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Pullman The Palouse Ridge Runner Moscow

Palouse Region R/C Flyers Newsletter

============================ November  2008 ===============================

The next club meeting will be at Jack-in-the-Box in Moscow (Moscow-Pullman Highway), Tuesday, November 4 (contact club President Jerry Becker for information).

 

 

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-the-Box in Moscow. Called to order by Jerry Becker President.

Members present:

Jerry Becker (President)
Harry Evans (VP)
Colleen Bumgarner (Secretary/Treasurer)
Bruce Bumgarner
Larry Bobisud
Mel Colvin
Sam Hurd
Vance Penton
Don Hart

Minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted.

Treasurer report:  $1737.78  

The bank has given us a credit for the $20 service charge reported last month. 

Announcements

Club members should be seeing their AMA renewal and ballot in the mail.

Nominations for club officers will be accepted at the November meeting. Elections will be held at the December meeting. Jerry will send an email reminder requesting  nominations from members not present. 

Flying Reports

Mark Scarborough (new member) gave a demonstration of control line flying at Sawyer Field. 

Jerry Becker, Randy Sexton and Don Hart reported flying several times. Don crashed his trainer at the Mann Lake field when the wing came off - old rubber bands.

Harry Evans discussed the recent balloon launch to 90 thousand feet!  Harry is hoping for an RC plane launch from a balloon in the near future.

Old Business

Fall BBQ and Fly In

About thirty people - families, friends and RC pilots - attended the picnic. The weather was great. There was lots of flying. A great time was had by all, including the Sawyer's dog Matilda (though Matty wasn't feeling well by the end of the day due to all the burgers, hot dogs and other snacks she consumed).

Walt Roselle (Lewiston Club member) flew his Nieuport 17 scale biplane.

Randy Sexton towed a flag with his big Telemaster - very impressive, though it didn't work quite as well as other times. The windy conditions during the flight kept the flag from flying vertically.

Jerry Becker and Don Hart flew electric powered foamy planes in a combat demonstration. Jerry's Zero (on a 3-cell Lipo pack) easily out-classed Don's Hellcat on a 2-cell Lipo pack.  The match lasted several minutes, with several near collisions. The Zero finally caught a piece of  the Hellcat's crepe paper streamer winning the match.  

Many thanks to Dave Walker for his skills as Chef.  

Flying Site Investigation

No new information available. Tabled until the November meeting.

Community Involvement

Harry Evans volunteered to work with the Boy Scouts as liason for an aviation merit badge project. Harry needs this for a school project, so all will benefit.

New Business

Buddy Box Training

Sam Hord brought up that the club had voted to not allow buddy box training at club events. The Fall Picnic was billed as an opportunity for current and former members of the club to come out and take a turn on a buddy box. Jerry Becker was of the opinion that since there were no competition events scheduled at the picnic that buddy box flying was appropriate.

Further discussion also brought up the failure of the current training program. Communication between trainer pilots and students has been lacking, providing few opportunities for students to get training.

Meeting adjourned.

Thanks to Colleen for her meeting notes.

Demonstrations

Jerry Becker showed his 27% Hangar 9 "CAP232" giant scale 80 inch span aerobatic plane. It is electric powered with a 2700 watt system turning a 20x10 APC prop, providing 170 watts/pound. A 5000mA 10S1P Lipoly pack provides the juice. The 2.4 gHz receiver and digital servos are powered with a separate Lipoly pack with a voltage regulator.

Don Hart showed his Byron "Pipe Dream" components. This is a project that is still under construction. Don had the fuselage (a piece of one inch aluminum pipe) with wing mounting, landing gear and engine mounting parts attached. The vertical stabilizer and rudder are 1/4 balsa sheet with 1/64 ply skins. Wings and horizontal tail and elevators are molded foam. Wing span will be 83 inches. Power will be a 35cc gas engine turning an 18x8 prop.

Upcoming Events

Super Bowl Snowfly
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Saturday before Super Bowl. This is an annual event held at Sawyer Field on the Saturday before Super Bowl. Though we always hope for snow to fly from, the weather does not always cooperate. However, since this is a potluck event, there is plenty of good food. Videos, demonstrations of engines and models, as well as indoor and outdoor RC flying are possible activities.

AMA Event Calendar