( Official newsletter of the BlackJack Club) November, 2015 #59cwc SAM CLIPPER Society of Antique Modelers Chapter 21 AMA Charter Club 1470 Left: Flight line action at the 2015 SAM 21 Speed 400/ 1/2A Fall event at Dwarfs Field, November 7th. SEE DETAILS ON PAGE 5...... in this issue: P.2 2015 SAM WESTERN REGIONAL EVENT CALENDAR P.3 OCTOBER MINUTES AND NOVEMBER AGENDA P.4 FROM THE OCTOBER MEETING / FROM THE RIGHT SEAT P.5 THE SAM 21 SPEED 400/1/2A CONTEST RESULTS P.6 THREE VIEW: THE SAN JOSE P.7 THREE VIEW BONUS: THE SNIFFER P.8 ANNUAL PIRATES WHITE ELEPHANT FLYER P.9 BOXCARS OVER LIVERMORE FLYER UPDATE P.10 SAM 21 CONTACT LIST - 2016 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Next Meeting: Thursday, November 19th, 7:00 pm SARATOGA FIRE DEPARTMENT (Corner Saratoga Ave & Sunnyvale-Saratoga Hwy) The November Assignments : Goodies (Brian Sargent) Coffee: (Brian Sargent) Thanks to Dave Saso for the October Goodies See Page 2 For Goodie Schedule The CLIPPER - official newsletter of SAM 21 October, 2015 Page 1
2015 WEST COAST EVENT SCHEDULE Revised 11-11-15 Italics are PRELIMINARY Dates - SUBJECT TO CHANGE) SAT Sun Bold are confirmed dates Shaded are unconfirmed or completed events JAN 3 4 JAN 10 11 JAN 17 18 1/17,18,19, 2015 SOUTHWEST REGIONAL, Eloy Az JAN 24 25 JAN 31 1/31 SAM 21 BANQUET HOLDER s Country Inn, San Jose FEB 1 FEB 7 8 FEB 14 15 FEB 21 22 FEB 28 29 2-28 Saturday only; SGMA Spring Contest: FF/OT RC Waegell Field MAR 1 MAR 7 8 MAR 14 15 MAR 21 22 3-21-22 SAM 26 Spring Annual, Wekerly Field - near Bakersfield MAR 28 29 CD: Dick Fisher - 805-489-4078 APR 4 5 APR 11 12 APR 18 19 APR 25 26 MAY 3 4 MAY 2 3 Saturday Only 5/2 - SAM 21/30 Joint, Benny BoxKar Beat Down - MAY 9 10 Sunday 5/10 Mother's Day MAY 16 17 MAY 23 24 MAY 30 31 JUN 6 7 5-6-7 SAM 21 38th Annual / Second Loren Schmidt Memorial - JUNE 13 14 JUNE 20 21 JUNE 27 28 JULY 4 5 JULY 11 12 JULY 18 19 JULY 25 26 7-25 Saturday only - SAM 30 Fun Fly - Schmidt Ranch AUG 1 2 AUG 8 9 AUG 15 16 AUG 22 23 AUG 29 30 Special Event Note: SAM 51 has advised that their Chapter will be holding monthly Fun Fly events on the First Thursday of each month, WX permitting, until further notice at Woodland/Davis. For more info contact Ken Holden at: kdholden@gmail.com SEPT 5 6 9-5 Saturday Only - SGMA Combo Contest - FF/OT RC Waegell Field 9-5 Saturday Only - SCCMAS Swap Meet - Morgan Hill SEPT 12 13 SEPT 19 20 SEPT 26 27 OCT 3 4 10-3- 4 SAM 26 John Pond Commemorative - Wekerly Field - near Bakersfield - CD: Bob Angel 805-937-5145 OCT 10 11 10-9-10-11 40th Annual SAM 27 Crash and Bash, Schmidt Ranch OCT 17 18 10-18 - 23-2015 SAM Champs, Boulder City, Nevada OCT 24 25 10-24 Saturday only - - SAM 21 MECA COLLECTO West Hope Church OCT 31 10-24 Saturday Only- SGMA Fall Contest- OT RC Assist, Waegell Field NOV 7 8 11-7 Saturday Only - SAM 21 Speed 400/ 1/2A Contest @ Dwarfs Field NOV 14 15 NOV 21 22 11-21 Saturday only - BoxCars Over Livermore (see page 8) NOV 28 29 Thursday 11-26 Thanksgiving Day DEC 5 6 DEC 12 13 DEC 19 20 Friday 12-25 Christmas Day DEC 26 27 JAN 1 Friday 1-16 NEW YEARS DAY 2016 2015 Meeting Dates 7:00 p.m. @ SARATOGA FIRE DEPARTMENT Corner Saratoga Ave & Sunnyvale-Saratoga Hwy January 22 February 26 March 26 April 23 May 28 June 25 July 23 August 27 September 24 October 22 November 19 (due to Thanksgiving Conflict) December 17 (due to Christmas Conflict) 2015 GOODIE Schedule Here are the assignments for 2015, excusing those who normally do not attend meetings on a regular basis. If you cannot accommodate this schedule, then it will be your responsibility to volunteer / coerce another member to take your place. Don t say you weren't warned. And, if you feel The Call (and aren t on this list), please call one of the unfortunate souls on the list or the Standby and offer to take their place. JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER Eberhardt Martinez Vanderbeek Peterson Leopold Lewis Cutler Gurney Henry Smith Saso Sargent Dowling Standby: Eberhardt The CLIPPER - official newsletter of SAM 21 October, 2015 Page 2
OCTOBER 22, 2015 MINUTES Call to order: President Ken Martinez 7:01 Members present: 16 Guests present: none Introduction of guests: na Approval of minutes: of the meetings of August 27 and September 24, 2015 / minutes approved Treasurer's report: Lescher Dowling / We are solvent! Membership report: Lescher Dowling / 46 members, ( 5 life, 30 regular, 11 associate ) Competition Report: Dave Lewis: A) Fall S400 1/2A contest at Dwarfs / Dave will keep the gate open from 8:00 to 9:00 AM. Fly from 8:00 to 11:30. Burgers, chips, and soda $7.00. Unfinished Business/Reports: A) Build/Fly Project: Copeland - BoxcarsOver Livermore / Do we want to sponsor 4 cash prizes for the fly off? ( $5.00 for a kitty ) or $10.00 for lunch and prizes. B) Collecto: Walt Gurney: Update? Meet at 7:00 PM Friday for set up. We have to be out by 12:00 noon. We have 6 reservations at this time. C) New badges : Lescher Dowling / Lescher distrib uted new badges. In the future a single badge will cost $11.00. 6 or more badges will be $7.50 each. New business: A) One Design Project: Bill Copeland: Boxcar ALOT event at Crash and Bash / Bill Vanderbeek flew Ed Hamler s Airborne, the first flight was ok, the second flight was a total! The party was great! Very windy at the Champs yesterday, very mixed weather. B) Proposed Electric Classes A,B and C: Brian Sargent / Shall the entry be controlled by battery or motor? How can we get an even playing field and attract new contestants. There are too few electric venues. C) Next year meeting schedule: Walt Gurney / Our meetings for the holidays will be on Nov. 17 and Dec 15 D) Lescher Dowling brought information on the club banner. BREAK!!! 8:05 Show and Tell: All - Open Q&A & Hints session?bill Vanderbeek brought plans for a Yellow Bee and a photograph of a Hayseed with a twin rudder tail. Also plans for a 600sq in Foote Westerner/ Jeff Davis brought a curve drafting tool, machinist step spacer blocks. Program: TBD Refreshments: Courtesy of: Dave Saso Coffee by: SAM 21 Courtesy of Brian Sargent Adjournment: 8:40 Next meeting: 11/19/2015 at: 7:00 p.m. Location: SARATOGA FIRE DEPARTMENT NOVEMBER 19, 2015 AGENDA Call to order: President Ken Martinez Members present: Guests present: Introduction of guests: Approval of minutes: of the meeting of October 22, 2015 Treasurer's report: Lescher Dowling Membership report: Lescher Dowling Competition Report: Dave Lewis: A) Fall S400 1/2A contest at Dwarfs Unfinished Business/Reports: A) Build/Fly Project: Copeland - Boxcars Over Livermore Event Plan B) Proposed Electric Classes A,B and C: Brian Sargent New business: A) Proposed 2016 Build/Fly Project: Cope land B) Set 2016 Dues: Martinez BREAK!!! Show and Tell: All - Open Q&A & Hints session? Program: TBD Refreshments: Courtesy of: Brian Sargent Coffee by: SAM 21 Courtesy of Brian Sargent Adjournment: Next meeting: 12/17/2015 at: 7:00 p.m. Location: SARATOGA FIRE DEPARTMENT Corner Saratoga Ave & Sunnyvale-Saratoga Hwy Don t forget: Pirates/White Elephant at next meeting! Respectfully Submitted: Alan Peterson. Secty The CLIPPER - official newsletter of SAM 21 October, 2015 Page 3
From The October Meeting It seems that I either did not take, or have filed the pics of the meeting I did take, where I could not find them, sorry... So, to take advantage of the white space, I will post some additional pics from the Speed 400/ 1/2 A event and the Collecto... Notes From The Right Seat Greetings: Another late issue. Oh when will it stop? The good news is that the final SAM event of 2015 is coming up on Saturday, November 21st at the Livermore Flying Electrons field in Livermore. (see updated flyer on page 9) I hope we have benign weather and a record number of Boxcars on hand to demonstrate what fun is all about. On a similar note, this issue kicks off the continuation of the One Design/Build Fly project by including two, three views of nominated designs, a seldom seen design, the San Jose (a fitting name), and a long time SAM favorite, the Sniffer. (see pgs. 6 and 7) A third design, the low wing Peerless Panther had been explored but is not being promoted at this time We will wait until December 15th to allow any further nominees before a voting poll will be initiated to determine the consensus choice. Remember that designs should be eligible or convertible, for at least one SAM class, would be a good to excellent performer, be somewhat more challenging to build than previous One design examples and be available in the appropriate size for use with the 480 motors as used in the previous One Design projects. For All SAM 21 members: Don t forget that the annual Pirates White Elephant event is scheduled for our meeting on December, 17th. Finally: 2015 has been an altogether good year for SAM activities. Participation in most events was the same or slightly less than 2014.The One Design events seemed to attract the largest number of participants, so this may be the time to recommend that we think about scheduling at least one additional One Design event in the September/ October time frame? AMA 27944 - Clear Prop The CLIPPER - official newsletter of SAM 21 October, 2015 Page 4
The SAM 21 Fall 2015 Speed 400/1/2A Contest Left: Brian Sargent, eventual Speed 400 winner, prepares his 1/2 A Anderson Pylon for next flight Right: Dave Lewis trouble shoots his Speed 400 Bomber Left: President Ken Martinez chasing down what turned out to be a faulty switch with the help of Gary Leopold Right: Under the hat is Rick Cutler, with Henry Smith in the shadows, works on The CLIPPER - official newsletter of SAM 21 October, 2015 Page 5
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Be Prepared: It s Happening again at the DECEMBER 17th meeting... The SAM 21 PIRATES WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE It s always a hoot! WHITE Here are the details: Everyone Brings a hobby related, wrapped gift with a value of at least $20 Used items are welcome, as well as new ones but, This is not a clean out your junk drawer event Playing order is drawn from a hat and #1 selects a gift and unwraps it. #2 has the option of grabbing a new gift or pirating #1 s selection. Ditto for # 3 who either selects a new gift or robs a gift from #1 or #2. The trick is to then select another gift which has a good chance of being pirated. That way you can get your original gift back. This goes on until all gifts are opened. Once a player has possession of a particular gift 3 times, it belongs to them and is out of play (and so are they). Bring a pen to mark your gift selection with your initials in case it is pirated from you. As you might imagine, the action gets WILD for certain items. Remember, you can not take a pirated gift directly back, It must first pass through a second party s hands. Sound complex? ` Naaa!. it s a bunch of fun! PIRATE The CLIPPER - official newsletter of SAM 21 October, 2015 Page 8
NOVEMBER 21, 2015 HOSTED BY LIVERMORE FLYING ELECTRONS SPONSORED BY SAM 21 1455 RAYMOND ROAD ALL BENNY BOXCARS WELCOME CURRENT AMA MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED GATE OPENS AT 7:00 A.M. $10 LANDING FEE INCLUDES BBQ LUNCH AND DRINKS SEE EVENT RULES BELOW ALL FLYING ELECTRONS FIELD RULES WILL BE STRICTLY OBSERVED 2015 Boxcars Over Livermore Rules: Eligibility: The only approved model is Henry Struck s, Benny BoxCar - 72 as kitted by either Klarich or Holman. or built from published magazine plans. Minimum deviation from plan outlines will be observed. The airfoil will not be altered in any way. Balsa sizes can be changed and hardwood may be substituted. Two wheel landing gear required, location optional. Motor to be a brushless, outrunner in the 480 class with a max, rating of no more than1020kv; battery, 2S or 3S LIPO. LMR to match weather conditions (20 to 30 secs will be determined by conditions at pilot briefing) ROG required assuming suitable weather/decent take off area. No minimum weight. Pilots Briefing at 8:30. (mandatory) Flying at 9:00(optional) The project is intended to be Fun. Flight procedures: All entrants will be eligible for the preliminary round. Motor run will be limited to 30 seconds for the first round. X Event Update 11/11/15 Landing Fee increased to $10 Pilots Meeting @ 8:00 Qualifying flight attempts end at 11:00 Cash prizes to fourth place: 1st = $50, 2nd =$40, 3rd = $30, 4th = $20 For additional information contact: Bill Copeland at: 925-321-1552 or bnbent@pacbell.net All flights will be individually timed. Flight requiring emergency restarts will be timed only until restart called by pilot. A limit of three flights per entrant will be allowed for the preliminary round. Max flight time 15 mins. for all preliminary rounds.. The times of up to three flights will be totaled to determine advancement to the next or Championship round. The four best total times of each preliminary round advances to an additional preliminary round if needed. The four winners of the preliminary round, or rounds will be qualified to compete in the Championship flyoff. In the event that there are tie max scores in the first round, such tie scores will each be counted as a qualifier for a second preliminary round. and so on until only four qualifiers are determined. The four winners of the qualifying round, or rounds, will compete in mass ROG launch with a 20 sec motor run, Last one down W/O motor restart, will be declared the winner and Champion... The CLIPPER - official newsletter of SAM 21 October, 2015 Page 9
Bill Copeland 4863 Primrose Lane Livermore, CA 94551 48 cents (as of today) Address Label Here s Your Copy of the November, 2015 SAM 21 Clipper (Read at your own risk!) PRESIDENT: Ken Martinez: 927 York Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Tele: 415-821-3682 E-mail: a415flyboy@sbcglobal.net VICE PREZ: Ted Kafer: 74 South Milton Avenue Campbell, CA 95008 Tele: 408-866-2533 E-mail: tkafer@sbcgkobal.net SECRETARY: Alan Peterson: 1115 Seena Avenue Los Altos, CA 94024 Tele: 650-941-6557 E-mail: alansoars@aol.com TREASURER: Lescher Dowling: 1122 Merrimac Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Tele:408-739-0652 E-mail: lescher2@aol.com EDITOR: Bill Copeland: 4863 Primrose Lane, Livermore, Ca 94551 Tele: 925-321-1552; E-mail: bnbent@pacbell.net Mail form to Treasurer: Lescher Dowling 1122 Merrimac Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94087 SAM 21-2016 Membership Application Form Check one: NEW Member RETURNING Member Check one: FULL Member $25 ASSOCIATE Member $15 (newsletter only) SAM No. AMA No. (Req d if full) Name: Address City, State, Zip Phone: ( ) Cell ( ) The CLIPPER - official newsletter of SAM 21 October, 2015 Page 10