LipoSack update and other stuff
A year and a half between posts. I need to be more careful with blog addiction, I guess.
There's always something going on around the Wood neighborhood and I'll share a few items...well, the ones I can remember.
The LipoSack thing is still plenty healthy in the face of copies coming from various sources. We were picked up by Hobbico a couple of months ago and Hobby Lobby also picked us up just last week. We continue to get larger orders from far and wide just as the most recent from a distributor wannabe in Warswaw, Poland. Amazing.
We sent a couple of designs to the Federal Aviation Administration recently for inclusion in their search testing for a battery risk mitigation program they are developing. Aftermarket laptop and cell phone batteries are still an issue albeit quietly.
Speaking of lipos...
I had a near miss with a cell phone battery a couple of days ago. The battery wasn't holding capacity at all so I took the battery out to inspect it. When I unsnapped the back of the phone, the cover popped off under pressure. The pack's hardcase was swollen tight with a noticable bulge front and back! I took a picture of it before I disposed of it. The store upgraded my phone (which we also found had been recalled) for nada so all's well.
The 25e UltraStick project finally turned out well. Full lighting has been used at Chula Vista and a trip to Rosarito, BC for a fly-in. It's fairly easy to keep track of but I'm dropping it from 4s to 3s with the same 12x6 prop. Too much wasted power above half throttle.
The project almost got trashed due to a refusal of the 72mhz radio to range check. I discovered 2.4ghz about then and the plane has been rock solid since.
Next up is a H9 .60 F4U Corsair w/retracts on 6s and a NeuMotors 1910/2y ORK for power. We'll see how that comes along. Should be a great fly-in plane to get into the warbird formations with.
After that I MUST improve my sloper fleet. A LEG Zero and JART EPP to build and others to repair since SLOPE stands for Smashed, Lost Or Pulverized Eventually.
Ain't that the truth?
mw
There's always something going on around the Wood neighborhood and I'll share a few items...well, the ones I can remember.
The LipoSack thing is still plenty healthy in the face of copies coming from various sources. We were picked up by Hobbico a couple of months ago and Hobby Lobby also picked us up just last week. We continue to get larger orders from far and wide just as the most recent from a distributor wannabe in Warswaw, Poland. Amazing.
We sent a couple of designs to the Federal Aviation Administration recently for inclusion in their search testing for a battery risk mitigation program they are developing. Aftermarket laptop and cell phone batteries are still an issue albeit quietly.
Speaking of lipos...
I had a near miss with a cell phone battery a couple of days ago. The battery wasn't holding capacity at all so I took the battery out to inspect it. When I unsnapped the back of the phone, the cover popped off under pressure. The pack's hardcase was swollen tight with a noticable bulge front and back! I took a picture of it before I disposed of it. The store upgraded my phone (which we also found had been recalled) for nada so all's well.
The 25e UltraStick project finally turned out well. Full lighting has been used at Chula Vista and a trip to Rosarito, BC for a fly-in. It's fairly easy to keep track of but I'm dropping it from 4s to 3s with the same 12x6 prop. Too much wasted power above half throttle.
The project almost got trashed due to a refusal of the 72mhz radio to range check. I discovered 2.4ghz about then and the plane has been rock solid since.
Next up is a H9 .60 F4U Corsair w/retracts on 6s and a NeuMotors 1910/2y ORK for power. We'll see how that comes along. Should be a great fly-in plane to get into the warbird formations with.
After that I MUST improve my sloper fleet. A LEG Zero and JART EPP to build and others to repair since SLOPE stands for Smashed, Lost Or Pulverized Eventually.
Ain't that the truth?
mw
The opening of what could be a weird thing...
I've thought for some time to write a blog. I don't know why. Maybe for the therapy value. Maybe because I think some others might be interested in the oddball things that happen to me in my waking hours. I can't take responsibility for much between the hours of say 11pm to 5am however so don't ask and don't expect this blog to be just about flying either. There IS life after R/C, I think. In any case,
I was an Ezone moderator for around five years and had a lot of fun with it. Had to make room for health reasons so I had to resign my commission and turn in my keys to the executive washroom. That's ok. I have more time to build, fly and generally have more of a life away from the computer which is a good thing. I also got collared as the air traffic controller for the AMA convention for the forseeable future which is cool because I get a front row seat to watch the likes of Shuman, Leseberg and other fly like I wish I could, I get free admission all three days and the AMA picks up the hotel tab for me and those that help with the job. This year I had Pete Rissman (PGR) and my buddy Jason from work along and we had a great time. Not bad for giving the organizer such a hard time about safety, flight area and so on in 2004 when they first moved the event to Ontario. Something about a squeaky wheel, I suppose.
As far as the hobby is concerned I enjoy slope soaring and parkflyers which gives me pretty much unlimited opportunities to go flying especially since I live in San Diego. (California, not Tezas.) The wife (Becky) is pretty tolerant of my activities as it gets me out of the house and her hair at the same time. A good arrangement in my opinion.
That's my intro to this blog. I got up early this morning to go fly with a few buddies as usual...Greg (Gibby), Travis (Mohillbilly) and Vince (vpatron). Greg is bringing an extra e-glider for me to fly if there's some thermals. Otherwise I'll be taking my Neu-powered Formosa, a Razor2500-powered depron VTO and an AirHogs AeroAce just to make sure my morning is well-rounded.
Have a nice weekend. Go Seahawks!! :)
mw
I was an Ezone moderator for around five years and had a lot of fun with it. Had to make room for health reasons so I had to resign my commission and turn in my keys to the executive washroom. That's ok. I have more time to build, fly and generally have more of a life away from the computer which is a good thing. I also got collared as the air traffic controller for the AMA convention for the forseeable future which is cool because I get a front row seat to watch the likes of Shuman, Leseberg and other fly like I wish I could, I get free admission all three days and the AMA picks up the hotel tab for me and those that help with the job. This year I had Pete Rissman (PGR) and my buddy Jason from work along and we had a great time. Not bad for giving the organizer such a hard time about safety, flight area and so on in 2004 when they first moved the event to Ontario. Something about a squeaky wheel, I suppose.
As far as the hobby is concerned I enjoy slope soaring and parkflyers which gives me pretty much unlimited opportunities to go flying especially since I live in San Diego. (California, not Tezas.) The wife (Becky) is pretty tolerant of my activities as it gets me out of the house and her hair at the same time. A good arrangement in my opinion.
That's my intro to this blog. I got up early this morning to go fly with a few buddies as usual...Greg (Gibby), Travis (Mohillbilly) and Vince (vpatron). Greg is bringing an extra e-glider for me to fly if there's some thermals. Otherwise I'll be taking my Neu-powered Formosa, a Razor2500-powered depron VTO and an AirHogs AeroAce just to make sure my morning is well-rounded.
Have a nice weekend. Go Seahawks!! :)
mw
