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, June 26, 2019

Flight log: 06/25/2019











 Yesterday  I maidened the Aichi Val.  It was good!  Pretty unremarkable actually.  The OS70 Surpass II ran very well, on the rich side purposely since it’s brand new.  First flight was pretty perfect with a long straight takeoff and nice climb out, a couple clicks of down trim, some rolls, loops, inverted
flight, and a good landing with no flaps.  Full six minutes.

The second flight was not so good.  Takeoff was too fast with too much power too soo, resulting in the button hook left on takeoff and steep climb out to near stall conditions, lol.  No prob, it recovered, and the flight was great until I ran out of fuel at about four minutes.  I had to keep the wings level and fly just above stall speed, luckily into the tall rye grass on the south side of our runway.  That tore the left LG pants apron off the wing, taking some wood with it.  Looked worse than it was, because after maybe two hours of work at home, it was all repaired and ready to go.




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