April 2011 AMA # 5039 District 11 www.creswellrcflyers.org Four Pages Club Mailing Address: Creswell RC Flyers P.O. Box 52 Lowell, OR 97452 CRCF News Next CLUB Meeting – April 13, 7:00 pm at the EWEB Training Center. If you have a building project, bring it with you for "Show and Tell". Please have your dues paid before or at this meeting. At the March 9th Meeting – There were 9 FLYERS at the meeting. 12 members have paid up, one new member has sent a check in the mail that has yet to arrive, along with 4 that have verbally committed to joining for a total of 17 possible members. Web page designs and layout were presented the to the member’s. Input was asked on which banner to use and a vote for the option #2 banner was approved. Field Improvement - Koki donated cart for a mobile plane stand, which was modified with pipe. Very nice job on the cart. Concern was raised about the mud in front of the hanger doors and that gravel should be laid. Khoi will check with Jack to see if gravel can be used in front of the hanger. Rod is providing a Porta Johnnie and will have it placed on the south side of the hanger. There was general discussion about grading of the field and topsoil being added. It was the consensus of the members present to let Jack know that the current condition of the south 600’ of the field is okay and should not be tilled. Work at this time would be limited to plugging, dragging and over seeding. Reminder to all members that: “No driving on the runway” only next to the hangers. Signs are going to be made and posted at the site. No driving on the runway, 2.4 ghz radios only, and an emergency number sheet. A motion was made to come up with a contract and sponsor pricing plan to be presented at the next regular meeting. Show &Tell - Rod, John F. and Khoi had brought planes to the meeting for show and tell. Meeting minutes are ONLINE at: http://creswellrcflyers.org/news.php 2011 Meeting dates CRCF has reserved our meeting location at EWEB building for the SECOND WED of each month. Jan 12 Feb 9 Mar 9 Apr 13 May 11 Jun 8 Jul 13 Aug 10 Sep 14 Oct 12 Nov ?? Dec 1 Presidents Report - Khoi Tran April 10, 2011 First of all, we are now a chartered club with the AMA. It took quite a bit of paperwork to get it done, but all is well now. Over the past month, we've continued to make improvements to the hangar and runway. Many thanks to those members that helped. Here is a quick recap of the events: -- Rod and Co have put lime on the runway, aerated, and overseed to make the grass look better. -- John Deer mower got the maintenance service and going, thanks to the 2 Bills and Jim. -- Runway got rolled on April 9th by Bill S. and Khoi -- Hangar dividing wall and cabinets got fresh coat of paint by Bill S. -- Charcoal BBQ donated by John Farkas. John also fed us with burgers on Sunday April 2. Thanks again, John!! Upcoming improvements: -- Well driller is waiting for dryer weather to drill 2-3 holes for water supply. -- Rod will lay down the black matting and put down 1/4 minus gravel for Pit Area. -- Roller machine will stay in our hangar until we roll the gravel in Pit Area and inside the hangar. -- Jack Dean will install electricity for hangar after well is drilled. -- Roofer to fix the leaks in the hangar, already done? Please be aware that July 15-17 will be a no-fly weekend at Walker field. Gun club next door is hosting some major state meet that goes on only once a year. There will be way too many Billy Bobs walking around with shotguns shooting at flying objects in the air. I told gun club manager Dennis that we will shut down our flying site that weekend since they will be shooting in the southern area within our landing approach and parking at their property line. Jim is working with the gun club to set up shooting gallery event involving RC planes. They will pay for $200 per plane and have us fly and try to dodge the pellets. Let Jim know if you want to help build these "spads". We will discuss more details at the next meeting. Agenda for the next meeting: 1) SPADS shooting event with gun club. 2) Corporate sponsorship acquisition. 3) Summer Fun Fly event. 4) Runway maintenance and improvement. Treasurers Report - Bill Schneider Khoi and myself went down and painted the hanger wall cabinet and rolled the field with Jack Deans roller. Field Report For Sale --- Electrifly Power Series 4S Lipo: 2100mAh - 14.8.V. 20C. Deans plug and universal balancing port. Never used; ordered mistakenly by typing wrong SKU in online order. Asking $20. John Farkas (541)896-9239 --- Two new in box E Sky Simulators for sale. Included in the box is a controller box similar to the real thing, and a cd disc. Asking $20 each. Donald Schiltz 541-913-8126 Events April 15 - 17 - Eagle Point, OR (C) AGATE LAKE FLOAT FLY. Site: Club Field. Larry Myers CD PH: 541-770-3390 Email: highflyer@clearwire.net Sponsor: ROGUE EAGLES RC CLUB INC April 17 - Corvallis BCRC Float Fly. Contact: Dennis Lalley (planes51@q.com) April 18 - Swap meet at Creswell Airport April 25 - FARCAA Club Float Fly - Woahink Lake. Contact: ( Russ Petersen ) --- May 9 - FARCAA** Club Float Fly - Woahink Lake. Contact: ( Russ Petersen ) May 15 - Corvallis BCRC* Float Fly. Contact: Dennis Lalley (planes51@q.com) May 23 - FARCAA** Club Float Fly - Woahink Lake. Contact: ( Russ Petersen ) KUDOS - Thank you list for the friends of Walker Field Rod and crew for transporting Cabinet to hanger. Bob and helpers for building a solid base for cabinet to sit on. Bill for mowing the field and maintenance work on mower. John Farkas donated a Charcoal BBQ . John also fed us burgers on Sunday April 2. Rod and Co aerated, and overseed the runway to make the grass look better. Bill and Khoi for Painting hanger divider and cabinet. (Editors note - this list is not complete, if anyone is aware of additions needed, PLEASE let me know.) CRCF CLUB CONTACTS Office: Name: Phone: Email: President Khoi Tran 541-520-2165 kmtranmd@hotmail.com Vice President Brad McEntire 541-895-5577 bmcentir@mac.com Treasurer Bill Schneider 541-937-2829 bschneider2829@msn.com Secretary John Risbrough 541-767-9883 risbrough@att.net Field Marshall Bill Hastings 541-895-2495 wehastings@centurytel.net Webmaster Jim Corbett 541-344-5022 james.corbett@comcast.net Newsletter Editor: Jim Corbett james.corbett@comcast.net Next CLUB Meeting – April 13, 7:00 pm at EWEB APril 2011 4