The February Meeting

The Meeting was called to order at 7pm on February 6.

  Members who arrived early participated in the sale of items from Will Coder’s workshop. Diana Coder asked that they be sold to and used by club members. She also requested that the money go to the SCRC Will Coder Memorial fund.

   1. Meeting minutes from the January 2nd, 2007 meeting were approved.

   2. The Treasurer’s report was read by Al Jones and approved by the members. Al expects that $650 will be added to the treasury from the Will Coder Memorial fund. Al reminded those in attendance of their 2007 club dues. Only 27 members have paid their 2007 dues so far. Please don’t delay! This is Important!

   3. Old business –

          * The January 20th banquet hosted 39 people. Our thanks to George Mock and to all who helped to pull this event together. The food was great and we had a very enjoyable evening.

          * Curt briefed us on the January 28th Spikes fan appreciation day at Penn State. Ron and Curt attended along with representatives from Nittany Line Hobbies. They brought some models for static display. The new club brochures were distributed and those have generated some interest from the public.

  

    Curt, Ron, Spike, and Bernie

 * Al Jones read his SCRC Bylaws revision/clean-up proposals which were discussed, revised and approved. Some of the changes include:

Deleting the section on the Land Acquisition fund.

Allowing the newsletter editor to use e-mail as an acceptable method of distribution.

Observing all club laws, instead of “enforcing” them.

Secretary to provide membership with the bylaws by the April meeting.

Transmitter frequency flags will be encouraged but not required.

   4. New Business –

          * Al Jones advised us of a “thank you” letter received for our contribution to the American Cancer Society.

          * A motion was made and approved to name this year’s air show in honor of Will Coder. Al Jones advised us that some of Will’s models will be offered for sale to SCRC members and suggested that we fly several of them at the show. The sale of these models will likely take place at one of our Fun Flys.

          * Curt showed a draft of an AMA Certificate honoring Diana Coder for her many contributions to SCRC over the years. The cost of the framed document is $25. She would also be offered an honorary lifetime associate SCRC membership. The motion was passed by membership.

          * After some discussion, motions were made and approved for target dates for this season’s events:

SCRC’s “Open” Fun Fly – Sunday, June 24th, 2007

SCRC’s “Members” Fun Fly / Picnic - Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

 SCRC’s Air Show – Sunday, August 19th, 2007

          * Al Niessner suggested that we change our AMA Leader Club magazine subscription to “Flying Models”, replacing “Model Airplane News”. Membership generally agreed that MAN’s content does not include a sufficient number of ‘building” articles. A motion was made and passed.

          * Al Jones advised that our AMA Leader Club application was done for 2007. Also, the motion to continue our AMA insurance to protect the landowner, for a $60.00 premium payment, was approved.

          * Ron Angle advised of an upcoming indoor Fun Fly (the Keystone Indoor Electric Fly) in the Scranton area. The entry fee is $25 ($30 at the door) and Ron Angle has the details for those who may be interested.

          * The date for the big CPAA R/C Flea Market in Lebanon is March 10th, 2007. For details visit www.cpaa.us/ .

   5. Program – No program

   6. Show and Tell

          * Henry Margusity showed his C-160 Transall powered by twin GMS .25 glow engines. This model by Will Hobby features a fiberglass fuselage, overall light weight and great looks. Nice job Henry. Can’t wait to see this one fly.

 

7.   Curt Buergin won the 50/50 and split $24.00 with the club.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 pm.

My latest attempt

  I’ve been working on a slope soaring glider of my own design. The idea is for it to be cheap, simple, and DURABLE. It’s a swept back flying wing design somewhat like a Zagi, but with no taper in the wing. I cut foam cores and embedded a full depth plywood spar in them. The wings are sheeted with cheap poster board from Wal-Mart ($.57 a sheet)! I used red on top and yellow on the bottom to help me keep track of which way is up! The wing is rubber banded to the fuselage, so it can pop off in the inevitable cartwheel landings. Now here is the durable part: The fuselage is a profile type made of ½” thick birch plywood! It will NOT break! The radio battery and receiver will be strapped to the profile fuse, and each wing panel will have a mini servo for the elevons, using mixing in the transmitter. Heavy? Not bad, actually. The whole airframe weighs 16 oz. Radio and finish will add about 6 more ounces. Wingspan is 46”

Here it is in my workshop.

 

That’s all for now. Spring is coming!

 

Sam Stitzer  814‑364‑9530

samstitz@yahoo.com