President’s
Corner
August 2003
Well,
June
and
July are behind us and we have complete the NE RC Combat event, the Berringer
Memorial Scale event and the
Henry
Struck
memorial Electric Fun FLy.
The combat event was a blast, more
fun than I’ve had flying in a long time. Competition
does make the juices flow and you should all give some sort of competition a
try, it will give you another perpsective on this great hobby and make you a
better flier. Unfortunately the
event was poorly attented (9 contestents) and
that coupled with the event needing 2 days to draw a crowd means this will
probably be the last of the NE RC Combat events we host.
Darin Bellis worked very hard for 6 months to make this the best event
yet, but a combination of weather and being only a one day event hurt the
turnout. Besides all that, all
contestents had a great time and the prizes were super.
I loved it and will momst likely compete in
Bloomfield
later
this summer if I am not in
California
enjoying our newest Grandchild,
Rachel
Ann
.
The
Beringer had 16 people sign up and the weather was perfect.
Some great flying was the rule of the day with 35% and 40% size acrobats
putting on good shows and a beautiful 96” WS P-40 built by Jim Gleason buzzing
the field. You should all come out
an enjoy a special weekend next year to support the club and meet new people who
are not club members. Scale means
anything representing a full size aircraft; it does not mean exact scale.
Our
next event the Henry Struck Memorial
Fly-in on July 26th was also a blast.
Jorge
Cintron
did another great job
as CD and
Hal
Robb
once again cooked up a
storm. I don’t know what we would
do without the help of Hal.
Jack
Holmgren
and I picked up the
food, can’t find
Phil
Norman
,
Tom
Vernon
and
Mark
Rice
pitched in and we
managed to bring the event together. We
really need more volunteers to help out at our events.
As usual,
Bob
Haines
and
Rich
Whittle
had the field in
perfect shape and we cannot tank them for their efforts enough.
20 flyers with about 50 models showed up and had a ball.
The flying was going on all day with people standing in line to put some
contraption in the air. A few Zagis
flew combat and man, these things are fast with great vertical and long motor
run times. Lots of great ARF’s out
there so pick one up and join in the fun. Unfortunately
I did not hear our CD’s,
Jorge
Cintron
, request for a Sunday
schedule so we were stuck with Saturday again.
Jorge
thinks we will get a larger turnout if the event is held on Sunday, so
until next year we will not be able to verify that.
The
Neighborhood fun fly is Aug 16th so come on out and join in our
annual PR event.
Mark
Rice
is the CD and we thank
him for volunteering. Free food and
a great day to fly or give some potential newcomer a chance to try their hand.
I
flew my
Dave
Patrick
Extra
330L.
The plane flies great but the Enya 1.55 5C does not have enough power to
fly this plane as I want. I guess a
MOKI 1.8 or 2.1 or 50cc gas engine is in my future.
I highly recommend this airplane to anyone desiring to get into big
airplane performance on a budget. For
about $1,400.00 you can fly an exceptional model with big airplane
characteristics compared to $3,500.00 to $6,000.00 for a 35% or 40% monster.
Another alternative is the Giant Scale Stinger coupled to a 60-70cc
gasser. This is a great combo and
the plane is very forgiving.
Hope
to see you at the field and at the Neighborhood fun fly on Aug 16th.
Until Next time,
Good Flying,
Fred