AMA 573

AMA 573, IMAA 138 www.tcws.org August 2005

REMINDER –Saturday, 6 August is the CLUB PICNIC –The main meal will be served at 4:00 PM but you can attend at any time during the day to enjoy the flying and conradery with the other members and guests.

HOBBYTOWN USA in Allentown has donated the use of a NEXSTAR Trainer and fuel for the weekend so anyone wanting to learn to fly R/C at the picnic or on Sunday, 7 August will have the opportunity to do so

In This Issue:

· President’s Message

· Unofficial Meeting Minutes

· Old Business

· New Business

· R/C Events

· Announcements

· Web Sites

· From the Kitchen

· Club Officers & Committees.

· Club Meeting Dates

Next Member Meeting:

Sunday, 21 August 2005 @ 1:30 PM

TCWS Field Site

Directions to Moose Lodge:

Hamburg Exit from Route 22

2^nd Floor, 12 South 3^rd Street, Hamburg, PA

Official Field Location Address:

Tri-County Wingsnappers, Inc.
329 Balthaser Road
Lenhartsville, PA 19534

It’s the end of July already and the weather is great for flying! Calm winds and warm temperatures are perfect weather to spend a few hours flying! We have our Family Picnic coming up on August 6^th,, 4PM, rain date Sunday August 7^th . If you signed up to attend and bring something don’t forget to attend. We will not be having the pig roast there this year due to not enough of you signing up, but there will be hot dogs, hamburgers, drinks and pork barbecue provided by the club. See you there!

Upcoming events include the meetings at the field on August 21^st, September 18^th and October 16^th, all at 1:30 PM. Elections are coming up and candidates for all offices are needed. If you are interested in serving as an officer or board member give your name to any officer for inclusion in the list of nominees. Remember, Elections will be in October so nominations will be at the September meeting.

Recently there have been several incidents at the field worth mentioning. The first is an observation by a member that way too many people went across the field to retrieve a downed plane. Please limit the amount of retrievers to only those needed to locate or retrieve the plane and be courteous to those who are still flying. The other was a plane on it’s maiden flight that got out of control and crashed at the flight line nearly missing a pilot who was flying. Please make sure everyone who is flying is aware of a maiden flight.

A frequency checker has been installed in the pin bow. All that is required to use it is to plug the power cord into the left side of it. The instrument scans all 60 RC aircraft frequencies every 15 seconds. When a signal on one of the frequencies is detected the corresponding LED lights. It stays on until the next scan after the transmitter is turned off. Sometimes a “false signal” causes a LED that represents a frequency not in use to light. This should clear during the next scan.

President, John Messersmith called the meeting to order at 1:30PM at the TCWS flying field pavilion. (16) Members, (1) associate members and (3) guests were present. Lee Buskirk won the 50/50 drawing and very graciously donated the winnings back to the club.

Jack Hilbert read the Secretary’s report for June. A motion to accept was made by Bud Wunder, seconded by Don Umbenhauer, and all approved. John Messersmith read the Treasurer’s report. A correction was noted as the income from the Swap Table at the Fly In was duplicated. A motion to accept as corrected was made by Bud Wunder, seconded by Lee Buskirk and all approved.

a. A financial recap was made and after a general discussion, it was agreed to hold the event again next year on the same weekend, but only make it a one day event with set-up early on the morning of the event.

a. Due to the low attendance sign-ups, a decision was made to cancel the pig and just have hot dogs and hamburgers.

b. POST MEETING NOTE -- a flurry of late sign-ups made it justified to once again plan on having the pig delivered.

a. John Messersmith will head up a sub-committee to make a recommendation concerning a building to replace the two existing storage sheds.

a. The large cooler is still being repaired and we continue to use a normal refrigerator in the interim.

a. A 72 megahertz frequency monitor has been purchased and will be installed in the frequency pin cabinet.

a. A lawsuit has been filed by the Union Fire Company, stemming from the fire during the 2003 Swap Shop.

b. Nominations are needed ASAP – contact any club officer to make a nomination

c. Nominations can be made for any position – at present, the positions of President and Secretary definitely need to be filled.

a. John Messersmith will install a thermostat in the kitchen to automatically activate the vent fan.

a. A complaint was presented on behalf of Dale Loop regarding the number of people who proceed onto the field to help retrieve a crashed plane.

i. By-Laws indicate that no more than two people retrieve a crashed plane and that rule was upheld by the members in attendance if others are flying at the time.

b. A second situation was presented relative to flying new aircraft for the first time.

i. It is recommended that if a new plane is being test flown, others pilots are made aware prior to take-off.

A motion was made to close the meeting by George Case, seconded by Bud Wunder and all approved. Meeting adjourned at 2:30 PM.

Web Sites…

Editor note: If anyone has a web site to share – please let me know - thanks - Jack

Web Sites…

Spring / Summer Meeting Schedule