Can I get a little push......please........

Well if there isnt any wind,   you may need a little help.



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Haha. Great spot. And a great image too.

Hahahahahahahaha. Cheating in the wind.

Blériot53 Posted at 12-18 02:22
Haha. Great spot. And a great image too.

thanks Mr B,   to be honest I was a surprised to see them out,   it was bitterly cold and almost zero wind.   

Just had a little more snow here overnight.

Montfrooij Posted at 12-18 02:45
Hahahahahahahaha. Cheating in the wind.

Good for a laugh I thought.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-18 03:01
Good for a laugh I thought.

Very much!

DAFlys Posted at 12-18 03:00
thanks Mr B,   to be honest I was a surprised to see them out,   it was bitterly cold and almost zero wind.   

Just had a little more snow here overnight.

Some people never seem to feel the cold. I'm no longer one of them.

Blériot53 Posted at 12-18 03:27
Some people never seem to feel the cold. I'm no longer one of them.

From this year my neither.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-18 01:40
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Probably not the best day to try and sail when there is zero wind.  Fortunately the motorized RIB came to the rescue.  Very nice capture DA.  

I copy Mr. Bs reply...

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-18 04:42
Probably not the best day to try and sail when there is zero wind.  Fortunately the motorized RIB came to the rescue.  Very nice capture DA.

thanks DT.  

Depp Posted at 12-18 06:43
I copy Mr. Bs reply...

Sounds like we are all getting older.......

DAFlys Posted at 12-19 00:33
thanks DT.

You're welcome DA.  
You must have sent a bit of your cold weather my way.  Woke up this AM and it was only 13C here.  Good news is it is supposed to be 26C by the afternoon.  Kind of crazy when you think about the temp doubling in only 4-5 hours.

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-19 04:31
You're welcome DA.  
You must have sent a bit of your cold weather my way.  Woke up this AM and it was only 13C here.  Good news is it is supposed to be 26C by the afternoon.  Kind of crazy when you think about the temp doubling in only 4-5 hours.

It’s only 12c here so you k is how I feel.  Rains come in and storm winds but new props arrived and are fitted and hover tested.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-19 04:35
It’s only 12c here so you k is how I feel.  Rains come in and storm winds but new props arrived and are fitted and hover tested.

That's great to hear the props arrived.  Now if the weather would just cooperate that would make things even better.

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-19 04:55
That's great to hear the props arrived.  Now if the weather would just cooperate that would make things even better.

I did a test flight in the workshop and it was nice and stable.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-19 08:15
I did a test flight in the workshop and it was nice and stable.

Nice.    Real test will be when you get it outside and airborne again.   

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-20 05:30
Nice.    Real test will be when you get it outside and airborne again.

Nipped out earlier for a walk and took it with me. Got down a bit after high tide but nothing was happening.  I flew it a little bit over east access lane just in case and it was flying great.  Nice and straight.  RTH was straight.  Even fast I turns in sports mode were good. Also flying into the wind In sport at full throttle didn’t cause it to back off like it had been doing.  That’s something I will test again.

DAFlys Posted at 12-20 06:13
Nipped out earlier for a walk and took it with me. Got down a bit after high tide but nothing was happening.  I flew it a little bit over east access lane just in case and it was flying great.  Nice and straight.  RTH was straight.  Even fast I turns in sports mode were good. Also flying into the wind In sport at full throttle didn’t cause it to back off like it had been doing.  That’s something I will test again.

Sounds like it is working perfectly and that was a very successful test flight.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-20 11:52
Sounds like it is working perfectly and that was a very successful test flight.

Flew three more batteries this morning,  all over land just in case and it seemed fine,   When I swapped put the blades the other day I studied them carefully,  One pair had cosmetic scuffing on the under side,   two had a small deformation along the blade and one set were untouched,   so I fitted all of the new blades but did the save the one pair that were still OK.   

DAFlys Posted at 12-21 01:25
Flew three more batteries this morning,  all over land just in case and it seemed fine,   When I swapped put the blades the other day I studied them carefully,  One pair had cosmetic scuffing on the under side,   two had a small deformation along the blade and one set were untouched,   so I fitted all of the new blades but did the save the one pair that were still OK.

That's really great to hear.  Now you are ready to go back to chasing boats over the water once again.

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-21 04:01
That's really great to hear.  Now you are ready to go back to chasing boats over the water once again.

Went out this morning on the hope to do just that but it was far too foggy here today.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-22 01:27
Went out this morning on the hope to do just that but it was far too foggy here today.

I hear that.  Guess you have to be ready at a moments notice to go out and fly when and if you get a break in the weather.  Probably harder to do that with SHMBO being down still.

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-22 05:49
I hear that.  Guess you have to be ready at a moments notice to go out and fly when and if you get a break in the weather.  Probably harder to do that with SHMBO being down still.

Ive been trying to get out before she surfaces,  but the next few days there's a lot of prep fr Christmas too,  right now Im cooking the onions for the stuffings.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-22 05:53
Ive been trying to get out before she surfaces,  but the next few days there's a lot of prep fr Christmas too,  right now Im cooking the onions for the stuffings.

Now you are putting your Chef talents to good use.  I'm sure she appreciates all the help you've been while she is "down".  I'm not planning a big Christmas meal this year.  Just going to keep it simple and easy.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-23 05:41
Now you are putting your Chef talents to good use.  I'm sure she appreciates all the help you've been while she is "down".  I'm not planning a big Christmas meal this year.  Just going to keep it simple and easy.

We're having a small one this year,   for the last few years we've cooked for the MIL and some family, this year we are just doing ourselves.  And we mixing it up a bit with Turkey on Christmas Eve and Beef Rib on Christmas Day.    I was going to skip the turkey but someone wanted one.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-24 01:16
We're having a small one this year,   for the last few years we've cooked for the MIL and some family, this year we are just doing ourselves.  And we mixing it up a bit with Turkey on Christmas Eve and Beef Rib on Christmas Day.    I was going to skip the turkey but someone wanted one.

Sounds like a good plan.  Sometime small is better, well at least for me anyway.  I decided to forego a small smoked ham this year.  I just received some buffalo and bear meat from a friend returning from a hunting trip in upper Montana but I think I'll freeze them and use them after I get back from Cancun.

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-24 06:13
Sounds like a good plan.  Sometime small is better, well at least for me anyway.  I decided to forego a small smoked ham this year.  I just received some buffalo and bear meat from a friend returning from a hunting trip in upper Montana but I think I'll freeze them and use them after I get back from Cancun.

Ive never had bear before,   whats it like,  sounds like it should be something thats slow cooked.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-24 06:26
Ive never had bear before,   whats it like,  sounds like it should be something thats slow cooked.

Bear meat is strong flavored and a little fatty so I usually parboil it first to remove the excess fat.  After that I add it to a stew and cook it over very low heat for hours.  I’ve also cooked it in a slow cooker.  Cooking it slowly tends to eliminate the gamey taste and ensures the meat is tenderized.

I’ve also prepared it as a roast.  I usually marinate it overnight in my own personal made-up mixture.  I use soy sauce, honey, peanut oil, lemon juice, curry powder, chili powder, chopped onion, a garlic clove and salt and pepper.  Sometimes I add a shot of red wine.  Marinading helps soften the meat fibers.  Then I cook it in a covered dish in the oven at a very low heat.  When the internal meat temperature reaches 75 C it’s ready to come out of the oven.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-24 07:17
Bear meat is strong flavored and a little fatty so I usually parboil it first to remove the excess fat.  After that I add it to a stew and cook it over very low heat for hours.  I’ve also cooked it in a slow cooker.  Cooking it slowly tends to eliminate the gamey taste and ensures the meat is tenderized.

I’ve also prepared it as a roast.  I usually marinate it overnight in my own personal made-up mixture.  I use soy sauce, honey, peanut oil, lemon juice, curry powder, chili powder, chopped onion, a garlic clove and salt and pepper.  Sometimes I add a shot of red wine.  Marinading helps soften the meat fibers.  Then I cook it in a covered dish in the oven at a very low heat.  When the internal meat temperature reaches 75 C it’s ready to come out of the oven.

OK so a bit like how we would cook a brisket here (if not BBQ).    Our of interest can you get gator there,   I see recipes for it on occasion.   We sometimes get Kangaroo here,   but as you know we dont have any wild ones.

DAFlys Posted at 12-24 07:22
OK so a bit like how we would cook a brisket here (if not BBQ).    Our of interest can you get gator there,   I see recipes for it on occasion.   We sometimes get Kangaroo here,   but as you know we dont have any wild ones.

Gator is readily available here but I find it to have way to gamey of a taste.  Probably because of some of the crap that they eat.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-24 07:42
Gator is readily available here but I find it to have way to gamey of a taste.  Probably because of some of the crap that they eat.

oh so you only get wild gator then,  nothing farmed.

DAFlys Posted at 12-24 08:03
oh so you only get wild gator then,  nothing farmed.

Farmed is available also.  However, I've tried gator a few times and it just doesn't have a taste that I like.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-25 05:20
Farmed is available also.  However, I've tried gator a few times and it just doesn't have a taste that I like.

Someone once described it to me that it tasted like fishy chicken.  He didn’t sell it for sure.

DAFlys Posted at 12-25 05:26
Someone once described it to me that it tasted like fishy chicken.  He didn’t sell it for sure.

To me it is really a bland taste.  I can do without it for sure.  Give me a lobster to pick apart anyday.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 12-25 06:15
To me it is really a bland taste.  I can do without it for sure.  Give me a lobster to pick apart anyday.

How do they compare in price though,    I would have assumed gator was a lot cheaper?

DAFlys Posted at 12-26 02:16
How do they compare in price though,    I would have assumed gator was a lot cheaper?

Gator is about half the price of lobster.  

DAFlys Posted at 12-18 01:40
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nice work

AndyAusmAquarium Posted at 12-26 07:28
nice work

Cheers AndyAusmAquarium.