October - Sodbusters

Sodbusters RC Flying Club News Letter
#2189
October 11, 2012 News Letter
Index
The Meeting ............................................................... 1
Next Meeting.............................................................. 1
Treasurer’s Report...................................................... 1
Secretary’s Report ...................................................... 1
Old Business............................................................... 1
New Business ............................................................. 2
Show & Tell ............................................................... 2
A Word from the Safety Officer ................................ 3
A Word from the Web Editor ..................................... 3
THE MEETING
The meeting was called to order by Scott Russell at
6:30pm. We had 19 members at the meeting.
Officers Present at Meeting
President
Vice President
Secretary
Recording Secretary
Treasurer
Safety Officer
Board Member
www.sodbustersrc.net
Scott Russell
Present
Chuck Schuneman
Marv Sanderson Present
Greg Coyan
Present
Ted Gilbert
Present
Steve Madsen
Present
Bruce Greiner
Present
Up Coming Events ............................................. 3
Airplane of the month ................................................ 3
Tips and Tricks........................................................... 4
For Sale ...................................................................... 3
Birthdays...................................................................5
Sodbusters Merchandise........................................... 11
Calendar ................................................................... 11
Sodbusters Officers .................................................. 11
Next Meeting
The next meeting is scheduled for 6:30 PM on
Thursday, Nov. 08, 2012.
It will be held at the Oakdale Library.
New Members or Guests
Secretary’s Report:
No new member or guests
Marv Sanderson reported that the club has 121
members. He also mentioned that AMA renewal is at
hand and suggested that members should renew their
membership soon, at least before the end of the year.
You can renew online...it's very fast, easy and you get
next year’s AMA card within 2-3 weeks.
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Meeting Minutes:
N/A
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Treasurer’s Report:
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Ted Gilbert gave the balances of our accounts and
all are in good shape. Ted mentioned that the trash
pickup will end at the end of October and the porta
potty will stay open until "that time" depending on the
weather.
Old Business
Gary Scoles has added a plaque to the flagpole at the
field honoring serviceman "who gave the ultimate
sacrifice for our freedom." A very nice addition to our
field. Thank you Gary!!!
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Gary and Darin are orchestrating the sharpening of the
mower blades. The cost is approx. $300.00 and it has
been 2-3 years since it has been done. They will be
taking the mower in within the next couple of weeks.
Club Officer Elections are next month Vice Presidents
nominations are:
John Bombardo or John
Bartholomew
All other positions are staying the same as this year.
Scott Russell has appointed John Bombardo the VP
until the elections are held next month. An incident a
couple of months ago had prompted the vacancy of that
position.
Scott Russell attended the Big Bird Fly In at Grassfield
RC up in Osseo. He stated that he had a great time
and would encourage members to attend next year.
Field improvements/Suggestions: A white board will
be placed at the field next year for members to put their
cell phone numbers on in case they want to go look for
a plane. New clothes pins have been placed frequency
board and the fence has been taken down for the
season, so if you are out flying for the rest of the
season...USE CAUTION WHEN AROUND THE PIT
AREA!!!
Marv Sanderson would like the club to get more
business cards for the club to pass out. He and Greg
Coyan will work on doing that in the coming months.
The club is looking at a Feb meeting pass out date.
Finally...THE CHRISTMAS PARTY WILL BE DEC
12TH (WEDNESDAY) AT THE DUGOUT IN
MAHTOMEDI. BRING PLENTY OF MONEY FOR
RAFFLE PRIZES AND FOOD.
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New Business
Show & Tell
Dick Hinz advocated that trailer parking should be a
priority on the south side of the shelter. He mentioned
that some members park their cars there and it’s almost
impossible to park trailers anyplace else in the lot.
Discussion followed with the possibility of signs
posted that area be strictly trailer parking only. Also
brought up was the problem of people parking right
next to the shelter and blocking the turnaround lane.
Another sore spot was that members were backing up
too far and impeding the walk area between the lot and
the field on the North side of the parking lot. More
discussion followed with the ideas of signs for the
trailer parking, fence for the turnaround area and
parking logs on the north end of the lot to set a
boundary for backing distances.
Come to the
November meeting and voice your opinion!
There was no show and tell this month.
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The Raffle
There was no Raffle for this month.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:18. Thank you to all that
attended!!!
These meeting minutes were taken by Greg Coyan.
A Word from the Web Editor
I would still like some pictures with one of our members
with their airplane for the “Pilots & Airplane” web page.
Zagi competition has finished for the year and next
year there is talk of a point system with a $10.00 buyin along with cash payouts for the winner(s). Stay
tuned.
If you can help me with these pictures, please send them to
stvmadsen@comcast.net.
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RealFlight G2 Lite Simulator Loaner Program
The system requirements below are what the manufacture considers to be the minimum PC configuration in which RealFlight G2
should be installed.
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Windows® XP*, 2000*, ME or 98
Local administrator access required for Windows XP or
2000
Intel® Pentium® 300 or equivalent processor
64 MB RAM
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Voodoo II cards are not supported because they do not allow
you to run in a window or view a menu while full screen)
DirectX 8.1 (or above) compatible sound card
500 MB hard drive space
4x CD-ROM drive
Super VGA monitor
DirectX® 8.1 (or above) compatible video card with
USB port
at least 8MB of RAM (Note that Voodoo I and
There is a $100.00 deposit that is paid to the person that has the software.
Please call Russell Shortreed for more information @ 651-735-5105.
Up Coming Events
This Months Airplane
Officer Elections
Club Officer Elections are next month Vice Presidents
nominations are:
John Bombardo or John
Bartholomew
All other positions are staying the same as this year.
Elections will be held at the November Member
Meeting.
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Christmas Party
This year Christmas Party will be Wednesday, Dec.
12th at 7:00pm. The party will be at the Dugout in
Mahtomedi.
Aeronca L-16
A Word from the Safety Officer
Aeronca fans feel about the Piper Cub as Thunderbolt
fans feel about the Mustang. Each group is justly
proud if its own aircraft and incensed about the
greater popularity accorded its rival. The pure lines of
the Aeronca show up particularly well in this simple
color scheme.
No words for this month.
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For Sale
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If you have anything that you would like to sell, send
your information to the Web Master/ Newsletter editor.
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2oz. and 1oz. fiberglass cloth, basic hobby tools, balsa
sheet, blue foam and a clean place to work.
Tips & Tricks
How to Make Scale Engine Cowls the Easy
Way
By Gerry Yarrish
When it comes to scale modeling, there’s one task that
often stops most projects from even getting started.
That being making a scale engine cowling. To produce
a fiberglass unit, you have to make a master plug then
layup a female mold so you can then lay up a cowl
using fiberglass cloth and epoxy resin or polyester
resin. The task is time consuming at the very least.
Here’s a way to make a one-off cowl and the technique
and materials can be used for any type of scale model
you want to build.
3. Start by attaching your engine and engine mount to
the model’s firewall/engine mount box assembly. Be
sure to properly position the engine so the propeller
and spinner are at the correct spaced and positioned
from the firewall.
1. Here's what you can make with basic tools and
materials. I built this "one-off" balsa and foam engine
cowl for my Staudacher 300GS featured as a Model
Airplane News construction article.
4. If you are using one, prepare your spinner by
making a plywood spinner spacer disc the same
diameter of your spinner's back-plate. Sand smooth and
stick it to the back-plate with double-sided sticky foam
tape.
2. Here's the stuff you need! Sandpaper rough and fine
150 , 220 and 320 grits, Pacer Z-Poxy Finishing Resin,
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7. Tack glue the spinner disc to the face piece and then
bolt the spinner back-plate to the engine. Make sure the
face piece is level. Cut out and glue the two 1/8-inch
balsa side pieces to connect the face piece to the cowl
backing pieces at the firewall.
5. Make the forward face of the cowl out of two layers
of 1/4-inch or one layer of 1/2 inch balsa. Mark the air
inlet openings but don't cut them out yet. Use your
plans and photos to determine the proper size and
spacing.
8.Add the corner doublers to the inside edges of the
side pieces. Here I used ¼-inch sheet balsa (bottom)
and 1/4 inch square balsa pieces (top.)
6. Tack glue the aft plywood backing pieces for the
cowling to the firewall. The top piece is cut flush with
the outer edge of the fuselage. The two sides are inset
slightly so the side pieces can be glued to them and still
be flush with the side of the fuselage. Once the cowl
has been made, screws will hold these backing pieces
to the firewall securing the cowl in place.
Happy Birthday
Ralph Joy
Russell Shortreed
Bob Lahay
Eric Cambronne
George Mitchell
John Baligrodzki
Jack Soebbing
Fred Ames
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11.Cut a piece of 2-inch thick blue insulation foam to
size and place on top of the balsa sides. You'll have to
carve and route the foam out to fit around the engine
and engine mount. Another piece of foam will be
added to the fill in the rest of the space behind the
balsa face piece.
9.Plank the bottom of the engine cowl with 3/32 inch
balsa sheet. Notice that the grain runs across the
fuselage from left to right. This adds stiffness to the
sheeting. Use Zap CA and kicker to speed
construction.
12. Using a hobby saw, roughly cut and trim the foam
blocks to the shape of the engine cowl sides. Once this
is done, you can start to shape the entire foam section!
But don't glue the foam into place just yet!
10. Now is a good time to make the needle-valve and
glow plug driver holes in the side of the cowl. Before
the foam top is added, you can see how things line up.
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13. I used a piece of balsa sheeting as a template to
accurately mark the side-view shape of the cowl onto
the foam block.
15. Once you’ve roughly shaped the foam, epoxy it
into place against the balsa side pieces and the aft
plywood stiffener. Notice that the fuselage has been
wrapped with plastic sheet to protect if from the glue.
14. After cutting foam to the side shape, start removing
the corner material to round the block. This saves a lot
of sandpaper.
16. Here the foam block has been smoothed to shape
and it blends nicely into the balsa sides and the front of
the fuselage. I used a lot of blue tape to protect the
fuselage from the sanding bar.
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17. Here the plywood spinner ring and foam fairing
block behind the ring have been glued in place and
shaped to blend together. Use a very small amount of
glue to hold the foam block in place. Notice that the
balsa face piece has been shaped and sanded to blend
back into the foam.
19. Here the cowl has been removed from fuselage so I
could fix any dents and seams with filler. Use a
lightweight filler and allow to dry before sanding with
22o grit sandpaper. Repeat the process until all defects
are eliminated.
20. After sanding all the filler smooth, apply the first
layer of 2oz. fiberglass cloth and coat with a thinned
mixture of Epoxy resin and Alcohol (60:40 mix) using
Pacer Finishing Resin.
18. To add strength to the underside of the cowl, glue a
balsa spinner ring fairing to the bottom of cowl and
sand it to shape to blend into the spinner.
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23. After sanding the resin smooth with 320 grit
sandpaper, apply glazing putty to fill any weave and
pinholes.
21. After the resin cures, cut and trim the cloth to shape
and sand the edges smooth. Now apply 2oz. cloth to
balsa sides and two layers over the top of the foam.
Once everything has cured, sand smooth and apply
another layer of Cloth and Resin (Use 1oz. this time.)
24. If your cowl has one, use balsa to make the basic
scoop and then sand smooth and apply fiberglass cloth
and resin to seal the grain. Cut the opening in the
bottom of the cowl and glue the scoop in place. Fill the
gaps and seams and sand smooth.
22. Sand all the cloth smooth again and apply a final
layer of finishing resin. Sand smooth with 320 grit
sandpaper.
25. Here the cowling has been sprayed with the first of
several coats of sandable primer. The primer is
available at most department stores and Automotive
supply shops.
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28. Using your favorite brand, apply a coat of white
primer, sand smooth and apply several light mist coats
of gloss white paint.
26. Sand each coat of primer smooth and then fill any
defects and pinholes with red glazing putty.
29. Allow the white base coat to dry over night and the
mask off and spray on your trim colors of paint.
Lightly sand the paint with 400 grit sandpaper and then
rub down with some 0000 steel wool. Wipe down with
a tack-cloth and apply a couple of coats of your
favorite gloss clear.
Attach the cowl to your firewall with suitable screws
and brackets and your cowl is done. For an even nicer
scale look apply paint and scale markings to your
spinner and propeller blades. Add a few scale decals
and you’re good to go.
27. Here you see the glazing putty sanded smooth. You
have to sand almost all of the putty off to properly
prepare the cowling for paint.
I hope this “How To Article” will inspire you to try the
technique for yourself. You can make complex shapes
as well as round radial engine cowls with this easy step
by step system. Experiment and above all, keep
building! Have fun…
If you have an idea for the Tips & Tricks to
share with your fellow flyers, send them to:
stvmadsen@comcast.net.
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Sodbusters Merchandise
Hat (with monogrammed emblem)
Tee Shirt (small emblem on front)
Golf Shirt (small emblem on front)
Name monogrammed on items.
$10.00
Sweatshirt (small emblem on front)
$20.00
$16.00
Jacket (small emblem on front or back) $42.00
$20.00
Jacket (large emblem on back only)
$64.00
$3.00 ea. Jacket (small emblem on front & Large emblem on back) $72.00
All clothing is subject to an additional $7.00 shipping charge on orders up to 6 items.
On orders of 6 items or more there will be no shipping charge.
Orders take about two to three weeks to arrive and must be paid for when ordering.
Hats are a stock item and there is no shipping charge.
To order contact Ted Gilbert @ 651-439-5239
2012 Calendar
Sodbusters Officers
June 10 Sun Scale Sunday Fly In 8:00am
June 14 Thu Members Meeting at Sodbusters Field 6:30pm
June 16 Sat Float Fly 10:00 am
July 01 Sun Combat Fly-In 1:00pm to 3:00pm*
July 12 Thu Members Meeting at Sodbusters Field 6:30pm
July 14-15
Air Expo Air Show Flying Cloud Airport
July 21 Sat Float Fly 10:00am
July 21 Sat “Root Beer Float” Fun Fly
July 27-29
Watts over Owatonna Fly In
Aug 05 Sun Combat Fly-In 1:00pm to 3:00pm *
Aug 09 Thu Members Meeting at Sodbusters Field 6:30pm
Aug 10-12
Northern Alliances Military Fly-In ( Owatonna )
Aug 18 Sat Electric Fun Fly Fly-In
Sept 02 Sun Combat Fly-In 1:00pm to 3:00pm *
Sept 08 Sat John Super Fly 18 Fun-Fly
Sept 13 Thu Members Meeting at Oakdale Library 6:30pm
Oct 07 Sun Combat Fly-In 1:00pm to 3:00pm *
Oct. 11 Thu Members Meeting at Oakdale Library 6:30pm
Nov. 08 Thu Members Meeting at Oakdale Library 6:30pm
Dec. 12 Wed. Christmas Party at Dugout 7:00pm
* If this event was canceled due to weather, then it will be
held next week at the same time.
** If this event was canceled due to weather, then it will be
held the next day at 9:30am.
President ------------- Scott Russell
rusty_55125@yahoo.com
Vice President ------- Chuck Schuneman
651-486-7099 chazjr@visi.com
Secretary -------------- Marv Sanderson
651-592-0436 Coolone20@msn.com
Recording Secretary--Greg Coyan
651-426-6432
pgcoyan@msn.com
Treasurer -------------- Ted Gilbert
651-439-5239 atg1@comcast.net
Safety Officer -------- Steve Madsen
651-292-9328 stvmadsen@comcast.net
Board Member ------ Bruce Greiner
651-436-8307 bhgreiner@comcast.net
Web Editor...
Steve Madsen ...
stvmadsen@comcast.net
News Letter Editor
Steve & Connie Madsen
stvmadsen@comcast.net
Web Site: www.sodbustersrc.net
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