Inside This Issue THE PRESIDENT’S TRACK

May 2016 Volume 23— Issue 5

Editor – Bob Breckler Volume 23 – Issue 5 May 2016

President

Steve Haas

Vice President

Howard Bifeld

Editor

Bob Breckler

Board of Directors

Bob Breckler

Duane Lang

Carl Will

Gene Zerega

Secretary

Murry Randell

Treasurer

Jim Kaufman

Webmaster

Doug Bradbury

COMMITTEES

Banquet

Leo Hanula

Field Marshal

John Haderly

Jim Kaufman

Flying Proficiency

Duane Lang

Fun-Fly

Steve Gelman

Ground Crew

Gene Zerega

Matt Hauser

Noise

Shlomo Rimer

Picnic

Carl Will//Gene Derbick

Bob Breckler

Programs

OPEN

Safety

Don Linder/Rich Blaha

Inside This Issue

President’s Track 1

Meeting Minutes 2

Wanted 7

For Sale 7

Editor’s Page 8

Birthdays 8

Indoor Flying 9

Upcoming Events 9

Instructors 9

Hobby Shops 11-12

Club Info 13

Next meeting is May 16th at :

AMVETS POST 66 700 MCHENRY RD

WHEELING, IL. 60090

Start time - 7:00 p.m.

Meetings are the 3rd

Monday of the month.

RENEW YOUR

BLUE MAX & AMA

MEMBERSHIPS!!

AMA CHARTER 1040

GOLD LEADERSHIP

CLUB

THE PRESIDENT’S TRACK

by Steve Haas

I wanted to thank Don Linder for taking care of the fuel buy program again this year, It’s allot of work to organize this for the club. Mother Nature has not been kind to us these last few weeks so it’s been a slow start to the flying season. Hopefully by the time you get this the weather will have changed and we can begin flying on a regular basis. With that please double check your planes and equipment before you head out to the

field, look over your planes and fix anything that is in need of repair, charge your batteries and check them under a load or discharge them and check how much you take out and put back in to make sure they are still good. When you get to the field make sure you do a range check before you fly and that the control surfaces are moving in the right direction. The field was rolled last month so it should be a little smoother for takeoffs and landings. We also did some trimming of the larger weeds

and brush at the west end of the field (see pgs. 12 & 13), lets get ready for the mulch….. We have had our first fun fly of the year and the next one is scheduled for Sunday May 17th, be there and ready by 10:00am, always best to show up early to get at least one flight in between 9:00 and 10:00 to shake things out so your ready when your name is called. Most of all, have fun.

~ Steve


MEETING MINUTES by Murry Randell, Secretary

March 21st, 2016 Meeting

The April 18th, 2016 meeting of the Blue Max RC Flying Club was called to

order at 7:00 pm by President Steve Haas

Around The Hangar

President’s Report — Steve Haas: meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Secretary Report — Murry Randell: The minutes were accepted as published in the newsletter.

Treasurer Report — Jim Kaufman: Please remember to renew your membership.

Newsletter Report — Bob Breckler: Nothing new Photos Chris Miller

Webmaster Report — Doug Bradbury: No Report.

Committee Reports:

Winter Banquet — Leo Hanula

Field Marshal — John Haderly/Jim Kaufman: the following were done 1) The seams of the carpet have been glued down. 2) The field will be rolled on April 19th (completed see below) 3) The weeds at the west end of the field need to be cut down ( down) 4) New signs have been requested from the Forest Preserve District. 5) Some starter benches are in need of repair. Fun Fly — Steve Gelman: First Fun Fly went of without a hitch, the event was three loops and three rolls (timed) winners are 1. Steve Haas 2. Rob Getz, 3. Howard Bifeld and 4. Don Linder, congradulations to all participants.

Noise — Shlomo Rimer: All Quiet

Picnic — Carl Will/Gene Derbick/Bob Breckler: it was suggested and approved that to offset the cost

of the picnic this year, we will be charging $5.00 per adult. There will be no charge for children 12 and under.

The picnic will be held July 31st.

Proficiency — Duane Lang: No Report

Program — OPEN: if anyone has someone that they would like to have come and speak with the

club or anything that they would like to present please see Steve or Howard.

Safety — Don Linder: Don will go over the AMA safety rules at the next meeting per the AMA

guidelines the safety rules need to be covered with the club.

Refreshments - Bob Breckler:

Welcome Guests Welcome New Members


Crash Reports

Leo Hanula—Motor was pulsating, crash resulted in destroyed fuselage.

Chris Miller—Lost wing due to improperly installed wing bolt. (Repaired)

Rob Getz—100cc S Bach, plane broke in 1/2 when it hit the tail wheel in the weeds

Old Business

1. We are trying to find a supplier and receive samples and estimates for the replacement of

the carpeting

2. Fuel– Don Linder will place the fuel order on April 29th

New Business

Rob Getz has been added to the instructor list. (Congratulations Rob!!)

FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS

We are collecting non-perishable foods for a local food pantry. The food pantry we are donating to is Our

Lady of Ransom/St Vincent de Paul. Please bring your donations to our monthly meetings.

Yohay and his Edge 540, 94”win span with an 85cc 3W engine, “Maiden flight went great”


Show & Tell

Mike also brought along his

Sig T-Clips with a OS 70 4

Stroke engine…

No your not seeing double

that is the same picture we

only had one shot of Mike’s

mug this time.

Mike Melendy and his

Hanger 9 P40 B War-

hawk electric he’s run-

ning a 4 cell 4000mah

battery.


Bill Suhr brought in his Hanger

9 PA18 Super Cub, he bought

the floats for the plane and

added an electric starter to it

(in case it dead sticks and wont

start again). It has a DLE 35

Engine and with the floats

weights in at a light 18-20#’s

Steve Haas brought in his Extreme Flight 91” YAK 54 with a

PGE 72cc twin engine. The build went well and is looking for-

ward to the next clear day to maiden it.


Raffle Winners :

Leo Hanula $50.00 Gift Card

Steve Gelman $25.00 Gift Card

Meeting adjourned at 8:27pm

As of the April 23rd Steve did forward on a message that the YAK did actually fly,

all pieces and parts have been accounted for and it came down in one piece.


FOR SALE

This area is for members that have items to sell. Please send item

descriptions and pictures to [email protected]

WANTED

This is where Blue Max Club members can post RC items that they

would like to buy. Send a description and

E-Flite 46 inch wing span Taylorcraft 450 ARF

It has a new 480 Outrunner Motor A

Thunderbird 36 Speed control $175.00

4 new Hitec 55 Servos

Also comes with a 3 cell 2200 Lipo Battery Pack, upgrade on

some hardware and an APC prop flown one time for proper CG

all manual and box for the motor everything is new.

Call Chuck @ 847-541-6462

John Haderly is moving out of the area and has some planes and equipment he would like to sell. [email protected] Pete Sidor is also selling some planes (has quite a few radio ready) [email protected]

Bruce Reuben is selling the following items E-Flite UMX Radian (NIB) E-Flite Vision Aire (with extras) E-Flite UMX Carbon Cub (wheels and Floats) All reasonable offers accepted, contact Bruce @ [email protected] or 773-209-1080

Yohay Hahamy is selling a Hobby King F3A Arcus

Foam Biplane, takes 1 hour to assemble, fully loaded out of

the box. All you need is receiver and Battery.

Asking $140.00

Contact Yohay @ [email protected]


Editor’s Page By Bob Breckler

MARCH’S ANSWER

The name of the plane is the Curtiss P-40

Warhawk. The first person to guess correctly

was Don Linder. He will get a free raffle

ticket at the May meeting. Mike Melendy and

Larry Bochenko also guessed correctly.

APRIL’S NAME THAT PLANE

This aircraft was the US Navy’s first

supersonic day interceptor and the last single-engine, single seat fighter.

Send all responses to Bradford Walters at [email protected].

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

From May 17th Through June 20th

Lyubomyr Lyasota 5/17 Joseph Dziedzic 6/13

Bruno Ozga 5/22 Dale Pate 6/18

Bob Straszewski 5/26

Carl Will 5/26

“NAME THAT PLANE”


INSTRUCTORS GROUND CREW

Howard Bifeld Don Linder Gene Zerega Matt Hauser

Dan Deitemeyer Mike Melendy Rob Getz Gene Zerega

Steve Haas Shlomo Rimer

Duane Lang Carl Will

Blue Max Club Instructors

Indoor Flying

District 214 Forest View Ed Ctr Fieldhouse Flying, 2121 S Goebbert Rd, Arlington Hts.

Course #9264 2/1 - 5/23. Mondays 3:30 pm until 6:30 pm No class 1/18, 2/15.

First time flyers, contact LeRoy Cordes at [email protected] or before registering at www.ce.d214.org. Session cost: $93 or Gold card $80.

Lake Barrington Fieldhouse – 28156 W North Pointe Parkway, Lake Barrington

Fly every Friday from 11 am until 2 pm, $15 per pilot.

For more info and directions go to http://www.lakebarringtonfieldhouse.com.

White Pines Golf Dome - NightHawk Flying - 500 W Jefferson St (3rd Ave), Bensenville

November 6 - April 16, Friday & Saturday nights from 10 pm - 12 am.

$150 Season Pass, $10 for single night.

Contact Stan Warden at [email protected] or 630-654-8476

Upcoming Events

Please check our calendar on the website for more events or details:

5/15/2016 Blue Max Second Fun Fly 2016

10:00am at the field, Deer Grove East

Last week was an easy week with loop’s and rolls, I’m sure they will step it up a bit this Sunday,

come prepared….

See Page 16 for more events….


From the workbench at the Melendy Aircraft Factory

P-51 H Great Planes Sport Mustang

jazzed up just a little

4 Lbs. RTF with an Evolution . 40

“ Will be my fun fly plane “


Mikes Hanger 9 Carbon Super Cub powered

by O.S. GGT 15, 12# with tundra tires for my

rough field..

Mike says “Being insane is great fun!!”

Below is Mikes “3 of a feather flocking together”

he’ll be binding them all to the same transmitter

to fly in formation


The Big Clean up 2016

Clearing the brush at the West end of

the field, all the large brush has been

cut down. No more ripped covering

(at least until mid Summer)

Our very own VP Howard Bifeld

taking a turn at the controls

We see that Mike M was

slacking off with putting

up the colors so Don and

Myself decided to break

open the box on the new

flag and run it up the flag

pole to see which way the

wind was blowing…….as

you can see it was very

strong that day

We moved the northwest flag out of the

tree and used one of the old sign stakes to

put it back up on….Mike, I know you have a

caption for this one!


The freshly rolled field and finishing

up in the pits

Jim Taking a spin on the Roller.

Next months Name the

supervisor contest

Thanks to all that came out and helped with the clean up this

year, along with the rolling and cutting the weeds we also

placed down some weed and feed to kept the dandelions

down to a minimum, the next big task will be mulch….

Thanks to Carl Will who took all the above pictures and helped

out with the clean –up

This years volunteers were—Steve Haas, Howard Bifeld, Carl

Will, Don Linder, Rob Getz, Jim Kaufman, Bill Grove, Russell

Shavitz and Bob Breckler


SIG Mfg. Co., Inc.

P.O. Box 520

401-7 South Front Street

Montezuma, IA 50171-0520

800-247-5008

www.sigmfg.com

Exclusive Importer of Seagull

Models In the US & Canada


Du-Bro Products, Inc

PO Box 815

Wauconda, IL 60084

800-848-9411

www.dubro.com

Go to www.Sigmfg.com for more info.


Blue Max R/C Flying Club Inc. PO Box 7803 Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-7803

Blue Max R/C Flying Club

AMA # 1040

www.BlueMaxRC.com

UPCOMING EVENTS FOR

May 2016 – June 2016

May 2016

14) Aurora Barnstormers Open House (@Aurora West Forest Preserve)

15) Second Fun Fly (weather permitting) 10:00am

16) Monthly Meeting - 7:00pm

28) Suburban Aero Club Memorial Day Float Fly (@ Midlothian Reservoir)

June 2016

19) Third Fun Fly (weather permitting) 10:00am

20) Monthly Meeting — 7:00pm

23) Windy City Warbirds Fox Valley Aero (@Fox Valley Aero Club)

25) Float Fly Rock Valley RC (@Chickery Ridge Lake)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Blue Max Flying Field

Deer Grove East FP

Enter on Dundee Rd

MEETING LOCATION—

AMVETS POST 66

700 MCHENRY RD

WHEELING, IL 60090

Inside This Issue THE PRESIDENT’S TRACK

Documents

Transcript of Inside This Issue THE PRESIDENT’S TRACK