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The Tale
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MINUTES
OF THE LAST MEETING
April 13th, 2010
Bill Berson, President, opened the
meeting at 7:04 pm.
The members present were: Pendleton, Berson, Stephens, Greene,
Johnson, Cindy and Jim Cook, Granger, Olson, Bruce, Berger, Anliker, Becker,
Marken, Calkins, and Dantzler.
The Guests Present Were: Bill Kepner and Colin
Anable.
Minutes posted on the web site were
approved as submitted.
Treasurers Report: There were no deposits or
withdrawals. The Bank of America
checking account has a balance $ 2,678.22 and the CD in The Quimper account is
at $ 6,175.02. The Board voted to
add $ 500.00 to CD account as it is rolling over.
Safety Report: Seth Stephens, our safety officer, had
some insights on battery charging pre-planning. See the safety report. Bill Berson passed around some cards
regarding Jefferson County Hazardous Waste which includes info for where and how
to handle hazardous waste.
Old Business: None.
New Business: Alden Johnson soloed recently. Airport Days will happen July
16th, 17th and 18th. And, in regards July 17th,
the club will be planning to have a space at the local Jefferson County
International Airport.
Specific plans will be discussed at the next meeting. Jeff Beres put up a dry erase board in
the utility building at the flying field.
And, a fun fly is coming up in our near future. It looks to be happening on Saturday
June 12th, more info next meeting.
General: Jack Becker shared about getting
involved with the kids at The Co-op on Sunday the 18th of April. He constructed a batch of the AMA Delta
Darts.
Crash of the Month: Bill Berson took the trophy home. He said that he was going to take it
home anyway since it appeared that no official crashes occurred. An interesting thing though, there may
be a connection between all those “whirly gigs” and losing his main gear on one
of his landings.
Service Award:
None.
Business meeting closed at 8:00
pm.
Program: Jim Cook went BABOOM!, then after
settling back “down to earth”, he gave the club members some very detailed info
on some of his past full size aerobatic competition involvement . He also had some movie footage, taken by
a friend of his in the cockpit of Jim’s Cessna Aerobat.
Next Month Program: Seth Stephens will be sharing his
experience as an Aviation Crash Investigator.
AROUND
THE CLUB
LSunday April 18 was a really pretty
day. There was quite a turnout at
the field, but it was windy.
Everyone complained about the turbulence. Ye olde editor
tested the air with his little YAK electric and felt lucky to get it down
without being a candidate for Crash of the Month!
This covers just about all of the
“flying” action.
LMonday the 19th was a near
perfect flying day that drew a pretty good crowd. It was so warm we were all running
around in T-shirts. Jim Crumley had
already made the maiden flight on his beautiful Cermark Sukhoi when I got to the
field. He told me that the only
trim it needed was just a touch of aileron. He soon put it up again with a smooth
takeoff, then climbed north to about 200 feet, and entered a bank to
return. Then we heard those dreaded
words “I AIN’T GOT IT!” The plane
turned straight down and impacted just beyond the gates. Seth, Greg, and Jim went out to recover
the remains. When they came back
Seth had the wing and landing gear, Greg had the rear part of the body, and Jim
was carrying the Bag of
Shame. The engine, battery, and receiver were
recovered from water. During the
post mortem the battery still showed in the green and the receiver still
worked. It looked like a switch
problem to me.
I
just happened to take this picture the day before. Jim thought it was too windy for a
maiden flight, so he waited until the next day.
JGreg
Marken has a beautiful new 60 size cub on electric power. He tricked it out well beyond what the
kit came with. I don’t know if he
has flown it yet. How about
bringing it to the meeting for a little show and tell action,
Greg?
JFrom Jack Becker: Just wanted to let you know the Co-op Kids event went pretty well last Sunday. I had 20 of the airplanes made, and they went quickly, but it was too windy to fly. The materials for the other planes were rolled up and handed out as kits, and they went quickly also. The Aero Museum had their picture boards up in the booth with coloring books on the table, which was popular with the very young kids. Jim & Cindy Cook showed up to help, although since there was no flying there wasn’t much for them to do besides help me assemble the kits. The two high school youths from the Museum were very helpful, and they might get at least one new recruit for their program. The only thing I would do differently is to develop a sturdier airplane; the Delta Darts are rather fragile for many of those kids, and it would be nice if they could fly in a little wind. I’ll work on that. Ye olde editor: Jack initiated and funded this project on his own and represented our club with permission. Be sure to give Jack a big pat on the back when you see him.
JThanks
to Lawrence Pendleton for this announcement:
JFrom
my most prolific correspondent, Bob Kampmann:
ENOLA
GAY TO FLY AGAIN
Ye olde editor:
I tried to copy Bob’s announcement, but was not able to do so. I think the included web site will get
you the info.
The
famous airplane is scheduled to make a one-time tour of the
country.
Itinerary:
FMI: www.enolagaytour2010.aero
JFrom
John Fitch comes the 787 wing stress test:
Thought you might like to see a photo
of the 787 wing at 150% load.
Yes,
the “U” shaped shiny thing in the background is the
wing!
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
newbie, but it should be beneficial for all.
HINTS,
KINKS, AND STUFF
SAFETY—By
Seth Stevens
This month’s safety item was suggested
by Cindy Cook. It seems simple enough but when you give it some thought it could
mean the difference between a simple problem and an equally easy cleanup and
perhaps a true calamity like losing your shop or house. We talk a lot about
applying good safety practices to things like handling damaged lipo batteries,
safely storing nitro fuel and keeping our fingers out of a less than friendly
prop but when an accident actually occurs do you have a plan to react
properly? An example that Cindy
mentioned fits this scenario perfectly. She and Jim had a good method for
charging lipo batteries in a safe container but then they asked themselves what
do we do if the battery actually does catch fire? How do we get it out of the
house quickly? This took some further thought and developing a plan that should
work. Just remember that having thought out a proper reaction to a safety
problem in advance may someday save your bacon or at least your favorite
model.
FIELD
MAINTENANCE
Greg Marken is doing the honors for
May. He has his hands full because
the grass is really growing fast.
Be sure to let him know you appreciate his efforts.
EDITORIAL
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.
MONTHLY
MEETING—at 7:00 in the SKP Clubhouse
Pete Granger
granger@olypen.com