Great time flying this week. I flew on Wednesday with the old Giles 202. That is a rocket with the OS 160FX two stroker screamin on the front end! It flew well. One landing was great, the first one. Second one was too slow so the plane wallowed but landed ok. I finally have figured out priming the beast for starting. It needs a good dose of fuel in the carb to startup....it needs that wet squishy sound to be present before flipping with the glow plug hooked up. I used to turn the prop over slowly with my finger covering the carb opening, over and over and over....many times over, lol. This time I put the corks in the twin exhausts, plus put my finger over the carb as i turned the prop over. Just a couple turns brought fuel to the carb and wet my finger nicely, and created that wet squishy sound. Then i hooked up the glow, gave the prop a back flip or two, and the OS 160 came to life right away. SWEET! And the funny thing is just this same morning I ordered the Align Super Starter from AMain for this and other hard turning engines, lol! Oh well, it will crank any engine easier than my heavy old tethered starters.
Yesterday was Thursday, and I flew the old Yak-54 three times at Dallas. It flew well too, but my landings were again average. Hit the first one perfect, then got to wallowing the other landings. Just getting too slow due to the desire to stay on the new runway. The dirt, grave, rock shoulders are brutal so avoidance is advised. Hope the rain today helps to firm the shoulders up.
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, October 5, 2018
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