Hoyt Park, Sunday 3/20/16

Guys flying while facing the sun?!  They had a 700 heli, some quads, but flew mostly planes. 

I met John who knows Ming. He flew all helis and can fly upside down some.  I need to practice my inverted hovering. 

I flew from about 10am until 2pm. I flew the Cub (which I manage to crash into a tree and get stuck!), the 130x, and the 380 :)

Hoyt Park Sessions, opening week of Daylight Savings 2016

I've been flying every day after work so far this week at Hoyt park. I've been having the most fun flying my new plane and managed to crash it yesterday!  I tried to do a roll, but my rates were too low and it rolled over really slow and crashed!  I also forgot to hit the rescue button! Doh!

I also brought out the 380 to test hover. I haven't flown this at all since I crashed it last fall and rebuilt it over the winter. I only hovered and flew some slow figure 8's. There was some kind of humming noise going on, which I think caused the hollow boom resonating. I checked over the heli and didn't find anything odd. 

I retightened the screws for the tail case and plan to test it again tonight. Oh and I tried the rescue!  It seemed to work as the heli jumped up when I pushed it.  I'm still to chicken to see it it will level the disk though. Lol!

2nd Hoyt Park Session, Monday 3/14/16

No photos oh well.

I met up with Marky and Ming to fly at Hoyt after work, now that the sun sets at 7pm. I flew my plane and 130x. The plane was fun to fly, but the wind was too much for it and all I could do was hover in place into the wind, then turn away from the wind and then make my way back up wind. lol. It was fun, but I'd like to fly some patterns and test the rescue function. 

The 130x had some issues with my batts dying though. About 1 min into the flight I'd lose power and need to auto down into the weeds. I need to do some other tests on these packs. 

I also forgot to how to do a tail in banked turn to the right! Wtf?  I've been practicing nose in left turns so much I can't do the tail in turns!  I will need to fly tail in and nose in figure 8's until I can do it automatically. 

Later in the week I want to get some flights in on the 450 and 380 :)

Indoor flight session

I went to SDRC last night to help a buddy with his car setup, so I brought the Night Vapor with me to try and fly around. I was able to fly an oval over the pit and track area, above all the water lines for misting the  track. Once I got the hang of flying it again (I haven't flown it in about 2 years), it was relaxing and fun!

I'm looking forward to getting my new foam plane for flying outdoors. 

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.