Jan 23
I got my FP heli flying (mostly) with full separates. She’s a bit tail heavy and twitches around a bit more than I’d like, but I can live with it.
Jan 15
Work on my heli has progressed slowly. I’ve been spending a lot of time on Iwakuni Trader and other things. Plus, my medication has really sapped my energy.
Jan 09
Last night, Zoloft struck with a vengeance. He came in fast and slaughtered all. When he left, he made sure generations will remember him by telling stories of his horrors. Children will be told for year to come that if they don’t clean their plate, Zoloft will come in with his side effects and take them away.
Jan 08
So, it’s like 11PM and I can’t sleep. The Zoloft has completely killed my appetite. I guess that’s good. For the first 2 days, I couldn’t stay awake. Now, I can’t sleep. Every night, I get these terrible headaches.
Oh, and there are bathroom problems too.
But, on the bright side, I’m smiling a lot more. Oh, and I ran 1.5 miles today for the first time in forever. Felt good to make the distance. Now I just need to keep at it.
My mind is racing 100mph right now. I can’t keep on a single track. Maybe I’ll drop a few sleeping pills and nap till the antihistamine wears off…
Jan 08
I’ve done quite a bit of work on my heli today. I installed the tail boom, the tail motors, and located a working 3-in-1. I should be in pretty good position to do some test flights soon.
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Jan 05
I had a meeting yesterday with my shrink. He thinks I’m depressed. He’s probably right. But, if I’m depressed, then what’s “normal”? And, if I can become “normal”, then how will I change?
Will I still be mad all the time? Will I still enjoy listening to depressing and angry music? Will I still like to spend hours tweaking my computers and helis?
How much of who you are is affected by your mental abnormality?
Christ! I’m turning into a fucking emo…
Jan 05
I finally told people about Iwakuni Trader yesterday. I’d been working on the idea for about a year. Now, the beast has been unleashed. I’m interested in seeing how it holds up.
Jan 03
A few weeks ago, I was out flying my new CP heli. This thing has been nothing but trouble since I got it. In the 2 months I’ve owned it, it’s been in the air maybe 20 minutes. Like any other day of flying, it ended with a terrible crash. I picked up the parts, headed inside, and sat down to start rebuilding her. During my systems check, I noticed that one of the servos had cut out.
I went to BP Hobbies and grabbed some new servos (along with lots of spare parts) and planned my upgrades. After the parts arrived, I quickly threw everything together and set out to fly.
My bird was wobbling!
I sat her down and did a quick once-over. I noticed that the head was actually not spinning true. After a complete tear-down, I found that the bad part was a bent mainshaft. Well, a mainshaft was the one spare part I don’t have. However, I do have two FP heli mainshafts.
A quick eyeball check has the FP mainshaft about 6mm shorter than the FP shaft. I don’t know if the limited distance will hinder the swash movement, but I’m about to find out…