Been flying but got no mojo for keeping this blog up to date. Maybe I put too many words into each entry...too much energy! So maybe i have to be very brief from now on just so long as I log in the number of flights and any adjustments made to the aircraft, mainly as a record book for future reference during repairs, etc.
Yesterday: Flew P-47 Jug three times in prep for Warbird Day on July 6, a month from now. The OS91 Surpass II ran flawlessly. Note I had to replumb the tank after the engine would not start at the field last week. Cause was collapsed plastic tube in the rubber stopper of the tank. For some odd reason I used one brass tube, one aluminum tube, and one plastic tube in the stopper when I constructed the plane, or last overhauled the tank...cannot remember if I did so. Over time the fuel exposure and constant pressure of the rubber stopper collapsed the plastic tube only. When I opened the tank up and tried to blow through the plastic tube, no noticeable air went through until I reamed the tube open with an L wrench. Replaced it with another brass tube and the fuel flows and the engine runs again, voila.
Today: Flew the RV-4 just once. Left aileron linkage unwound due to engine vibration and loose nuts on each end of the metal control rod between horn and servo. Yikes! Thought a parachute opened and that I was going to crash. Landed safely by keeping throttle on something more than idle to overcome drag, no flaps deployed for fear of upsetting plane more. Landed on grass shoulder but rolled onto runway mat. Saw linkage hanging and left aileron drooping, lol.
Came home and soldered the clevises and nuts to the rod on the horn end of the ailerons and the elevators. Used blue threadlock on the clevises and nuts on the servo ends of those four servos. Rudder is cable pull-pull and it looks secure. Flaps control rods are too hard to remove, as they were a dickens to install into the wings, so I used red/permanent threadlock instead of solder on the horn end clevises and nuts. Again used blue threadlock on the clevises and horns on the servo end.
Well that is not very brief but at least I got the log done and issues and repairs recorded!
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!!!
Thursday, June 6, 2019
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