DCRC Club Meeting Montgomery County DCRC Council building 100 Maryland Ave DCRC Club Meeting Rockville, MD PROGRAM: July 21, 2017 Andy Kane 7:30 PM Raffle: County Council Building Doug Hinken Rockville, MD NEWSLETTER Volume 63 Issue 07 War-Birds over Fredericksburg, VA. A special heritage flight with A-10 Thunderbolt (Warthog) and P-47 Thunderbolt (The Jug) Kwang Ko on the left with his Sky master A-10 and Andy Kane on the right with his CARF Model P-47 District of Columbia Radio Control Club Montgomery County Maryland AMA Chartered Club 329 Established 1951 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RADIO CONTROL CLUB Volume 63 Issue 07 Page 2 PRESIDENT: Jim McDaniel FMS 182 FROM BOX TO RUNWAY time anyhow. BY FRANK MARTIN V.P. Walt Gallaugher The stalling characteristic of this model is County Liaison: Jim McDaniel unique though, it will drop the right, starboard, BOARD OF DIRECTORS wing. The first time this happened to me it Andy Finizio The FMS Sky Trainer V2 is an inter- was a “WTF” type of moment, but as men- Jim Fisher mediate RC model that EVERYONE should tioned earlier this model is forgiving; it has Walt Gallaugher have! I have had four and the one on the pho- “stupid power” and more often than not you David Garrison tographs is my fourth and I am just as thrilled can recuperate, just make sure that there is Andy Kane with it as the very first one I had. It is forgiv- enough air between the bottom of the air plane Ed Leibolt ing and it is built strong enough to withstand and the ground. I’ve made that mistake a time Jim McDaniel most abuse; of course, I have exceeded its or two, or three, or four, or you know what I John Petley limitations three times, but no need to talk mean. When landing, I have noticed that ½ Jose Sanchez about that now; hence this is my fourth one in flaps work best, though in the photograph I am about five years, I think. using full flaps and it just happens to be one of There are two versions, but the “GKEMY” is those landings that I kissed the runway. TREASURER: by far my favorite; it has a simple aesthetic For the most part, with a 3 cell, 11.1 V Doug Harper decorations and all the standard stuff like 2200mAh LiPo at ½ throttle with one or two MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY: flaps, ailerons, rudder, elevator and lights. But touch and goes, I’ll get about 10-12 minutes of Jose Sanchez enough with its great looks. Also is the other flights with some juice left in the battery in 20017 Haller Ave model the “N9258” but in my opinion the case I have to go around. If I am doing lots of Poolesville, MD 20837 touch and goes, it will cut down the flight time RECORDING SECRETARY: to about 8-10 minutes depending on how ag- Doug Harper gressive the take offs departures are and the wind, of course. SHOW TEAM MANAGER: Jim McDaniel & Allan Hoffman One drawback, though, is that after a while the NEWSLETTER EDITOR: nose gear nestles and it is hard to keep it straight on the runway during departures and Andy Kane the only way was to throttle up to 100% and [email protected] MEETING PROGRAM COORDINATOR: Walt Gallaugher OFFICIAL CLUB PHOTOGRAPHER: Position is open The DC/RC Newsletter is published monthly by the aesthetic is too busy; and the both come in District of Columbia Radio Control Inc. Deadline for either red or blue. Enough of its great looks, submitting materials for publication is the last Friday let me tell you about its great flying character- of each month. Any part of the newsletter may be istics. reproduced for non-profit purposes unless otherwise noted. Please credit the Newsletter and Author if Out of the box, SUPER EASY TO ASSEM- named. Articles may not reflect the opinion of the BLE. To take off; sorry, for departure all it club, but that of the author. takes is a gentle push of the throttle to about 50%, if that much with take-off flaps, or ½ get in the air ASAP. But, my good friend Mo- www.dc-rc.org flaps, and it simply floats up and for a rad suggested to use a stabilized and ramp up Did you know that any airplane brought in to the model shop the authority on the rudder, which I did and will receive 3 free raffle tickets. Bring in your models each “foamy” it really has nice scale like character- month for your free tickets, and to share ideas. istics. When I fly at the DCRC field, you will voila! Now, I am back to scale like departures often see me in a constant oval pattern either and loving it. doing low passes or touch and goes. I just love FMS CESSNA 182 REVIEW PG 2 how it looks and how, every now and then, I CLUB MEETING MINUTES PG 3 do a scale like landing. I know you can do BOARD MEETING MINUTES PG 4 aerobatics, but that’s not my cup of tea, at this WEDSENDAY GROUP PG 5 WARBIRDS OVER FREDERICKSBURG, PG 6 Kwang Ko from Hobby Hanger and Andy Kane After there Thunderbolt Heritage flight In summary, it is a wonderful model for the Photo by Andy Kane’s Camera (Continued on page 6) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RADIO CONTROL CLUB Volume 63 Issue 07 Page 3 DCRC June Web Site: Jose Sanchez. No report. Day, June 6, 1944. He was based at several locations including Gibraltar for Newsletter: Andy Kane. No report. Club Meeting the North Africa campaign, then to Tuni- BY DOUG HARPER New/Old Business: None sia, then to Malta in anticipation of the Model Shop: Ed Leibolt presented a invasion of Italy, then to Naples. These model of an L4 Cub moved covered abut a year's time after The meeting, held at the County (cheap man's version). which they were given a rest in Syria. Office Building, was called to order by It started life as a stan- They then moved to Egypt in 1944. They President Jim McDaniel at 7:31 PM. Jim dard foam Cub. Ed then moved to southern France and then asked for the introduction of any new wasn't too impressed back to Naples where the squadron was members or guests. Guest Joan Brauning with how it flew so he disbanded. They ended up at Biggin Hill was present. Also Dr. Judy Feldman was made into a "war bird" in Great Britain to the end of the war. present. by painting it olive drab Jack worked on many aircraft throughout Jim started the meeting with a joke that and gray (it even has his service including many models of the all present concluded was the absolute victory stripes). He now has a "cheap" Spitfire as well as P51s at the end of the worst joke they had every heard. war bird. He plans to bring it to War war. He could work on the air frames as birds Over Boyd's. well as the engines. The living conditions County Liaison: No report. were crude at best and often in a desert Events: Ed Leibolt announced that War setting. Jack served after the war ended birds Over Boyd's is on for July 8 at 9am. until 1947. He earned many medals Doug Henken will get a raffle prize for along the way for his service that John that day. Jose will publish a flyer. Lunch proudly displays in his home. John will be provided to all who attend. Any played a short video of his Dad's squad- size war bird can fly. ron in action. Training/Community Outreach : Ed Lei- The meeting adjourned at 9:00PM. bolt asked all to come and help with flight training tomorrow. Field Maintenance: Jim reported that somehow the double gate lock has disap- Notice: peared (again). We have replaced our Please note that all of the combo lock but the County key lock is 2017 club meetings will still missing. Jim expects the County to now be held on the 3rd replace it in the near term. Kevin Shepherd presented two piston/ Friday of the Month at Membership: Jose Sanchez is collecting connecting rods from a Pratt and Whitney Montgomery County 2017 dues. He will certainly accept Wasp R2800 engine. The piston was 5 Council building Base- checks but would prefer PayPal use by 3/4 inch in diameter. The R2800 was the ment Auditorium members. largest production engine in the WWII era. 100 Maryland Ave Safety Coordinator: Walt Gallaugher had no report. Program: Tonight's program is presented Rockville, MD 20850 by John Petley called Reflections and Raffle: Doug Henken has a UMX Waco Memories of his father in WWII with the starting at 7:30 pm BL BNF indoor flyer biplane for tonight's RAF. His father had a profound influ- raffle. The winning ticket was held by ence on John including flying RC models. none other than Jim McDaniel. You can His father worked on Spitfires in the war Come to the meeting to imagine the reaction of the audience upon which encouraged John to acquire and fly pick up on some fantastic learning that. Jim graciously donated it a model Spit. He has found flying this raffle prizes and some back to the Club and another ticket was model very rewarding with fond memo- great modeling informa- pulled. This time the winning ticket was ries of his father.