nipmac news april 2014

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April 2014 Editor: Robert Zenta

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Robs Rant

So ho i! ever"bod" doing !ince e la!t met#

$t%! been ahile !ince o&r la!t official meeting b&t a fe member!have been getting together o&t on the la'e for !ome good old ice fl"(ing among!t the ice h&t!. $%ve attached a fe !hot! of people o&tfl"ing in the photo !ection.

)o are the b&ild! coming along o&t there# *han'! to ever"bod"ho re!ponded to m" email re+&e!ting material, it%! appreciated. $!ee a fe of "o& have a b&ild going !o at lea!t not bored thi! articinter !ea!on, bo" can%t ait to !ee the gra!! &nder the heel! ofthe plane-! $ have.

" b&ild! are coming along great. *he one b&ild the S$ Smith min(iplane i! nearing completion $%m to the !tage of final !anding andthen !tart the one part of a proect $ hate the mo!t, covering. 3evergot good at it.

eep the ing tip! &p.

Robert Zentai

NEXT MEETING

Date*o be anno&nced

Time

5:16P

Location

7egion

IN THIS ISSUE

8l&b 9bective

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Rob%! RantPg. 1

e!!age from Pre!identPg. 2

an&ar" eeting in&te!Pg. ;

l"ing ro&pPg. ?

$ce >l"ingPg.10

E@ec&tivePg. 11

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OBJECTIVES OF THE CLUB-a *o promote friend!hip and good feeling! among the member!-b *o fo!ter a !pirit of gro&p intere!t and co(operation among the member!-c *o provide enco&ragement and offer advice to the novice in the b&ilding and fl"ing of hi! miniat&re aircraft-d *o !&pport the 8on!tit&tion, pre!erve the ideal! and e@tend the principle! of thi! 8l&b-e *o promote !afet" in the !port.


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Message from President

Happ !pring fello" modeler#: $ %#e the term #pring "ith great arti#tic licen#e.&or tho#e "ho mi##ed the la#t meeting and a# a general catch'%p for all( Eric ). ha# provided me "ith

the follo"ing c%rrent information:

*redging the "e#t and large#t lagoon +ne,t to the field- "a# #tarted in the fall and "or "ill re#%me "henthe great melt occ%r#. A# o% no" local "ater"a# traditionall #tart to open %p #ome"here aro%nd themiddle of April and on"ard#. hi# ear( ma be a little longer....... "ho no"#

he e,ec%tive decided to p%t off the propo#ed April member meeting %ntil "e have met "ith both thecontractor and allendar and %nder#tand better their completion timeline and the final impact on o%r #it'%ation. !o bet"een "or re#%ming at the lagoon and follo"ing %p "ith a fe" meeting# "ith the po"er#that be( "e can b%t "ait to determine a #%itable time for a cl%b meeting.

A# the contractor re#%me# p%mping the lagoon #l%rr to the geot%be# "hich are located and being

#tored in the empt north lagoon there i# #ome concern on the contractor# part abo%t the e3%ipment#abilit to p%mp the ever increa#ing di#tance re3%ired.

ertainl an additional boo#ter p%mp might #olve the problem b%t if a cheaper #ol%tion #%ch a# p%mpingto and #toring on the cl%b field i# decided %pon( then o%r #it%ation become# more diffic%lt.

$ mention thi# in pa##ing onl beca%#e it came %p in the la#t contractor conver#ation b%t #aid contrac'tor #%gge#ted that he "a# mo#t rel%ctant to go that ro%te i.e.: %#ing o%r field.

%#t to be clear( the # i# not falling b%t the po##ibilit e,i#t#.$n addition( the fello" al#o indicated hi# contract incl%ded placing a 10 foot chain lin fence aro%nd thelagoon #ite. *etail# of thi# fence and it# impact on o%r fling habit# are not clear at thi# time. !o a# o%

can #ee( %ntil there i# clear information( #pec%lation become# the order of the da.

$t i# not m intent to fan the flame# of #pec%lation( b%t $ do believe all member# are entitled to the#ame information $m receiving. $ dont believe it i# m place to filter information....... #o "hat $ no"( o%no"5

6e #hall contin%e to "or on the P%rdon field and bring it %p to fling #peed a# the #ea#on allo"# andRoger and 7lod "ill notif %# "hen the appropriate time for that arrive#. A# the "eather allo"#( con#iderfloat fling a# an option for activit and a ne" advent%re........ more abo%t that a# the ice give# "a.

!peaing of "hich( 8arch offer# #ome terrific "inter fling opport%nitie# for 90 degree fling............ ;%#ta# )ord . or ameron !. for detail#.$n a# m%ch a# the indoor fling officiall ha# concl%ded $ am ho"ever a"aiting "ord on the po##ibilit for#ome additional free acce## to the gm for a fe" &rida# in April....... !ta t%ned on that a# "ell.

6hen "e finall calendar a cl%b meeting er


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Januar Meeting Minutes

&inn called the meeting to order at :9>.

1 member# attended.

&inn taled abo%t the cl%b# 40thear anniver#ar.

&inn gave a breado"n of the cl%b# #it%ation( the "a the e,ec%tive "ill r%n the cl%b

compared to ho" it ha# been r%n.

&inn a#ed Roger to confirm the e,ec%tive po#ition#.

Roger gave a follo"'%p report on the Po"a##an field.

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Builders Corner (courtesy of Bart Castelyn)

Hi Folks,

Just received an e-mail from Robert in which he asks for input in the newsletter. He asked specifically if anybody

is building A!"H#$%&ell, # started the '() *uaker that got my interest after # saw +oyd fly his. #t seemed very gentle in the air. # fig-

ured that that is eactly what # need after # get flying my utterfly figured out.

After all at my flying skill level beginning beginner/ and age gee0er/ slow and big seems to be the ticket.

1y utterfly at 22) span has the wings in two sections and once # started looking at the *uaker, # reali0ed that the

'() wing would never fit in my car. "hus the decision was made to modify the plans for a two section wing.

"he plans call for a 34 degree dihedral 5.4 degrees each wing/ with a straight 4) wide center section. "hat made

me think 6why not make two center sections, one to accommodate the 34 degree dihedral and one for 7 yes 0e-

ro/ degrees). 8nce # get flying with dihedral figured out, # could change to flying flat wing and learn to do that

with the same plane.

$enius, # thought. &e will see how smart that was when it gets in the air./

ut # soon reali0ed it involves adding ailerons to the wing. &ell, no problem, we can do that and while # am adding

ailerons, # might as well put them in the form of strip ailerons with separate servo9s to be able to mi them as

flaperons. :ven slower landings%%% onus%

"his may end up to be a *uaker that can do loops and rolls. "hat calls for a very strong center spar. ;one that

too%

# can tell you now, figuring all this out makes for a looooong build time. Anyway, here are some pictures to show

my current progress.

"his is the fuse, almost ready to be covered and painted. 8ne of the wing center sections is installed on top.

"he wing is mounted with four 37-


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Builders Corner (cont.)

A better look at the elevator and rudder servo9s and my flight stabili0er. "he two servo lines function to connectthe aileron servo9s that are located in the center sections. "he flight stabili0er needs to be easily accessible.

"his picture shows the wings mounted to the dihedral center section with pushrods to the ailerons.

"he wing with dihedral center from the front.


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"he wing with the straight center section. "he wing with the straight center section from the front.

"hese are the two center sections with their covers net to it. "he covers are held on with two magnets and that

is a surprisingly strong hold. "here is no need for latches.

y the way, the figures you see in the background are my audience. A chatty bunch that my wife has put togeth-

er.

# plan to install the $H $"2 gasoline engine on it and # was assured that it has sufficient power to get the ship in

the air. &ith all the mods # made to it, it comes at about a half pound heavier than the plans indicate.


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8ther builds that are going on with members are from?

Jim @ingleton who ust finished off a >adet @enior, this was one of my first planes when flew in urlington and ust

loved its ease of flying.

1yself and # am still finishing off the @#$ @mith 1iniplane and need to finish off a kit from H:RR :$#::R#$

called the B#""@ @B:C#A+, another biplane ust a smaller scale. Here are a few shots of how the @mith 1iniplane is

coming along.


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Builders Corner (courtesy of Gord Tripe)

#9m passing along some shots of planes, both finished and almost finished. "he ;elta &ing is made from ;ollar

@tore foamboard, and was built for fellow club member Cameron @anders. He supplied the components?

- 44mm :lectric ;ucted Fan

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Indoor Flying Club


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Ice flying

@ome shots of club members out on the lake enoying the clear skies, cold temps and some good old flying.


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IPM!C "#$% &'ecutie

President Finn *eynolds Field Manager *oger +a Berge , +loyd !rgo

-icePresident Peter Mer/el C0ief Flying Instructor 1pen

Past President =rett Andre"# 2ecretary *ic/ ay

e3sletter &ditor *obert 4entai 5ebmaster *ic/ ay

Treasurer Jer6y Ba/

IPM!C Meeting 7ates for "#$8 (TB7)

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