Saturday...went out again. Temps 41 degrees, wind light and variable.

Did my normal routine...warmed up on the first flight, second flight I let it rip! Third flight I started in on my practice routine.

On the third flight, I turned the high needle in a blades width and that motor is just "smoke'n". It is making even more power! I went into my throttle curves and brought the normal down, it was too high...maybe 1900+ I'm guessing...(normal curve 0,23,38,50,100)....

Friday…35 degrees, winds South-southwest at 4 mph…Sunny!

The weather is slowly getting better! And I'm having a hard time deciding to stay home and get work done or fly my Whiplash...and freeze. Fly and Freeze it is! I decided to flip out the last 2-3 tanks worth of ashless fuel mix I had left...well transfered it to my other gas can for my weed wacker.

I found Coleman fuel at Farm & Fleet and Walmart. Walmart is a $1.01 cheape! Go figure. I bought a gallon and...

March is just about over! This Wednesday is the first day of Spring…however, the high for us is 22 degress…yuck!

I’ve been out several days now breaking-in the TRM270 gas motor in my Whiplash. So far I have 18 flights on it. During this time, I’ve had to fix my gas container and replace the spark plug in my heli. The gas pump that I was using is a windshield pump, not designed for gasoline, but it worked. During the fill ups for flights 3 & 4, my pump started leaking. I found...

Thursday the forecast was 32 degrees and calm winds! Friday’s forecast 37 degrees and calm. Dang, looks like I will be flying both days!

Thursday I headed out to our flying field and I was the only one there…perfect! Filled the tank and started the motor by the pull start. Up in a hover, I checked the tracking, trims, head speed, tail response, and the cyclic. Everything seem to be ok, so nosed my heli forward and away it went! Put in 3 more flights before the sun went down too far....

Today was a great day to go flying...considering it was 31 degrees with snow on the ground! The sun was out in full force...meaning not much cloud action. As long as Bob and I were standing in the sun light, and not the shade, it was rather nice...bearable.

First flight I decided to try out my Compass 3D+. It took a couple of minutes to get the motor to run in the cold, it is extremely cold blooded. However, I managed to get warmed up enough to obtain rpm on the rotor head. My 3D+...