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Meeting Minutes April 4, 2016 Secretary - Last month’s Minutes were approved. Time to make sure you re-up your AMA and Club dues. Treasurer- Club is solvent. Mowing contractors are being reviewed and a decision will be made by next meeting. General - A reminder, followed by a discussion, re- garding the need to register with the FAA and place your FAA registration number on each of your planes (over the ½ pound limit). AMA is writing rules for the size of the FAA number, how it should be displayed, and how the number will not impact scoring during scale competi- tion. The Porta-Potty will be back in service mid- April. First Student Night will be May 4, 2016, weather permitting Tentative date for the warbirds fly-in was stet for the 2 nd weekend in July (July 9- 0) Model of The Month There was no model of the month. 50/50 Raffle There was no 50/50 Raffle as Doc was ill, and couldn’t make it. Matt Editor’s Notes Mother nature granted us fine weather for the two weekends in mid April, just perfect for flying. However, you’d be hard pressed to find two weekends more disastrous to Ribcracker pilots. There were at least four or five crash- es resulting in to- tal losses of air- planes, many hard landings resulting in torn up under- carriages, and oth- er damage, equip- ment failures that were safely land- ed, and two air- planes that tried to emulate the birds by landing in the trees. By now we all know that that’s all part of the game, but lets all hope the rest of the season will be a little less excit- ing. Ribcrackers Model Airplane Club Thunderbolt May, 2016 Club 2067 We’re on the web! http:/www.ribcrackers.org Club Meeting Mon. May 2nd, 2016, 7:00 pm At Ray Field F Ray Field LAT: 42.5062 N LON: 83.5987 W
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Meeting Minutes
April 4, 2016
Secretary - Last month’s Minutes were approved. Time to make sure you re-up your AMA and Club dues. Treasurer- Club is solvent. Mowing contractors are being reviewed and a decision will be made by next meeting. General - A reminder, followed by a discussion, re-garding the need to register with the FAA and place your FAA registration number on each of your planes (over the ½ pound limit). AMA is writing rules for the size of the FAA number, how it should be displayed, and how the number will not impact scoring during scale competi-tion. The Porta-Potty will be back in service mid-April. First Student Night will be May 4, 2016, weather permitting Tentative date for the warbirds fly-in was stet for the 2nd weekend in July (July 9- 0) Model of The Month There was no model of the month. 50/50 Raffle There was no 50/50 Raffle as Doc was ill, and couldn’t make it.
Matt
Editor’s Notes Mother nature granted us fine
weather for the two weekends in mid April, just perfect for flying. However, you’d be hard pressed to find two weekends more disastrous to Ribcracker pilots. There were at least four or five crash-es resulting in to-tal losses of air-planes, many hard landings resulting in torn up under-carriages, and oth-er damage, equip-ment failures that were safely land-ed, and two air-planes that tried to emulate the birds by landing in the trees. By now we all know that that’s all part of the game, but lets all hope the rest of the season will be a little less excit-ing.
Ribcrackers Model Airplane Club
Thunderbolt May, 2016
Club 2067
We’re on the web!
http:/www.ribcrackers.org
Club Meeting
Mon. May 2nd, 2016, 7:00 pm At Ray Field
F
Ray Field LAT: 42.5062 N LON: 83.5987 W
I noticed that there were very few airplanes out there that were displaying their FAA Registration numbers. Lets face it people, it is now the law. All airplanes over a half pound must have their registrations displayed. Its just that simple. If you are going to fly, you must have an FAA number. We can all see it coming, some-body coming over to tell you that since you have no number on our plane, you can’t fly here at Ray Field, and that can only create a whole lot of hate and discontent. The consequences though, of ignoring the rule, for the club, and for the individual flier could be very bad indeed. So please get your numbers on your aircraft, and help us avoid any ugly situations.
John
Matt’s Variant
John.
I know you got a photo of the Variant before it met its demise ... I've attached a
photo of the aftermath. Remind folks to always check their batteries before each
flight - especially early in the season.
Matt
AN ESTATE TYPE RC AIRCRAF AND
EQUIPMENT SALE AND RAFFLE To be held at the May meeting AT Ray field,
many aircraft will be available, some still in their boxes!
Ron McHale is selling or raffling off a collection of RC air-planes and equipment for a friend who is moving to Florida,
everything must go!
So be sure to make it to the meeting next Monday!
The weather seems to be shaping up nicely, and you’ll have a chance to get in a flight or two, and watch all the Ribcrack-
ers coming out of winter hibernation!
A great opportunity to relax, shoot the breeze, and maybe
buy or win some hardware to add to your own hangar.
Be There!
UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS
THIS MONTH’S LINKS
UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS
05/02/2016 - Ribcracker General Membership Meeting, 7:00 pm, at Ray Field
05/04/2016 - First Student Night of 2016, at Ray Field 6:00 pm
05/14/2016 - Ribcrackers Spring Cleanup Ray Field 9:00am
05/22/2016 - John’s Jet Jamboree IV At Pontiac Miniature Aircraft Club Flying Field Info: visit pmac.us
06/11/2016 - PMAC Warbird Festival 2016 Info: visit pmac.us Sponsor : Pontiac Miniature Aircraft Club
06/18/2016 - RCCD Warbirds and Great Lakes Scale Info: Visit rccd.org Sponsor : RC Club of Detroit
06/25/2016 - Electrics Over Lake Orion Info: Visit skymasters.org Sponsor : SKYMASTERS RC CLUB OF MI
07/09/2016 - WARBIRDS FUN FLY Info: Visit http: r ibcrackers.org Sponsor : RIBCRACLERS MODEL AIRPLANE CLUB
07/16/2016 - United Flying Annual Open Fly Info: Visit unitedflying.org Sponsor : UNITE FLYING ORGANIZATION
07/16/2016 - Mid Michigan IMAC Contest Info: Visit jacksonrc.com Sponsor JACKSON RC CLUB
Be sure to check your latest issue of Model Aviation for more Information
This month’s first link is of a gorgeous scale Ford Tri Motor of the nineteen thirties. http://www.modelairplanenews.com/newsletter/?nid=244406 The next link is another fantastic scale plane, this time a Russian spaceship and it’s transport. http://www.modelairplanenews.com/newsletter/?nid=244543 Another great looking scale, this time a hawker tempest, sweet! http://www.modelairplanenews.com/blog/2016/04/07/terrific-tempest/ The next link is a how-to, like mastering straight and level flight, simple right. http://www.modelairplanenews.com/blog/2016/04/07/master-the-basics-straight-level-flight/ Another how-to, this time basics of 3D flight! http://www.modelairplanenews.com/newsletter/?nid=225094 Yet another how-to, this time a negative snap from an inverted climb. http://www.modelairplanenews.com/blog/2014/10/20/negative-snap-from-an-inverted-climb/ Next is a link to a full scale restoration of the PBY Strawberry 5, the plane that spotted the Jap fleet at Midway. http://www.nxtbook.com/fx/media/ooyala/index.php?w=640&h=360&embedCode=l5cnRrbjoBGoU3i9mNk2WnlSwfvifrlA#ooid=l5cnRrbjoBGoU3i9mNk2WnlSwfvifrlA Another historical link, this time about a guy that shot down a Jap Zero with a 45! http://worldwarwings.com/bailed-out-and-shot-at-this-pilot-made-a-historical-kill The next one is just for the fun of it, wish I’d had one of these as a kid! http://biggeekdad.com/2016/04/the-bicycle-car/ This final link is a warning, not to use the new e-15 fuel in your car! HTTP://www.youtube.com/embed/ceW9Nc1hVHU?feature=player_detailpage
Club Positions
Vice President /
Field Marshall
John Jushkewich
248-349-5267
Treasurer
Dennis Robbins
248-661-3562
Thunderbolt Editor
John Jushkewich
248-349-5267
Minute Recorder Matt Jerue
248-582-1803
Raffle Coordinator
Doc Dockery
810 923 3017
Safety Officer
Alex Alexopoulos
248-909-6869
Chief Instructor
Matt Jerue
248-348-5948
Ribcrackers 2016 Board of Directors
Librarian
Ken Hilton
248-877-1670
Secretary
Matt Jerue
248-348-5948
President
Scott Cruzen
248-275-3416 [email protected]
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