Tri Valley R/C Modelers
Santa Maria, California
AMA # 170

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                  TRI   VALLEY   R/C   MODELERS

                               NEWSLETTER

                                                               For November 2005

              Club address: TRI VALLEY R/C MODELERS, P.O.Box1402, Santa Maria, CA.93455

                                       Web Site: http://www.trivalleyrcmodelers.com

                                                                CLUB OFFICERS

President: Larry Schlagel……....937-8611            Secretary:  Jerry Miller…….….. 934-1396

 Vice President: Jim Oberst..….349-0285             Treasurer: Wesley Vosburg….....937-1771

  Safety Officer: Les Holland….....937-5455           Web Master: Jay Dangourian.….349-0210

                                                          Flight instructors

             Wes Vosburg….…..937-1771          Larry Schlagel………..937-8611

             Jim Oberst………..349-0285           Jay Dangourian……….349-0210

              Santa Maria Airport automated weather report: 928-0384 or 121.15 Mhz

              Newsletter Editor Jay Dangourian

President’s corner: Hello, were having a party, Dec 8th hope you all can make it. having
some great flying weather try to make the most of it while it lasts .no news
on the new field as yet, will inform you as it comes in. we will have some
great prizes for the Christmas party try to be there , we have elected new
officers , and we want to welcome them in during this time. see ya soon take
care fly safe and have fun .. Larry

 

                                                   Minutes of the Tri-Valley R/C Modelers  

Minutes of the Tri-Valley Aero modelers

November 2 2005

The meeting was opened by President Larry Schlagel.

New Member: Bob Abadajos, Bob has an electric stick to learn on. 

Guests: Chris Antion and Cliff Trotter 

Safety: John Salisbury requested that flyers drive further down the runway (road) before turning off to avoid the steep drop off. 

Don’t Try This at Home

  Jay and Larry tried an interesting experiment; they put Jay’s GPS unit in the plane and tracked its performance.  Jay went first getting to 1900 feet and 65 MPH with his World 3D.  Not to be outdone Larry put it in his 3D Ultra Stick light powered by Saito 180. he flew to 3300 feet before his sunglasses fogged up losing sight of the plane. Jay took over the radio and returned the model safely.  The GPS recorded 112 MPH. so I guess that some of the recovery was straight down. 

Field Search Report: No news.

December 8^th is the Christmas party.

The location is the American Legion. Menu is fixed.

Cost is $20 per couple ($10 single)

No host bar will be provided.

Crash of the Month: John Salisbury reported on a crash caused by a faulty Li battery the plane caught fire and started a small grass fire (this was not at the Seinz ranch).  The battery had previously been dropped but seemed to be okay. 

There were twelve door prizes awarded. 

Bob Abadajos won the 50-50 drawing.  

Respectfully submitted, 

Jerry Miller