The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving. - Albert Einstein. Have Fun, Fly Safe.

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1 AMA CHARTER CLUB #397 NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS OCTOBER, 2011 Club Officers: President: Bob Mosinski Vice President: Tom Camp Treasurer: Bill Hickey Secretary: Dave Cotton Safety Officer: Mick Pfeifer Fun Fly Committee: Dave Engel, (Director) Larry Dudkowski Dave Carlson Publicity Director: Harlan Davis Nominating Committee: Harlan Davis, (Chair) Forest Preserve Relations: Bob Mosinski Flying Instructors: Ivan Cankov (Chief Instructor) See club's Web Site at For complete list of Instructors. Fund Raising Committee: Larry Dudkowski Bob Mosinski Harlan Davis Librarian: Hank Bourassa Webmaster: Dave Carlson Newsletter: Ray Luchetti (Editor) In our part of the country we always appreciate the warm summer-like weather into October; however, we always somehow end up paying for it in January. We didn t get to have our annual picnic due to rain. We did however have a great meeting with one of the highest attendance counts ever. Over 25 Members signed up to take the Prop Masters Winter Project Challenge. If you missed the sign- up don t worry the sheet will be available at the October 25, 2011 meeting. We also had a mystery FUN FLY which ended up being a FUN DRIVE testing everyone s ground handling skills and the use of that other stick on the left of our transmitters. Everyone enjoyed it and I am sure it will be added to the Fun Fly event list. Read more about it later in the newsletter. If you are looking to find one place that has everything hobbies, check out the IHobby Expo in Rosemont October 22 nd & 23 rd This event draws together all manufactures and distributors of just about every hobby, planes, trains and automobiles with some robots, plastic models and war games thrown in. This is the last time the show is going to be held in Rosemont so don t miss it, otherwise you have to drive to Cleveland, OH next year. We made a commitment to safety and have been doing a great job. One of our other charters as a club is to give back to the community. As part of that charter it was agreed at our last meeting to start a donation of canned food items that would be donated to a food pantry by the Prop Masters. Let s start the collection off big this next meeting and bring non-perishable canned food items to the meeting. The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving. - Albert Einstein We have another great raffle this month, some surprises and plenty of FUN! Have Fun, Fly Safe. The Pres

2 Financial Report Bill Hickey Financial Report September 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011 Description Operating Field Fund Total Comments Fund Balance September 1, 2011 $ $3, $4, Income: None Total Income Total Cash Available $ $3, $4, Expenses: Field Maintenance Striping Paint & Impound Stand Events Picnic Permit Prop Masters Brand Items Business Cards Board Expenses Domain Name Registration Total Expenses $ $ $ Balance September 30, 2011 $ $3, $3, Bill Hickey, Treasurer Newsletter Contributions Send articles or pictures of interest to the club to: The deadline for submissions is the second Tuesday of the month. Club Newsletters are posted at the club website:

3 Meeting Minutes Dave Cotton Meeting minutes - September 27, 2011 Opening: The meeting, held at the Judd Kendall VFW hall, started at 7:30 pm and ended at 9:00 pm. The August meeting minutes were approved as published and the Financial Report for August, 2011 was approved as presented at the meeting and published in the Newsletter. Committee Reports: Newsletter Safety Fun Fly Forest Preserve Website Library Instruction Fundraising Publicity Picnic Nomination Air Show No report was requested. Mick Pfeifer reported that the club is working on developing recommended procedures for flying helicopters at the field. Bob Mosinski mentioned that whenever you are charging other devices on your hobby charger make sure you reset it immediately after use. Mick Pfeifer also mentioned that in general, pilots are making better take off and landing decisions and Mick thanked the instructors for stressing this in their training sessions. Dave Engel stated that the fun fly that was scheduled for the picnic will be continued to October 2 nd and will be a mystery event ; so please bring a plane that can taxi and also demonstrate the ability to fly if requested. Bob Mosinski reported that the impound stand has been modified to include a storage area and that a pop-up tent and small first aid kit will be kept in this compartment. No report was requested. Hank Bourassa mentioned that the building season is approaching and that he has two Harry Higley books available. Ivan Cankov stated the instruction season is winding down. Bob Mosinski reported that the Club table was able to make $ at the Woodlands Swap Meet. The membership thanked Bob and Larry for being there. Bob also thanked all of the members who donated items for the Swap Meet. Harlan Davis stated that that he would update the Hobby Store at 75 th and Lemont Road with club material. No report. Bob Mosinski mentioned that if anyone wished to run for the Board or other Committees that they should contact Harlan Davis head of the Nomination Committee. No report. Old Business: The annual club picnic was skunked out due to the weather. Other items discussed; the shirts in and see Dave Carlson for hats. New Business: Dave Suica announced that he has accepted a position as CEO with his company and will be relocating to Michigan. Dave thanked all of the membership for their help and mentioned that our club membership consists of a great group of people to be involved with. Good luck Dave we hope to see you again whenever you have a chance to come back to this area. Rob and Brian updated the club on the UIC design-build project and mentioned that the final requirements have been released. These requirements will be posted on our website. Brian will be the Build Project Manager. The Hobby Town in St. Charles has moved, check the phone book if you re going.

4 Meeting Minutes Dave Cotton The Hobby Show is scheduled for October 22 nd and 23 rd at the Rosemont Convention Center. Harlan Davis suggested that we have a food drive for the Holidays. If you have any donations, please bring them to the next meeting. Dave Carlson stated that Saturday October 22 nd 7:00 to 10:00 pm will be the Prop Masters pizza night at his brother s restaurant with 20% off for all members. See Dave for directions and information (it was a great time at the last pizza night plus you get 20% off). You may even get to see Eric Clapton. New Members & Guests: Lots of new faces, thanks to Matt, George, Bob and Blee for coming. Lost Horizons: The Lost Horizon patch was won by Tom Camp for his blame your friends not your plane mishap. Raffle: Andy Widlacki had a great raffle including a Futaba J6 Transmitter, Checkerboard Covering, Talking Timer, Receiver Battery, Roto Tool, Micrometer, Tool set, Knife set and the Glue. Show and Tell: (See photo section) Patrick Kauffold Unknown plane in a yellow and white color scheme (bronco style) and electric motor. Dave Engel Aior Swimmer Shark in blue with big teeth and no prop but a moving tail. Bob Mosinski Winter Project Kaos 40 by Tower Hobbies, (recovering an ARF). Bruce Haynes Winter Project Ryan by Sig with a 60 size motor. Bill Hickox Winter Project Trainer Plane PT40 By Great Planes. Dave Hickox Winter Project Hanger 9 Flight Box. John Totten Winter Project Pilot Kit with a 60 size motor. Dave Cotton Sopwith Pup Balsa USA kit powered by a G26 gasoline engine. Joe Bartek Electric Blu Baby 42 Trainer. Mick Pfeifer A size Super Quarter by Aero Precision. Dave Carlson Escapade by Hobbico with a 400KV electric motor. Ivan Cankov T-Rex 600 Flybarless Heli by Align. Hank Bourassa 500 Clone EXI Heli (a 500 size). Mel Ziska Aerobatic Sukhoi by Hanger 9. Roger Reynolds Collector s item Cox control line Bi Plane with a.20 size motor. Bill Hickey Kalt 45 FC-146 four stroke engine. Blee Nichols Selling some airplanes, call him if you re interested. Dan Nosek Selling a 1 4 scale Pitts with a YS 140 engine. ($475 for the complete plane).

5 Meeting Minutes Dave Cotton Closing: The next meeting will be held on Tuesday October 25, 2011 at 7:30 pm at the Judd Kendall VFW hall. Editor s Note We are attempting to assemble pictures of all members to be posted in a gallery on our website. Listed below are the members pictures we currently are lacking. Please see me at the next meeting to have your picture taken. Thanks, Ray Luchetti Bill Barclay Bob Boettcher Brad Housour Craig Vander Kolk Charlie Steinhauer Dave Newberry Dan Cates Dave Russell Dave Earl Gene Brooks Jim Stevens Jim Weichel Mhahesh Madhavan Larry Peterman Mike Wendell Patrick Lavigne Wayne Casey

6 September 27 th Meeting Photos Ray Luchetti Bob Mosinski, Winter Project - KAOS 40. Bruce Haynes, Winter Project - Sig Ryan. Bill Hickox, Winter Project - PT 40 Trainer. Dave Hickox, Winter Project - Hanger 9 Flight Box. John Totten, Winter Project - Pilot Kit. Dave Cotton, Winter Project - Sopwith Pup kit. Joe Bartek, Winter Project - Blu-Baby Trainer. Patrick Kauffold - Unknown electric powered plane.

7 September 27 th Meeting Photos Ray Luchetti Mick Pfeifer Super Quarter by Aero Precision. Ivan Cankov T-Rex 600 Flybarless Heli by Align. Hank Bourassa 500 Clone Exi Heli. Mel Ziska Sukhoi by Hanger 9. Roger Reynolds Cox Bi-plane. Bill Hickey Kalt Four Stroke Engine. Evil Dave Engel kept the members on edge with his Predator Shark.

8 Fun Fly Committee Prop Masters Annual Family Picnic For the second year in a row our annual picnic was cancelled due to weather. Let s hope we have better luck next year. The Picnic Committee, Bob Mosinski and Larry Dudkowski Evil Dave s NASPLANE 1.5! Fun Fly #8 Fun fly #8 went quite well, there were 16 entries and the event went as follows. All planes started from the centerline in the grass and had to make a figure 8 by crossing at the center X. 1.5 laps were required. 2 electrics took 1 st and 3 rd in expert so the electric myth is now history. This seemed to be a fun and enjoyable event. Maybe in the future we can expand on this one with a few more tricks added. This Fun Fly did give our flyers a chance to use the left stick for a change. Bill (Roscoe) Barclay decided to end his heat with a take- off and landing as Bill forgot there were no extra landing points. Bill s engine quit anyway so he was awarded with the WALK OF SHAME!!!! PLACE EXPERT ADVANCED NOVICE BEGINNER 1 Ivan Cankov Hank Bourassa Jack McPherson Bruce Haynes 2 Bob Mosinski Mick Pfeifer Dan Nosek - 3 Dave Carlson Tom Camp Andy Widlacki - 4 Dave Engel Ed Salina Bill Barclay Dave Cotton Larry Dudkowski Bill Hickey - - Hope all had fun, Evil Dave and the Fun Fly Committee. October Fun-Fly Fun Fly #9 This month s Fun-Fly will be the ever-popular Bean Counter. This event will be held on Sunday October 30 th. Please sign in when you arrive and get your supplies from the Fun-Fly committee. Competition will start as soon as the pilots are ready, which should be at approximately 10:00am. Practice is allowed before the event and it will be open flying afterwards. Here s how it works. Each pilot is given a paper cup, (3 oz cups for electrics and 9 oz cups for everyone else or the pilot s choice on cup size), some rubber bands, wooden skews and twenty beans. The beans are placed in the cup. The cup is attached to the model. You must use the cups, beans and equipment supplied. The cup can be placed anywhere on the model and in any manner as long as the beans are not prevented from falling out of and free of the cup in any way. Specifically, nothing can be placed in the cup to prevent the beans from falling and the cup cannot be modified to prevent the beans from coming out. Generally we recommend mounting the cup forward of the CG point. The pilot takes off and then must fly a specific set of maneuvers for his class while trying not to lose any beans. The Pilot completing the maneuvers and landing with the most beans remaining in his cup is the winner.

9 Fun Fly Committee Here are the rules. Each pilot must fly the prescribed maneuver and complete the minimum number of circuits of the field for his class. As always Beginners can have an instructor take off and land but the Beginner must fly the prescribed number of circuits of the field. For each pilot class, the pilot, who, after completing the maneuvers and landing, has the most beans remaining in his cup, will be the winner. The pilot having the second most number of beans will finish second and so on. First, second and third places in each pilot class will be awarded points as follows: thirty for first, twenty for second and ten points for third. Duplicate bean counts will be awarded duplicate finishes. Flight Maneuvers by Pilot Class: Beginners: Fly at least two circuit of the field. Novices: Fly at least two circuits of the field and perform one loop. Advanced: Fly at least three circuits of the field and perform two loops. Experts: Fly at least four circuits of the field and perform three loops. Larry Dudkowski and the Fun Fly Committee 2011 CLUB CALENDAR Monthly Meeting Fun Fly Date Fun Fly Event Notes October 25 th October 30 th Fun Fly #9 Bean Counter November 29 th December 4 th Fun Fly #10 December 27 th & Annual Christmas Auction No Fun Fly Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

10 Hints, Information, Tips and Stuff Larry Dudkowski My current project is a new Avistar ARF trainer. While I was working on it I found these tips to be useful. I checked back issues of my column but didn t see them on my list of published articles. So I thought I d publish them now. Hopefully you ll find them useful too. I know I did. When you have to attach control surfaces, like ailerons, elevator or rudder with those flexible CA hinges, this little tip is a quick and easy way to Get er done. This process works on any model using CA hinges, even Foamies. Just remember to use Foam Safe CA. You will need to get some small diameter straight pins. Any type of straight pins will do. They don t have to be T pins but the smaller the diameter of the pins the better. You will need two pins for each hinge you re going to install. For example, if you re installing an aileron and it takes four hinges, you will need eight pins, three hinges you will need six pins and so on. Don t worry; you won t need a lot of pins since you will reuse them. First find the center of each hinge, which is the point where it will bend when flexing. Mark this center with a pencil. No need to measure exactly, you can just eye ball it. You don t have to find the exact center of the hinge either but the closer to the center the better. Next push two pins into the hinge along this line about equal distance apart. The idea behind using the pins is that they will keep the hinges from going too far into one surface and not far enough into the other when you push the two together. Once you have all of the hinges pined in this way you re ready to start mounting the control surface. Let s say we re going to mount the ailerons and four hinges are required to mount them to the wing. First test fit the hinges by pushing them into the slots. Make sure that the hinges go all the way up to the pins on both sides. When putting the hinges in, make sure that the heads go on the same side. It doesn t make a difference but it s just easier to remove them if the heads are all facing the same way. Place the four hinges in the slots that were cut into the aileron. Make sure the hinge goes in up to the pins and that both pins are up against the edge of the aileron. Now attach the aileron to the wing by pushing the hinges on the ailerons into the slots cut into the wing s trailing edge. Again push the aileron hinges all the way into the wing up to the pins. Now take a felt tip marker and mark the location of the hinges on both sides of the aileron. Once all of the hinges are in place and marked, pull out all of the pins. See I told you that you would use them again. When all of the pins are removed, push the ailerons in all the way to close the gap between the wing and the ailerons. There should be little or no gap between the aileron and the wing, the smaller the gap the better. No gap is best. Once you have the aileron pushed all the way up against the trailing edge of the wing flex the ailerons to make sure that they move freely. When you are satisfied that everything s in place and there is little or no gap between the wing and the ailerons just add a FEW drops of this CA to complete the process. This is why we marked the location of the hinges. Once the gap is closed the actual hinge location is hard to see. Use just a few drops per hinge, maybe three or four. If you use too much it will fill the gap between the control and the mounting surfaces which will cause you to have a very hard time flexing the control surface, not to mention a tough job cleaning up all that extra dried CA. Once the CA dries, clean up any excess CA with Acetone. Just be careful. Acetone is flammable and not the best thing in the world to breath. So be sure to use it in a well-ventilated area. While we re talking about attaching the ailerons to the wing, here s another helpful hint. If the model is using a torque rod setup, that is a single servo mounted to the center of the wing, and you need to epoxy the torque rods into the ailerons, try this. I cover the trailing edge of the wing where the torque rods go with some masking tape. Be sure you cover the edge for the length of the torque rod. That way if some epoxy bleeds over the torque rod the masking tape will keep the torque rod from being glued to the wing. October already? Too bad we had to cancel the picnic. Oh well. That s it for another month. FLY SMART, FLY SAFE. Larry Dudkowski

11 Visit the Prop Masters R/C Club Web Site at http// Support your local Hobby Shop Next Meeting: October 25 7:30 p.m. at the Naperville VFW Hall. Bean Counter Fun Fly: Sunday October 30 th.