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Pullman The Palouse Ridge Runner Moscow
Palouse Region R/C Flyers Newsletter
============================= December 2010 ===============================
The next club meeting will be at Jack-in-the-Box in Moscow (Moscow-Pullman Highway), Tuesday, December 7 (contact club President Mark Scarborough for information).
If anyone has a new plane, bring it to show it off.
Meeting Agenda, December 7, 2010
- Announcements
- Minutes
- Treasury Report
- Flying/Building Reports
- Old Business
- Agenda Additions/New Business
- Program
Notes from the Last Meeting:
Members Present:
- Mark Scarborough (President)
- Colleen Bumgarner (Secretary/Treasurer)
- Bruce Bumgarner
- Jerry Becker
- Dave, Lucas and Tyler Sass
- Sam and Gunnar Sorem
- John Sawyer
- Liz Foster
- Randy Sexton
- Elmer Carlson
- Vance Penton
- Dave Evans
- Don Hart
Minutes accepted as published.
Treasury: $1380.03
Announcements
No announcements
Flying/Building Reports
Tyler Sass has a Great Planes J-3 Cub ready to cover.
Dave Sass had questions about a LiPo battery pack that he cannot charge. Jerry Becker offered to test the pack.
Sam Sorem reported that he is practicing helicopter flying. He gone through 12 battery packs so far. Parker flew his heli and hit the tail rotor. A new tail fin should prevent future hits. Sam flew his YAK at Leroy Johnson's field south of Pullman.
Elmer Carlson is covering a LT 40 trainer using Century 21 film.
Don Hart is designing and building a glider tug. The fuselage will have door skin ply sides with aircraft ply and balsa formers. Wings will be 96 inch span with balsa sheeted foam cores. Power will be a DLE 55cc gas engine.
Mark Scarborough and Rob Smith are building a "Snowbird" control line stunter, a 1963 design with elliptical wing layout. It will be electric powered. Mark has a "Dirty Birdy" R/C pattern plane with a Rossi 60. He is also interested in other classic pattern planes.
Old Business
No old business.
New Business
Club Trainers and Instructors
Jerry Becker will pay AMA to register instructors: Joe Bolden, Dave Walker, Don Hart, John Sawyer and Jerry Becker. The club will reimburse Jerry. We need an inventory of club trainers. Some instructors supply their own planes and radios.
Super Bowl Snow Fly
The Super Bowl Snow Fly will be on Saturday February 5. Planning at the December meeting.Mall Show
Bertle Spence will be asked to contact the mall management about the possibility for a club mall show in March.
Program
Mark Scarborough demonstrated covering a balsa sheeted foam core wing with UltraCote film covering.
Mark stressed the importance of using the right temperature for applying and shrinking UltraCote. Hanger-9, the manufacturer, says UltraCote adhesion to wood begins at 200 to 220 degrees F, shrinkage onset begins at 300 degrees F, and maximum shrinkage is at 350 degrees F.
Mark uses a covering iron with a "sock" to prevent scratching for general application and a trim iron for corners. He uses "hot gloves" he got at the hardware for $3.50 (Tower Hobbies wants $15!) to grip the film while stretching it over curved surfaces such as wing tips.All pieces of covering are cut before starting the application. Large pieces are cut first. Make sure the wing is dust free. Use a tack cloth.
Mark starts by covering the trailing edge of the wing. He covers the bottom of the wing first. He begins by sticking the covering at the high point on each end of the wing panel. The covering is stuck to the surface working from the center out with the iron temperature set to adhere the covering. Mark uses a Top Flite trim tool to trim excess covering.
Top Flite Trim Tool
Once top and bottom are covered, Mark shrinks the covering using a heat gun working from the center out.
Upcoming Events
Super Bowl Snow Fly will be on Saturday February 5 at Sawyer RC Field.