Eugene R/C Aerogram Volume 8 Issue 3 AMA #530 District 11 www.eugenerc.com 6 Pages March 2012 Club Mailing Address: Eugene R/C Aeronauts, PO Box 26344, Eugene, OR. 97402 ERCA News and Information Next CLUB Meeting ? Thursday, March 29, 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 February 23th meeting - 31 attended. Roger won the 50/50. Two new members joined. Plenty of Pizza, lots of socializing. Mike Winklepleck was elected as our new Safety officer. Mike Burges was assisting a lady selling her husband?s RC airplanes. He had a garage sale set for Friday and was willing to take any interested members to a Pre-Sale after the meeting. I understand the club members purchase quite a few of the planes. Two raffles scheduled - Real Flight Simulator to be raffled at the next meeting. Tickets $1 each and 6 for $5. Also a Raffle for a $200 Gift Certificate will be started. Tickets $2 each. Pylon Race Schedule approved. Meeting minutes are ONLINE at: http://eugenerc.com/meetings.html 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 Intro pilots for 2012 Chuck Jenkins, Doug Devereaux, Jeff Engel and Wayne Wahrmund Meeting February 23rd pizza meeting Good turnout, good pizza and some club business was accomplished! At the Field March 3rd - Mike Winklepleck photos At the Field March 8th - Dwayne Graville photos At the Field March 10th - Mel Graham JR photos - Perfect touch and go weather! 15-25 mph winds At the Field March 22nd - Dwayne Graville photo Didn?t fly today, no skis!!!! Projects Dewoitone D520 Yes I'm still at it. The D520 is coming along real good. The fus is built. The tail feathers are on. The wing is done and I'm in the process of installing all the fine stuff. The cowling is also done and mounted. The wing has been fitted to the fus and installed. Retracts fitted and installed. Then removed to help finish the build. The ailrons, flaps, rudder, and elevators are done. Hopefully I will have it ready to fly the 1st of May. Is that when the rain stops and it warms up? I hope so. Marty Wittman See full report on EugeneRC.com?s Projects page. Treasurer's Report Our current membership is at 67 and rising. Keep those renewals coming in. Again, the deadline to avoid the "late penalty" is the coming March 29th club meeting. I recently returned from a 10 day trip to the Palm Springs, California area where I went to rescue some computers. It was raining when I left Eugene and raining when I returned. I must say that the sunny 80-90 degree days there were a nice break from the gloomy, dreary, soggy stuff that has kept most of us grounded and hangarbound for months here. I accomplished my missions in Palm Springs with enough time to visit one of the local model flying fields. I visited the home of the Hemet Model Masters flying club. It seemed odd trying to find a shady spot to watch from during this time of year. The desert and a blacktop runway also makes for a more turbine friendly environment. Jet aircraft were pretty common. There were also guys flying planes similar to those seen at our field, from electrics to 3D and pattern ships. It looked like a serious bunch with those huge trailers labeled with sponsors like Futaba and Horizon etc. They were a friendly and engaging group to talk with and I enjoyed the time there. All good things had to come to an end. Now here I am, still hangarbound after being buried by a 9" blanket of snow, a power outage this week and wishing for drier days to get off the ground again. I look forward to seeing you at the next meeting. Until then, happy landings. AL Barrington ERCA, Sec/Treas 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 Roaring Rapids 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 Roaring Rapids Pizza November 29 Thursday EWEB December - No meeting 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. Projects GOLDBERG ULTIMATE 10-300 With a Super Tiger .90 2 stroke or a .91 four stroke and Futaba gear. Chick Foster New arrival on the Links page of our web site http://thercswap.com/ --- That's All Folks -- Eugene R/C Aeronauts Newsletter Editor 1618 Gilham Rd. Eugene, OR. 97401 March 2012 ®FirstLast¯ ®Street¯ ®CityStZip¯ ERCA Club fundraising RAFFLE Purchase tickets at the March meeting. Drawing will be held at the March meeting. $1 each or 6 for $5 Next CLUB Meeting ? Thursday, March 29, 2012 ? 7:00 pm at EWEB Newsletter ONLINE at: http://eugenerc.com/NL/CURRENTNEWSLETTER.pdf March 2012