MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

Minutes of the 05-13-2008 Tri-Area RC Flyers Monthly Meeting

President Jim Cook opened the meeting at 7:00 pm.

Attending: Marken, Bangle, Greene, Smith, Granger, Henley, Maupin, Pendleton, Bruce, Berson, Anliker, Barras, Cook & Cook, Kampmann, Berger, Caulkins, Davis, Cochran, Dantzler. Guests included Don Schmaltz from B.C. and Richard Kail for his first visit.

The previous meeting minutes are approved as submitted.

Treasurer Report: Larry Berger invested $5000 in a new CD and opened a $5 savings account. The current checking account balance is $2067.66

Old Business: President Cook reminded the attendees that the June10 meeting would be the "Show and Tell" / "Open House" / "Appreciation Night" for SKP members. Please bring your models and equipment for static display. There will be no Board Meeting, so arrive early and set up by 7:00pm. If you are feeling especially appreciative bring snacks and treats to share "Pot luck" style.

Safety Report: None

New Business: A reminder that the AMA Plan Service is alive and well. For more information online, go to www.modelaircraft.org/plans.aspx. Pete Granger is offering his RC Flight Training Manual on a CD for $10 to club members. I think I paid $30 for a printed copy and that was a good purchase. For all of you that know everything and have been doing it wrong for thirty years, $10 would be a great investment. You can even make your purchase using an alias and cash; it will be Pete’s secret.

Crash of the Month: Three contenders were called to the carpet this month. Dave Henley admitted he crashed his Mosquito. Design flaws (poor flight characteristics) deemed the cause. The plane is repairable but Dave will wait for the manufacturers recommendations. Bob Kampmann biffed two in the last month. One land plane had a hard takeoff and one floatplane had a hard landing. Both repairable, one dry, one wet. Roy Greene won when his Chinese Sea Wind experienced several structural failures. Not enough room in this column to list them all. Stay tuned.

General: Dave Henley, speaking of safety, shared some unsafe scenarios that cause both damage and injuries. Unfortunately I was listening instead of taking notes and at the time of this writing, notes would have been a big help. The gist of it was that a few of the experienced flyers that Dave shares the southern skies with had their share of mishaps. One gentleman lost control of his plane and it was damaged beyond repair when it buried itself in the front seat of a new One Ton Dodge Pickup. And we all know the sissy airplane, the Slow Stick, (I have one). Well it happened when the battery was plugged in or the motor was armed and it went to full throttle. The plane was not tethered and the operator went to secure the wily red winged devil, reaching through the prop. I believe the number was, sixteen stitches. So the saying for the day is " Don’t be Lucky. Be Smart and Lucky".

Meeting adjourned at 7:32pm

Program: Bob Kampmann introduced Bill Anliker to Show and tell about his Powered Parachute.

Respectfully Submitted by Greg Marken

THE PREZ SEZ

Thanks to all the members for bringing your models to the Show and Tell June meeting. Wow, there are a lot of big, beautiful model airplanes in this club!

When flying at the field, you must observe the boundaries. Keep them in close and have fun.

Jim

AROUND THE CLUB

Do you ever wonder what happened to our old outhouse? I thought not, but here it is anyway.

The little house got moved to Lawrence’s property where he made a very smart fix on the busted up roof. Recycling at its best!

NEW MEMBERS

I hope to obtain a brief bio and a picture of our new members to enhance their introduction to the membership. This is voluntary on the part of the newbys, but it should be beneficial for all.

HINTS, KINKS, AND STUFF

>Another web site from Bob Kampmann:

http://www.modelaircraft.org/insider/08_05/tips.htm

JUST PLANE FUN

From old flying buddies John Morris and Paul Moore of Duncan, OK on the Phantom P30:

You probably recall this engine also.  Gwynn Monkres had one, and I believe, that it was the first model airplane engine that I ever saw run.  Used to ride my bike to Gwynn's house to watch him run it in the side yard.  I had one of these!  I believe that it was my 2nd engine at about 12 or 13 years old.  If I recall correctly, I took the ignition off and ran it on glow, had it in a low wing sport model U-control.  Brings back memories, thanks for the picture, Paul.

Just cruising thru E-Bay and found this - sure is purty! 

SPARKS—The Aeronica C-3 saga continues

I have not been able to work on the C-3 very much, just too many other demands on my time. I have already beefed up the upper cabin structure, and I doubt that it will support even very mild flight loads yet. More mods are planned.

The kit provided materials for a fuselage jig that I used. Even with the jig the assembly was a challenge for this old man. I found that a modeler’s clipper was better than a knife for cutting all those little sticks.

It does not show in the picture, but each wing half has two1/8 inch diameter aluminum tubes that plug into the center section, but the instructions rightly caution that the plane cannot be flown without the wing rigging…or bad things will happen.

I will start carving and sanding as soon as I get the tail feathers built. All of the structures are so delicate that I wonder if proper shaping will even be possible.

EDITORIAL—Neighbor Alert

I know I have already sent this to all the membership, but I don’t think it will hurt if you read it again. I would not mind having it posted on our web site either—how about it Roy?

A few weeks ago the PT LEADER had the following in the sheriff's log:

"A Chimacum man reported people were flying remote controlled airplanes May 25 and it was scaring his cows."

None of the club officers had any knowledge of the event, so I got a copy of the complaint from the Sheriff's office.  It identifies the location of the complaint as 611 Ole Torkelson Rd.--that's our old troublemaker in the white house across the valley.  I did not remember seeing any cows on his property, but when I checked I was able to spot 3 cows and there could have been a few more.

The actual complaint from the form says:  "A Chimacum man reported that people are flying remote controlled airplanes to scare his cows."  The form classifies the complaint as a noise problem.  The last I knew, the county has no noise ordinance in place, so we have not broken any laws and the complaint was closed with no action. 

FOR SALE OR TRADE

If you want to list an item, just send me the details including your name, phone number, and asking price or trade-for item. Low pixel count digital (JPEG) pictures are also acceptable.

I will have a few CDs of THE RC FLIGHT MANUAL at the next meeting. The price is still $10.00.

MONTHLY MEETING—July 8 at 7:00 in the SKP Clubhouse

Officers will meet at 6:30 to take care of club business instead of boring members at the "real" meeting, which starts at 7:00. Randy Calkins is scheduled to show off his non-flying hobbies—cars and boats. It should be a very interesting program, and might even seduce some folks into new activities.

Pete Granger

granger@olypen.com