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Chartered Club #970
Skymasters R/C Club Newsletter - February 2000
See Skymasters on the Web at www.geocities.com/~skymasters

President's Message

Hello All,

You can tell it's building season in Michigan when your hobby shopping list is longer than your grocery list and there is a distinct path of balsa shavings leading to your workshop. I traded my Exacto knife for a pen just long enough to bid you greetings and share a few thoughts.

First and foremost is winter safety. Crystal clear days may beckon us into the sky for some winter flying, but remember that the cold weather can effect your plane in ways you didn't expect. Batteries have lower amps (meaning shorter useable time) and plastic parts become very brittle. I have experienced plastic spinners disintegrating simply by starting the engine in freezing weather. Always wear eye protection when operating a powered airplane. A pair of skis on your plane and a frozen lake offer some unforgettable flying and also some unusual hazards. Some of the best R/C flying I ever experienced has been where frozen lakes become mile long runways. However, I've always worn a life vest and never ventured out onto unsafe ice. Never fly alone, especially from these temporary locations because the job of the spotter becomes even more important to keep spectators from wandering into your flying area.

Winter also means "swap-shop" season. See the Skywriter for listings of all of the local swap shops including the Skymasters' on February 23rd. Swap shops are for more than just trading equipment. Far more stories get traded (otherwise known as hanger flying) than do tools or planes, and unlike the tools or planes, the stories improve with age! These swap shops are always a great chance to share a laugh and learn a thing or two that you didn't know before. Gary Walling is still in need of some volunteers to help at our swap shop. He still has a few half-hour slots for working the doors, the kitchen and the raffle. Please contact Gary if you can donate some time on the 23rd. And of course for more hands-on hanger flying check out the Skymasters Bull Sessions - see the Skywriter for times and location.

We don't slow down just because its winter, we have a great line-up of speakers for our Larson School meetings. Check the Skywriter for details. One such program coming up on February 9th is an interactive, hands-on engine clinic. Here is a chance to bring in one or more of your pesky engines and be led through disassembly, inspection, and re-assembly by Art and Dave Adamisson.

Finally, remember to renew your Skymasters membership early. Do so before March and save $10. Also remember to get your 2000 State Park sticker on your vehicle before heading out to the field. We want to be good tenants in the park; it is our privilege to use the Bald Mountain site, not our right.

That's all for now, time to get back to some serious balsa butchering! Fly safe and happy landings.

Gary Weaks.

 

From the Editor...

Welcome to the February 2000 issue of Skywriter!

Our Swap Shop is approaching fast - on February 24. Thanks again to Gary Walling for coordinating all of the swap shop activities prior to the big day. Of course, that big day is also now the scheduled date of his wife's C-section, so his attendance will be limited. I will be coordinating the evenings activities for him. Please see inside for slots we still need people to sign up for to help out that evening!

We also have a full slate of presentations for our club meetings for the next few months - see more details inside.

Congratu-baby-lations to Aaron and Liane DeChazel on the birth of their first child! Liane delivered a beautiful healthy baby boy - Zachary Lucien de Chazal - with blue eyes on December 31st at 8:00pm. (2 weeks early) He was 7lbs 19" long. Mom, Dad, and baby are doing well.

Take a look at the March 2000 issue of RCM when it comes out. The article on the F7F project by Vince Pettke and Darrell Watts will appear in this issue! You may remember this plane from the static competition at Toledo in 1999.

Remember, it is the time of the year when Mother Nature may affect our meetings. If weather is questionable, please watch the local news. If Troy schools cancel after school activities (or are closed), we are cancelled as well! Hopefully this can save many last minute phone calls!

Please send me any input you may have for the newsletter. Please send mail to GMCardillo@att.net, or to my address on the back cover...

 

Meeting Minutes

Date: January 12th, 2000

Location: Larson Middle School

Minutes read and accepted

First and Second Time Visitors:

  • Gary Richardson

Treasurer's Report:

  • Ross Hardy reported the year-end balance from 1999 to be $4,274.24. He also noted that not all of the deposits from December have been recorded.
  • Treasurer's report read and accepted

Announcements:

  • Gary Walling is looking for volunteers for the Skymasters Swap Shop, which will be held February 23rd at Larson Middle School in Troy. Please sign up at the next club meeting or call Gary at 248-299-4654.
  • Darryl Watts mentioned that Camp Jeep will be held August 7th - August 13th in Richmond, Virginia. One activity planned during Camp Jeep will allow attendees to fly an R/C plane with the help of an instructor. Darryl explained that this activity will help promote the hobby. He also feels that this will give Skymasters an exposure in the Model Aviation and RC Modeler magazines from the articles he plans to write. Darryl needs the help of Skymasters to accomplish this by assembling 18 Tower Trainer 40's. He has worked it out that he will give $500 to Skymasters and each person who assembles a plane can recover their $50 membership fee.
  • Darryl also reminded us that the superprize (a Stinson) for the Mid-West Regional Float Fly also needs help in being constructed. If you are interested in assisting with either of these projects, please call Darryl Watts at (248) 391-4677.
  • The Skymasters Web site has been updated.
  • Reminder to all members that it is time to renew their memberships.
  • The current events schedule is tentative. AMRCC will be held February 12th. Following this meeting, the events schedule will be finalized.

More Announcements:

  • Check your latest Skywriter newsletter for the winter schedule for the Oakland Yards Indoor Flying Event. Also, Bull Sessions are returning. Check your newsletter for dates and times.
  • Remember to purchase your 2000 State Park stickers! For stickers, please see Greg Cardillo.
  • A reminder that the Small Fry, Electric, and Sailplane Event was voted in by the members to replace the Mammoth Fly-In.
  • At the March 22nd Larson Middle School meeting, there will be a presentation by Haden Harris, who is a full-scale pilot and is a PITS champion.

Presentation:

  • Grey Lane conducted a presentation on Ultralights. We watched a Channel 4 (WDIV) "Go 4 It" video on Ultralights and he also shared insights on his flying experiences with Ultralights. Those of you that weren't there missed an excellent presentation.
  • More information on Ultralights can be found on www.usua.com.

Show and Tell:

  • Terry Overton brought in his completed Slowpoke, which he will fly in the Slowpoke-a-Mania Event to be held this summer. The plane weighed 3 lbs, 12 oz. Terry added ailerons to the plane. Special thanks to Terry for providing a written review of the kit in the January, 2000 Skywriter.
  • Harold Reuter brought in a Miss Vintage.
  • Pete Foss brought in an Elipstik. It weighed 15 oz and was powered by a Speed 400.
  • Joe Hoss brought in an Avitar, which is a rocket-launched glider. He also brought in an FMA Razor.

Old Business:

  • None

Motion to adjourn and second

 

Events of the Past Month (or earlier!)

The 9th Annual

Skymasters Mid-West Regional Float-Fly

Sept.'99

By Darrell Watts

Well I guess it is better late than never. Greg has been bugging me for my newsletter article on the float fly for four months now. The following is essentially the same as has been submitted to R/C Modeler magazine....

Float flying at its best!!! Bright sunny days - a little gusty on Saturday but mild breezes on Sunday.

When the spray settled we had pilots from thirteen states and a couple of provinces in Canada. A total of 108 pilots registered bringing with them over 130 float/sea planes. There were all types of models from a couple of little float equipped Wingos to a modified Northstar with an OS61SF screaming by at 100 mph - from a RCM Trainer 40 to a exquisitely detailed 110" span PBY - from Schneider racers chewing up the sky to a couple of 1/3 scale Cubs majestically lumbering by.

So...you think you might like to try your hand at flying off of water? Simply follow my "Five Basic Rules for Successful Float-Flying." (These surfaced from ten years of float flying - most have also been reviewed in greater detail over the years in Chuck Cunningham's articles in this magazine.):

  1. Choose a model that has "sprightly" performance off of grass.
  2. Float length should be 75%to 80% of the length of the fuselage.
  3. Step position should be on, or up to 1" behind CG.
  4. The tips of the floats should extend 4"-6" in front of the prop arc.
  5. With the floats blocked up so that the top of the float is level - the wing should be 2-5 degrees positive.

If you follow all of these "rules," the probability of success is very high. But I digress -- back to the event at hand.

The venerable Cub continues to be the most popular plane to model with twenty-three different specimens at this year's fly-in. The Seamaster in a variety of sizes was a distant second in popularity. An increasingly popular choice was the Balsa USA Northstar with nine models on hand and the Balsa USA Laker with six models present. From there the variety was evident, with mostly one and occasionally two representatives of any given model.

This float fly continues to be principally a "fly for fun" event. The flight and frequency control system designed for this event continues to operate very efficiently. In nine years there has never been a frequency conflict and the flightline coordinators are able to keep five to seven pilots flying all of the time. Two to three "beach waders" and two retrieval boats keep the landing/takeoff area and the rest of the lake clear of stalled or downed planes. Even for a meet this big, virtually every pilot who wants to get in a lot of airtime has been able to do so. Approximately fifty Skymasters R/C Club volunteers make all of this happen.

While the "fun flying" is going on there are also three "judged" contests taking place. For the pilots, which chose to enter, there is a "Sport," a "Standoff" and a "Scale" contest. In these contests, one third of the score is based on craftsmanship and finish and two thirds of the score is based on a three minute freestyle flight demonstration. About 1/4 of the participants enter one of the judged contests.

This year Ernie LeClair from Great Planes did the judging. The winner of the Sport contest was Greg Cardillo, Lake Orion, Mi. with a Direct Connections, Tsunami. Greg's model was very colorful and he did an outstanding aerobatic flight demonstration. Jim Held, Troy, Mi. won the Standoff contest with a beautifully finished Top Flite, Cessna 182. The winner of the Scale contest was Charlie Viosca, Frisco, Tx. Charlie brought his highly detailed Balsa USA, 1/3 scale Super Cub. Charlie has competed at Scale Masters with this model. It has wonderful detail; right down to the controls moving in the cockpit when he activates the control surfaces and a canoe lashed to a float. Equally impressive, the model flies as good as it looks.

There were too many great models to cover all of them; hopefully the photographs give you a sense of what goes on at this event. I would comment on a couple of the models present. Two of the past "scale" winners returned, Terry Overton with his 12' span, twin engine Supermarine Stranraer and Bill Leppard with his 110" span highly detailed PBY. (Both Terry and Bill are from Oxford, Mi.) Bob King, Granger, In., brought an original design -- he had drawn plans up from a picture in a 1937 Air Trails magazine series. It was an unusual gull-wing bi-plane that was supposedly flown by the villain in the fictional story.

Another model, which drew a lot of attention, was a modified Northstar brought by Vince Pettke, Rochester Hills, Mi. Vince rounded the turtledeck, created a full cockpit with instruments, control sticks, a full figure "Ken" pilot figure and a bubble canopy. He also designed a round engine pod to resemble a jet engine. Finally, he added Robart retracts so that he could start the engine on the beach, taxi into the water, raise the gear take off and complete his flight and then lower the gear to taxi back up on beach. The pilots who were watching and the spectators got quite a kick out of this.

Again this year the Saturday activities concluded with a western style cookout under a 40x60-foot tent. At the cookout there were door prizes "for spouses only" and entertainment by an outstanding barbershop quartet from Lansing, Mi. A great way to end the first day of flying.

Sunday's weather was perfect for flying --- and the flying continued at a hectic pace right up to the 4pm cutoff time. Sunday is also the day we have the pilots drawing and the Super Prize raffle. The pilots were richly rewarded with radios from Hitec, Futaba, and Airtronics as well as numerous kits and R/C goodies. This year's Super Prize was another G&P Sales F-18, built by Skymasters club members, ready to fly with a Hitec radio, OS61 engine and Robart retracts. It was won by our Registered Nurse, Lynne Wiley (Ferndale, Mi.) who is at our event to address any medical needs which might arise. She was excited but her husband Wade, who is an R/C pilot, was even more excited!

Also Sunday some of the park management was able to come by and try their hand at R/C flying on a buddy box. We have developed a great working relationship with the people at the park and they are very helpful in making this one of the best float flying sites in America. We have a 5 acre "lawn" that serves as a pit and spectator area and a 1000'x30' sand beach that slopes gently into a 40 acre lake. It just doesn't get any better than this!

If this article and photographs has tweaked your interest, you can get a full motion review of this event from SKS Video. (Look for their ad in this magazine.) Scott Stauffer and his crew were on hand to film the entire 1999 float-fly and have created a very professional 90-minute video.

September 9-10, 2000,

we will celebrate our 10th Annual

Skymasters Mid-West Regional Float-Fly

in Brighton, Michigan. (A western suburb of Detroit.)

The Skymasters plan to make this the biggest and best float-fly yet! Mark your calendar and plan on attending.

If you have any questions you can contact;

Carl Long at 810-254-0048

Or email: cclong@tir.com

Until then, "keep your tips up and have many happy splash downs!!!"

So there you have it...a couple of things to note: Carl Long has agreed to take over the administration of the float-fly, so this is my last year as CD. Thank you Carl and many, many thanks to all of you who have helped over the years to make this the premier R/C event in the Detroit area. (And, it would appear, the premier float-fly in the country.) I will continue to help in the back-ground but after this year I hope to just be a participant and do a lot of flying.

 

Krazy Snow Fly
Steve Fredericks

The weather couldn't have been any better for a winter day. If you missed this event, you missed one of the largest gatherings of pilots at our field. Over thirty pilots attended. By 10:00 the bonfire was roaring and the coffee and chili were brewing. Once again we had only light snow on the field so skis were not required. The flight lines were busy all morning.

Lunch time arrived and everyone headed for the shelter to fill up on hot, homemade chili and hot dogs. Before I knew it, the four gallons of chili were gone. Next year we will have to have two pots of chili cooking.

At 1:00 the drawing was held for ten $10 gift certificates. The flying continued after the drawing. The weather continued to be excellent. Plan to attend next year's event and get in some winter flying.

I would like to thank Bob Donahue for helping me set up in the morning. And also Craig White for donating all the wood for the bonfire. See you again next year.


Joe Finkelstine braves the cold at our Snow Fly. Bill Leppards Fun Fly plane on a flyby.

 

Skymasters Events

Swap Meet!

Skymasters 2000 Swap Shop

Gary Walling 248-608-8508

Help please

Our annual swap shop will be held on Wednesday 23-Feb-2000 at the Larson Middle School. Set-up time is 6PM with general entry at 7PM. Raffles will be drawn at 7-45PM and 9PM. The 50/50 and door prize will be drawn at 9PM too.

I have been busy trying to organise the event and now need to call on our club members to help me by volunteering some of their time to help out during the evening. There will be various jobs to be done, some light work and some heavier - but there will be jobs for all. Bill Dzure has accepted the daunting task of organising the kitchen and so both of us will need help. I have divided the event into 30 minute slots and would like people to sign up for slots. Please consider helping out since it spreads the load and lightens it for everybody. Note that we will need help from around 5PM to help set-up and afterwards to help clean up.

Time

Door 1

Door 2

Kitchen 1

Kitchen 2

Raffle 1

Raffle 2

5:30-6:00

Ross Hardy

Jack Fleming

6:00-6:30

Doug Riley

Steve Fredericks

Grey Lane

Howard Alexander

6:30-7:00

Doug Riley

Ron Greening

Paul Shurtliff

7:00-7:30

Herman Greif

Dick Chapman

Gary Weaks

Al Nelson

Darrell Watts

Wade Wiley

7:30-8:00

Dave Rowells

Randy MacInnes

Gary Weaks

Mike Jones

Paul Shurtliff

8:00-8:30

Dave Rowells

Steve Patterson

Bob Burns

8:30-9:00

Dave Rowells

 

Greg Cardillo will be there at 5PM to start setting up - see you then.

 

February 7 and 21, 2000 Skymasters Retirees and Wanna Bees Breakfast - Denny's Rochester

714 Main Street at north end of Rochester. Join us for breakfast the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month starting November 1st! Throw a plane in the car if the weathers nice, the group has been known to migrate to the field after breakfast. Contact Bob Burns for more info at 248-628-4666.

February 9, 2000 Skymasters Meeting - Larson Middle School, 7:30 PM

Engine Clinic with Art and David Adamisson. Bring your cranky 2 or 4 stroke engine in need of disassembly and tools to this engine clinic. Art and David will walk us through rebuilding our engines!

February 23, 2000 Skymasters Swap Shop - Larson Middle School, 7:30 PM

See flyer on previous page!

February 26 and March 4, 2000 Skymasters Bull Sessions - Steve Fredericks' shop 9:00 AM

Come talk R/C, eat donuts and drink coffee with other Skymasters and families!

March 8, 2000 Skymasters Meeting - Larson Middle School, 7:30 PM

R/C Electronics with Pete Waters. Pete is the owner of Kraft Midwest, and our AMA District Frequency Coordinator. Pete always has a interesting topic to talk about, and can help answer any R/C Electronics questions you may have.

March 22, 2000 Skymasters Meeting - Larson Middle School, 7:30 PM

Hayden Harris joins us to talk about IAC Flying (the full size!) Hayden is a full scale Pitts pilot, and will share his experiences of flying 'in the box'.

 

Upcoming Programs/Events

Skymasters events listed elsewhere in this issue!

Saturday, February 19 Oakland Yard Indoor Free Flight and R/C, Waterford 10:00 PM-1:00 AM

Sunday, February 20 GDSHS Sno-Fli, Art Slagle 248-477-2228

Sunday, February 20* Chesaning R/C Swap Meet, Owosso, Paul Binkley 810-639-2711

Various Dates* Cloudbusters Indoor Free Flight - see flyer enclosed.

*See additional information for these events in this issue of Skywriter!

Event info from mailings received, AMRCC, and Michigan RC Flying Times

 

Free Skymasters Dues for 2000
And, Promote the Hobby of Aeromodeling at the Same Time!

Interested? - Read this Article!

I have agreed to run an aeromodeling activity at this year's Camp Jeep. The activity will be similar to "Kid's Day" where people are given an opportunity to fly a R/C model on a buddy box.

Camp Jeep is an invitational event sponsored by the Jeep Division where we have 9-10,000 Jeep owners gather for a big owners "reunion/celebration." This year the event is being held near Charlottesville, Va.

So what does Skymasters get out of this? For helping put this together the club will get a $500 donation. They will also get recognition at Camp Jeep and, potentially, in articles in Model Aviation and R/C Modeler as the sponsoring club for this big R/C PR event.

What do you get out of this? We need 19 Tower Trainer 40 RTC's (ready to cover ARF's) and 3 Slowpokes assembled and covered (engine and radio installed in the RTF's) for this event - all materials furnished. For each one you build you get $50. So you see, if you do only one it's like getting your dues for 2000 - free. (Jeep will pay Skymasters and then Skymasters will pay you.) Of course if you want to set up an assembly line type operation you can build as many as you want and earn $50 each.

We had volunteers sign up to build 9 airplanes at the last meeting so I still need volunteers to build 13 planes.

There is limited budget to give financial assistance to "expert help" from Skymasters to attend and help at the event. Talk to me individually about these opportunities.

When I agreed to do this I felt that it would be great opportunity to expose the hobby of aeromodeling to a prime audience of 9-10,000 people. I think it will benefit the hobby and that, in the long run, benefits Skymasters. I hope you agree and will sign up to help! If we haven't already talked at a meeting, please call me right away.

Darrell Watts - 391-4677

*************************************************************************

 

2000 Float Fly Super Prize
We need your help to build.

We have acquired two prizes for our fall float-fly!

One of them is an 80" span Great Planes, Spacewalker ARF. Bob Burns and the retiree breakfast group has volunteered to put this one together. When we give this one away it will be assembled but will not have an engine or radio.

The second is a Top Flite, Stinson Reliant SR-9. Our plan is to have this model completely ready to fly when it is given away. Our goal is to have the building done by the end of May - earlier if possible. If we divide this into enough "sub-assemblies" we can do it!

We acquired all of the building supplies, a Super Tigre 3250 and a Hitec radio with the kit. This 100" span model comes as a "builders" kit. That is, lots of sticks, lots of building. Already, Randy MacInnes has volunteered to build the wing, Jim Held is building the tail feathers and Vince Pettke has agreed to do the covering.

Here's where you come in. 1.)We need someone to assemble the cowl (or perhaps all of the "plastic" pieces). Either this person could paint these parts or we will need a separate person to paint these parts solid red. 2.) We need someone to assemble the fuselage formers (each former is built up out of sticks). This operation needs to be done rather soon so that we can proceed with the fuselage. 3.) We need someone to assemble the fuselage once the formers are done. This and the wing are the two biggest jobs. 4.) We need someone to assemble airfoil shape around the landing gear (this is gluing wood not soldering). 5.) We need someone to install the radio when the plane is in bare bones.

This is a big project but if we work as a team we can get it done quickly and, hopefully, without undo strain on any one individual. We will be discussing it at the meetings but if you can help, and you haven't already volunteered, please contact Darrell Watts at 248-391-4677.

 

The "Super" Slow-Poke (Further Developments) As built and flown by Terry Overton

If you missed Part 1, follow our link: The ".Super" Slow-Poke Part 1

I wanted to see what would happen if the C of G was moved further back so the battery was relocated from under the tank to the receiver compartment, above the first spar of the wing. The C of G was then checked and found to be just on the trailing edge of the main spar. Unfortunately weather conditions did not permit a test flight in this configuration before Greg's deadline for the newsletter, however a few days later I made it to the flying field on a cold but calm and clear evening.

Despite the cold, the 25 LA fired up easy enough and the Slowpoke was in the air again. As was to be expected a touch of down trim was needed for straight and level under full power, and it was time to try a few aerobatics. Full power stunts were pretty much the same, roll response still slow but positive, but loops could now be really tightened up if wanted.

Next came a stall, which was now somewhat different from the previous flights. Although there was no tendency for the SlowPoke to drop a wing and spin, the elevator control became very sensitive, with a strong nose down pitch at the stall and a big zoom up on recovery.

A conventional spin was entered from a good height and after a few turns the controls were neutralized, power applied and recovery was quickly made without problems.

By this time my thumbs were beginning to go numb from the cold so I decided to bring the SlowPoke in for a landing. Unfortunately, I had the idle trim set a tad on the low side and the LA quit on the downwind leg. This was when I discovered two things - the SlowPoke does not have much penetration as a glider and the plane was very unstable in pitch at slow speeds. The resulting approach was a series of dives and zooms ending with a tumble in the long grass just short of the field.

As no damage was apparent, the LA was fired up again for another flight as I wanted to check out the SlowPoke again in slow flight under power. After take off and a couple of circuits to check out the trim after the landing tumble, I throttled back for a landing approach. As the speed dropped off it became very difficult to maintain a level approach, as the slightest touch of elevator would initiate a steep climb or dive. Power up, control was regained as the speed increased. Switch to low rate elevator and try another approach, pretty much the same thing. Go round again. Approach at about 1/4 throttle, control maintained OK. Go to idle at the threshold, let the speed bleed off, try to flare with a touch of elevator - get a 20 ft zoom - then a dive with recovery about 6" above the grass and almost zero airspeed from where it's a flop down on the runway and I can taxi back!

Conclusions

Although I was expecting some increase in pitch sensitivity with the rearward C of G shift I was really surprised at how unstable in pitch the SlowPoke became at slow speeds.

The battery has since been returned to it's original location as far forward as possible under the tank and up against the firewall. For the record, this puts the C of G at 110 mm (4 3/8") behind the Leading Edge of the wing. This I would consider to be the rearward limit.

Less experienced pilots should have the C of G at least 5 - 10 mm forward of this.

(Thank you again Terry! Terry's "Super" SlowPoke is now on display at "Anything Goes" hobby shop on Rochester Road, East side just North of Long Lake if you want to check out his changes! See aileron detail below!)

For Sale

Great Planes PT-60, Monocoated in Military blue, 4 Hitech 300 servos, no engine, hanging up at Riders in Madison Heights. $150.00 Flys great, Call

Don at 248 643-9122.

Other Area Events

Mid- Michigan Radio Control Model Swap Shop

Cloudbusters Indoor Free Flight Schedule

Oakland Yard Indoor R/C and Free Flight Summer Schedule

 

Skymasters Information

Skymasters field is located within the Bald Mountain State Park (see map). State Park Permits are required and can be obtained from the Park Headquarters located on Greenshield Road or at club events. Flying is permitted from 10 AM to 8 PM. The noise limit for 1998 is 95dB at 10 feet - this noise rule is strictly enforced.

Wednesday evenings during the summer is Student Night and there are usually instructors around all afternoon. Student night is also 'pot luck' buffet night so that you can fly-n-feed (though not usually at the same time). Students are encouraged on other days and weekends. It is a great idea to come on Wednesday, meet the Instructors and arrange for more instruction time together. Our Chief Flight Instructor is Greg Brausa.

From June to August, Club Meetings are held at the field on the first Saturday of the month at 12 Noon - a great chance to fly and gossip too! Winter meetings (September to May) are held at Larson Middle School (on Long Lake just east of John R - see map) on the second and fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:30 PM. Show and Tell, coffee and donuts, and model-speak are the order of the evening. Come along - they are fun.

The Skywriter newsletter is sent to all members, local hobby shops and other local R/C clubs. Any and all contributions are welcome, please pass any articles to the Editor. If you know of anyone who may be interested in our hobby (friend, relative, neighbor, colleague or acquaintance) - please give them a copy of this newsletter or a copy of an AMA magazine - it may spark their interest and get them into our hobby!


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