It really is funny to me how just regular life will keep you busy
Obviously the poeple on this site all have somewhat similar lives in that we are trying to jam some enjoyment in the form of RC Flying into our already busy lives.... Its true of every one of us to at least some extent.
For me, the last two weeks have been mind-bending busy.
It started 2 weekends ago, when my team at work suddenly had a multi million dollar project at work scream to a halt. 6 months of planning hit a wall when the vendor delivered the product we were to have installed. Unfortunately, they made the wrong stuff and none of it was compatible with the rest -IE, we could not install anything. As the team leader, I managed to get us a contingency plan going, and the team kicked a$$ (its great to work with great people) so the project is now moving along again.
Then I got home one evening mid-week and my trusty family desktop screeched at me (mechanical freeze) and shot me an error message through the screen. Yup, one hard drive ruined with mechanical lockup. Unfortunately, I had not backed that up in a while. It had all my wife's work as well as all of my cad work for the past 6 years on it. Most importantly, it had every picture I've taken of my baby girl on it.
I can redraw anything, and re-write anything, but I can't get a picture back of my daughter being born.....
. After talking to a couple of flying buddies that work in the IT field, they helped me realize all the places I had kept those files. The result was that I got 98% of the pics of my daughter and family back. I was also able to get approximately 80% of my CAD files and articles.
Needless to say I'm working on getting my backup setup set in place and running....
Finally, this weekend, while trying to finish up a new prototype foamy for the upcoming indoor precision contests, my wife called and asked if I could come to her sister's house and help them move..... Never one to shy away from helping family I went. When I got there, my sister-in-law's husband was in the foyer of their new house chipping away at a marble floor.
I told the girls I really needed to help him as he had to have the removal job done by this morning. Ten hours later we had the job done, and I had severly bruised and blistered hands and forearms. A lot of work to put down some laminate flooring, but it will look good when done.......
If you've read this far, you must be terribly bored, so back to airplane stuff.
The cool news is that during those 2 weeks I managed to finalize the graphics and final build for my new indoor pattern plane. I also built the first production cut of it. I've also got the manual for the Chinn Yak .40 size Profile Arf almost done.
Something else cool worth mentioning is the little 'secret weapon' I'm building for the pylon race at the E-fest. Should be fun!