Gentlemen!
First, I would like to wish you all a very good year.
These early days of the new year has been a rather trying period from a health perspective. While my surgery seems to have gone well, and to my surprise actually didn't result in very much residual pain at all, the recovery as such has been something of a chore so far. As the procedure I've had require total immobility, they medics actually "kill" you, i.e stop your breathing, for a few minutes. Then the oxygenise you by puffing air down your lungs, but as you can't exhale/ventilate properly, your blood carbon dioxide levels will rise and at a certain level, your blood will be too acid to work properly. Just before that, they're supposed to resuscitate you, to allow ventilation. And in that window, from breathing stop to start, they will do whatever poking and burning they're supposed to.
Anway - having had that breathing pause, your lungs will, to an extent need to "reinflate", and that's easier said than done. In my case, significantly easier said. In particular, I have had a few rather nightmarish nights half sitting in bed, trying to get some rest while gulping desperately for air. Due to the limited rest this gives, you'll inevitably be tired all day round, and then, you'll fall asleep as soon as you sit down, as inevitably leading to waking in some angst after ten to fifteen minutes, not getting enough air. Oh the joy..
However, I'm through the worst and today, I'm actually at least playing around with some bits and pieces for the first time since the surgery. While not really expecting to actually produce something meaningful, it's a lot better than the grimly looking at the shelf from a distance that's been the melody of the last few days, and hence positive. As a start I think I'll try to continue on something almost ready. In this situation, I think easy points is fair prey. Or maybe not. Parts of me are drawn to giving the projected in-service Valiant B.2A a run for it's money as well. It's been sitting on top of the shelf, staring menacingly at me for quite some time now. Or maybe rolling out the new MACH2 VC10. Hmm... Choices, choices..
In the meantime, getting inspiration from your builds is great and really makes me want to get going again. The latest "wow" moment was kindly provided by 63cpe and his magnificent NF-5 quad. What a machine! What a build! And by so simple means. This is right up my alley! I need to link a pic of it here as well, even if you've already seen it. It deserves attention!
Ah well, We'll see what I can get going on my own in due course.
Until then - keep whiffing!
