Chino Valley Model Aviators Official News Letter AMA Chapter #3798 February 25, 2017 Volume 20 Issue 2 www. chinovalleymodelaviators.org “To create an interest in, further the image of, and B-17 at Prescott’s Love Field promote the hobby/sport of radio controlled aircraft” Inside this issue Presidents Message 2 Name The Plane 2 Safety Column 3 Artificial Intelligence 4 Drone Jammer 4 Club Field Flying 5 B-17 at Love Field 6 & 7 Name the Plane Data 8 February Meeting 9 Inset photo by Carol Meathrell. John Stewarts’ Balsa USA Phaeton 90 Support Our Local Hobby Shop The Safeway Center Prescott Valley, AZ Photos by Chris Mhyre MAX & CINNIMON BANDY John’s Phaeton 90 from Balsa USA is a 80 inch wingspan kit that John says was THEY SUPPORT OUR CLUB a fine kit project. John is one of the few in our club still building from kits or Please support them as well. from scratch, most of us build ARF’s. John is indeed a skilled craftsman. CVMA OFFICIAL NEW SLETTER Page 2 Mike’s Blue Baby Field Chatter from CVMA President Michael Kidd: No Kidding! Well the Holiday Season is you would just as soon have it a week. use the same basic charging chip over, I hope everyone had a posted on the web site. Last month I mentioned that a set but the charger may look a bit good one. There is a link in the left column lot of trash and cigarette butts different. It was decided at the Board called “Newsletter”, click on it have been left all over the Also, if you are unsure how to meeting as well as the general and the newsletters will be post- field. It has been a bit better but use a charger, new or not, by all meeting that starting next ed there. I know we can do a lot better in means please ask for help. Re- month the newsletter will be Also, it came up that a number taking our trash home. Be a member, we are all in the club for uploaded to our web site in- of you had no idea that shirts good sport and remind others the fun of flying, building and stead of sent out to every- and sweaters and a few other when you see that they have left helping each other. one. The here’s our link, “club” related items could be trash lying around. I believe All of us, at some point needed http:www.chinovalleymodelavi purchased from our web that as a club member we are all instruction and asking a lot of ators.org. We will send a re- site. There is a link on the web responsible in keeping the field questions is not a bad thing, it is minder again next month so go page. There is a link on the left clean. a good thing, no-one will look to that page and add it to your side called “Club Apparel”. On a safety note, those of us down at you when you ask for favorites. Bob will most gener- Items can be picked up at the that fly electric models we had a help. LiPo battery safety is abso- ally have the newsletter ready store in Prescott or sent directly LiPo battery incident. Turns out lutely needed and needs to be to post by the end of the week- to your home. The sweater I that a member, without permis- respected, please take it very end after the general meeting. I wear was purchased from the sion, used someone else’s seriously. know that some of you would web site and it was a no brainer charger. With out knowing how Another thing to remember, if like it sent by email but I have (is that a word?) and it was to set the charger up for their your plane crashes and the bat- also heard that a lot of shipped to my home in less than battery, they hooked up a tery is smoking, like what hap- “small” battery on the charger pened at the charging table, be USAF CV-22 Osprey Night Operations that was set up for a large bat- cautious. There is a chance it tery and the battery started to could explode when you get to smoke. Fortunately, another the crash site. Examine the bat- member spotted the smoke tery very slowly and cautiously, went to see what was going on, we do not want anyone else to the battery exploded. He was have the miss fortune of getting singed on the hand, arm and burned. I am glad the injury was face. Luckily his injuries were minor. minor but it could have been a Well, that is all for now, safe lot worse. flying. PLEASE, do not use another members charger with out per- CVMA NEWSLETTER mission, you may not be familiar with how to set up for charg- Published Monthly USAF Photo ing. Granted, most chargers CAN YOU NAME THIS PLANE? AMA Chapter # 3798 President — Mike Kidd Vice President — Terry Steiner Treasurer — Don Crowe Secretary — Bob Steffensen Safety Officer — Charlie Gates At Large Members — Randy Meathrell, Jerry English Larry Parker, Marc Robbins Newsletter Editor — Bob Shanks See Page 9 Chief Flight Instructor— Steve Shephard, & Marc Robbins CVMA OFFICIAL NEW SLETTER Page 3 MARK YOUR CALENDARS CVMA 2017 CLUB SCHEDULE May 13, 2017 Club Spring Fling July 4, 2017 Fun Fly, pot luck & Town fire works Aug 26th, 2017 War Bird Races Sept 29-30, 2017 Steve Crowe Fun Fly Dec 1, 2017 Christmas Banquet Club meetings: Third Wednesday of Each Month. Time: 7pm. Prescott Airport Executive Building BORN IN A BARN? IF YOU ARE THE LAST ONE TO LEAVE THE FIELD: PLEASE REMEMBER TO LOCK THE GATE. SAFETY: ALWAYS A CRITICAL ISSUE We all know how dangerous LiPo Our safety officer, Charlie Gates sug- March meeting for Randy’s presenta- batteries can be if not handled or stored gested that all new members, especial- tion on batteries. properly. ly those in training be adequately edu- Here’s a site that describes this rela- At our field we had a new member in cated and trained on correct charging tively new substance; flight training take a 3 cell LiPO battery procedures. LiPO batteries have been https://www.youtube.com/embed/ without adequate instruction or supervi- compared to grenades if not handled, WFacA6OwCjA. sion and hook it up to a charger at the stored and transported correctly. Perhaps Randy will also use this wrong setting. It immediately began to Member Randy Meathrell is working short clip to augment his presentation. smoke and puff up. Instructor Steve up a presentation on batteries and bat- You can also talk to Tom Wells as he Shephard rushed over to unplug it tery types. There is a newer type bat- has a Graphene battery. Your editor when it literally blew singed his beard tery out there that is emerging as a saf- has not done any other research on any and slightly burning his hand and arm. er and more efficient. The battery is newer batteries but there also was a TV Had he been any closer he could’ve made of Graphene. There are some segment on PBS on selecting the right been seriously injured. The charging great videos on this new substance battery and where that research is table top is tile to resist just such inci- that is basically graphite. One demon- headed. Watch for the program to play dents. That is why it was designed and stration showed a clear sheet of plastic again on PBS. It is quite basic in many built by Jay Riddle that way but the coated a very thin coating of Graphene ways for those knowledgeable RC hob- most important aspect is of course transmitting energy across the plastic. byists but still a great overview of bat- safety for our members. Member Tom Wells has one of the teries. I found it quite informative. So always insure you have the cor- batteries and it seems to be safer and it Just remember to use your LiPO’s rect settings on your charger for the lasts longer. Your editor has a clip on correctly members and fly safe! Use a correct battery type, number of cells Graphene as a possible break through LiPO bag, Valley Hobby has them. and correct voltage. on battery development. Come to our CVMA OFFICIAL NEW SLETTER Page 4 ARITIFICIAL INTELLIG ENCE AND AVIATION Your editor has been doing some research into Artificial Intelligence (AI) especially when looking at quad copters one can purchase that actually follow the pilot on the ground and do other pilotless “intelligent” looking maneuvers. There is a lot of research going on with the uses of AI in aviation and many other industries. This short article is just a general blend of some of the re- search, discussion and ideas going on within the AI research community that I have uncovered. One source really keyed into Hollywood’s wild imagination stating AI does not mean evil supercomputers will take over the world. Out of control AI run- ning the world, a wild science fiction approach, is intriguing and scary to some, but we can relax a super computer like the movie’s HAL9000 is far into the fu- ture. However, specialized AI today is tailored to solve particular problems or work in specific industries with very difficult problems to solve, and is more realistic and down to earth. Today all of us already know we have machines The all knowing computer “Hal 9000” with advanced powered by sophisticated computers to sort through vast amounts of data, Artificial Intelligence in the 1968 movie learn patterns, and work smarter.