Stijn!!

[Outback Porsche]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

Friend had sleep apnea. Docs said he was only sleeping about 10 minutes a nite for 3 years. He went in for a sleep study when he went to sleep, fell, and broke his arm while walking down the sidewalk from the car to his house. He was the first person I ever heard of having one of those night time breathing machines, CPAP I think is what they are called.

I have mild sleep apnea (stop breathing about 17 times an hour). I wear nasal strips and the doc is okay with that as it is making a difference, but I do need 8 - 10 hours in the fart sack to really feel okay. Having a problem obtaining that w**king 12 hour days.

[RKDinOKC]

That's the way learning to fly 4 channel RC helicopters has been...fly a little, crash, wait for parts, fix, repeat. Eventually they get to where even after the best efforts at repairs they fly horribly. On my 4th copter.

My first heli, a Blade mcx2 is a coaxial or double rotor with a 7.5 inch main rotor diameter. Learned flying off a big piece of cardboard in the middle of the living room floor.. Lots of crashes, it still flies, but the motors slide in the mount messing with the wrong drive gear and locks up the blades, and the skids fall off way too easily.

My second, a Blade 120SR fix pitch single rotor with 12.5 inch rotor diameter. Big enough to relocate training flights to the two car garage, and outside on calm days. Put a bunch of flights, crashes and parts on it. The battery hold on the frame broke from sliding the batteries in and out so much to charge that it is not flying now.

My third, a Blade mSRx fixed pitch with 7 inch rotor span and electronic stabilization instead of a flybar. I thought because it was smaller I could fly it in the living room. Not so, way to twitchy and the electronic control would mess up and send it off so fast I couldn't even correct before hitting the wall in the garage let alone try to fly in the living room.

Fourth is a Blade mSR. It is fixed pitch and also has a 7in rotor span but uses a flybar or mechanical stabilization instead of electronic. Been able to fly in the living room without bashing the walls.

[RKDinOKC]

Way Cool

[Outback Porsche]

Mmmmm...mutton

[RKDinOKC]

ha ha ha sheep

[Jim Richards]

[GH85Carrera]

This morning is another move day. I was late getting registered for Parade and the main hotel was full. We have been ant the backup hotel the Turtle Creek Casino. When you walk in the front door it smells like a big ashtray. The halls stink of cigarettes. The rooms are not too bad. The main resort is cheaper and no more shuttles to get to the events.

So we have to pack up everything and load it in the car. Go to the new place, have them store some of the luggage, and get to the staging point for today's tour.

[GH85Carrera]

The buffet yesterday at the Grand Hotel was amazing. Their front porch is the longest in world at 600 feet long. That is two football fields long! The restaurant is the length of one side, so 300 feet. Imagine as you walk in they ushered to the back to allow the rest of the customers to follow us in. We walked by 300 feet of fantastic buffet food. The sight was overwhelming. And it was not stocked with Golden Corral level of food, it was all top shelf food. There was smoked salmon, oysters, shrimp, chicken, beef, pork roast, fish, one entire table of just fruit, and huge salad selection. The desert table was 50 different items.

I asked and they charge 40 bucks per person. It was worth it.

[Jim Richards]

Just thinking about that makes me full. Mmmmm.

[Andy911sc]

Morning everyone! Back into the office for another early one.

[Jim Richards]

Morning Andy. Happy hump day.

[Andy911sc]

yes indeed it is HUMP DAY! Can't wait for this weekend. Throwing a bachelor party for my friend that is getting married July 20th. Long day is planed of hitting Hershey Park during the day and then bar hopping in Gettysburg. Going to try and hit up a lot of craft breweries around here. I am actually officiating his wedding.

[tweezers74]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

The buffet yesterday at the Grand Hotel was amazing. Their front porch is the longest in world at 600 feet long. That is two football fields long! The restaurant is the length of one side, so 300 feet. Imagine as you walk in they ushered to the back to allow the rest of the customers to follow us in. We walked by 300 feet of fantastic buffet food. The sight was overwhelming. And it was not stocked with Golden Corral level of food, it was all top shelf food. There was smoked salmon, oysters, shrimp, chicken, beef, pork roast, fish, one entire table of just fruit, and huge salad selection. The desert table was 50 different items.

I asked and they charge 40 bucks per person. It was worth it.

No pictures?! that sounds divine! I want some!

[RKDinOKC]

Is it Hump Day or Toe Day?

[Porsche-poor]

Morning all.

[HHI944]

Originally Posted by RKDinOKC

That's the way learning to fly 4 channel RC helicopters has been...fly a little, crash, wait for parts, fix, repeat. Eventually they get to where even after the best efforts at repairs they fly horribly. On my 4th copter.

My first heli, a Blade mcx2 is a coaxial or double rotor with a 7.5 inch main rotor diameter. Learned flying off a big piece of cardboard in the middle of the living room floor.. Lots of crashes, it still flies, but the motors slide in the mount messing with the wrong drive gear and locks up the blades, and the skids fall off way too easily.

My second, a Blade 120SR fix pitch single rotor with 12.5 inch rotor diameter. Big enough to relocate training flights to the two car garage, and outside on calm days. Put a bunch of flights, crashes and parts on it. The battery hold on the frame broke from sliding the batteries in and out so much to charge that it is not flying now.

My third, a Blade mSRx fixed pitch with 7 inch rotor span and electronic stabilization instead of a flybar. I thought because it was smaller I could fly it in the living room. Not so, way to twitchy and the electronic control would mess up and send it off so fast I couldn't even correct before hitting the wall in the garage let alone try to fly in the living room.

Fourth is a Blade mSR. It is fixed pitch and also has a 7in rotor span but uses a flybar or mechanical stabilization instead of electronic. Been able to fly in the living room without bashing the walls.

Yeah, I'm told that ill know its time to move up to a better and faster plane when this one is more glue than foam.

I'm just kinda peeved that the majority of the damage wasn't even my fault. Parts are pretty reasonable, thinking about just grabbing a new fuselage as well. This thing freaks the gator out bad.

I can't do rotor flight.......I suck bad......

[RKDinOKC]

Planes are definitely a lot easier.

[Jim Richards]

This time next week my wife and I will be slaving away on another SoCal work-cation. Can't wait.

[porsche4life]

This time next week will be my Friday....

[Porsche-poor]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

this time next week will be my friday....

slacker!