A plane?!?

While I've been learning to fly helicopters, I've been recently wanting to also start flying planes!  (I may need to update the name of my blog!)

I have a Night Vapor which I've flown indoors a few times.  But I haven't made it out to the indoor flying events in over 2 years. The Night Vapor is too light to fly outdoors, as it can't handle any wind at all. 

So I decided to pick up an ultra micro foam plane to fly outdoors!  It runs on a 1s 150 mah battery and uses a brushed motor.  This is the same battery that my mSR and Nano Cpx helis use.  It has a 24in wingspan and came with an FPV camera, which I plan to try later after I get used to flying it. 

1st 2016 session, Hoyt Park, Saturday 3/5/16

I stopped by Hoyt park to sneak in a few practice flights on my 130x before heading to the track. I've been practicing my nose in turns for a couple of weeks and really wanted to do it for real!

The recent rain has caused the field to grow some flowers, bushes, and tall grass. Hopefully this cushions any crashes?  But there are still rocks below all the new growth. 

I flew 4 packs practicing my nose in turns by flying a ccw oval across the field. I messed up the exit from the nose in turn a few times, but saved it and didn't crash. By my 4th flight I was getting the hang of it and flying the turn lower and lower!

The time changes back to daylight savings next weekend and I'm looking forward to flying again after work!

Flying again!

I've been practicing my nose in figure 8's in the sim a lot the past week. I need to get out to Hoyt and do it for real!

I also checked out the FPV club race at SEFSD Saturday morning. There were a lot more people at the heli pad than I expected!  Maybe I'll get an FPV quad to try out. 

Heli pad full of cars!

Race course

Crowded pit area. I may need to bring my own table?

New flight area sign posted at the heli pad. 

Flying? What's that?

I haven't flown in so long, that I noticed dust collecting on my bag for the 380!

250 repair under way!

I finally got around to taking apart my Trex 250 for repair. So far I've found a bent main shaft, broken spindle bolt, broken blade tip, and broken ball cup. Not too bad considering. Time to order some parts!

Goblin 380 ready!

I finished the 380 head and tail setup Monday night, 11/9/15!  I'm getting faster at using my Soko Gauge and app also :)

I plan to do some test flights Sunday afternoon at Hoyt park. 

Goblin 380 repair completed!

I managed to finish the repair of my Goblin 380, which I crashed about about 3 months ago.  Next up is completing the head and tail setup and I'll be ready to starting tuning the Vbar Neo all over again.  Lol!