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Page 1 Volume 35, Number 2
VOLUME 35, NUMBER 2 FEBRUARY 2010
AVTI SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS FEB 2010 27 (11:00am)
Board of Directors’ Meeting at field
MAR 2010 4 (7:30pm) 27-28 (8:00am)
Monthly Meeting at Fox Airfield Lobby AVTI Pattern Contest (AVTI Field)
APR 2010 1 (7:30pm)
Monthly Meeting at Fox Airfield Lobby
MAY 2010 6 (7:30pm)
Monthly Meeting at Fox Airfield Lobby
JUN 2010 3 (7:30pm)
Monthly Meeting at Fox Airfield Lobby
Check out other clubs’ events by visiting the following websites:
www.deserthawksrc.com; www.cvrcsoaring.com www.vccomets.com; www.sbrcm.org. Remember to check the bulletin board at the field for an up-to-date calendar of events.
Member’s contributions are welcome.
EDITOR’S NOTE: For those, including officers, who desire their com-
ments, stories, or reports included in this newsletter, all inputs must be received by the editor no later than the 12th of the month. If this due date is not met, the
newsletter will be published without those inputs.
MODEL OF THE MONTH
Dick S displays his 60” Taube on floats. Powered by an O.S. .46
Band Together
If you have a wing that is held on by rub-ber bands, be sure to use two #64 rub-ber bands per pound of your models weight. Make sure that at least the last two are crisscrossed; the others can be run straight across or crisscrossed. Also make sure you check the rubber bands after every few flights and look for cracks, replacing a few rubber bands is much easier replacing the wing, fuselage or even the whole plane.
Page 2 Volume 35, Number 1
Antelope Valley Tailwinds Inc. AMA Charter #114
P.O. Box 302, Lancaster, CA 93584
A.V.T.I. Roster of Current Officers (2008-2009)
President: Tony Frackowiak; 256-1147; [email protected]
Vice-President: Douglas Killebrew; 400-5636; [email protected]
Treasurer: Joe Dagata; 943-8881; [email protected]
Secretary: Jean Greear; 944-3881; [email protected]
Board Members: Jerry Budd; 943-4970; [email protected]
Preston Knepper; 886-0272; [email protected]
Sean Hennessy; 406-2183; [email protected]
Field Marshal: Preston Knepper; 886-0272; [email protected]
Safety Officer: Timothy Williams; 618-7040; [email protected]
WebMaster: Roger Counts; 945-4639; [email protected]
Newsletter Editor: Roger Counts; 945-4639; [email protected]
Flight Instructors:
Peter Carbin; 723-4830
Daniel Garrabrant; 945-3789
* Membership Meeting * March 4, 2010
Thursday 7:30 p.m.
Fox Airfield Lobby
4555 West Avenue G Lancaster, CA 93534
Visitors and guests are welcome.
* Board of Directors Meeting * February 27, 2010
Saturday 11:00am
At the AVTI Airpark
A.V.T.I. Airpark
47500 Challenger Way (10th Street East) between Avenues F and G
Lancaster, CA 93535
FIELD STATISTICS Latitude: N 34° 44’ 44”
Longitude W 118° 6’ 32” Elevation: 2326’
Tailwinds Tails is a monthly newsletter of the Antelope Valley Tailwinds Inc., R/C Model Air-
craft Club.
Visit our web page at www.avti.org.
Send submissions for the Tailwinds Tails by the 10th of each month to the Newsletter Editor, c/o A.V.Tailwinds Inc., P.O. Box 302, Lancas-
ter, CA 93584 or by email to [email protected]
Page 3 Volume 35, Number 2
Vice-President’s Message
Well, I can't believe it's Feburary 2010 already. For those of you that went to the AMA show in Ontario, it had some really good speakers this year including Burt Rutan. I ran into several of the club members during the show and hoped all of you found a pro-ject to build while the rain pounds us this month. I am also excited to see how the field looks after the new improvements and repairs to the asphalt. I am preparing for my big race in Phoenix at the end of the month, so if you have any comments, concerns, or suggestions, please call or email me.
Douglas Killebrew
Treasurer’s Report
Checking Account Balance is $8,205.82. AVTI Fly-ing Field Facility Reserve Fund in Savings Account is $12,058.25. Financial Assets Total IS $20,264.07. Current Membership Total IS 72 (13 new members). I have verified our current AMA memberships and found 7 members with expired memberships. If you have not yet renewed your AMA membership, please do so as soon as possi-ble. Current paid membership dues for 2009-2010 are $5,775.00. The mid year financials show our total assets are about $1,500 lower as compared to last year.
Joe Dagata
Minutes for February 4, 2010 Meeting was called to order at 7:32 by Tony F. A motion was made and seconded to accept the min-utes as printed in the newsletter.
Treasurer report was given by Tony F. 20 members present, one guest.
Newsletter: If you have anything you would like to be in the newsletter mail it or e-mail it to Roger Counts by the 10th of each month.
Old Business: The contractor has started repairing the asphalt and if he is there working don’t fly otherwise the field is open.
Dirt berms were put in on the north and south of the entrance to keep people from going around the gate.
New Business: The Warbird fun fly was called off because of the weather. May try and reschedule for another time.
Our spring pattern contest will be held March 27th & 28. The date was changed in hopes that there will be better weather.
There was a lot of discussion of how to build the club membership. There were many great ideas. Doug and Roger designed a flyer to put at Smiths Hobbies. Having an Open House was also dis-cussed.
Dale at Smiths Hobbies wants input on what they could carry in order to better promote the hobby.
We will be having an indoor fly, so get your small stuff ready to fly.
Schedule of events: The next board meeting will be held at the field on February 27th at 11:00 am.
Model of the month: Preston K. had his Fournier RF4 Easy Tiger pow-ered by a Park 400.
Roger C. showed off his P-40 with mechanical re-tracts powered by an OS 91 4 stroke.
Tony F. brought in his new pattern plane the Onis powered with a F3A Neu motor, his Great Planes VFO and also his Sequence with an E-Flite power 32 motor.
Dick S. showed off his “kit” solar tex covered 60”
Jean Greear
Taube on floats powered by an OS 46 engine.
Doug K. brought in his newly assembled T34 racer with an OS 46 AX engine.
Don C. had his electric Senorita ARF he bought at the AMA show.
Raffle Drawings: Attendance – Chris.
50/50 ($17). Roger C.
Model of the Month: Dick S.
Meeting was adjourned at 8:45.
Page 4 Volume 35, Number 1
FLOAT FLYING—DESERT STYLE By Dick Skoglund
The rains came to the Antelope Valley in January 2010. The water puddles at the Tailwinds’ field gradually came together and created a pond that almost matched our concrete runway in size. It had a depth of 2 to 3 inches and a color not unlike gla-cier water.
I had located a Balsa USA Taube kit and floats from Mac and Roger. So now I have no excuses left and will have to fly in the sunshine of January 23rd. Mac and I arrived at “the pond”, got the plane ready, did an engine run-up, radio check and a pontoon leak check. We lined up into a slight breeze and opened the throttle. Hang on! Not too much rudder and up and away it went. Water takeoffs are always excit-ing. Later we made the approach and a good land-ing. We had time for one more flight.
By then Russ O., Ron and Harvey G. and richard H. had arrived and got to watch our little desert Float-Fun-Fly.
A special thanks to Mac and Richard for their assis-tance and camera work.
Page 5 Volume 35, Number 2
Support Your Local Hobby Shops
Smith Brothers Hobbies 1223 West Avenue I Lancaster, CA 93534 Phone: 661-942-6984 Dr. J’s Helicopters and JR Radios Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: 661-949-3586, ext. 205 Ask for Doug. Distributor for Horizon Hobbies
~~~~ Special Thanks ~~~~ Our Thanks to the following businesses that
made generous donations to A.V.T.I. Please support them when you can.
A Very Special Thanks Waste Management Company
600 East Avenue F Lancaster, CA 93535
What’s the weather at the field?
Don’t forget you can view the weather at the field
through the A.V.T.I. web-site (www.avti.org) or at
www.wunderground.com/US/CA/Lancaster.html
REMINDER A current AMA membership is a requirement for membership in A.V.T.I. Please make sure your
AMA membership is current.
F O R
S A L E
JR Model 652 6-channel trans-mitter, 72 mHz, ch43, stores 5 models. Includes manual, buddy cable, DSC cable, charger and aluminum carrying case. No receiver, but a chan-nel 43 receiver crystal is in-cluded. Asking $150 for all or trade for "whatever". Contact Rob Walker at 661-261-9142.
Tony F with his Great Planes VFO
AND ONE MORE MOM!
Page 6 Volume 35, Number 1
Tony F displays his Onis pattern aircraft w/F3A Neu motor
Roger C describes his P-40E with retracts and O.S. .91 4-cycle
Preston K shows his Fournier RF4 Easy Tiger w/Park 400
Doug K holds his T-34 racer with O.S. 46AX
Don C brought his electric Senorita ARF Tony F with his Sequence pattern airplane w/E-Flite Power 32
MORE MODELS OF THE MONTH ...
TIPS FOR CLUBS
(from the January 2010 edition of the AMA Insider Newsletter
by Jim Wallen, Insider Club Column Editor
LEADER TO LEADER
Has your club become a little inbred? By this I mean perhaps you have not looked around to other clubs to see what you might incorporate to make your club more interesting and enjoyable.
Visit another club’s meetings to see what features you might carry back to your club. Maybe you can arrange to have a couple of clubs in your area get together and fly at a host field. It’s amazing what a hot dog and a cup of coffee can do in bringing club and personal relationships closer together.
Most AMA clubs around the country are facing declining membership. Is your club in the same boat? What can you do about it? Nothing happens unless you go out and make it happen. AMA had a membership drive last year that added new members. The program is improved for 2010, so take the time to understand it and bring the details to your club and membership. New members bring a fresh outlook and renewed enthusiasm. Wouldn’t it be nice to add some new volunteers to the 10% who seem to do most of the work?
Are you aware of the AMA program “Sign 3-Fly Free?” You can receive a one-year AMA membership credit for signing up only three new members! For details see the AMA Web site at www.modelaircraft.org/ambassador.aspx.
Spread the word!