West Wind. Membership dues are now due. Membership dues are now due. Newsletter of the Portland Area Sailplane Society

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1 West Wind Vol Issue 2 February Newsletter of the Portland Area Sailplane Society Inside this issue: Club Flying Field News Pg. 1 PASS Banquet & Awards Pg. 2 PASS Banquet & Awards Pg. 3 PASS Banquet & Awards Pg. 4 Feb. Floater 3rd contest Pg. 5 Tom Fowler TD ship Pg Contest Schedule Pg. 7 Feb. 3 Floater pictures Pg Membership Appl. Pg Aero-Tow Sched Pg 10 Salem Indoor Flying Sch. Pg 11 Feb. thru April Events Pg 12 Club Officers & Officials President Bruce Rose Vice President Jim Gibson Treasurer Tom Culmsee 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 Membership dues are now due. Membership dues are now due. See page 9 in NL for renewal application. Please update your personal profile info and send with your dues to Tom Culmsee. Willamette Turf Flying Field news for 2013 Terry s latest conversations with Steve at Willamette Turf are as follows: Steve did not plant any suitable turf this fall for our use so we will have to locate another flying field for Steve has rotated into other crops for the coming year. Terry said Steve is open to our club returning when and if he has a suitable turf site... Perhaps in Tom C. and Terry have been looking for an Aero-Tow site as well. The Hollin Field may be available and Tom is working on it. He has located a couple other potential sites that may be suitable for joint use for all club activities... Well, excluding slope! There will be an update at the club meeting. Use Willamette Turf Flying Field on Waconda St. Effective Sept. 3rd, We are using the rye grass field on the south side of Waconda St. There is a gravel road into the field. Park on the side of the road during the rainy season, don t drive on field. Please give Terry a call if you have any questions We can continue to use this field until about March 1st when the grass will be too tall anyway. Terry will let us know. PASS Meeting Notice for February 12th. The next regular club meeting will be on Tuesday the 12th, 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 PASS dinner report by Tom Culmsee PASS Banquet & Awards Evening Sunshine February Floaters 1. David Portwood 2. Dave Johnson 3. Tom Culmsee 4. Ken Eaton/Mike Skeen Handlaunch 1. Jon Daniels 2. Craig Robinson 3. Martin Baumer 4. Terry Erikson 5. Richard van Dijk Season Points 1. Terry Erikson 2. Richard van Dijk 3. Dan Fiedler 4. Jim Gibson 5. Keith Ragsdale Putz Keith Ragsdale for snoozing instead of calling turns during an F5b contest. F5B 1. Dan Fiedler 2. Jim Gibson 3. Keith Ragsdale 4. Tom Fowler 5. Terry Erikson

3 P a g e 3 PASS Banquet & Awards Evening Pictures Bruce Rose, President, wishing everyone bon appetit Thanks to Tom Culmsee for the pictures. The loot for the grand raffle! Keith Ragsdale with his highly coveted PUTZ AWARD for 2012!

4 P a g e 4 PASS Banquet & Awards Evening Pictures The crowd... Sorta under control. David Portwood with his February Floaters trophy below!

5 P a g e 5 February 3 Floater Kevin Martin, CD I was hoping for a mild sunny day like Saturday in Beaverton. However, it was not to be. It was damp and gray on Sunday in Brooks very cloudy and temps in the mid-40s. However the winds were very light so it was quite tolerable. We flew four rounds consisting of a 5 ID and three 7 IDs. There were no thermals to speak of but the cool damp air made for good float times. Many 7-minute rounds were completed. Landings consisted of a 25-foot square 10 points if the plane was entirely inside the square, 5 points if any part of the plane was over any part of the square, and of course 0 if you missed it all together. I decided after the contest that I made the square too big the majority of landings for the day were 10s. by Kevin Martin, CD Place Name Score 1 Dave Portwood Dave Johnson Tom Culmsee Sherrell Steinhauer Mike Skeen Jim Gibson Terry Erickson Tom Brightbill Keith Ragsdale Kevin Martin Robin Robinson Jason Hood Steve Ehrlich Frank Bell Kyle Kroker 1290

6 P a g e 6 Tom Fowler is sporting a new TD ship This is my new TD toy. It is 3.5 meter (136.5 wing span +/-) ship that has a full flying stab. It is a typical setup for a 6 servo TD plane except that I have not really set up a TD plane in my Airtronics SD-10G radio. If I can get everything programmed, it is suppose to be a great flyer. I went Whole hog as they say by getting the metal case MKS servos. They are very smooth and quite strong, so you do get a little more for a lot more money. In putting this big bird together, there were a few surprises. There was no threaded insert for the rudder post that takes a ball link connector. So I used 5 min. epoxy. The top drive flaps and ailerons are pretty tightly coupled, like most of these newer TD ships, but the back of the wing is not cut out for the linkage clearance nor is the sub spar drilled for the linkage to pass through. I guess all this helps keep the cost down, but I would have thought that a $1,600 glider would have this work completed in the factory. There were no instructions or surface movement setting recommendations with this NIB plane. Tom C. recommended a thread on RC Groups that had quite a lot of posts on this plane that came out in I found some of the information for CG setting and launch settings in the thread, so it should be ready to fly soon. Still need to balance and finish transmitter programming. Tom Fowler

7 P a g e 7 Pass Contest Schedule 2013, V4 Richard van Djik, Coordina- The attached schedule is Version 4 and has been reviewed by the CDs. Note field locations are changed to TBA where appropriate. Field codes are ECE = Eugene Cracked Earth, MSP = Molalla State Park, WTF = Willamette Turf Farm, KSF = Kuenzi Sod Farm, HAB = Hollin Airport Brooks, TBD = location to be determined Feb-02 No wind alternate date * Feb-03 Sun Floater #1 TBD 10:00 Kevin Martin Sherrill Steinhauer Feb-09 Feb-10 Sun Floater #2 TBD 10:00 Kevin Martin Sherrill Steinhauer Feb-16 Slope Fun Fly/Workshop TBD 11:00 Tom Fowler Feb-17 Sun Floater #3 TBD 10:00 Kevin Martin Sherrill Steinhauer Feb-23 Feb-24 Sun Floater #4 TBD 10:00 Kevin Martin Sherrill Steinhauer Mar-02 Slope Combat TBD 11:00 Bruce Alber Mar-03 Mar-09 60" Slope Race** TBD 11:00 Tom Fowler Mar-10 Mar-16 SSS - RES, 2M & Open Contest KSF 10:00 Dan Fiedler Mar-17 Mar-23 No wind alternate date ** Mar-24 Sleep in Hand Launch MSP 12:00 Keith Ragsdale Mar-30 Mar-31 Apr-06 Apr-07 Apr-13 F5B (electric) TBD 10:00 Dan Fiedler Apr-14 Apr-20 HandLaunch MSP 9:30 Richard van Dijk Apr-21 ALES #1 TBD 9:00 Bob Nelson Apr-27 NWSS - Vancouver BC Apr-28 NWSS - Vancouver BC

8 Page 8 W e s t P o r t l a n d A r e a W i n d S a i l p l a n e S o c i e t y February 3 Floater pictures The pilots meeting. 15 fliers, nice turnout. Sherrell showed up in a new all electric Leaf! The good news is you are registered Dave, the bad news is you owe money! Robin showed up in a newly refurbished glider! Mystery guest sighted...

9 P a g e 9 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 Salem Club indoor schedule Saturday :00pm to 2:00pm Feb. 17th, location TBA meeting at 11:00 AM Pilots February Floaters schedule Feb. 10th, location Willamette Turf Rye grass field Pilots meeting at 11:00 AM Feb. 24th, location TBA Pilots meeting at 11:00 AM Field location will be announced close for each contest date.

11 P a g e 11 Salem Indoor Fly Schedule Dan Fiedler, CD Last one this year! Saturday :00pm to 2:00pm First 1/2 hour open fly Next hour pylon racing CD David Portwood Last 1/2 hour open fly Place same as last year Claggett Cr. Jr. High 1810 Alder Dr. N.E. Keizer, Or Dan Fiedler fiedlerdg@msn.com David Portwood, CD Indoor Pylon Racing Indoor flying report Went indoor flying yesterday with an Ember and had a ball crashing/pylon racing. Great way to get some flying in over the winter months. Rather small turnout with Portwood, Johnson, Culmsee, Brightbill, Long, Robinson, Gibson and Lowell Wetzel. By Jim Gibson Note: CD David Portwood reported to the NL ed. that it is a sheer coinky-dinky, a full moon and his lucky rabbit foot that he has managed to win every race this year. The figure 8 task appears to be the one that separates the pilots from the wannabes... After one pass Embers seem to be going in every direction! See below...

12 Salem Club indoor schedule February Floaters schedule Feb. 3th, location TBA Pilots meeting at 11:00 AM Feb. 10th, location TBA Pilots meeting at 11:00 AM Feb. 17th, location TBA Pilots meeting at 11:00 AM Feb-10 Sun Floater #2 TBD10:00 Kevin Martin Sherrell Steinhauer Feb-16 Slope Fun Fly/Work shop TBD 11:00 Tom Fowler Feb-17 Sun Floater #3 TBD 10:00 Kevin Martin Sherrell Steinhauer Feb-23 Upcoming Events: Feb-24 Sun Floater #4 TBD 10:00 Kevin Martin Sherrell Steinhauer Mar-02 Slope Combat TBD 11:00 Bruce Alber Mar-03 Mar-09 60" Slope Race** TBD 11:00 Tom Fowler Mar-10 Mar-16 SSS - RES, 2M & Open Contest KSF 10:00 Dan Fiedler 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 Saturday :00pm to 2:00pm Saturday :00pm to 2:00pm