Farewell Aki Nundu and Rimau ... I'll miss you two!

RIP
Penghulu Ampi Anak Penghulu Pilang
(1923-2009)

Last month was really a bad month for me. My grandfather passed away. A week after that, one of my cat went too. Really, it was kinda depressing.

Gramps passed away on the 6th September 2009. It was Sunday, around 6 pm something. I was asleep at that time, awoken upon hearing the cries of my family members, I rushed downstairs to check and there he was, laying lifeless on his bed, gone already.

I did took a few moments to calm myself and went outside the house for a smoke, wondering if it was a bad dream or not. But nope, it was all real and true. My minds were kinda empty, my eyes blank and staring. After finishing my cigarette outside the house, I quickly went back in to check and help them do the preparations.

To cut the story short, the next few days was very busy, tiring and hectic. Many family members came, as well as others, friends and relatives who knew my grandfather. He was a Penghulu back then, as well as his father too. Having served the people for almost 30 year, surely he has made many connections and befriended various people.

Scene at the Sacred Heart Catholic church

I will always love and miss you, aki. Farewell, may God bless your soul ...
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Farewell to you too Rimau, you're one of the best cat I've ever had. Sis cried the most when you left, obviously coz you are her favourite. You will be missed by your brothers and sister too. We hope you'll be happy up there with gramps, take care of him there eh? Miss you so much Rimau :)

Weakness of Trex 450 SE V2

If there's one thing I hate about the Trex 450 SE V2, it's the 2 stacked frame design. The bottom frame is kinda fragile, already broke few.

New r/c gadget coming soon - FMA Direct CO Pilot 2

Ordered this heli and plane stabilisation kit from the US, should be arriving here soon. Can't wait to test it on my heli :)

Planning to put this on my future big heli, nice to know if you screw up in flight (dumb thumb moments), you can save your expensive heli from crashing by using this device as it will recover your heli back into a level flight, thus giving you a chance to save it.

Priced under $250, this kit is definetely cheaper than other heli stabilisation kit available in the market now such as expensive Helicommand, priced around $500+ >_<". I will be testing this on my 450 heli platform and write down my review afterwards, so be sure to checkout my site again later to read it.
For more info, click this official FMA direct link to read more about this amazing gadget.

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Post updated - 13th July 2009

Kit came today, lookin nice with all the stuffs packed inside a nice box. Been studying everything and planning where to put em on my heli. Below are some pictures of it.

Neat packaging eh? I've always like things in black ...

Stuffs inside



Parts layout - avionics computer, IRnet router and programmer, main sensor and vertical sensor, cable ties, mounting and sticky tapes.



The IRnet programmer.

More on this later, finishing my heli installation right now, been abandoned for like weeks now due to my focus on KFm2 Zagnutz flying wing project, which was a success.