.

Friday, June 16, 2017

Flag Day flying

Flew at the KRCA old field on June 14, Flag Day, all alone, just the way I like it, lol. Got in 2 flights on the X5, 2 on the G500, and 3 on the G630. All went well enough since they all came back to terra firma in one piece, LG on the bottom. Had a very nervous moment or two when I flipped the 630 to inverted a little low, and went brain dead. Had to think fast and remember to hit full negative pitch to gain altitude, and push forward on the right stick to get the nose up. That zipped it up to 100' quickly where I flipped upright and stabilized the heli and my brain, lol. I just am not flying enough to reflexively correct properly. Thinking takes too long and begets crashes. Oh well, still a success, and still fun.