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Pullman The Palouse Ridge Runner Moscow

Palouse Region R/C Flyers Newsletter

============================ April 2008 ===============================

The next club meeting will be at Jack-in-the-Box in Moscow (Moscow-Pullman Highway), Tuesday, April 1 (contact club President Jerry Becker for information).

 

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Meeting Agenda, April 1st, 2008:

 

If anyone has a new plane, bring it to show it off.

 

Notes from the Last Meeting:

The meeting was held at the Jack-in-theBox in Moscow. Called to order by Jerry Becker President.

Members present:

Jerry Becker (President)
Harry Evans (VP)
Colleen Bumgarner (Secretary/Treasurer)
Bruce Bumgarner
Don Kolb
Mel Colvin
Sam Hord
Larry Bobisud
Joe Bolden
Randy Sexton
Bob Boettcher and wife Virginia
Don Hart

Minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted.

Treasurer report:  $1858.22

Announcements

IMAC Judging Seminar Saturday, March 29. Sheprock hangar #2 (CAP building).

LCRC Fly In Saturday, May 31 at the Lewiston club field at Mann Lake east of Lewiston. $10 landing fee includes lunch. There will be a raffle for an ARF airplane and fuel.

Bob Boettcher's grandson has finished flight training and is flying Apache helicopters (the REAL ones) at Ft Rucker.

Flying Reports

Joe Bolden has been flying off the snow at his place.

Don Hart and Jerry Becker have flown at the Lewiston club field.

Old Business

Super Bowl Snow Fly

The Super Bowl Snow Fly and potluck event was held at John Sawyer's shop at noon on Saturday, February 2.  There was no flying, but there was lots of good food, good friends and good times had by all.  John Sawyer showed the bare bones of the fuselage of his 1/4 scale SIG J-3 Cub. The 4 cylinder opposed OS engine was installed.

Mall Show

Planning

The mall show was originally scheduled for three days, but the mall closure on Sunday for Easter shortened the event to two days. Displays must be taken down Saturday evening - closing time is 9pm. A Blade CX e-powered ready to fly coaxial helicopter with 2.4 GHz radio system was selected as the raffle prize. Raffle tickets are 10 (12 for members) for $5 or $1 each.

Results

There were 18 planes and 1 display of motors. The best of show as voted on by the public was

1. Gunnar Sorem: Sopworth Camel
2. Larry Bobisud: Mesquito
3. Jerry Becker: SE5A
4. Bruce Bumgarner: Rascal 72.5".

Winning the drawing for the helicopter was Jon Scott from Pullman who works in office with Jerry Becker and the kit Sig 4 Star (donated by Les Grammer) was won by Kaleb Kolb, Don's young son and a member of our club.
 
I'm depositing $443.00 dollars which includes dues of $130.00 and $313.00 from the raffle.
$30.00 of the dues were from former member Ryan Stolz from Colfax. Welcome back

Colleen

New Business

First Aid Kit

Mel Colvin will do an inventory of the flying field first aid kit (located just inside the garage). Items will be replaced or added as needed to meet expected needs. 

Lawn Mower

Mel Colvin offered to sell a used Murray 42 inch cut 14 hp riding mower to the club for $375. The old mower is getting unreliable. It was rebuilt by Bertle Spence several years ago and has served us well, but needs to be replaced. Randy Sexton will check with John Sawyer about storage for this mower.

Fuel Order

Joe Bolden offered to get information on a possible bulk Magnum fuel order.

Meeting adjourned.

Thanks to Colleen for her meeting notes.

Demonstrations

Don Kolb showed the Butterfly his wife and son Kaleb covered. It has a 99 inch span. It is set up with 3 channels - rudder, elevator and throttle. The engine is a .25.

Don Hart showed his latest profile model, dubbed the WoJo by Jerry Becker.  It has a 44 inch span and is powered by an OS60FP swinging a 13x4 APC prop. It has the wing from the Sirex Wasp, an Australian design, and a fuselage inspired by the Mojo, a popular 3D profile kit designed and sold by Paul Swanson of Tennesee. This plane was built to replace the well worn Wasp that has flown many years, using 4 different engines.

Jerry Becker showed his birthday present, a Cessna 210 ARF. The plane is molded foam with a span of 18 inches. It comes with a three channel 2.4 GHz radio system installed and uses a lipo pack for power. Jerry says it charges in about 15 minutes. The cost is a very reasonable $140. It is intended for indoor flying or calm conditions outdoors.

Upcoming Events

Northwest modeling events at http://boeinghawks.org/events/ama.htm