Volume 6 Issue 12 Pages 6 AMA #530 District 11 www.eugenerc.com December 2010 Club Mailing Address: Eugene R/C Aeronauts, PO Box 26344, Eugene, OR. 97402 ERCA News and Information Next CLUB Meeting ? January 4, 2011, 7:00 pm at EWEB. If you have a building project, bring it with you for "Show and Tell". At the November Meeting ? There were 12 members and guests in attendance. The Treasurer / Secretary, AL Barrington, read the treasury report, membership is at 94. Fundraising was mentioned. Members were invited to submit ideas and suggestions for future revenue generation. In the future we want to encourage online voting for officers. The online voting will be for all those that can?t make it to the meetings but still want to have there ballot count. The online ballot was in the November newsletter this year and it will be there again next year. ELECTION RESULTS for 2011 President: Brad Werneth Vice President: Mike Farr Secretary: Jayne Krenz Treasurer: Al Barrington Safety Coordinator: Marty Wittman Meeting minutes are ONLINE at: http://eugenerc.com/meetings.html 2011 Meeting Dates EWEB downtown Eugene: Meeting dates EWEB came up with that were available and closest to our requested dates: TUES, JAN 4 - EWEB TUES, FEB 22 - Pizza meeting WED, MAR 23 - EWEB WED, APR 20 - EWEB TUES, MAY 17 - EWEB - 3rd Tues TUES, JUN 28 - Field - 4th Tues TUES, JUL 26 - Field - 4th Tues TUES, AUG 23 - Field - 4th Tues WED, SEP 21 - EWEB WED, OCT 26 - EWEB WED, NOV 23 - EWEB DEC - No meeting Treasurers Corner NOTAM: The January meeting will be on the 4th at EWEB, 7pm. I'm honored to be serving another year as your ERCA Treasurer. Financially, we will end the year of 2010 well "in the black" and with a healthy reserve to begin the new year. It's a good thing we don't have a meeting in the month of December because I'll need the time to get all of the year end reports started and renew our club's charter and insurance with AMA. I'll be submitting the new list of club officers and Intro Pilot Instructors as well. It's time for all of us to renew our memberships in both AMA and ERCA. Please confirm and update your contact information with the club as you make your renewal. If you're reading this then obviously we have a good email or snail mail address for you. We are still getting some newsletters returned for address issues. Here's best wishes to everyone for the holidays and the new year. Happy landings. AL Barrington From the past year From the past year From the past year WITH THE WEEKDAY WARRIORS The Weather Bureau?s radio station told me the other day that 22 of November?s 30 days had had ?measurable precipitation?. That?s 73.3% of the time. I believed it. What?s more, I think that December is trying to beat that score. Now do you see why this column is so anemic? I got up to the field only three times since typing the last column. Nobody there, though one time Chuck Jenkins stopped in on his way elsewhere. On all three occasions, the wind was blowing briskly and the temperatures were what passes for ?cold? hereabouts. Yesterday, Sunday, I found Wayne Wahrmund and Doug McWha packing up to leave in the face of the wind, cold, and impending rain and they said they knew of no action on weekdays for the last month. I could tell an exciting tale of Wayne trying a takeoff with his LT 40 without the trifling formality of putting in the wing bolts, but he hadn?t the decency to do it on a weekday so it?s not grist for this mill. Forget I ever mentioned it. With no notes to take, your columnist got to work on his Cavalier Std.. The radio is in and everything works, though I had to re-site the rudder horn twice to get the pushrod working freely. The control surfaces are hinged, though the hinges are not yet pinned. Still to be made are the fuel tank and the cowl. The mold for the latter is ready and a block to form the tank around awaits only a spot of truing and corner-rounding. You?ll be proud of me. I got a new battery pack and it?s nickel-mickle-pickle - okay, I wanted ni-cads, but they apparently aren?t made anymore. I brought Batteries Plus an old, dead pack so that they could use the pigtail that fits my radio. It was a 900 mah pack and I expected the same back, but they made me one with a whopping 2700 mah capacity. I blame you guys with the amp-eating digital servos for setting bad precedents. I need 2700 mah like a fish needs a bicycle. With that much juice, I could fly all Summer without recharging. So that?s it. I know saying ?Merry Christmas? is forbidden in Eugene because it?s considered ?divisive?, but I?m going to divide the living daylights out of the place and say ?Merry Christmas? anyhow. And a Happy Aeronautical New Year to boot. You should get this in time for First Flight Day on the 17th. You know, don?t you, that on the night of the 17th, the ghosts of Wilbur and Orville Wright rise out of Huffman Prairie in a 1905 Flyer (the first one that would carry two) and bring presents to everyone who?s been aeronautically correct all year. What? You?re looking skeptical? You are going to give me a story about some guy with reindeer and a sled? C. O?D. FORE SALE YAK 54 Combo Seagull 60 Size YAK 54, 60" w/s New in Box, & Saito .72 4stroke, also New in Box $300 Both? Firm Doug Devereaux 541.999.1844 ===================================== Staudacher 1/3 Scale, 90" w/s ,ZDZ 80cc gas Hi Tech 5955 titanium servos (330 oz. torque) Carbon wing tube / Spinner, 26/12 Carbon Prop, Carbon Gear & wheel pants, Carbon T/W assembly. MAKE OFFER (Doug 541-999-1844) or Marc Self 503.588.9884 ===================================== Hobbistar 60 MKII I have flown it about a dozen times with no hard landings. It comes with an OS LA 65 which was new when I installed it in this plane. I also installed a new Futaba radio system in it and a transmitter with a square buddy box port and it is computerized. The whole setup is like new and ready to fly. All you need is ground equipment to learn to fly with this plane, or to brush up on your skills. I would like to get $200 out of this plane. I have more than twice that in it. Feel free to call me for any questions. Bill Spalding 541-653-1439 ===================================== Airbus A380 with 4 brushless ducted fans, Ready to fly just add a receiver. $200 Mark at 541-741-0180 ===================================== Have something collecting dust? Someone may want it! ===================================== --- That's All Folks -- Eugene R/C Aeronauts Newsletter Editor 1618 Gilham Rd. Eugene, OR. 97401 December 2010 ®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 coordinator: Marry Wittman - 541-968-2094 - wittmanm@msn.com Groundskeeper: Doug McWha - 541-741-3326 - flyduke@comcast.net Newsletter Editor: Jim Corbett - 541-344-5022 - james.corbett@comcast.net Next CLUB Meeting ? January 4, 2011 ? 7:00 pm at EWEB. December 2009 2 December 2010 5