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”To promote, encourage, and facilitate in a harmonious and
inclusive manner all recreational aviation activities with an
emphasis oneducation, safety and fellowship”.
January 03, 2012Volume 2, Issue 1.
Message from the PresidentBy Bob MacDonald
Our young Chapter capped its first year with a Christmas
party on December 6th at Lovezzola's. I won't attempt
to improve on our outgoing Secretary Ed Wischmeyer's
account of the proceedings, appearing elsewhere in this
newsletter. (Well ok, maybe I did stick my oar in just a
bit.) By all accounts everybody had a good time.
The January 3rd meeting would be a good time for
everyone to pay his 2012 dues if he hasn't already so.
Everyone except Med Ragheb, that is, who was awarded
a Complimentary Membership in November in appreciation
of his program on the Nanchang CJ-6.
The January program will be presented by member Ed
Wischmeyer on the subject of the Air Cam.
If I may get up on my soapbox for a moment, I would like
to talk about one pillar of our EAA community - the
willingness of each member to help another with his
project or in any other way that is needed.
Will volunteered to go get Steve's newly-purchased
Aeronca Chief located several states to the west of here.
Several members made the effort to attend Steve's open
house in October at Midway. I myself have been the
recipient of help as Steve and Avril lent me headsets to
troubleshoot my COM problem, and Swaid recently lent
me his BNC crimping tool. There have been many other
instances of assistance this past year, rendered by
members without fanfare and without payment. That's
the way it's supposed to be.
I'm sure that this will continue in 2012. Anybody who
undertakes to build an airplane - or who contemplates
such a project - soon learns that she needs all the help
that she can get. We have several projects in the Chapter
that range from being no more that a gleam in the
member's eye all the way to "90% done with 90% left".
I encourage these members to keep us all abreast of your
project and to not be shy about letting us participate.
And it is apparent to me that donors gain just as much as
the recipients in these exchanges.
See you all on the 3rd!
Jet Design GroupBy Willard White
12-13-11
Objectives:
Complete section five of our ten point plan.
Agree on the SHAPE of the tails. We have a consensuson the
length of the tail and the size of the hs & vs.
Canopy: Adopt a 4 arm parallel arm arrangement thatallows
boarding over either side and taxi with the canopyopen.
Consider adjusting the cg range to reflect the moment ofthe wing
we've selected. We should also consider usinga negative camber
airfoil on the horizontalstabilizer to minimize trim drag.
Jet Design Continued Page 2
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Officers:President:Bob MacDonald 912-898-1665 [email protected]
Vice President:Swaid Rahn 912-655-0966
[email protected]
Secretary:Keith Gay 912 657-2696 [email protected]
Treasurer:Jack Scott 912-441-6577 [email protected]
Chairmen of Standing Committees:
Membership and Publicity, (Acting Chairman):Swaid Rahn
912-655-0966 [email protected]
Program Chairman:Pete Fox 912-727-0110 [email protected]
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Design Team Chairman:Willard White 912-925-2478
[email protected]
Web/Newsletter Chairman:Avril Roy-Smith 818-926-9468
[email protected]
EAA Chapter 1514 meets the first Tuesday of everymonth at 6:30
PM at Lovezzola’s Pizza, (328 USHighway 80, Pooler. 912 748-6414)
or at an offsitelocation as dictated by that month's
program.Location of the next meeting is given in this
newsletter.
Dinner begins at 6 PM with the meeting following.
Our next meeting is on: January 03, 2012
Guests are always welcome.
The deadline for the February 07, 20112 newsletteris: Close of
business, January 30th, 2012.
Brainstorm the tail-boom structure.
In attendance:
Bob MacDonald, Doug McKissack, Raj Narisetti, Varun Nare,Sharath
Gudla, Ed Wischmeyer, Swaid Rahn, Willard White.Paul Rothweiler
What we accomplished:
Paul brought in full scale plans for a WAR BF109 replica andwe
discussed changes. Paul, our meetings are somewhatchaotic but I
hope the feedback was helpful. We appreciateyour participation and
hope you'll join us again.
We addressed our ten point plan to complete the wingstructure.
Bob will work on section 5 for our next meeting.Thanks, Bob, I know
that will take some time.
We considered tail shape (we have previously agreed on aCht of
.6 and a Cvt of .04). The consensus was for anaft-slanted tail with
a small fairing on the bottom of therudder to continue the lines of
the tail boom (See updatedJET specs attachment). The horizontal
tail has been movedforward and raised; consequently the Ht size
will beincreased slightly by the tail sizing formula.
The group developed no enthusiasm for using an invertedairfoil
for the horizontal tail.
We agreed to move the cg range aft 1.65 inches. The rangeis now
fs100.0 to 103.3 (.25 mac to .35 mac).
The canopy pivot discussion was quite lively, with all kindsof
alternatives considered. The group finally arrived atpivoting the
canopy at the front with two hinge pins, whichwere attached to a
cable which could be pulled in anemergency to ditch the canopy. The
meeting terminated(fell apart) when a Diamond DA-42 arrived on the
ramp with,(fortunately) a forward pivoting canopy.
We didn't really begin to address the tail-boom structure,that
will be on our agenda for our next meeting which willbe 10 Jan.
What's next:
Bob will show us how to calculate compression loads on thetop
cap at BL21 and Varun will bring in some updated andmore detailed
drawings. Varun, the attached drawings areno longer to scale,
you'll have to get the dimensions fromthe text. We've agreed on the
number of ribs, but theirspacing is arbitrary at the moment, you
can put them wherethey make sense.
Jet Design Continued from Page 1
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acclamation amid threats of new blood being drafted next
year.
Next month's program will feature speaker Ed Wischmeyer,
who will give the low down on flying the AirCam for more
than 100 hours at less than 1,000 feet.
Corrections and Additions by Bob MacDonald
1 I don't know who this President for Life McDonald guy is,
but I believe I know a President-For-One-Year (PFOY)
MacDonald.
2 PFOY also observes that there were 21 in attendance, not
12 as hinted at in the minutes. This number is substantiated
by the fact that 21 numbers were drawn by gift exchange
participants with no gifts or ungifted attendees left over.
The confusion may stem from the gift exchange Master of
Ceremonies/Outgoing Secretary's not being able to read his
own handwriting. Okay, so 12 upside down can look like 21
and vice versa, especially after the third trip to the bar*.
3 First-time guests were Hollie Riedman, friend of Allen
Jackson, Diane White, Will's wife, and Debbie Aylmer, who
owns three airplanes, and who was accompanied by her
personal pilot and her mechanic. We were also glad to see
Pat Hobson, wife of Bill, and Gerry and Jane Zimmerman.
4 PFOY requests that the minutes be amended to call out
the "usual suspects" by name for the record. They are Bob
MacDonald, President, Swaid Rahn, VP, Jack Scott,
Treasurer (all repeat offenders), and Keith Gay, Secretary
(who can probably get the conviction removed from his
permanent record in a year if he has a good attorney).
Correction to the above by Ed Wischmeyer
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*I only made one trip to the, er, salad bar.
EAA Chapter 1514, Meeting
Minutes:
December 6, 2011
Submitted by Ed Wischmeyer
President for Life Bob McDonald1 did not formally call the
meeting to order, and disorder prevailed as a hungry lot was
forced to sit at their tables awaiting the magic hour for
the
pizza to be served. However, a scant dozen2 early arrivers
received EAA mugs from the overflow of the outgoing
secretary's collection but alas, said mugs as delivered were
devoid of liquid Yule cheer. There followed a lively and
discordant discussion of rules for the evening's gift
exchange,
and a discussion of a new member contest, till somebody
announced that the bar was open. Showing true leadership,
President for Life Bob McDonald was the first one to receive
his due from the bar. However, ahem, the bar that was open
was the salad bar. Oh...
After a wonderful gorging on pizza by the memberships and
several guests, most of whom wisely remained incognito3,
the gift exchange began. Senior Member and Officer of the
Deck Swaid Rahn won a set of three OriginalFuzz Pads till
some dirty dog swiped them from him, ostensibly for his
children. Although the outgoing secretary did his best to
enthuse the attendees, there was extremely little gift
swiping, an anomaly that, if reported, could endanger the
young chapter's charter. President for Life Bob McDonald
did bring a half dozen paper airplane models of his S-22,
and those models were gratefully received by a
corresponding number of attendees.
Somewhere along the line, there was in fact a business
meeting. The usual suspects4, more or less, were elected by
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This Cessna 175 has more grossweight and more fuel than a172 –
perfect for the 180 HPLycoming. Also available is anew prop 70
SNEW. (Norecurrent inspection.)
The Cessna was recently damaged by amicroburst while tied down,
and has had allof the control surfaces rebuilt. At the sametime,
all of the paint is being touched up,so the plane has no hangar
rash. It’s asclose to perfect as you’re going to find.
Perfect 1959 Cessna Straight Tail - Oshkosh winner - 180 HP
Lycoming,Constant speed, engine like new, 50 SMOH, 850 SNEW, no
prop strike,
STOL kit, gap seals, IFR approach GPS, ILS, 52 gallons, new
glass,Handles density altitude well, easy to fly VFR/IFR, mild
stalls.Beautiful paint, clean mostly original interior, fresh
annual.
Ed Wischmeyer, [email protected]. $60,000 w/o SL-30.Phone
number about to change is 319 491-6904.
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For Sale:
Vision MicroSystem, removed in working condition from my RV-8A
with a Lycoming O-360-A1A (carbureted). Includescomputer, cable
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Avionics package:* UPSAT (now Garmin) SL-60 GPS/Com. This is
much the same comm radio as in the SL-40, and also an older GPS
with anexternal display. The GPS database is old and small, but the
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* A TruTrak autopilot. No servos, though, those stayed with the
airplane.
* Avionics Innovations AI-CD CD Player AM/FM Tuner
* PS Engineering Inc. PM2000 Stereo Intercom
* Narco AT-150 Transponder
* Best of all, the wiring harness for all the avionics! Just cut
a hole and stick it all in and away you go. Hopefully.
Everything worked when removed from the airplane. $2,500
RV-8 airspeed indicator, maybe 20 hours on it. $150. Working
fine when removed.
Turn coordinator, BZW-4B Turn Coordinator, $150. Working fine
when removed.
Ed Wischmeyer [email protected]
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