The Meeting was called to order at
7:00 PM. No visitors, guests or new members were in attendance.
1. The minutes from the December 4th meeting
were approved.
2. George Gurney read the Treasurer’s report which
was approved by membership. $200 was used to purchase door prizes for the
banquet. Club dues for 2008 and payment for the winter banquet were accepted.
3. Old business –
·
Chuck
asked for any updates on old business. Curt clarified the entrée selection for
the banquet. We will have our choice of stuffed chicken breast or prime rib and
the price is set at $19.00 per plate. This means that each person can have some
of each entrée and the $19.00 includes the gratuity. A motion to set the
standard price at $19.00 was passed. Curt read the list of banquet attendees
and reminded us that cocktail hour is at 6:00 and dinner is at 7:00 on the 19th
of January. Payment must be made to be to Al Jones by the 10th of
January.
·
Paul
Bittengle made some good progress on the field search effort. He informed us of
two different land owners who are eager to talk to our field search committee.
One site is on farmland behind the Nittany Valley Feed and Hardware store on
Route 64. The other Farmer has two possible sites and his land is near Route 64
in Hublersburg.
·
Curt
had a bunch of slightly used AA alkaline cells that he was giving away to the
members in attendance.
·
No
other new business or announcements.
5. Program
– No program
6. Show
and Tell –
·
George
Gurney showed his new dragonfly-shaped R/C ornithopter. It is battery powered
and charged by the transmitter. I saw one of these fly last summer. That one
flew great but George wasn’t so lucky within the confines of our meeting room!
·
Nathaniel
Rice showed pictures of an event that he attended in August at AMA headquarters
in
·
Al
Niessner showed a graph of a performance curve as plotted by his micro
e-logger. This small device (which can be installed onboard) captures
performance data that can later be transferred to a PC. The program will plot
the amps, volts and thrust over the runtime of the motor. Al is working on a
ducted fan model that uses the Lynx XF Fanjet. Can’t wait to see it fly! Here
are some links to the equipment that Al has been working with:
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/brushless-eth.htm
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/ductfan.htm
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXMBS3&P=7
·
Also,
Al would like to share the following article on thrust to horsepower
conversion:
http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/propulsion/q0195.shtml
The meeting was
adjourned at 8:00 PM and Peter Caddick won the 50-50 drawing, splitting $21.00
with the club.
Respectfully Submitted,
Daryl Allen, Secretary