Flew yesterday...one flight on the Sbach 342 but i did not fly it again due to fuel feed issue at end of the flight! Came home and pulled the tank out of the plane. As suspected, the clunk with fuel line inside the tank had slipped off the tubing that runs through the tank stopper. No barbs on the tubing but there was a zip tie cinching the tygon line to the stopper tubing. With time the tygon compresses and stiffens, just slipping off. I just replaced rhe tygon with a more flexible one and added a new zip tie. It just needs to be checked annually.
I had my Aerostar 40F and knocked out five flights on it, playing with flaps all the time. Just a relaxing aircraft!
TODAY, i flew my P-47 twice. The guys there absolutley loved the appearance, sound, and flight handling. Landings were tail up main gear touchdowns, things of beauty. Takeoffs were crap. Too much torque causes the plane to veer left on takeoff. I need to add tons of right rudder to counteract the veer. Simply need to fly it more to get the blend of throttle and right rudder. Not much of an issue at KRCA where the left veer is typically out over the sod farm. At Dallas RC, the veer heads the plane into the pit area fencing! It was a great morning of flying.
This is just a place for me to ramble (sometimes rant) about my hobbies which include radio controlled airplanes, oil paintings, my sports cars, and any other random blithering from me.
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!!!
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
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