Volume 8 Issue 7 AMA #530 District 11 www.eugenerc.org 6 Pages July 2012 Club Mailing Address: Eugene RC Aeronauts, PO Box 26344, Eugene, OR. 97402 ERCA News and Information Next CLUB Meeting – Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 7:00 pm at the field. If you have a building project, bring it with you for "Show and Tell". At the June meeting - 24 members and guests attended. Good flying weather, good food. Orders taken for Club shirts. New membership cards handed out. Field Power Station up and running on Solar power, generator to come soon. Oregon Air and Space Museum has invited our club to display our planes at an event they are hosting at the museum this July 21 & 22nd. We have had several members volunteer to man the display. Meeting minutes are ONLINE at: http://eugenerc.org/meetings.html Upcoming events - See eugenerc.org Events page for more info July 21-22, Oregon Air & Space Museum. Eugene Airport. August 4 Creswell RC Flyers Paint ball Fun Fly. August 17, 18, 19. Creswell Hobby Field, Big air event. August 18, ERCA - Fun Fly. 9am to 6pm August 18-19, WINGS FOR WISHES. September 3, ERCA - Labor Day Fun Fly. ERCA Field. 9am to 6pm. September 8th, BAM Pylon Race 3rd Contest Race October 6th, BAM Pylon Race 4th Contest Race ERCA Club fundraising RAFFLE Drawing held at Big Bird Event $200 Gift certificate for Trumps Hobbies was won by a guest. At The Meeting June 27th 24 members and guests attended. Al - Grillin Marty – Ready to fly Frank - Warming it up Food line Shade seekers Great landing On our web site Events Page FaceBook Page ERCA at Scout Camp Brad, Al, Doug, Wayne and Mickey attended. Ready for the Scouts Brad answering questions Attentive group At the Field July 16th Roger Starting up #1 Landed nice Warren is ready #2 running also The smile says it all! Flying well Maiden flight went well A two part landing Nice landing also Field Power We are using an 800 watt generator and three SOLAR panels to keep the two deep cycle batteries charged. Instructions for starting and connecting the generator are in the club house. Several types of connections to the 12 VDC are; Banana jacks, Automotive Accessory jacks and banana to ring adapter to accommodate those that have alligator clips on their chargers PLEASE turn off the two 40 AMP circuit breakers and replace the cover before leaving the field. Some more CASH donations would be appreciated to offset some of my out-of- pocket expenses. Jim Corbett Instructions on EugeneRC.org’s Flying Field Info page. PYLON Racing 2012 ERCA 2012 Race Season: CANCELLED Club 40 Pylon - Contact: Wayne Wahrmund BAM 2012 Race Season: April 14th: Practice Race May ??th: 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 Big Bird Fly In - July 14th - Photos by Al B, Doug M, Mike W, James T and Jim C 18 pilots signed in, 100 plus spectators enjoyed the flying and good weather. Two of the local television stations covered the event. See full report on eugenerc.org. Chief Aircraft Big Birds. Marty’s Flying Lawn Mower a favorite. Shirts and raffle tickets for sale! Chris brought his helicopters. Scale WWII Looks good and flys nice. --- That's All Folks -- Newsletter Editor 1618 Gilham Rd. Eugene, OR. 97401 July 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 – Wednesday, July 25, 2012 – 7:00 pm at the Field Newsletter ONLINE at: http://eugenerc.org/NL/CURRENTNEWSLETTER.pdf December 2009 2 July 2012 5