Special Notes: * We had a quorum with 28 members present. Thank you for attending. * Jack Buckley will be our guest speaker at the April Meeting. NEXT MEETING Monday Apr 7, 2014 7:30 pm First Parish Church Berlin, MA At Woodward Ave. & Rt 62 From Central MA R/C Modelers 204 Clark Street Worcester, MA 01606 To 1 of 7
CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS RADIO CONTROL MODELERS AMA CHARTER No. 870 MISSION STATEMENT To promote active participation in the sport/hobby of radio-controlled model aviation. To support the many aspects of the hobby including sport/fun flying, pattern, scale, and combat. To hold both club fun flies and open AMAsanctioned contests for interested members. To support a flight instruction program for beginning pilots. FLIGHT INSTRUCTION Flight instruction is available on a voluntary basis by the members listed below. They are not available at all times so please call in advance to schedule a mutually convenient time. ADDRESSES Mail Email Ruane Crummett 508 655 2234 Scott Anderson 508 839 7758 Randy Holtgrefe 508 845 4135 Central MA R/C Modelers 204 Clark Street Worcester, MA ray@cmrcm.org BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Randy Holtgrefe 508-845-4135 VP/Secretary Ray Helin 508-615-3787 Field Marshall Paul Dryden 508-839-4420 Treasurer Jonathan West 508-393-1407 At-Large Directors Joel Smith Bob Waring Al Hutchinson Newsletter Editors Ray Helin 508-615-3787 Bill Riordan MEETINGS Meetings are scheduled on the first Monday of the month except for June, July, and August. The location is First Parish Church in Berlin MA On route 62 Between Carter St. and Woodland Ave. FLYING MODELS AT FIELD Membership in the Academy of Model Aeronautics is required to operate model aircraft at the club s flying site. Ask any board member for AMA and club membership applications. All AMA and field rules must be followed which are posted at the flying site at all times. Upcoming 2014 Fun-Fly dates 4-May Bob W. / Randy H. 1-June Ray H. / Dave Q. 3-Jul Jonathan W. / Mathew W. 3-Aug Dave Q. / Ray H. 7-Sept Ruane C. / Russ M. 5-Oct Charlie N. / Randy H. 2-Nov Joel S. / Bob W. This is what the road looks like on a bad day. On a warm day it's worse with mud several inches deep. What is this fighter from WWII? 2 of 7
MINUTES OF MEETING of March 3, 2014 Meeting called to order by Randy at 7:30PM with 28 members present. 1. Secretary s report: a. 44 Membership Renewals to Date for 2014 b. 4 new members join CMRCM for 2014 c. CMRCM Site insurance renewals and the AMA charter renewals are complete for 2014. The Club has received the certificates from the AMA. d. The flying site details on the AMA website have been updated. e. The Fun-Fly Pilot Manual is complete and available on the website. 2. Treasurer s report: Read and accepted. See report below. 3. Field Director s report: a. Currently the field covered in snow which was getting soft. b. The Access road and parking lot is muddy with lots of ruts. 4WD or AWD is recommended. c. Spring clean up was discussed, no date is set but looking at some time in April. Plans to address the mud and rut issue will be looked into during the cleanup. 4. Old business: a. SAFETY REMINDER. We need to be more diligent about not flying over the road. Any accident would most likely result in us losing our lease. If you see someone flying over the road, please bring it to their attention. It's possible they don't even realize it. b PLOWING. We currently do not have a plow. c. FIELD LICENSE. Randy will get a copy of the lease to Ray for the website. d. Multi-Club Indoor Flying. The program is on hold until further notice. 5. New Business a. A Vote was held to limit the maximum CMRCM club members to 100 members and was approved. b. It was brought up that we do not have a copy of the "By Laws" on our website, The board is working to get an electronic copy to Ray to put up on the website. c. The club has only (2) active Flight Instructors officially, If you are interested in volunteering as a flight instructor please see Randy Holtgrefe for additional details. d. The 2014 Fun-Fly Pilot manual is available on the website, Randy is going to have 40 copies printed and available for the May Fun-Fly. e. Randy has been working on setting up club owned trainer planes for our beginner pilots, These planes will be put in the care of our students. We do have a need for 3-cell or 4-cell lipoly battery packs, see Randy Holtgrefe for additional details. f. Bill motioned that the club meetings have mostly been about official club business. We would like your thoughts on making the monthly meeting more exciting. Jack Buckley volunteered to be a guest speaker at the April meeting, the topic will be Scale Detailing. After club business, we should talk about hobby related topics more frequently. g. Peter Feil has rejoined the club and has a PowerPoint presentation of the Navy E2-D aircraft, Peter developed some of theelectronics for this aircraft and would like to show the aircraft on my notebook PC at the next meeting. Meeting was adjourned at 8:25PM Plane Spotting From Feb newsletter What is this fighter from WWII? The answer is: Republic P47 3 of 7
TREASURER'S REPORT From Mar 2013 What is going on here with the rope tied to the car? (See next page) The 2013 Jet Rally at Fitchburg Airport 4 of 7
What is going on here with the rope tied to the car? The photo is probably from before WWII. It shows a method of starting the engine. The 'rope' is actually a big #&*ʘ@ bungee cord with a leather mitten sown onto one end. One blade was positioned approximately horizontally and the mitten placed over the tip. The bungee was led up over the spinner and tied onto the bumper of a vehicle. After setting the fuel and ignition, someone would get in the vehicle and drive sideways out from the aircraft about as far as possible and set the brakes. Whoever drew the short straw would then flip the prop past the line of pull. As the bungee gained a more advantageous angle, the propeller would accelerate and the engine would start. The centrifugal force then throws off the mitten as it goes flying toward the bumper at quite an impressive speed. Staying clear of the propeller was routine but staying out of the path of the bungee was also a good idea. This story was related to me (Bill R) some time in the 1960's by a flyer who actually used this method in the colder weather when the inertia starter just didn't have the right stuff. More Plane Spotting 5 of 7
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