Xptical’s Blog

A few days ago, I found myself looking for some bling for my TREX 450. I sent a few messages back and forth with Scott from RC-Tek, and he convinced me to pick up a full kit from him. He informed me that it represented some of his older stock, but assured me that the heli was fully upgradeable to the latest model. The price was great and, seeing as how Scott responded quickly to all my questions (usually within 10 minutes or so), I just couldn’t pass it up.

I made the purchase via PayPal and, within an hour, had a shipping confirmation from Scott.

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One problem with helis is telling where they are and which way they are pointing. To that end, I hooked up my newest canopy with the following paint job. Continue reading »

One of the hardest things to do on a heli is to learn to hover.  Helis are, by nature, unstable.  Some have described it as balancing a marble on a large mirror.  Or standing on a basketball.  I think the point you should be taking away from this is that it’s FRICKIN HARD to hover a helicopter.

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I was at the store today picking up some parts and I saw this cute, little carbon fiber and cloth airplane. It was cute and cheap, so I figured I’d go for it.

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I just did a back-end upgrade from Sarge to Etch.  It went pretty well.  I did take the extra time to read all the prompts.  Good thing too, otherwise my MySQL, Apache, Webalizer, and a few other config files would have been overwritten.

I also took the time to put up an Iwakuni Trader test site.  For starters, I added multiple pictures.  I’m going to try and spruce up the site over the next few weeks with a visual overhaul.  We’ll see how that goes.

It’s been a while.  I’ve been so involved in my new heli, that I forgot to update my blog.

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