tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58354162011-07-08T03:22:01.907-07:00Bill's Flight LogI like to keep a journal of my R/C flying activities. So, that is what this is about.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109343057105566460noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835416.post-90650385747850272902010-07-25T11:21:00.000-07:002010-07-25T11:23:01.543-07:00July 24 was another flying day. Sunny and hot and with a bit of a cross-wind. I shot a lot of video, so I may post other clips from this day, especially on-board views. But here's a segment I put together for the Life in a Day film (by Kevin Macdonald):It's what I do.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109343057105566460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835416.post-54756403395651732352010-07-17T16:37:00.000-07:002010-08-01T16:29:43.194-07:00Today I flew at the club on the Air Force base again, and this time I attached a small video camera to my plane. The video is pretty crappy due to vibration issues and conversion to Flash, but it was my first venture into airborne video.The mounting method was crude, but functional, but it was good because it was simple and allowed me to try it in different locations and orientations, which Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109343057105566460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835416.post-87429935367536725132010-06-27T01:45:00.001-07:002010-06-27T01:45:06.924-07:00Questor returns!Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109343057105566460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835416.post-44793648255163309292010-06-19T21:50:00.000-07:002010-06-19T21:53:34.844-07:00Questor Around the CornerI am thinking about reviving the Questor project. I want to fly it next year. I'll post alerts here if and when any activity emerges on the project. It has been on the shelf for far too long.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109343057105566460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835416.post-19906289252758143532010-06-19T17:29:00.001-07:002010-08-01T16:31:06.645-07:00Today was my second day of flying in my venture to return to the hobby. This time, it was out to Beale Air Force Base, where they have a nice field loaded with nothing but sky.The following three photos pan from left to right along the flight line. The airplane in the photos is not mine, and the fact that it is in all three pictures is purely accidental, as I we merely trying to capture the Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109343057105566460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835416.post-38518486893849055782010-06-18T19:32:00.000-07:002010-06-18T19:44:13.341-07:00It has been four years since I have flown - almost. It looks like my last entry in this log was about my electric plane that I got. Well, I crashed that in a park two or three years ago (so I guess it hasn't been four years since I have flown), and I have not made any attempt to fix it. Li-po batteries scare me, anyway, so I don't have much desire to pursue electric flying. I don't need any Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109343057105566460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835416.post-1135828484847160432005-12-28T19:50:00.000-08:002005-12-28T19:54:44.856-08:00Well, I got an electric park flyer airplane for Christmas - looks like a good one. This means I will be able to just go down to the field down the street on a whim and fly for a spell whenever the mood strikes. But I have a few things to learn about the electric stuff. These Li-Poly batteries scare me a little. They came with two pages of instructions that warn about the possibility of fire Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109343057105566460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835416.post-1127442058488822652005-09-22T19:20:00.000-07:002005-09-22T19:20:58.493-07:00It seems I make one new entry in this blog every year. The saddest part is, nothing has changed since my last entry.Stay tuned?Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109343057105566460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835416.post-1084579032310941332004-05-14T16:42:00.000-07:002004-05-14T16:57:12.310-07:00I still have not flown my Eagle II with the O.S. .26 4-stroke on it. Has it been that long? Wow - I really need to fly!
I just sold some of my old glow engines on eBay. I sold the K&B .40 with Perry pump and carb, plus the tuned pipe that I got along with it so many year ago. I originally paid $50 total for both of them. I sold the engine for $44 (I think) and the pipe for $31. So, I made Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109343057105566460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835416.post-1064003039418016292003-09-19T13:23:00.000-07:002010-06-19T20:27:01.226-07:00I took a trip to Tucson to meet my birth mother for the first time (who lives in Benson). I took three planes with me on the trip - my original Swizzle Stick (that I built about 20 years ago, around Labor Day), my Stick 30, and my Eagle II. The whole time I was in Tucson, I didn't fly. UGH!
But on my way back home, I stopped to see a friend in Bakersfield, and went flying on Wednesday, Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01109343057105566460noreply@blogger.com0