Okay so I've taken a pic at low resolution with my phone. I'll probably do a series of better pics sometime during the week if I get to the club (the weather forecast says it'll rain all week so we'll see...)

I went out to the club today with Allan to run the engine for another full tank. I was REALLY surprised when it started right away without a glitch. A few minor adjustments to the idle screw and I left her to run. She ran for a full 35 minutes before dying. People started to question whether I had r... [More]

So I had my motor started for the first time this evening. After nearly causing a freak accident when my spinner flew off during a start attempt, we succeeded in getting the engine started. I ran it for a full tank of fuel. The engine apparently ran beautifully. I'm looking forward to getting to the... [More]

Well I got my plane yesterday as planned. And have pretty much been building, glueing, fiddling and putting together until now. Now all I need is to take her to Kvarnlanda (the r/c club) and have someone help me break in the engine and then take her off for her maiden flight. Man I hope she doesn't ... [More]

WUHU! I ordered my new R/C plane today. I ended up choosing a Kyosho Calmato 40 Sport which is a "low wing trainer". I'll be getting it on Thursday so hopefully I'll be able to maiden her sometime during the weekend, if the weather permits. Here's a pic. I don't know if the one I'm getting is red or... [More]

Went out to the field today for a quick flight. Ended up strapping my cellphone in the plane and recording the flight. See the video here: (btw, the camera is pointing to the right. You can see the tip of the right wing in the picture) Sometimes you can even see me standing in the middle of the fi... [More]

Wowee! What more can you ask for besides great weather, lots of very excited people and lots and lots of really cool model aircraft? That was basically what I got yesterday when I went to my flying club's annual summer meet. My guess is that between 500 and 1000 people showed up as spectators and th... [More]

A couple of weeks ago, my nephew sent out an invitation saying that he would be holding a birthday party for the family. Of course, we decided that we HAD to be there. We wouldn't miss out on a party at his place for anything! Firstly for the company (okay maybe the food is what really attracts us) ... [More]

So, after spending a couple of hours at the beach on Tuesday, I took the car to the mechanic's and when that was done, I headed for Denmark, where I had to pick up David. He had arranged a dinner appointment with Peter and Pelle. Let's just say that cold white wine after a day in the sun is somethin... [More]

Wow. I've already been off work for 2 days and I'm already getting used to it ;-) Today I have to take the Volvo to the mechanic. There's a squeaky noise coming from the rear right suspension system and it's driving us nuts. So hopefully we'll get it fixed. The guy at Volvo said there was a 6 week w... [More]