-The September Meeting-

1. Minutes - Minutes from the August meeting were accepted as written.

2. Treasurer’s Report – George Gurney reported that the August air show took in $128 and cleared $44.33 after expenses related mainly to food and drink. Expenses also included $200 for mowing to Woody Struble. The report was approved.

3. Old Business

 Jim Rhodes expressed appreciation to all who contributed to the August air show and made it a success.

 Al Niessner contacted Ellis Dunklebarger about the issues of missing frequency numbers and cards falling through the slots on the new frequency board that has been installed at the field.

4. New Business

On the dates 9/23 – 9/25 there will be an estate sale at the house where the field is located. A motion was made and passed that there be no flying from 9/23 to 9/25 because of the crowd of people that will probably be there. Jim Rhodes volunteered to make a sign to this effect and Woody volunteered to post it.

5. Program – there was no program.

6. Announcements

The Grove family sent the club a nice card expressing appreciation for the flowers the club sent on hearing about the passing of Leonard Grove, who owned the land our field is on.

 Nathaniel Rice attended a helicopter fun fly near Rochester, NY with Sandy and A. J. Jaffe in August.

Al Jones showed a frequency scanner that checks for interference before you fly. Its costs $49.99 from Tower Hobbies and has a better antennae option for $8 more.

7. 50/50 Drawing – George Gurney won the 50/50 raffle and split $25 with the club. Clair Jones won a set of screwdrivers donated by Will Coder.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:26 pm. 

Visit to Silver Spring R/C Club Field

 Today (Sept. 24), I went to visit my son, Mike who lives near Lancaster, PA. Mike flies R/C planes and just joined the Silver Spring R/C Club, whose field is located only about five minutes from Mike’s house.

  Their field looks much like ours. It is a mowed strip along a road with corn and bean fields bordering the field on three sides. The runway is shorter than our field by at least one hundred feet, which makes landing a bit tougher when the corn is high, but there’s still adequate room.

   Mike flew his new Goldberg Matrix ARF. It’s a beautiful plane with 3D capability. Mike has a YS .63 four stroker on it. It’s a great engine! Easy starting, even inverted, and totally reliable throttle response. It has a pump which pressurizes the fuel tank and regulates fuel flow. This makes tank position non-critical, so it can be placed on the center of gravity.

  Mike put the Matrix through its paces. Roll rate is about 3 per second with the radio on high rates! He did inverted flat spins, instant snap rolls, and climbed straight up at full throttle! The plane slows down nicely for landings. It’s light for its size.

  When he first flew it a month ago, he noticed some weird handling – a couple of near fatal, unplanned snap rolls! I suggested he check the wings for washout. He found that the right wing actually had wash-IN, meaning the tip was set to a HIGHER angle of attack than the root, rather than vice versa. This is a dangerous condition that will surely lead to a nasty tip stall at the worst possible time! Mike warped the wings to add a couple degrees of washout, and now it flies perfectly! (A word to the wise: Check your new plane’s wings for washout before its first flight!).

   I flew my electric Uproar and my little Daydreamer parasol wing plane, which both seemed pretty tame compared to the Matrix! The little Speed 400 powered Daydreamer handled the choppy wind surprisingly well and it actually thermalled for a few minutes!

   We had a great time flying and talking plane stuff, and I hope to go there again soon!

Here’s the Matrix. Nice!	Taking off. Looks like our field.
Landing approach over the corn.	Just before touchdown.

That’s all for this month.

 Sam Stitzer  814‑364‑9530

     samstitz@yahoo.com

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