West Wind. Newsletter of the Portland Area Sailplane Society. Inside this issue:

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1 West Wind Vol Issue 8 August Newsletter of the Portland Area Sailplane Society Inside this issue: July 15 Aero-Tow Pg. 1 F5B August report Pg. 2 F5B August pictures Pg. 3 July 15 Aero-Tow at Hollin Field Big turnout at the aero-tow meet with several fliers from out of town. Great collection of scale gliders! Thermalsearch flyer Pg. 4 Rippin Thermals flyer Pg. 5 June/July F5B Contest Rpt Pg. 6 July 15th Aero-Tow report Pg. 7 July 15 Aero-Tow pictures Pg. 8 Aero-Tow Event schedule Pg PASS Contest Sched Pg 10 Cub Nuts Event Pg 11 Aug./Sep. Events Pg 12 Club Officers & Officials President Bruce Rose Vice President Jim Gibson Treasurer Secretary Tom Fowler Director Bob Nelson Director Richard van Dijk Contest Coordinator Richard van Dijk LSF Coordinator David Portwood Librarian Don Lawson Web Page Editor Keith Ragsdale Newsletter Editor Roger Breedlove rogerzzzz@gmail.com Willamette Turf Flying Field. We are using the field adjacent to and on the right side and south of equipment parking lot. We will still use the same parking lot. Note do not use the road to exit out by the office. Enter and exit at the equipment lot side only. Please give Terry a call if you have any questions PASS Meeting Notice for August 14th. The next regular club meeting will be on Tuesday the 14th, at the Pizza place! Usual times... Gather at 7:00 and start at 7:30 PM. Round Table Pizza, SW Barbur Blvd., Portland, OR

2 P a g e 2 August 4, 2012 F5B Report Dan Fiedler, CD Well the hottest day of the year so far, and what do those F5B guy do? Yup, go flying The contest was great and everyone had a good time We did have three pop ups for shade thanks to Kevin Martin and Keith Ragsdale We had 7 pilots come out to fly and one plane did not leave the ground (Roger Breedlove) and at the end of round one when I went to fly, I had a dead servo so I was also out of the raise and did not leave the ground So now we are down to 5 pilots Then Jim Gibson put on a blistering first round and showed us how to do a 1,000 point round but broke his tail feathers on landing so he was out.now we or down to just 4 pilots left Then on the second round Terry broke his plane on landing, but he did finish the second round so that still left him in the money for scoring Thanks once again guys for a great day of flying The Totals 1 st place Keith Ragsdale.1,992 points (Congratulations Keith) 2 nd place Don Wilson 1,987 points 3 rd place Terry Erickson.1,804 points 4 th place Kevin Martin. 1,665 points 6 th place Jim Gibson..1,000 points (Flew one round) 7 th place Dan Fiedler.0 points (Did not fly)

3 P a g e 3 August 4, 2012 F5B Contest Pictures The contest got off to a hot start with considerable technical discussion about placement of the landing line... it was finally stretched out! You can see the tension and excitement building at the pilot s meeting. Winner Keith Ragsdale getting a nice launch from Jim Gibson. Kevin Martin throwing one up!

4 P a g e 4 Thermalsearch 2012 Contest

5 P a g e 5 Rippin Thermals Eugene Contest

6 P a g e 6 F5B Contest Reports for June and July June 16, 2012 F5B Report Dan Fiedler, CD July F5B Report Dan Fiedler, CD We all had a great time a good turn out and great weather for are 3rd F5B contest of the year Everyone got a little extra practice time in before the contest because the CD left the wire cable at home that connects the A & B end and had to go back home and get it before we could start the contest, so we didn't get started until 11:00 but after a late start it all went well We did have two pilots that had some problems and did not finish the contest I am now working on a new 10 cell go really fast F5B plane, so we will see how fast it is and how long it will last??? (May be more than I can handle) Thanks you all for coming and having some fun with us and I look forward to seeing all of you at the next F5B contest Saturday July 7, 2012 AM 1st...Dan Fiedler...2,000 2nd..Jim Gibson...1,903 3rd...Don Wilson...1,890 4th...Keith Ragsdale...1,843 5th...Kevin Martin...1,570 points Speed 480 6th...Tom Fowler points 7 cell (Did not Finish) 7th...Richard Van Dijk points Speed 400 (Did not Finish) Man the F5B contest just keep getting better with another great turn out and the best weather of the season so far It seems the planes just keep getting faster and everyone is getting the winter kinks out now and doing some great flying I am very excited and looking forward the next contest The little Palm that I bought through Pesz died on the first round and we had to time the contest with stop watches. It take three timers and one person counting laps to do the F5B event without the Palm. I bought one on Ebay and should have it for the next contest...just hope it works?? I can't find one like I had, it is too old and I don't know if the F5B program I got from Pesz will work in a newer one I had a servo quit on my plane and just flew the first round, but it will be up and running by next month Thank you all for coming out and I hope you had lots of fun 1st Place...Jim Gibson...2,000 2nd place..tom Fowler...1,964 3rd place...keith Ragsdale...1,875 4th place...don Wilson...1,860 5th place...terry Erickson...1,712 points speed 400 6th place...kevin Martin...1,656 points speed 480 7th place...dan Fiedler...1,000

7 P a g e 7 July 15, 2012 Aero-tow Jim Gibson, CD July 15, 2012 Aero-tow After 11 plus days of great NW weather, the day today started out overcast and cool at Hollin Airport. The weather improved throughout the day, but a pesky west wind certainly made for interesting takeoffs and landings. We had a record turnout of 14 registered pilots and many more sailplanes as several pilots brought more than one glider to fly. There was a great variety of sailplanes from woodies to fiberglass with wingspans from 2-6 meter all flying today. David Portwood showed up with his Swift and enjoyed racing the tug to the ground doing loops, rolls and inverted flight on the way. It may be just a coincidence, but the advance advertising of the potluck(i.e., free food) may have contributed to the large turnout and could have enticed a few club members who we saw for the first time this year at an aero-tow event. Betty and her daughter did a great job organizing the potluck and there was plenty of great food for all as well plus some great conversation with Betty s family and friends. Betty s family potluck definitely increased the number of spectators we had who seemed to enjoy watching us fly + take photos almost all day long. I want to thank everyone who turned out as we definitely had an impressive display of sailplanes today. We had four fliers from Washington travel down for the day..bob Nietzke, Paul Dufek, Mark Anderson & Tom Martin. Mark & Tom brought their 6 meter K8 s. As an added bonus, Sherrell Steinhauer not only flew aero-tow for the first time, but maidened his K8 as well. One can not fully appreciate the size of the K8 unless seen in person. The approximate 35 lb flying weight was just about all Bob Beardsley could handle with his Cub. I believe Sherrell was going to stop and get a back brace on his way home. The K8 is a great flier and it ll be great to see Sherrell fly it at future aero-tows. Also, Bob did a great job towing today as the 10+ mph cross wind out of the west certainly presented a challenge. Bob is masterful at making those cross wind landings look so easy!! Mark your calendars for the next scheduled aerotow..sunday, August 19 th. Jim Gibson Tug Pilots It was Mark/Tom from Olympia. I think they both may fly own it/not sure. It s a 33% Hangar 9 Pawnee with a 3W twin cylinder 106cc motor in it. The radio was most interesting as they were using the Futuba SBus system which utilizes a 2 wire communication & power bus to all the servos-----definitely the leading edge of RC systems. Pilots (from PASS unless noted) Jim Gibson Tom Martin-Olympia +/- Mark Anderson-Olympia +/- Terry Erickson Erhard Parth Mike Skeen Bob Sterett Paul Dufek-Cathlamet Bob Nietzke-Cathlamet Roger Breedlove Sherrell Steinhauer Pat Chewning David Portwood Bob Beardsley and Da Hooka below pic by Mike Skeen

8 P a g e 8 July 15, 2012 Aero-tow pictures Thanks to Betty Hollin for being a gracious host... And for more food than we could eat! The launch committee on count down for Sherrell s first flight on his big 6M K8 (below)!

9 P a g e 9 PORTLAND AREA SAILPLANE SOCIETY 2012 SEASON SCALE AEROTOW FUN FLY Dates: Saturday, May 26 th Sunday, May 27 th Sunday, June 10th Sunday, July 15th Sunday, August 19 th Sunday, September 23rd Saturday, October 20th Location: Hollin Airport 7495 Sequoia Street NE, Brooks, Oregon (see map below) Time: Registration 9:00am, pilots meeting am, fly til about 5:00pm Fees: $10.00 per pilot AMA or MAAC Membership Required(can join at field) Coordinators: Jim Gibson: jim.gibson3@frontier.com phone: cell: Jim Riggle: jim@jimriggle.com phone: Details: Tugs available to tow large & small scale sailplanes. Field is a private airport with a 90 x 1750 ft. grass runway. Strip is located in the Willamette Valley in the middle of farm land. Weather Note: In the event of a forecasted rainout, the coordinators will cancel the event by the Thursday before the event. Coordinators will notify participants via . The event coordinators may also be contacted for confirmation. Lodging: La Quinta, Woodburn, OR Best Western Woodburn Inn, Woodburn, OR Best Western Pacific Highway Inn, Salem, OR Salem Super 8, Salem, OR Directions: I-5 Exit 263(Brooks) East on Brooklake Rd NE Turn left on 99E(Pacific Hwy) Turn right on Waconda Turn right on 72 nd Ave NE 72 nd turns into Sequoia Steet NE as you round corner. Turn left into driveway just past equipment sheds. Woodburn ~8 miles/portland ~45miles Salem ~9 miles Exit 263 to Hollin Airport: 5.5 miles Club meetings held on second Tuesday of every month from 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. at Round Table Pizza, SW Barbur Blvd. Visitors are welcome. Visit our web page at For current event information, call the PASS Voic : To change outgoing message or to listen to received messages: 1) Dial ) During the greeting dial 0PASS (*7277). Note this password is new for ) Listen for the recorded prompts (changing the greeting is under user options ) Please always begin the outgoing message with: This is the Portland Area Sailplane Society telephone message center, SPONSORED BY TAMMIES HOBBIES IN BEAVERTON, OREGON.

10 P a g e 10 PASS Contest Calendar, rev. 6B NOTE REVISION HISTORY!!!!(not shown this month) August 11 Sat NWSS Thermal Search Kevin Martin * no-wind alternate date for slope race August 12 Sun NWSS Thermal Search Kevin Martin August 18 Sat Hand Launch Keith Ragsdale :30 Molalla River St Park NWSS Dennis Otter Mem. Carnation, WA August 19 Sun Scale Aerotow Jim Gibson Hollin Airport, Brooks NWSS Dennis Otter Mem. Carnation, WA August 25 Sat NWSS Rippin' Thermals (NWSS) Eugene August 26 Sun NWSS Rippin' Thermals (NWSS) Eugene September Labor Day Weekend 1 Sat NWSS N. Idaho Championships Farragut, ID SeptemberLabor Day Weekend 2 Sun NWSS N. Idaho Championships Farragut, ID September 8 Sat F5B (Electric) Dan Fielder September 9 Sun September 15 Sat NWSS Tournament Tri-cities, WA Cub Nuts September 16 Sun NWSS Tournament Tri-cities, WA Cub Nuts September 22 Sat Slope Fun Fly/Workshop Bruce Alber (cell) 11:00 location TBD September 23 Sun Scale Aerotow Jim Gibson Hollin Airport, Brooks September 29 Sat Visalia Fall Fest September 30 Sun Visalia Fall Fest October 6 Sat 60" Slope Race Tom Fowler :00 location TBD October 7 Sun Hand Launch Richard van Dijk :30 Molalla River St Park October 13 Sat RES Kevin Martin Willamette Turf October 14 Sun F5B (Electric) Dan Fielder October 20 Sat Scale Aerotow Jim Gibson Hollin Airport, Brooks October 21 October 27 October 28 Sun Sat Sun November 3 Sat November 4 Sun November 10 Sat Slope Combat Bruce Alber (cell) 11:00 location TBD November 11 Sun November 17 Sat

11 P a g e 11 Local Area Events coming up!

12 Upcoming Events: August 11 Sat NWSS Thermal Search Kevin Martin * no-wind alternate date for slope race August 12 Sun NWSS Thermal Search Kevin Martin August 18 Sat Hand Launch Keith Ragsdale :30 Molalla River St Park NWSS Dennis Otter Mem. Carnation, WA August 19 Sun Scale Aerotow Jim Gibson Hollin Airport, Brooks NWSS Dennis Otter Mem. Carnation, WA August 25 Sat NWSS Rippin' Thermals (NWSS) Eugene August 26 Sun NWSS Rippin' Thermals (NWSS) Eugene September Labor Day Weekend 1 Sat NWSS N. Idaho Championships Farragut, ID SeptemberLabor Day Weekend 2 Sun NWSS N. Idaho Championships Farragut, ID September 8 Sat F5B (Electric) Dan Fielder September 9 Sun September 15 Sat NWSS Tournament Tri-cities, WA Cub Nuts September 16 Sun NWSS Tournament Tri-cities, WA PASS Web Site- Check out our NEW Web Site at: PASS Event Line & Voic - (503) Sponsored by Tammie s Hobbies, Beaverton OR P.O. Box 805 Gresham, OR Mailing Address Line 1 Mailing Address Line 2 Mailing Address Line 3