MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

Nametags: Those interested in getting nametags are to contact President Pete. They will cost

AROUND THE CLUB

>Where has everybody been???? I have not been out to the field as much as I would prefer, but I have made it out on some super flying days and only one or two other flyers showed up. Is it my deodorant?

>Dick Benjamin is walking better than I am these days. Keep on keeping on, Dick!

>Does anyone know a person in the area, including other clubs, that cuts foam wings and would be willing to demonstrate the techniques to us at a club meeting? If you do, please pass the info on to our Program Chairman, Dick Benjamin, at 379-9851.

>Ken Oaks crashed his new Pete N Poke a while back. He put the pieces back together as a low wing instead of a parasol and it flies a lot better!!!

HINTS, KINKS, AND STUFF

>I have a situation on several of my airplanes where I have to install a screw way back in a pocket. It used to take hours to install just 2 screws, but now I can do the job in minutes. I now use hex recess head screws and a ball driver, but the key is slipping a short piece of fuel line over the screw head and the tool. This keeps the screw from falling off the end of the tool and allows me to feel around until I find the hole.

>The following was lifted from the East Valley Aviators newsletter (Mesa, AZ) Doug Sharpe editor. This is the group Russ Petersen, Bruce Pyles, and I belong to and fly with when we are in Mesa. I took the liberty of rewriting the article.

CAT SCAN

Each of us should perform a CAT SCAN just before each takeoff. Granted, it may take away some thrills as some crashes are avoided, but you will end up getting more flights out of each airplane.

Check all controls for correct travel direction and operation.

Antenna on transmitter extended

Trims set correctly

>It looks like our EVA brothers need some serious help. I found this plea for aid in their newsletter: "We may need some help shoveling sun off the runway!"

AERONAUTICAL JOKE

You know that your landing gear is up and locked when it takes full power
to taxi to the terminal.

You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3.

(Paul F. Crickmore - test pilot)

The only time you have too much fuel is when you're on fire.

(From an old carrier sailor: )

I was born very young. One of my early discoveries was fire when I managed to burn our garage down. Somehow I survived until I received a Model Airplane News and a solid model kit for Christmas when I was 7 years old. The model came with a large tube of Comet cement, which I promptly got all over a new pair of pants, nearly ending my modeling career before it got off the ground! I taught myself how to read blueprints and drawings by studying the plans in the magazines, which was a big contributor to my becoming an engineer. Most of my airplane building in those days was simple gliders and stick type rubber powered planes. A few years after WWII I got my first engine and learned how to fly U-control. I designed the majority of my airplanes from the time I was 11 on (kits cost too much), including my first RC plane when I was a junior in high school (1951). Girls, school, family, and work interfered off and on over the years although I did design and fly a ½ A rudder only plane not long before I graduated from collage. I became a proficient RC flyer in the early 70s, but then career got in the way and I dropped out for 15 years or so until about 1997. I’ve been having fun ever since.

EDITORIAL

The club librarian, Bill Anliker, tells me we have a number of items out on loan that have not been returned, including some of the club copies of The RC Flight Manual that were passed out and used at an instructor training session many months ago. I am proud of the book, but let’s get them back in to Bill so others can have access to all that wisdom. The web site will have a club library list as soon as Bill and Roy can get it put together.

Dick Benjamin tried to get the mower fired up on Monday the 20th, but could not get it going. In the process, he took a fall and injured his new knee. Lonnie and Ken Oakes got the thing going the next day by using the generator to charge the battery. I understand there is a secret switch that has to be set in a peculiar way to turn on the ignition. Anyway, thanks to Ken and Lonnie for getting the job done and it was a long process as the mower now has only 1 speed—slow. The rest of us moved "furniture" around and lost most of a good flying day. I think it is time for a replacement mower!

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.

Used airplane sale: Balsa USA Eindecker complete with experienced pilot, rigging, steerable tail wheel, and ailerons. Finished to resemble the plane flown by Ernst Udet in the spring of 1916. Flies like a trainer, no crashes, no hard landings, and no broken props. I flew it with my OS .91 4 stroke. You will need a radio with 5 servos, engine mount, and appropriate engine. $150.00 includes some scale documentation.

Pete Granger 379-3185

.25 Magnum 2 stroke less than 2 hrs. run time $40

Hitec radio- broken but new battery. $6

M.D.S. .61 2-stroke engine, nearly new $35

O.S.Max .40 F.P. Good. $30

Cox .049 on pylon w/prop. $10

3.5" spinner, new & wrapped $4

Twenty one various propellers, $0.30 per inch

O.S. .70 four stroke, good serviceable $45

Lou Creedon 379-8425

MANEUVER OF THE MONTH (MOM)

I’m feeling kind of frisky this month, so I thought we’d talk about doing a tailspin. I have not seen many folks at the field even attempt this, but it is actually pretty easy to do and recovery is really a no-brainer in spite of the hair-raising stories you may have heard. On Friday the 24^th John Fitch did some with his Astrohog as did Ken Oaks with his version of the Pete N Poke.

Most trainers are very difficult to get into a true spin (as distinguished from a spiral dive). By design, trainers have limited control authority in all axes and are inherently stable. Also, the CG is usually pretty far forward. Stick type planes have similar characteristics, which is why they are highly favored as a transition vehicle from trainers to more advanced aircraft. What to do? First move the CG to the aft-most limit as shown on the plans. If the plane flies OK, but will still not spin, gradually increase rudder and elevator throw. If you have high and low rates on your transmitter, do use them as the plane may become harder to fly. Try to keep the control throws you are used to on the low rate and just use high rate for violent maneuvers.

So…after all of that, HOW is a spin done????? First, get the plane up at least 3 mistakes high. While holding level flight, throttle back to idle. Maintain level flight by slowly increasing up elevator until a stall occurs, then put both sticks into the bottom left (or right) corner. If the plane pivots around a vertical axis that passes through the aircraft, you have achieved a true spin. On the other hand, if you get something that looks sort of like a vertical barrel roll, more work is needed. To recover, maintain the engine at idle and neutralize the other controls. The plane will normally enter a vertical dive in a quarter turn or less, pull some up elevator to level off, and resume normal flight. Piece of cake!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The Sequim Aeronauts and Port Angeles Olympic R/C Modelers are holding a fly-in and a R/C swap meet at the Sequim club site on Saturday, October

9, 2004. Refreshments will be available. No fees to buy or sell. One-day event. Join us and enjoy! Bring your unwanted R/C items. This will be a tailgate sale. We will gather at about 9 AM. Bring something to fly.

Lee Hunt Olympic R/C Modelers, President

To get there:

Highway 101 to Sequim Go west on 101 to Carlsborg Rd. (across from Costco) turn north, away from Costco.

Proceed on Carlsborg 1.8 Mi. to the end of this road.

Turn right on Old Olympic Highway for .9 Mi. This turns into Cays Rd.

Turn right on Woodcock, cross the Dungeness River, and proceed 1.5 Mi to Towne Rd.

Turn left on Towne Rd. about 1.9 Mi. to 1747 Towne Rd.

Turn left, go around house to the flying site.

These directions will get you to the field, but for us it is shorter to go north on Sequim Ave. to Woodcock, then west to Towne Rd.

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