NEXT MEETING will be Tuesday August 7th

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1 August 2012 Newsletter CASA de AERO R/C Club Prescott Arizona AMA Charter 1723 PRESIDENT Jack Hardy VICE-PRESIDENT Dave Marston SECRETARY Gary Swigart TREASURER Dave Marston SAFETY OFFICER Tom Gatchell BOARD MEMBERS Walt Findlay Bill King CHIEF FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR Richard Thomas FIELD MARSHAL Gary Swigart NEWSLETTER EDITOR Gary MacCauley COEDITOR Tom Gatchell FROM THE MAIN PROP NUT. BY Jack Hardy, PRESIDENT Hello Members and Guests. With our regular monthly meeting set for July 3 rd, we decided to cancel and let everyone enjoy the holiday with family. Speaking of the 4 th, I want to thank everyone for their cooperation with the no Flying after 9am on the 4 th. It really worked well. What a fantastic flying month. Well almost. Mother nature did pay us a visit with a strong Monsoon that left the field with major damage, but the club would never let that stop us. On Saturday, July 21, we had a work party and 21 members with shovels, two four wheel vehicles, and two wheel barrows, as well as a lot of work, the field was back in tip top shape quickly. A huge thanks goes to all of you. What a super effort from one great club. On July 12, we had the pleasure of showing 100 Arizona Civil Air Patrol Cadets all about our wonderful hobby. We first gave a 45 minute presentation in the Eagle Gym and then a fun air show/demonstration at the field. Again I want to thank everyone who helped make it such a huge success. On July 14 we were ready for a summer Come Fly with Us, but only had two students attend. School will be back in full swing shortly and we will be ready. Our next Come Fly with Us is set for Saturday, August 11. There are so many individuals who gave that extra effort for the club this month, from show pilots, speakers, demonstrators, participants, cleaning the field, putting out the chairs, spraying the field, teaching new flyers, writing the news letter. I just want to say THANK YOU VERY MUCH. August will be the best, see you at the field. NEXT MEETING will be Tuesday August 7th Meetings start at 7:00 PM in room 101, Building 21 (Robertson Aviation Safety Center) On the Embry-Riddle campus, 3700 Willow Creek Road. Visitors are welcome! See you there! Page 1

2 Are you sure Lassie started this way? From the Safety Officers Tom Gatchell and ARF the wonder dog. Summer monsoons are here. Pay attention to thunder and remember, you are holding a 2.4 ghz or 72 mhz lightening rod! I have to repeat the rule on flying near the park again. STAY AT LEAST 200 FEET OUR SIDE OF THE PARK LIGHT STANDARDS. If you can t, the club officers have no choice but to take action to enforce the rule as needed, no exceptions. We ve had too many intrusions into the airspace over the park and a couple crashes IN the park recently. It is unacceptable, especially during the summer months when youth activities take place, many times early in the morning to beat the summer heat, right when we fly. I don t need to remind you what would happen if we hurt someone. For anyone who may not know, we are GUESTS of Embry-Riddle University. Other observations. When I was new to flying, an old timer once told me that you want to fly in front of you, not above you. It s much easier and since I had thyroid surgery, looking up is a bit painful and movement is limited and will be for many months. You are less apt to get disoriented flying in front and it should be much easier to fly within our designated flight box area. I guess I m now the old timer and am offering some tried and true advice. Radio and airframe failures pop up from time to time. Gary Swigart had a shorted electric retract cause his receiver to fail and he had no control of his flying plane. This stuff happens and immediately making everyone aware is the best thing you can do. It should also cause reflection on how you fly your plane. If your receiver failed, would there be time to warn everyone? For the most part, our flying has been generally quite safe. I haven t heard of any recent blood-letting, ER visits or stitches, so keep up the good work. Tom CASA DE AERO GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING No minutes to report. The July meeting was canceled due to the July 4 th activities. Raffle winners. Cadets in the Gym before the show and tell. Page 2

3 Arizona Wing Cadets Tour Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott Arizona and Get Acquainted With Radio Control Aircraft Arizona Cadets from all over Arizona assembled for a tour of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Apparently this was a major news item in Prescott since it made the front page of the Prescott Daily Courier. Lt Col Peter Feltz, the Arizona Director of Aerospace Education, was also interviewed on TV channel AZTV providing information regarding the event. There is such a large need for students to pursue technical educations in Arizona and all over the USA that this was our effort to introduce the Arizona Cadets to a University specifically designed to provide such an education. The Daily Courier covered the story quite well by writing the following: "The cadets, who stayed on campus overnight, had the opportunity to experience several of the school's facilities and activities, including the aircraft crash lab, a jet powered racing dragster, a tour of the school's flightline, air traffic control lab, and the simulators. One of the top selling points,"said Donald Schneider, ERAU's administrative assistant for admissions,"and the biggest comment we get is that when people come to Embry-Riddle, they just fall in love with it and want to come back. "People come here and they like what they see" he said. The cadets were fascinated by what they saw. Lt Greg Larkiham, an adult CAP member said, "A couple of the kids are interested in air traffic control, (some) were interested in unmanned drone flight-and the rest were interested in a mixture of everything. They also toured the school's Situation Room, a part of ERAU's Global Security and Intelligence program. The room is set to teach future emergency incident managers how to deal with major emergencies. Once the cadets had gone through the various departments, they played around a bit, learning how to fly radio-controlled aircraft and watching demonstrations by expert R/C pilots". End of quote. There was much more going on than the space for this article will allow, but one of the major features was the aircraft radio control introduction and demonstrations on the R/C flight line. Enclosed is a series of photos in the Eagle gymnasium with a display of some of the R/C aircraft in various sizes as explained and introduced by Jack Hardy of Hello Casa de Aero aircraft radio control club in Prescott. A number of the members gave brief presentation on various aspects of flying R/Cs. Dave Marston spoke on how and why planes fly'; Tom Gatchell spoke on different kinds of planes i.e. high wing, low wing, tail draggers, jets, mini scale and giant scale; John Conrad talked about electric planes and motors and how they work and Max Brandy spoke on how to get started in R/C flying, costs etc. After the presentations everyone went out to the R/C field to see flight demonstrations. It all was a great introduction to R/C and hopefully some of the cadets will become involved in their various units. We had a raffle where three electric R/Cs were raffled off. the winners photo show the cadets L to R; 2nd Lt Tyler Zoccoli, AM Basic Alex Selip and AM Basic Sebastion Winter. A similar aircraft was flown inside the gym and smashed against the wall but it was unscathed showing the strong construction. This is the monsoon season in Arizona when hopefully we get to see some rain. Well we weren't disappointed as we had a number of gullywashes. The cadet's camp ground got washed away and the Eagle Gym was the evening refuge. Fortunately the R/C field and flight line dried up enough to have the flight demonstrations. The final assembly in the Davis Learning Center had presentations by USAF and Army recruiters as everyone feasted on pizzas for lunch. Donald Schneider had a Q&A session. Maj. Philip Hubacek finished the program with a presentation of a thank you plaque to the schools Admissions administrator Burt Mullens. Respectfully submitted, Peter Feltz, LtCol, CAP AZ Wing Director AE H C Page 3

4 Tom talking about the different kinds of planes. John on electric power. Dave on how and why planes fly. Jack talking to the cadets at our flying field. The following is a letter of thanks for the club s participation from Maj. Phil Hubacek. Hi Jack, A couple of apologies... I apologize for the tardiness in getting back to you and your club since our ERAU event. I had things to catch up on and had a bout of stomach flu (I guess). I am sending the pictures I took in two s due to their size. I apologize that I had to take them with a camera with an inop flash function, so I and it did the best we could. The AZ Wing was thrilled to have your club's membership presenting and demonstrating your hobby and craft to our members. The time, effort, and expense of your members were, in our opinion, very well spent. Not only were our Cadets held in awe, but our Seniors were as engrossed as the CAdets learning about the intricacies of your models and the absolutely magnificent performance of the aircraft and their pilots. It is my opinion that the education and experience that comes with R/C modeling teaches more of the objectives of CAP's aerospace education than almost all other aspects of our curriculum and your involvement certainly added to our goal. Thanks again for the help, education, and enjoyment of our members, and please extend our thanks to those who were involved. Perhaps we can call on your club again some day when we return to the area. Phil Hubacek, Maj., CAP Page 4

5 Twenty members showed up for the work party to repair the storm damage to the field. Bill King is behind the camera. Only thing missing are the leg irons and chains ERAU student Tim Tilney with his Cub. Alan Stephens and his very big Cub It flies well, too. Page 5

6 Bill Hurst and his new Albatros. Waldo s Multiplex Gemini John s Ultimate Bipe on the go. Dave s Clipped Wing Cub. SUMMER HOURS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ALTITUDES HAIR SALON Kevin s Orphan like the Energizer bunny. ERAU student Greg Rice and his big Cub. MEN S AND WOMEN S FULL HAIR CARE SALON. ALL YOUR HAIR CARE NEEDS LOCATED ON THE EMBRY-RIDDLE CAMPUS HALL 3 ROOM BOOK ON LINE AT WALKINS WELCOME $13 MENS, $11 SENIORS $10 MILITARY GET YOUR HAIR CUT TODAY! 3700 WILLOW CREAK RD. BLDG 3 ROOM 121 MONDAY-THURSDAY 9AM - 5PM Page 6

7 See what they have: (928) For more information click this link. (928) Hats & Shirts If you are interested in a club logo Hat or Shirt, click on this link. The owners and operators of the local hobby shop put in long hours and make a large investment in inventory so that you can have the items you need to enjoy this great hobby. Their margins are slim when they have to compete with mail order houses. Their existence literally depends on us. If you want to keep the convenience of instant supply of that needed item, patronize the store below. VALLEY HOBBY SHOP RC CENTER 7680 East HWY 69 Prescott Valley AZ Open Monday thru Friday 9:30 AM to 7 PM Saturday 9:30 to 6 PM Sunday Noon to 5 PM Ask for that special item (928) Put your advertisement in the. It s free if you re a member, almost free if you re not. Contact, Gary MacCauley with your copy, hand written, ed, typed, or on disk. Page 7