Volume 8 Issue 4 AMA #530 District 11 www.eugenerc.org 6 Pages April 2012 Club Mailing Address: Eugene RC Aeronauts, PO Box 26344, Eugene, OR. 97402 ERCA News and Information Next CLUB Meeting ? Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7:00 pm at EWEB. If you have a building project, bring it with you for "Show and Tell". Canned Food Drive for Food Bank - PLEASE bring a can of food for the Food Bank. At the March 29th meeting - 22 attended. Pete won the 50/50. Marc won the raffle for a Real Flight 6 RC Simulator. Also the raffle for a $200 Gift Certificate was started. Tickets $2 each. President Brad Werneth announced that we are now registered with the State as a non- profit corporation. Official name: ?Eugene RC Aeronauts? Discussions on ways to generate income, end of the quarter budget report, and a possible new logo introduced. Soon to be member Jeff Harris came up with the logo design. Field power discussed. Several members will be donating materials and time to construct a small charging station. Donations of a deep cycle 12 volt RV battery or two would be appreciated. Also if someone is willing to loan the club a generator for a few months to see if the charging station gets any use. The intent is to see if the station gets much use before any club funds are expended. Newsletter banner has been updated with new logo to reflect our new Club Name ? no more SLASH ( / ) between the R and C. The web site is also being updated to reflect the name change and the domain address has changed to eugenerc.org. Meeting minutes are ONLINE at: http://eugenerc.org/meetings.html on our web site Events Page Thank you - Brad Werneth FaceBook Page Thank you - Pat Willis Intro pilots for 2012 Chuck Jenkins, Doug Devereaux, Jeff Engel and Wayne Wahrmund At The Meeting March 29th Good turnout, 50 / 50 raffle and Real Flight 6 raffle added to the club funds. Two members brought planes for show and tell. At the Field April 9th Projects F4U Corsair I still need to build the flaps and ailerons, complete the cowl and firewall, and spend a long time at the place called Sandamore. The construction will be complete, then covering and connecting everything. Should be flying by summer, I hope. - Bill Broich See full report on EugeneRC.org?s Projects page. PYLON Racing 2012 ERCA 2012 Race Season: May 12 Warm Up June 16 Race #1 July 28 Race #2 August 25 Race #3 September 22 Race #4 Club 40 Pylon - Contact: Wayne Wahrmund BAM 2012 Race Season: April 14th: Practice Race May 19th: 1st Contest Race July 14th: 2nd Contest Race September 8th: 3rd Contest Race October 6th: 4th Contest Race Club 40 Pylon ? Contact: Waldemar Frank 2012 Meeting dates January 5 Thursday EWEB February 23 Thursday Pizza March 29 Thursday EWEB April 19 Thursday EWEB May 24 Thursday EWEB June 27 Wednesday Field July 25 Wednesday Field August 22 Wednesday Field September 18 TUESDAY EWEB October 25 Thursday Pizza November 29 Thursday EWEB December - No meeting Former Eugene RC Aeronauts member passes Rich Richardson and his Giant Rider Rich Richardson passed away Friday, April 6 of heart failure. His daughter Lori in Portland will be handling his estate. She plans to have a sale of his belongings. These include RC models, tools, books, parts, etc. The sale dates are: Saturday, April 28 and Sunday, April 29. Location and times of sale will be posted soon. Rich enjoyed designing things. He also was a frequent user of the internet. Google Gyroraptor101 and Raptor1000 to find some of his designs. Autogyros were another of his interests. He designed several RC controlled ones as well as a ?kite? version. The Raptor Recumbent Trike was also one of the many creations he built. The above model was solely human powered. He also built a battery assisted model with a 15 mile range. Rich did not let the Willamette Valley ?Wet Season? interrupt his flying. Feb 22, 2012 Indoor Pilots and their aircraft He was a occasional ?Indoor Flyer? with the ?Eugene Electric Flyers? group. Upcoming local events Creswell RC Flyers - Swap Meet April 28 - 29 Saturday and Sunday Control-Line Regionals Northwest May 25-26-27, 2012 Eugene Airport Overflow parking lot. ERCA - Big Bird Fun Fly July 14, Saturday - ERCA Field Time: 9am to 6pm weather permitting. ERCA - Fun Fly August 18th, Saturday - ERCA Field Time: 9am to 6pm weather permitting. ERCA - Labor Day Fun Fly September 3rd, Saturday - ERCA Field Time: 9am to 6pm weather permitting. Treasurer's Report Our membership is at 71 as of 4/15/2012. The following 16 members from 2011 that did not renew for unknown reasons and were moved to the inactive roster. Barckley, Henry Bates, Jayson Benson, Brian Desimone, Donald Farmer, Robert Hanna, Larry Harris, Spencer Kizer, Joe Kopriva, Tom Melville, Kenton Pilkenton, Chuck Robinson, Michael Ropchan, Brian Stolworthy, Bryan Watkins, Ed Wells, Vern Our current bank balance is $6899.55 I look forward to seeing everyone at the next meeting. Happy landings. AL Barrington ERCA, Sec/Treas For Sale ? See eugenerc.org For Sale page for complete listing Carl Goldberg Sukhoi - SU26MX kit with CRRC PRO 26cc gas motor. Has Futaba servos, Ignition Switch, Receiver Switch, Ignition battery NIMH 4.8v 2000 ma, Receiver battery NIMH 4.8v 2700 ma - NO RECEIVER $200 Mike heidisman1@gmail.com 541-968-0504 04-16-12 --- Enclosed Trailer - Single axle, 4' x 8', Approx. 4' tall, with side opening rear door. Steel frame, plywood sides and top. Door has two key locks. $750 Call Margie at 541-686-4616 03-30-12 Brand new Great Planes Escapade, powered by Brand New OS .46AX. 5 each Futaba S3004 Servos, 4.8 V 600 mah Battery, Prop, Switch Harness, Futaba Receiver, Futaba T6EXAP Channel 35 Transmitter. $275. Mickey Cohen 541-953-9902 mcaviation@comcast.net 03-28-12 --- Planes, transmitters, motors, etc. Don't know exactly all that I do have. I would like to sell the whole bunch at one time. Doug Wade doug_wade@comcast.net 1-8-12 on our web site Events Page Thank you - Brad Werneth FaceBook Page Thank you - Pat Willis --- That's All Folks -- Newsletter Editor 1618 Gilham Rd. Eugene, OR. 97401 April 2012 ®FirstLast¯ ®Street¯ ®CityStZip¯ ERCA CLUB CONTACTS President: Brad Werneth - 541-285-5935 - brad@werneth.com Vice President: Mike Farr - 541-689-4564 - far-owt@comcast.net Sec/Treasurer: Al Barrington - 541-935-4960 - albarrington@msn.com Safety Officer: Mike Winklepleck - 541 -968-0504 - heidisman1@gmail.com Groundskeeper: Doug McWha - 541-741-3326 - flyduke@comcast.net Newsletter Editor: Jim Corbett - 541-344-5022 - james.corbett@comcast.net Next CLUB Meeting ? Thursday, April 19, 2012 ? 7:00 pm at EWEB Newsletter ONLINE at: http://eugenerc.org/NL/CURRENTNEWSLETTER.pdf December 2009 2 April 2012 5