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July 2010
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THE OFFICIAL MONTHLY NEWLETTER OF THE
SIGNAL SEEKERS R/C CLUB
AMA chartered club #371
A.M.R.C.C. MEMBER
President: Bob McDonald 734 421 4330
Vice President: Darren Covington
Secretary: Paul Blanchard 313 563 5143
Treasurer: John Stevens 313 461 4912
Newsletter: Scott Paschen (
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) 734 260 0710
Safety Officer: Jim Esper 734 329 2589
Board:- Bob Dunlap, Jay Dunkin, Scott Paschen
Mark Knote, Alternate.
Summer is here!
****Next Meeting Monday, July 26th, 7 P.M. At the club field, weather permitting, bring a friend and a plane to fly. If we have enough people, a fun fly is in order need newsletter material please*****Please!!!!
Control line stunt contest August 21 s t and 22 nd , help is always needed see Rich Malik. Let's make it a great event. I believe I am available that weekend for the first time in years!
Rich Malik is looking for .25 to.30 gas engines for trainer control line planes. Please check your stash and let Rich know. Just another way to get people into our great hobby.
Club news:
If you have email and have not filled out the online form on our website please do right away. This is pretty much our new roster and we need updated info. It is private and only available to members! If you dont know how let me know!
I have been flying with my longtime friend and recent member after a 20 year, at least, hiatus. He is about 7 tenths of a mile from Livingston Co Rc club. Very nice place. They have a very extensive training program including training the trainers. I am looking into their program and see what good things we can use for ours.
I received a call from Casey Veitengruber who lives here in Livonia. He got my number from the newsletter. I had him out at the field a couple weeks ago and he flew my Electristar on the buddy box and did great. He is looking for a plane right now and hope to have him as a member soon. If he comes out now you know who he is. On that same note, I went to Akron Ohio a couple of weeks ago and aquired two more Electristars. I am in the process of making them usable with a 5 cell pack and new speed control. One is going to Cary Archer out in Howell and the other will be in the fleet. I love to use it for buddy box demonstrations. It did about 16 flights at the Fathers Day fun fly.
Training is in session:
Wednesday evenings. I have not been able to get out in the last couple of weeks. I am only aware of one trainee right now. If you need a hand feel free to get ahold of me and I will make a plane date with you to fly. This goes for anyone that is rusty or needs a new plane checked out. Less prep to come out and fly everyones planes ya know! I have purchased several copies of every book that Dave Scott from 1st U.S. R/C flight school in Wisconsin, publishes. These are outstanding. I recommend to every new pilot to purchase one week to solo. It is also great for any pilot, especially those training other people. They are 20 bucks which is what I paid for them. Dave is generous with a club and volume discount. I will have them at the meeting.
Old airplane notes:
I have been flying the heck out of our ACE 4-60 with a 70 Surpass on it. I am pretty sure it is over 20 years old. I had it sitting on the kitchen table and noticed a wrinkle in the covering below the horizontal stabilizer. I moved the stab around and noticed the wrinkle moved and the glue joint at the front of the stab to the turtle deck was loose. After cutting away the covering and forcing the stab some more to reveal the weakness I discovered the right side under the stab cracked too. Well, it is from my one and only bad crash that broke the fuse in half. My pit crew, my dad, put it back together. The fuse sides are plywood and epoxy was used to glue it back together. Apparently it got brittle and broke. Good thing I found it because I have little doubt it would have been catastrophic. I can't get inside to reenforce the sides so I will use epoxy and some strips of glass cloth. It won't be perfect but you can't see it anyway. Bottom line is be diligent looking over your planes.
Safety note:
Please police your own guests. It is not comfortable or safe to have large planes coming over the safety line area of the field. There is a 25 ft no fly area between where we stand and the runway. Those that violate the rules are not welcome. Thanks!
Hobbico/ any ARF issue:
Mike McVicar has the Hobbico 60 size trainer. Couple weeks back he was hearing flutter, we thought it was aileron due to the linkage being a little sloppy although no worse than anything else I have seen. Well after I told him it would be a good idea to bring it in. Just one more lap resulted in the elevator hinges removing themselves from the stationary part of the stab. He cut throttle and kept the wings level and it glided to a rough landing out in the farm field. Broken prop and a hole in the wing was the only damage. I never think much about this as all our kit planes have pinned hinges. The hinges were “prehinged” not requiring installation. It was apparent there was not enough CA used on the hinges. The hinges looked like scraps of material too. SOOOO the bottom line is my new acronym for and ARF plane is “Almost Ready to Fail”. Tug a bit on the control surfaces once in awhile and check those hinges. I like the old fashioned ones I can pin myself. The other issue is CA hinges I think have their place in electric planes for sure. There is virtually zero vibration. Nitro is a whole nother ball game.
***A couple notes from the AMA safety code***
I will abide by thi s S afety Code and all rules establi shed for the flying s ite I use.
I will not willfully fly my model aircraft in a reckles s and/or dangerous manner.
All model flying shall be conducted in a manner to avoid overflight of unprotected people.
I will have completed a suc ce s sful radio equipment ground-range check before the first flight of a new or repaired model aircraft.
Current members in good standing:
Charles Wooley, Dennis Sumner, Stanley Oleszkowicz, Larry Wilchynski. Richard Sawicki, Robert Pence, Paul Bedard, Joseph Merlino, William Paschen, Matthew Gladd, Robert Dunlop, Robert Kane, Charles Lee, James Cummins, Floyd Gregory, Keith McCrary, Douglas Beaver, Gerald Turchanik. Daniel McLalin, Stuart Weckerly, Billy Rodgers, Richard Malik, Jason Horn, Scott Godfrey, Steven Kott, Robert Dunkin, and new member Matt Komar, Perry Tutsock, Curt Vanden Bosch, Curtis Nixon, Sam Abdu, Randy Ryan, Quinten Ray, Clayton Herrst, Mike Mcvicar, Mike Michaelis, Duane Hartz, Marke Knote, Robert Brooks.
The following received free dues for selling 125 or more Christmas Raffle Tickets.
John Brzys, Gregorio Celia, Larry Coulson, John Kapchus, Thomas Melita, Tim Townley Edward White.
NOTE: Club Officers, Newsletter Editor, Newsletter Printer, and Field Grass Cutter are not
required to pay dues. Thats about 40 paid members 51 total. Who is missing from the website.
Newest members welcome to those new names and welcome back to the rest!
Ray Blake, and new member Larry Berman
New members Joseph Mills, Phil Brewer, and returning member Richard Thaxton
Mike Taylor, Joseph Lijoi, new member Mike Walker, and past member Cary Archer
SIGNAL SEEKERS RC CLUB MEETING
Meeting Date June 28, 2010
Meeting was held at the field and was called to order by President Bob McDonald and the roll call was taken.
REPORTS:
- The Minutes were approved as printed and the Treasurers Report was approved as read.
OLD BUSINESS:
- The Fun Fly was reported as being very successful.
- A reminder that our family picnic will be held August 8th.
- Also a reminder that the Control Line Contest will be held August 21st and 22nd.
NEW BUSINESS:
- A discussion was held as to where would be a good and safe place for helicopters to be flown.
- It was noted that people flying on 2,4 GHz also need a frequency flag to display on the frequency board for courtesy reasons.
MONTHLY RAFFLE:
- Bob McDonald won the 50/50 raffle.
