www.eugenerc.org Volume 9 Issue 7 July 2013 Club Mailing Address: Eugene RC Aeronauts, PO Box 26344, Eugene, OR. 97402 ERCA News and Information President Mickey Cohen Vice President Mike Winklepleck Secretary Al Barrington Treasurer Al Barrington Safety Roger Dahl Flight Training Marty Wittman Webmaster Jim Corbett Newsletter Jim Corbett Field Maint Doug McWha COMMITTEES Events Brad Werneth Noise Frank Blain AMA# 530 District 11 GOLD LEADERSHIP CLUB Next CLUB Meeting – Tuesday July 23, 7 P.M at the FIELD. If you have a building project, bring it with you for "Show and Tell". Field Projects Completed: New pit cover tarp. Umbrellas for bleachers Planned upgrades for this year: A second solar kit ready to install. And the second Power station is nearing completion. Field Safety It's "Really" becoming summer out there, so I would just like to reinforce our smoking policy due to the increased fire danger. Smoking is only allowed in vehicles, which includes tailgates of pickups. Please take care of extinguishing in an ash tray or such, and not on the ground. Thank You Roger Dahl At the June meeting - 22 members and guests attended. Changes to the Constitution and ByLaws were approved. See Swap & Fly Report on page 3. Upcoming ERCA Events Monster Fest 2013 – Aug 17-18 • $15 Entry/Landing Fee • Flying Raffle for cool prizes. • Club sponsored BBQ for pilots and guests • Aircraft requirement: none but ideally at least 80? span Currently we have over $3000 donated in prizes for our pilots! Labor Day Fun Fly – Sep 2nd. At The June Meeting - Good turnout. . . . Food and flying . 2013 Meeting Dates - Time 7pm January 23 Wed - EWEB February 26 Tue - Roaring Rapids Pizza March 21 Thurs - EWEB April 22 Mon - EWEB May 29 Wed - EWEB June 25 Tue - Field July 23 Tue - Field August 27 Tue - Field September 23 Mon - EWEB October 22 Tues - Roaring Rapids Pizza November 25 Mon - EWEB December NO MEETING Club Deals http://www.eugenerc.org/clubdeals.php ServoWires – Use coupon code ERCA for a 10% discount. Due to mailing costs will ask for a minimum $10.00 purchase RCFoamCutter - For a 10% discount and free shipping, mention that you are a member of the "Eugene RC Aeronauts" when ordering. TruTurn - to provide prize awards for our events. Swap and Fly - June 29 - Doug McWha and Jim Corbett photos Swap stuff Cooking Checking More stuff to swap Feeding Starting Swap and Fly - June 29 - Doug McWha and Jim Corbett photos Sign in Group photo Shaded spectators Taxi Waiting to fly Flight tables full President’s Report – Mickey Cohen The past month has brought some glorious weather to the Willamette Valley and has certainly delivered on one of the elements we all crave when we go flying. The sun has been bright and the temperatures very nice. Unfortunately the wind has come up in force in the afternoons for the past couple of weeks creating some havoc, which I personally have experienced with the total destruction of my favorite Pulse 125. To be up front I am not really sure if it was wind, sun or that common problem of head up and locked. On the bright side it looks like we will soon have some shifts in the wind making our summer flying great. Mike, Brad and Pat have been very busy making final preparations for the upcoming Monster Fest. There are GREAT prizes for the participating pilots so be certain to have your aircraft ready to go. It’s going to be great fun. As the event has grown and with guests from other clubs in state and out we have to call on our members for some dedicated help with this event. In the past we have asked at the monthly meetings for volunteers to help make the event a success and have received good response. The only problem with that method is the folks we ask for help come from a small pool of folks that attend the monthly meetings. This event being more significant in size I must make a plea to the entire membership for their help, we have 86 members at this time and need your help. If you are willing to help out for part of the weekend PLEASE email me and someone will call you to see what time frame and tasks works best for you. Remember the event is August 17th and 18th. I read something the other day and would like to share with all of you. QUESTION: What is the most important decision any pilot can make? ANSWER: When not to fly …… EXPLANATION: If the pilot isn’t ready, if the equipment isn’t ready, or if the conditions aren’t right ………. do not fly! See you at the field and don’t forget the sunscreen. Mickey Treasurers Report - Al Barrington Our membership is currently at 84 with the addition of returning member Richard King and new members, father and son, David and 13 year old, Conner Wilson. Welcome to all. The bank balance is currently $4611.71. We received a near $200 boost from a successful June Fun-Fly. There have also been a heap of expenses in maintenance, operations and preparations for our August main event. Our expenses this month include: $134 for pump and mower gas, $40 for grass seed, $45 for Roto-tiller rental, $157.71 for road gravel, $86.94 for BBQ Food and drinks, $50 for Fire extinguisher cart, $45.75 for Toilet service, $34.00 for Newsletter costs Jan – Jun, $100 for Event prize gift certificates, $330 for ERCA hats, $62.27 Signs. We look forward to seeing everyone who can make it to the July meeting at the field, Tuesday, the 23rd, at 7pm. I’ll start the grill about 5:30 to cook up some ERCA burgers and hotdogs. Members are asked to bring potluck side dishes, chips or anything you want to add. Our food drive continues to support Food for Land County. Please remember to bring a donation for the barrel in the clubhouse. Happy landings. AL Barrington Sec / Treas, ERC Events Chairman’s Report - Brad Werneth Thanks to everyone who came to or helped out at the Swap and Fly. We had a good club turnout on a great day of flying. If you would like more information on the event go to the event report on the ERCA website. We have our biggest event ever coming up in less than a month. WE will need more than ever club members to come and help. I have a list of 17 club members that indicated that they would be willing to help. Please give me a call at 541-285-5935 or email at brad@werneth.com if you would like to help in any way. I would like to have enough members to help that we can do shifts so everyone has a chance to fly. The prize list for this event grows almost every day. Here is a list of what we have so far. Trumps: 40 size ARF – Nemesis by Seagull Rotary Motions: 3 RTF, Albatross Planes for the kids raffle RCTHRASHER.COM: Polo Shirts Futaba/Hobbico: confirmed they are sending something. Aerobeez: Two ARF’s 30cc and 50cc (we should pick soon) Tru-Turn: Unknown at this point Fromeco: $100 gift Cert. Eugene Toy: 4 x $25 Gift Certs Chief Aircraft: 10% off certificates Savox: T-Shirts and Servo Make sure you let everyone know about the event and I hope to see you there. Brad S. Werneth Events Chairman, AMA Contest Director Aerobeez Monster Fest 2013 August 17th & 18th August 17th & 18th 2013!!! That’s right, a two-day event. Time: 9am Aerobeez will be donating a 30cc ARF and a 50cc ARF of our choosing for pilot prizes. They will also be coming to the event and setting up a booth and demoing their products! Many thanks goes to Aerobeez for supporting this great event! • $15 Entry/Landing Fee • Flying Raffle for cool prizes. • Club sponsored BBQ for pilots and guests • Aircraft requirement: none but ideally at least 80? span • AMA or active ERCA Club Card required of all pilots • Smoking policy – stay inside your car to smoke • No pets over 40 lbs and all pets must be current on shots. Currently we have over $3000 donated in prizes for our pilots! There will be a club sponsored BBQ and pool party starting at 6:00 pm Saturday night for all pilots, sponsors and guests that are camping on site, or those pilots that just want to stay and party. Bring a plane and fly – OR – Bring a chair and watch! Informal Swap Meet – Bring stuff you want to sell related to Giant Scale (motors, props, servos, wheels etc.) For information contact event directors: Brad Werneth – 541-285-5935 or Mike 541- 968-0504 Monster Fest 2013 Sponsors At the field in June At the field in July --- That's All Folks -- Newsletter Editor 1618 Gilham Rd. Eugene, OR. 97401 July 2013 «FirstLast» «Street» «CityStZip» 2013 ERCA Club Contacts - President: Mickey Cohen - 541-953-9902 - mcaviation@comcast.net Vice President: Mike Winklepleck - 541-729-5894 - heidisman1@gmail.com Sec/Treasurer: Al Barrington - 541-935-4960 - albarrington@msn.com Safety Officer: Roger Dahl - 541-579-5959 - roger@artistry-in-motion.com Groundskeeper: Doug McWha - 541-741-3326 - flyduke@comcast.net Newsletter Editor: Jim Corbett - 541-344-5022 - james.corbett@comcast.net Next CLUB Meeting – Tuesday July 23, 7 P.M at the FIELD Newsletter ONLINE at: http://eugenerc.org/NL/CURRENTNEWSLETTER.pdf December 2009 2 July 2013 9