Apr

President
Steve Althouse
Vice President Rick McIlvaine
Secretary
Paul Gross
Treasurer
Bob Lanard
Web site - www.wjrc.org
Editor Tom Voorhis
tomvoorhis@comcast.net
856-783-2017
Date April, 2010
AMA Charter # 729
346 Tavistock Bvd. Haddonfield NJ 08033
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Minutes of the West Jersey R/C
Club
March 9, 2010
The meeting was called to order by the President at 8:25pm with 41 members and prospective members in attendance. The minutes of
the January meeting were read and accepted
by all. There was not a meeting in February
due to bad weather so minutes were not taken.
Bob Lanard gave the treasurer’s report and all
members in attendance accepted the report as
presented. Jim Grant brought up concern
about the checking account having a service
charge when not used. There was mention
about possibly switching to another bank that
doesn’t charge a fee. Bob Lanard had looked
into TD Bank but decided to stay with Bank of
America. A suggestion was made to use the
card for gas and supplies when needed to
eliminate the surcharge. A roll of prospective
members was called; Darren Buseman attended his third meeting and was accepted
into the club. Mike Simmons and Donald
Chase attended their second meeting. Robert
Aleardi, George Van Wagner, Bill Faust,
Reggie Showers and Joseph DiMeo all attended their first meeting. Don reported that
the field needs a lot of work. The runway is
usable and the grass has a lot of ruts in it.
Steve and Paul brought in information on a
pull behind grader that could be used for the
runway as well as the roads. A motion was
made and passed to get it on a 30 day trial and
if it works the club would purchase. A motion
was made and passed to make Rick McIlvanie
an honorary member.
OLD BUSINESS
Bi-plane Sunday is set for March 21st weather
permitting. Lebanon Flea Market is on March
13th if any one is interested in going. Bob
Lanard is taking fuel orders until the end of
April, if you need fuel let him know.
NEW BUSINESS
Bob Demola is in the process of getting pricing on shirts, hats and other items with the
club logo on them and will present at the next
meeting. Multi-Engine Sunday is on April
18th. The club Flea Market is set for May 25th.
The president asked to have volunteers for this
event. Bucks County R/C is having a Flea
Market on April 16th, see Steve for flyer and
details.
Bob Lanard ran the 50/50 with Mike Simmons
winning $20.00. The raffle was won by Barry
Prather and he chose the Kougar airplane.
Second runner up was won by Dennis Buttocolla and he received a WJRC club hat.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45pm.
West Jersey Wind
Respectfully Submitted,
Neil Stokes Secretary of WJRC
At The Field.
I haven’t felt up to doing much writing, but
luckily I have been getting some input from some of
the people who have been to the field.
Tom, Had some action at the field today
(Tuesday 4/14/10); the below is what transpired
up until I left at 3 PM.
Don Romano flew the maiden flight and a few
follow up flights on his great looking Wing
Maker quarter-scale PA-18 Super Cub. Don put
a twin-160 engine in it which sounded great
and which very easily handled the plane. There
were no problems whatsoever with it.
Rich Onorato had his Cermark Pitts S2B bipe
with a 120 in it flying great. On the first flight
though the plane dead-sticked and almost made
it to the landing strip. No damage; so Rich put
right back in the air. There were no problems
with it for the remainder of the day. Rich had
built and reviewed this plane a few years back for
Fly RC magazine; and, his model made the front
cover of the magazine.
Steve, Marty, Dave, Bob and myself had a mix
of successes and problems.
Steve had engine problems with his Kaos that
no one was able to correct so after a couple of
problem flights he decided to just take it easy
and enjoy the beautiful weather.
Dave had engine problems with his cub
which kept it grounded.
Bob flew his T-34 with one unscheduled landing in the field; but the plane emerged undamaged. Bob quickly got it back in the air without any more difficulties for the day.
Marty flew his modified Stik .46; and, I flew a
Stik .46 and a clipped wing Four Star .60 - which
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I bashed again on the first landing. This, after I
told several members about how much better it
landed after clipping the wing.
Hope to see more people at the field tomorrow. JJ
Tom, I remembered something about the plane I
crashed today. The last time I flew it, it 'went in'
due to a split in the fuel line. The damage was:
two corners of the servo tray broken loose and
a split along the fuse. I repaired these as best I
could and rechecked the throws and the C.G.;
both of which needed adjustment. Regarding
today's problem, I think that either the servo tray
broke loose again or there was a big warp in the
fuse which I couldn't see. Make any sense to
you?
Didn’t make any sense to me, but what do
I know.
Hey Mr. V
Got to the field today around 10:00 am to meet Don
R. for the maiden flight on his new 1/4 scale PA 18
Cub. Don put a 1.60
twin in it for power with a Keleo exhaust system and
on board glow system. The only trim it needed on the
first flight was a few clicks of down elevator, the
plane few great and motor sounded awesome on a low
fly by. The field press was there taking photos
of the first flight and the new happy owner. Don was
kind enough to fuel it up and let me take it around the
block a few times, it is one sweet flying airplane. Now
for the rest of the flyers at he field, J.J. ( the field
press ) showed @ 10:30 and got in several flights with
his stick and 4 star 60, Steve Blazer showed up and
got in a few flights also, Marty was next with his
stick, and got in several flights also. Bob Leonetti arrived with his contender and got in several flights,
Rich Onorato also arrived with his Cermark Pitts and
Rich also got in several flights. Around 15:00 pm Gas
& Go arrived with his Cosmic Wind and was flying
when I was getting ready to depart for home, also
around 15:30 Neal Stokes arrived to get in some stick
time also. Tom we had a nice crowd, and now the disappointing part of the day for you TOM. There was
not ONE SINGLE MISHAP, that’s it for now buddy.
Dave
West Jersey Wind
This from Larry Chase.
Well, Tom asked for filler for the new letter, so here is my attempt. I think it was Good Friday when Donnie and I showed up at the field
with my trusty Navistar and the Telemaster that
Gregg gave to Donnie. My intention was to get
Donnie on the buddy box and see how he flew
the Telemaster. We connected and cross
checked the buddy box. The plane started fine
and I thought we had the mixtures adjusted correctly so we taxied on out to the runway for a
from the dirt pile take off. The Telemaster left the
ground perfect and then I banked left and gained
a little altitude. When I throttled down the engine
stalled. Dead stick on the first flight on a plane
that Mr. Rich told me had been around the club
for at least 20 years. The wind was a little gusty, I
know you guys have told me to be careful with
the trainers on windy days, so I headed towards
the dirt piles and I thought I could make a slow
rudder turn and line up with the run way but as it
turned out the plane turned to port as slow as the
Titanic. You know how you tune out the sound
and yells behind when you are flying? Well, I was
told a little later that, as I realized half way into
the Titanic port turn, the trees are coming up fast!
I have actually never heard an elephant charging
through a forest but it must sound something like
that old Telemaster as gravity got the better of it.
Well Donnie looked up at me and just shook his
head a little. I guess I did manage to show him
how to crash without panic but I guess you don’t
need a buddy box for that. After retrieving the
Telemaster, to everyone’s surprise there was
only a small dent on the leading edge of the port
wing and a crack in the elevator. CA to the rescue and one more shot at mixture adjustment.
The next flight I let Donnie sit back and watch. I
guess I must have over done the ground speed
before take off because JJ said that old plane
can really move. After about 5 minutes I tried to
land. This time, no engine trouble but, I’ll blame it
on the wind gremlins, the Telemaster tried to
head for the pits to land. Rudder! Rudder! Safety
officer Mr. Rich instructed loudly! Gregg was
watching to as the point of contact appeared to
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be his camp. I indeed had full left rudder kicked
in but as I learned in the previous flight, slow
plane, no rudder. I flicked the ailerons to the right
and added throttle and was headed for the tree
tops about 45 degrees from the dirt piles. I Just
cleared the trees and climbed to circle two more
times and land. This sport is not boring!
I know this is getting long but today Donnie and I
got to the field about 6:20 and we quickly got the
Telemaster set up with the buddy box. Donnie
had been practicing with the simulator all week
so I told him he was going to take off. He taxied
towards the dirt piles and turned, lineup and
headed towards the trees. The plane rolled off
the dirt runway and onto the grass. “More throttle”, “Pull up” and away he went, his first takeoff.
It looked like he was flying the simulator. I landed
after about 4 minutes and we refueled. He took
off again but with a little more confidence this
time, adding left aileron at about 10 feet off the
ground! I suggested he wait just a bit longer next
time. After another 5 minutes I landed and by this
time the sun was beginning to set behind the
trees. “Are we going again?” It took me a minute
to explain that 50 year old eyes do not absorb as
much light as 13 year old eyes but he understood. What a great day! Larry
In other news, Dave Morgan wants everyone to know that Paul Gross cart wheeled his
Spitfire down the runway while trying to land.
Some minor damage was done to the wings I believe. Paul blamed the mishap on a rut in the
runway, but we know better don’t we!
The following should go into next months
newsletter, but I don’t want to forget it so I am
putting it in this months. Larry Chase’s son
Donnie has mad his first unassisted landing!!! I
am sure he will be soloing soon. Congratulations
Donnie!!!
I understand that Jerry Jones is a little under the weather, and we wish him a speedy recovery. I am sure Jerry would not mind a phone
call or two. Sorry, I don’t know his phone number.
West Jersey Wind
That’s all for last months newsletter, because I have to get to work on next months.
Tom Voorhis
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West Jersey Wind
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