www.eugenerc.org Volume 9 Issue 6 June 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 June 25, 7 P.M at the FIELD. If you have a building project, bring it with you for "Show and Tell". Changes to the Constitution and ByLaws will be voted on. At the May meeting - 20 members and guests attended. Changes to the Constitution and ByLaws had a second reading. "Show and Tell" Brad Werneth brought in his YAK 54. Upcoming ERCA Events Swap and Fly – June 29th, Big Bird Fun Fly – August 17th, Labor Day Fun Fly – Sep 2nd. Web site The forum will be used for voting on the proposed changes to the Constitution and ByLaws. Field Projects Completed: Club house and out-house have been painted. Six Big Bird starting pads poured. Gate in fence installed. Lime lines on center and south edge of runway. Planned upgrades for this year: A second solar kit ready to install. Second Power station. New pit cover tarp. FOOD FOR LANE COUNTY FOOD BANK Donations for 2013 so far 69 lbs. "PLESE BRING A CAN OF FOOD FOR LANE COUNTY FOOD BANK" At The May Meeting - Good turnout. . . SHOW and TELL Brad and his YAK 54. . 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. Field changes - It is spring and there is change at the field Gate installation finished Painting by John Digging out for Big Bird pads Club house masked Painted potty Forms and inserts ready Field changes - It is spring and there is change at the field Pour it in Smooth it South and center lines in lime Push it around Ready to use Approach from the west view Name the Plane Contest - The were ZERO responses to the May contest. The Answer to the May "Name the Plane" contest. The US ordered 210 of these A/C in 1938, the largest order the government had placed since World War I. It was also used by two of our allies and by two of our enemies. A later better known version had a V-12, The US called it the P-36A, but this one had the markings of a Curtiss Hawk 75H. The export version used quite successfully by the French in the Battle of France. Britain called it the Mohawk and used it very effectively against the Japanese Army Air Force in the Burma/India area right into 1944. Vichy France flew them against the US when we invaded North Africa and the Luftwaffe had Hawks at a flying school the established with captured French aircraft. President’s Report – Mickey Cohen As most of you know the Memorial Day fly-in was a no-go due to the rain. We know that date is very risky here in Eugene but it’s always worth a try to have that as our kick off event of the year. Coming up on the 25th is our first meeting at the field, come early do some flying and enjoy a burger or dog from Captain Al’s kitchen. Feel free to bring a side dish or desert to share and of course don’t forget Food for Lane County. For those of you that haven’t been to the field recently there has been some additional field improvements completed. Brad was able to provide a great deal on concrete as well as some very talented concrete finishers and now the field has concrete pads for the big bird A/C. Our same group of reliable workers showed up to help dig out the pads, set the forms and help spread the wet concrete. A BIG thanx to all who stepped in to help once again. Also Safety Roger has installed a runway centerline and a line indicating the edge of the runway and taxi area. It looks great, way to go Roger. We have our next event coming up on the 29th; it’s the Swap and Fly. Be certain to bring out that extra stuff and try to sell it so you can convert it into new stuff. We will have great weather and this will be a super opportunity to spend time with our fellow club members. Some proposed changes to the ERCA Constitution and By-Laws have been presented at the last two meetings however because attendance is sparse I wanted you all to have an opportunity to vote so JR was able to post the proposed changes on the forum and allow you to vote on the forum. We will take a vote count at the meeting as well. That’s it for now, fly safe and with someone. Mickey At the field in May Al’s Radian Wayne’s P-51 Jim’s Stryker ERCA FUN FLY 8th Annual Swap and Fly June 29th Saturday – at the ERCA Field Time: 9am to 5pm weather permitting. Everyone invited — $10 Landing fee • Bring any and all airplanes … do any kind of flying! • $10 Entry/Landing Fee (you get a Raffle ticket for the Gift Certificate) • Club sponsored BBQ at NOON for pilots and guests • Every flight gets an entry in the “flying raffle” • Flying raffle prizes will be awarded after a drawing Bring a plane and fly – OR – Bring a chair and watch! Informal Swap Meet – Bring stuff you want to sell. Contact: Brad Werneth – 541-285-5935 for information. Treasurers Report - Al Barrington Our membership is at 81 now with the reinstatement of Todd Goss. Welcome back. We have not received any new member applications this month. The treasury is at $5,697.38 as of this report. We are expecting the bills to start rolling in from the recent field improvement projects. There has been no word from the IRS regarding our tax exempt status. We are still in a holding pattern on that. Thanks to all the members who came out to help on the field projects this past month. Many hands makes for light work. We appreciate your support. I’m extremely proud of our field and our members who are helping to make our field a classy place to fly. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone at the field for the meeting on 25 June, at 7pm. Get there early because, I’ll be firing up the grill about 5:30pm to cook up some club sponsored burgers and hotdogs before the meeting. Bring along a favorite potluck side dish or whatever special item you might want to throw on the grill. As always, the donation jar will be out for your generous contributions. NOT tips for the cook but to help with the food costs so we can continue to run the grill at all our field meetings and events. While you’re feeling generous, please don’t forget to bring a donation for the Food for Lane County barrel. Mark your calendars for the 29th of June for the Swap and Fly. Happy landings. AL Barrington Sec / Treas, ERC Safety Officer’s Report - Roger Dahl New Runway edge markings, and center line were added to the runway, today. I was able to borrow a chalk line machine from Harrisburg High School. The purpose of this is to establish a taxi and aircraft placement area along the south side of the runway, and should minimize the pilots need to walk onto the runway while other planes are in the air. In addition, this establishes the 25 foot distance required by AMA between the runway edge, and the pit benches/non flying pilot area. Pilots should attempt to remain on the runway side of the edge marking when their planes are taking off, or landing. The center line was added to aid in aiming for this location on the field. Taxi out, or back in can be done on the runway, and/or the edge area, but I would like to encourage the practice of ending your flight with your plane's position parallel to the runway, and avoiding turning towards the pit area prior to shutting down. I am open to any suggestions regarding other safety measures that we could include. Fly Safe, Roger Dahl Forum Administrator’s Report - JR Graham Hey folks! Well, the forums are going well after several months now. So far as of June 19, we have 29 active members (19 of those are club members), 86 topics with 521 posts. Really, that is pretty good activity being so new to the club. The first POLL has been posted today as well. For those of you that do not yet know, Mickey has proposed a few alterations to the Constitution and Bi- Laws of the club. These proposals are listed on the forum, and there are Yes/No check box's for each change. PLEASE go to the forums and read over these proposals and place your vote! This will be helpful in the upcoming meetings to know what members might think, who may not be at that meeting! This will be a great method for club topics and issues that come up in the future as well. Meetings could become more informative, and when voting matters come up, one would not physically have to be at a meeting (depending on type of voting matter) to place his/her vote or opinion. Remember! You MUST be registered to the forum to vote on club topics. Once registered you will only have access to the regular public forums. Call or message me (email, forum PM or otherwise) and I will add you to the 'Club Member' group. That's it! You will then have access to the Club Topic forums. The forums are not just for club stuff specifically remember! For instance, take a look and follow along with Donnie's latest build's he has going on, the 35% Pilot Extra 330 SC at http://eugenerc.org/forums/viewtopic.php ?f=10&t=83 Or have a look at Chick's home built airplane table he made for his hanger and tell him what you think, here! http://eugenerc.org/forums/viewtopic.php ?f=10&t=86 There are forums for building topics, engines, competition forums, and one for just random babble too! I have covered the most common and important from my point of view, but if you would like to see something added just let me know! Please take some time soon to register on our forums, and get joined to the club member group! Even if you do not plan on posting anything ever, just being registered to vote in the future will be well worth it. There is no requirement to actually post anything, ever! But you will get all the announcements that will be sent out for club voting, Poll's and anything else. That's if for now, See you at the field! JR Graham At the field in June At the field in June --- That's All Folks -- Newsletter Editor 1618 Gilham Rd. Eugene, OR. 97401 June 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 June 25, 7 P.M at the FIELD Newsletter ONLINE at: http://eugenerc.org/NL/CURRENTNEWSLETTER.pdf December 2009 2 June 2013 9