Presidents Message

Hello Members,

It’s the building season. As you all know we will have a club plane this year, actually there are several planes to choose from. Dave Myers is heading up this program. Elsewhere in this publication you will find the details of the club plane program. The intention of this program is to increase contest participation. Many of our members fly only one type or discipline of RC. Consider “crossing over” and enjoying a different aspect of flying.

Our club plane program offers you sport flyers the opportunity to feel the rush of pylon racing. Both the Kaos sport plane with the 40 engine or the Viper Q-500 airframe and a 28 size engine will qualify for pylon racing. In a nutshell we use a “race what ya got” program intended to give everyone a fair shot at winning a race no matter what you bring out to fly. You can find the rules of our pylon racing program on the members’ website. The Kaos is also a great choice for those of you who would like to get involved in our fun fly events. For you fellows flying old-timers there are two excellent sailplane options to help you cross over. One version is an ARF, the other a kit. Old-timer is pretty much the same as sailplane only noisy. Cross over into sailplane flying and you will get plenty of help by joining the Monday Night Sailplane League. Sailplaners and sport flyers have to opportunity to cross over to old-timer using one of the two short kits offered and Fox 35 engine option.

The November 2005 Model Aviation Magazine references changes or clarifications to the AMA Safety Code for 2006. One of those clarifications deals specifically with the flight line. The actual safety code “still” looks a little gray to me as they simply added a few words however the clarification as printed in MA goes like this: “Item 4 in the Radio Control section will make it clear that flying sites may contain multiple flight areas for different types of models and that a straight or curved safety line may be used except in the case of air show or demonstrations”. The actual code mentions multiple flight lines in addition. So, it looks like our method of setting up the flight line in the U shape fashion has been right out there on the cutting edge. Let’s all be sure we understand it and abide by it.

There is one other excerpt from the MA safety updates that I would like to share, it goes like this: “The Safety Code should be thought of as an extension of common sense, addressing the more basic issues and serving as a starting point for local site and safety considerations”. So there you have it, lets all make sure we use good common sense when flying to assure safety. And… if members notice someone having a little lapse in that common sense department give them a little friendly reminder.

That’s the way I see it,

Jim Skolmowski

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