Maukaonyx's "Life is GOOD!": Flight log: October 27-28, 2020

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, October 28, 2020

Flight log: October 27-28, 2020

Pretty sure I already missed logging some days again, lol.

Flew the Ultrastick yesterday three flights. Gaui X5 twice. Note that prior to going to the field, I tightened the mesh of the gears in the tail. It got rid of an unwanted sound back there.

Today I was very happy to get three flights on the Bravata. That plane flies so nice and easy but represents the biggest hassle in my mind to haul to the field. Requires no tonneau of course plus the tailgate has to remain down/open. It’s a mental issue of not wanting folks on the highway to see my plane back there. The plane flew great. The DLE-30 always takes a bunch of flips on that first startup...about 40 this time before the first bark. But then it started after about 7 more flips. It however ran very unsteady as throttle was advanced. I varied throttle back and forth and gradually it ran steadier and steadier. Perhaps some gunk worked through the carb. It ran perfect after that for all three flights. No hesitations in rolls, loops, nor inverted. All landings were nice and easy on the runway too.

The X5 went up twice again today and was nice. The unwanted noise in the tail came back but much less than it used to be before tightening the gear mesh.

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