Hahahahaha, no way Jose! I have been flying lots since early June when i last blogged here. I have just been too awful lazy to make entries. I have flown at least a couple times each week, and often 3 or 4 times. Been flying the pants off my planes, very little on helis but enough to avoid completely rusting out! I cannot be too rusty because Ron comes in a week formthe annual visit of ten days or so t fly, fly, fly.
So today i flew the CG Ultimate three times. Love that old bird, now 26 years old! A few weeks ago it would not take on fuel. The old Robart fueler was plugged. This is the second one to go bad in that plane. While i got the plug out, i decided the design is poor and just chucked it. I ran the fuel filter externally on the bottom of the cowl, and it is now a simple matter to unplug the line, fuel up, and reartach the fuel line to the filter. KISS METHOD WORKS BEST! Also, the bearing replacement is working fine...the engine is hauling butt like it used to.
A couple weeks ago, i completed my first new ARF in years, the beautiful Joe Bridi design,the Dirty Birdy! I maidened it with two flights the first day. Took it out yesterday and had three flights. On maiden day it only needed a few clicks of right aileron. With no changes yesterday, it flew great again. Even knife edge is real satisfactory right now, with no obvious tuck to either the LG or the canopy. It is very much a joy to fly. Landings are cool with a nose high touchdown.
One last update! I sold my AeroWorks 50cc Ultimate to Joe a few weeks ago for $900! He had fun with it a couple days then during a low roll the plane just failed to respond and it demolished on impact. It always flew fine for me. Joe thinks the battery packs may have slipped and disconnected. I do not think so as he said he used servo safety clips like i did, and what are the chances of both unplugging at the same instant?! I would investigate his receiver. That is the only component inside the plane that changed with the change in ownwership. I kept my Airtronics receiver and he installed a Futaba. Of course the other diffs are the transmitter and operator. C’est la vie. I am sad it is no more.
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!!!
Friday, July 6, 2018
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment