Greetings! Hope you all well in spite of the wet weather. Many of us look forward to the flying season and rather expect the weather to be good, but this is quite exceptional. As the French say ”Que Faire” (What can you do about it?) We do have a couple of scheduled events ahead of us. The foamie warbird contest is scheduled for Sunday, July 21 and Sunday, August 11. These are fun and exciting, come out, participate and enjoy the event. The next and final float fly is scheduled for Saturday, August 3 (rain date, August 10). We are in need of a retrieval boat again or someone to haul Don Accorsi’s boat. Please help !!! Steve Mickel has graciously volunteered to be master chef and organizer of the food for the August 26 family picnic. We are in need of a volunteer or volunteers to organize the fun fly. Please contact us if you would like to volunteer some of your time and talent. This is our year to host members of the Keystone Club. Inside •The Prez Says •Meeting Minutes •Your Roving Reporter •Project •Float Fly Pictures •Hints, Kinks & Links •Birthday Wishes •For Sale - Wanted - Services •Our Thoughts and Prayers Laurel Highlands Model Airplane Club - AMA #557 104 Rocky Mt Court, Latrobe, PA 15650 www.lhmac.org Regular Meeting July 12, 2013 at 7:00 PM at the flying field, Mammoth Park Events and Times Breakfast 8:30 AM, July 10, 2013 Eat n' Park, Greensburg Breakfast 8:30 AM, July 24, 2013 Eat n' Park, Greensburg July 2013 The Prez Says Foamie War Bird 2013 Pylon Race 1:00 PM, Sunday, July 21, 2013 (Rain Date: July 28, 2013)
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Greetings! Hope you all well in spite of the wet weather.Many of us look forward to the flying season and rather expect theweather to be good, but this is quite exceptional. As the French say”Que Faire” (What can you do about it?)
We do have a couple of scheduledevents ahead of us. The foamie warbirdcontest is scheduled for Sunday, July 21and Sunday, August 11. These are funand exciting, come out, participate andenjoy the event. The next and final floatfly is scheduled for Saturday, August 3(rain date, August 10). We are in need ofa retrieval boat again or someone to haulDon Accorsi’s boat. Please help !!!
Steve Mickel has graciously volunteered to be master chef andorganizer of the food for the August 26 family picnic. We are in needof a volunteer or volunteers to organize the fun fly. Please contact usif you would like to volunteer some of your time and talent. This isour year to host members of the Keystone Club.
IInnssiiddee•The Prez Says•Meeting Minutes•Your Roving Reporter•Project•Float Fly Pictures•Hints, Kinks & Links•Birthday Wishes•For Sale - Wanted - Services•Our Thoughts and Prayers
Laurel Highlands Model Airplane Club - AMA #557104 Rocky Mt Court, Latrobe, PA 15650www.lhmac.org
Regular Meeting July 12,2013 at 7:00 PM at theflying field, Mammoth Park
Events and Times
Breakfast 8:30 AM, July 10,2013 Eat n' Park,GreensburgBreakfast 8:30 AM, July 24,2013 Eat n' Park,Greensburg
July 2013
The Prez SaysFoamie War Bird 2013Pylon Race 1:00 PM,Sunday, July 21, 2013(Rain Date: July 28, 2013)
The most important item of this letter is theNational Model Aviation Day event to be held onSaturday, August 17. I think the event should beheld from 11:00 – 3:00 which gives us time to set-up and dismantle. WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! Ienvision having demo flights of all the differenttypes of RC planes/helis, having several trainerplanes with buddy boxes for hands on experiencefor the public. We will need persons to inform &narrate to the public the types of planes flyngetc., persons to cook. There will be materialsavailable on “Getting started in RC Flying”. Wewill also need someone to construct a “Donationbox” for the Wounded Warrior Project. A volunteerpaper will be available for you to sign up with theabove categories at the July 12 meeting. Let’smake this a highly successful event. If you haveany other ideas please bring them to the July 12meeting. Flyers will be available after the July 12meeting to distribute. We will also need people tocontact local newspapers for “free” advertising ofthis event. I am assured of your cooperation.
Please do not forget that pizza and beverageswill be served at approx. 7:45 at the generalmonthly meeting at the Mammoth Park RC fieldon Friday, July 12, 2013.Thank You! Rene
Minutes of the Meeting ofJune 14, 2013
The Prez Sayscontinued
The meeting was called to order by PresidentRene Marquis with the Pledge of Allegiance to theFlag. There were 36 members and 3 guestspresent. The guests were a family from Mt.Pleasant, selling their deceasedhusband’s/father’s airplanes & accessories. Theminutes of the May meeting were approved aspublished in the June newsletter. Secretary DonAccorsi reminded the members about the JimmyStewart Airport Festival at Indiana, PA, on June15th & 16th. The Treasurer’s report wasapproved, as given by Treasurer Greg Lazarchik.Vice President Jim Pennington announced theraffle prize: the E-Flite Ultimate Bipe, 20-300, 10eElectric, with a 39” wingspan, which was won by
Doug Hagy at the May meeting, and which hedonated back to the club. (Thanks again, Doug.That was very gracious and generous.).Newsletter Reporter Dean Pollock reportedeverything is still going well with the newsletter,and that Editor Linda Pollock sends her regardsfrom Illinois, where she is visiting relatives.Don’t forget to send her your birthdates forfuture issues, and continue sending her news ofyour new projects and other activities that shecan put in the newsletter. Please includepictures if possible. You can e-mail them to herat [email protected]. President Marquisreported that the field is in good shape. Hestated that he plans to contact ParkMaintenance about removal or trimming ofsome trees that are beginning to interfere withour landing approach on the field. He alsoreported that the website is up and running andup to date.Old Business:(a) May Clean-Up Day: President Marquisreported that the cleanup and maintenancewent very well. He thanked everyone whoparticipated.(b) Foamie Warbird Pylon Races: CD Joe Leonattireported that the May 19th and June 2nd raceswent very well, and that everyone did a goodjob in the heavy wind. The next race will be onSunday, June 23rd. Only two rules: (1)Propellered airplanes only; NO ducted fans; (2)3-cell LiPo batteries only.(c) Opening Day Picnic: Sunday, May 27th.Approximately 88 attended. Good weather,good food and fun games. Thanks to BrianMoore for chairing the food, to Steve Mickel forhelping with the cooking, and to all those whobrought covered dishes. Thanks also to RobWhalen for a great job with the fun fly.(d) Fuel Supply: Chairman Vaun Hile of the FuelCommittee reported that there is still a lot of
fuel on hand, as there has not been a greatdemand for it thus far.(e) Awards Banquet: Chairman – Steve Mickel.November (TBA), tentatively at the ScottdaleFiremen’s Hall.(f) Float Fly Report: First one (of two) was on June8th at Acme Dam (now called Chestnut RidgePark). Weather was good, wind was minimal,good turnout, and no major crashes. Thanks toJim Arnold for hauling the rescue boat. E-mailGreg Lazarchik ( [email protected] ) for a linkto some nice videos of the event. The next floatfly will be Saturday, August 3rd, with Saturday,August 10th, as the rain date.
(g) Scale Contest Report: Saturday, June 9th(rescheduled from June 2nd). Chairman was BillCecchetti, Sr. It was a good day, with someslight adjustments to the format, but noproblems. The three winners were: 1st place,Lukas Morgan; 2nd place, Dean Pollock; 3rdplace, Greg Lazarchik. Thanks also to Greg forthe nice certificates that he provided.
(h) Refreshments: Thanks again to Mark Yothersfor bringing the doughnuts and beverages.Volunteers are still needed for future meetings.(i) Help for Bob Bushmire: Bob Bushmireannounced that he and his brother, Tony, arelooking for volunteer labor to help build 2 wheelchair ramp additions to Tony’s house. Anyonewilling to volunteer please call Tony at 724-395-2232.New Business:(a) National Model Aviation Day: Saturday,August 17th. President Marquis signed us up onthe AMA Website. We also have county approval.We will arrange to have publicity (Flyers, radio,newspapers, etc.). Hot dogs & soft drinks will be
served free of charge to the public. There will bea donation area for the Wounded Warrior Project.We will have demo flying and several trainerswith buddy boxes, and request a $5.00 donationfor hands-on flying instructions. We will have a50/50 drawing. Any other ideas, please contactPresident Marquis.(b) Flying Safety: President Marquis againreminded the members to make every effort toobey all flying safety rules: stay in bounds; noflying over the flight line; no aerobatics over thelanding strip; aim for the center of the landingstrip when on landing approach.(c) Volunteers Needed: Volunteers are neededto recoat the benches at the field. Anyoneinterested please contact President Marquis.Date still to be determined.(d) Items Available: Dennis Pollock has thefollowing (FREE) items available to anyone whoneeds them for any purpose: steel rods (tubes),4’x 8’ peg boards, table (3’x 3’ Formica top), etc.He will also weld or make items requested.Contact him at 724-468-6488.(e) Next Meeting: Friday, July 12th, 7:00 PM (not7:30), at Mammoth Field Pavilion (or Pavilion#13 in event of rain). Pizza and beverages willbe provided.(f) Evening Events: As training days and eveningevents (i.e. pattern, glider, high wing, etc.) havebeen plagued by bad weather so far this season,President Marquis asked whether or not weshould continue the evening events. Theconsensus of opinion was that we should keepthe evening events on Tuesdays and move themto a Wednesday when there is rain on a Tuesday.Show & Tell:There was no Show & Tell this month.Raffle:The winner of the Ultimate Bipe was SteveMickel.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 PM.Respectfully submitted,
Don Accorsi
Minutes continued:
It looks like we are going to have one of thoseblistering summers, with many changing weatherpatterns. These often, hot, wet, and windy dayshave definitely dampened many of our flyingdays, and activities. It seems as though HighWing Tuesdays, and Pattern Day, as well as ourThursday Training activites have been curtailedby the inclement weather. Hopefully, thesepatterns will soon come to an end!
Unfortunately, we did have a few planes meettheir demise, and were sent to their final restingplace; me with losing my Clipped Wing GoldbergCub; Greg and Rene had accidents of which I'mnot sure about the condition of their planes. Iwas able to salvage my Cub wing, and some ofthe tail section. I cleaned, and replaced the carbon the HB61PDP motor that was in the Cub, andhave test run it. It is fine, and ready to bemounted in another plane.
It was a pleasure to see Bill Cecchetti fly the 1/3
scale Spacewaker, and it is a beautiful flyer. BillJohns has a new wing on his Hobbico Hobbystar
60 Mark III, and is flying it again. Lester Farouxbrought his Toledo Special out, and it is a great
flyer, and pretty in the air. I finally managed tofinish upgrading my old Piper Vagabond, withnewer radio equipment, and rebuilt the old
HB61PDP motor. It still has the 30 yr oldMonokote on it, and still flies great. I'll befinishing up my "really" old scratch built Cub,with updated radio, and rebuilt motor. I'll postpics, hopefully next month.
If you are building, or refurbishing an old plane,let us know, send a few pics, and we would loveto publish them in our newsletter.
Your Roving Reporter
Your Roving ReporterDean Pollock
by Denny PollockThis is the first installment of plane projects to show how many parts can easily be fabricated & some
techniques I use to manipulate metal.My brother, Dean, needed some xtra landing gear assemblies for several of his larger planes. He asked
me if I had any "Stop" sign aluminum at my shop & I told him I had (2). He asked me if I would fabricate acouple of landing gear assemblies with the "Stop" sign aluminum as it is tempered & has a very nice "flex"characteristic that acts like a shock absorber as it will return to original shape if flexed a bit. He hadanother gear assembly we made a while back to make sure the dimensions were the same & had theoriginal template to reuse.
After scribing the template to the aluminum, I quickly plasma cut the (2) gear assemblies with ease.'Bro then marked each piece for the bends & helped me with the hydraulic press positioning to insureaccuracy. After a couple "tweaks", they were perfect. I was going to glass bead the (2) pieces so he couldprime & paint, albeit, I was out of media......an earned "duuuhhhhh"! Anyway, Deano said he could stripthem at home & finish them. I'm sure he will post pics of the finished units when completed.
I hope these plane projects will provide ideas, methods, & help you all with something you may needfabricated.Denny Pollock
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