Reminder: Hoss’s Get Together MARCS is organizing another get together at Hoss’s Steak and Sea House in Murrysville. This will be a social event to include family and friends. All are welcome. Thank you Herb Hayweiser for contacting Hoss’s to get things moving. This year’s gathering will be for all MARCS members and guests, and a tentative date has been set for April 7th, pending RSVPs from club members. Meals will be ordered from Hoss’s regular menu, and everyone is responsible for paying for their own check.

re:MARCS Newsletter of the Murrysville Area Radio Control Society

President – Walter Greene

Secretary - Dave Johnson Vice President – Dave Frew

Treasurer - Pete Sipe

No. 953 Volume 12, Issue 2 February, 2018

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When: February 8th, 2018 @ 7:30 pm

Murrysville Community Center

*** Meetings held 2nd Thursday of each month ***

Where:

Club Reminders

Flight Times:

• SUNDAY - 12:00

Noon until dark.

• OTHER DAYS -

10:00 A.M. until dark

• For quiet electric park

flyers or unpowered

aircraft only:

Permitted Flying

Hours - 8:00 A.M.

until dark, seven days

a week.

Hoss’s requires a headcount for this event so that they can assign the appropriate number of servers so everything runs smoothly. There is only one more newsletter reminder opportunity (March), besides this one, for RSVP’ing so please do not wait!

RSVP Tally: Members and Guests: 8

Dave Brodak will be gathering the RSVPs for this event. Please contact him at his email address (slopo2@comcast.net), or his cell phone of 724-757-5640, and let him know the number of people who will be attending.

Send your RSVP today! Dave Brodak:

slopo2@comcast.net

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Club and AMA Dues:

Just a reminder that it is time to pay your 2018 club membership dues, and also renew your AMA. Club dues are $20 for current members, and can be paid at the monthly meetings. If you can’t make the meetings, you can pay our President, Walt Greene. Contact Dave Brodak if you need Walt’s address.

February R/C Auction and Flea Market :

Below are a few photos from the February fundraiser. More photos to come next month. A full report will be available at the next meeting.

Dilemmas

*****DILEMMAS***** No matter what project you are involved with, there will always be that one problem that appears to not have any solutions. What to do? With airplane modeling, discontinued models can sometimes present a problem if parts are not available. What to do? Sometimes, you need to repair, modify, or improve something with a model & there are no parts available that will solve the issue. What to do? Generally, other club members can help you, or perhaps know someone that can facilitate a solution. Having a career in the manufacturing arena has allowed me to acquire machining, welding, & fabricating equipment that allows me to repair, recreate, modify, & be able to salvage something considered a loss or improve a condition to a model that will render it much better that the original design. Some of my projects have been interesting, challenging, informative, & at times, amusing. Some easy projects were making non-existent muffler extensions for several different nitro engines. These needed to be made to specific dimensions as specified by the owners so the mufflers would fit a particular model, usually for clearance of the muffler to the fuselage.

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A huge “Thank You “ goes out to Denny Pollock for suppling the following article for everyone to enjoy. Remember, if you have something you would like to share with all members, Dave Brodak accepts articles and photos for inclusion in the monthly newsletter.

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The first one (pic 1 & 2) was just a simple 3/8" thick aluminum extension milled & drilled to fit the muffler....an easy one.

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Dilemmas

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The 2nd one was interesting as this pilot needed several thicknesses of extensions since the same motors would be used on several different models (Pics 3-9). As you can see, most "dilemmas" can be rectified. Denny Pollock

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Indoor Fly-In Now that winter weather upon us, you don’t have to wait for Spring to exercise your thumbs! Indoor flying sessions are being held for small electric craft throughout the colder months at the Saltsburg Center, 718 Pine Street, Saltsburg, PA (only a short distance from our field). $6.00 for 3 hours, from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. The 2018 dates are: • Feb 9th & 23rd • Mar 9th & 23rd • Apr 6th & 20th All are welcome to come and have some indoor flying fun!

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Indoor Flying:

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Murrysville, PA Dave Brodak – slopo2@comcast.net