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+...

How interesting 3/3/13...all "3's" (except for the "1")...

Well today is the day, I will attempt to maiden my Whiplash...after church. the forecast for today is; Mostly sunny. High 31F. Winds light and variable. I've gone through everything on the heli, checked the MultiGov Pro setting, verified the endpoint settings. Checked all nuts & bolts, and screws, charged all needed batteries, mixed up a fresh batch of fuel with Lawn-Boy Ashless oil.

...

February is almost in the history books! Still have one more major snow storm coming.

First test flight on my new DJI 450 quadcopter was very interesting. I just worked on hovering it to get a feel for it. I did a 6 minute flight, checked the LiPo and had 67% remaining…hmm. I charged the LiPo and set the timer, in the radio, to 10 minutes.

There are 3 different flight modes to choose from. GPS, Altitude, and Manual. Manual mode is a lot of fun, you have full access...

Springtime is quickly approaching! With much warmer weather to start flying in…the wait is driving me nuts! LoL…

Someday I will learn to complete one project and then move on to the next…someday…nah! Ok, so I just had to take a closer look at my new DJI 450 Flamewheel. And while I was just looking, I started figuring out how I was going to solder the ESC’s, place them on the arms, what receiver I was planning to use, and where I was going to mount everything. I looked up the manual...