January '07 "Eye Of The Eagle"

February '07 "Eye Of The Eagle"   Set 1   Set 2   Set 3

March '07 "Eye Of The Eagle"

The Feb Set 1 is the title page, field conditions and specials.  Set 2 is the builders forum.  Set 3 is the story and calendar of events.

Information:

Club Board members are as listed below.  See the sign up sheet for contact information. 

President:            Walter Grasmick   -   201-4647

Vice President:     Elliot Sussman

Secretary:            Russ Crawford

Treasurer:            Steve Henderson

Safety Officer:     Art Rood

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The Tri-Club '07 event was great fun.  We had a total of 21 registered pilots for the event.  There were also about 40-60 people that came by to observe the festivities as well as a over flight from an aircraft that took a picture of the attendees.  The picture is in the Photo Gallery along with others that were taken there.  There were some really great prizes that were awarded at the event, including a Twist 40 kit, a Futaba Radio, RealFlight G3 simulator, a Slow Stick as well as others.  We hope that this event will continue to grow and become bigger and better every year!

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Field Watering will as usual be coming up this season.  Hopefully we can get some people who are willing and able to take care of this.  We will need someone to chair the watering committee, let me know if you want to do this and we can get this going.

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See Below for Sound Committee Information.

Here is the Sound Committee results from testing

Here is the Sound Committee Recommendations for the Executive Board

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Thanks to Lee Powell we have some pictures of the control line event that he and Doug attended.

Two of DEMAFC control line flyers, Lee Powell and Doug Wood, flew their models to victory at the Northwest Control Line Regionals held in Eugene Oregon over the Memorial Day 2007 weekend.  Lee flew his Tudor in Beginner Stunt Aerobatics and took first place over 6 contestants.  Doug flew his Ringmaster in Old Time Stunt and took 6th place out of 11 contestants.  He also flew his Gazooks model in Intermediate Stunt Aerobatics and got the win over 7 contestants.

Congratulations to both for a job well done!!

2008 Events and Information Section:

Club Meeting Minutes:

January    February    March    April    May   

Board Meeting Minutes:

January    February    March    April   

2007 Events and Information Section:

Club Meeting Minutes:

January    February    March    April    May    June    July    August    December

Board Meeting Minutes:

January    February    March    April    May    June    July    August    September    November    December

2006 Events and Information Section:

JD Hobbies Letter       Report from combat event              Letter from the President

Club Meeting Minutes:

May    July    October    November    December

Board Meeting Minutes:

April    June #1    June #2    July    August    October    November    December #1    December #2

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Here is a, looking back at it, funny story.  I am the person who won the Ultra Stick 60 at the raffle in February 07.  I finally got the plane assembled and ready to fly about a week before the open house.  I was really happy to finally have it ready.  I went to the field on Saturday to test fly the plane, hoping to have it ready for the open house.  I had problems...  It flew as if it was terribly nose heavy.  Well, I took it back home, rebalanced it, and went back to the field on Sunday morning to try again.  Lee Powell happened to be there and with a little coaxing, I convinced him to give it a try. 

All was great!!  So, I refueled the plane and excitedly took off.  After one lap around the field, the plane took a nice steady flight off over the horizon..... :-(  I was bummed to say the least and I'm sure that some of you can imagine the feeling of the loss of control as well as wondering if you will find the plane and what the condition would be.  Well, after about an hour and a half of walking in the fields to the west of the flying site, I found it!  Boy was I relieved to see it in the condition that it was in.  The only real damage was the landing gear was torn off when it landed in the waist high grain field.  WHAT LUCK!  I had figured that my on board battery had died, and when I got back to the field and checked it, I was sure that was the problem.  But after getting back home and starting repairs, I found out what the real problem was...

I guess that the vibration made the lead break off during flight.  It could have been way worse, I wish that I had my camera when I found it so I could have some pics of the damage and what it took to repair the plane.  Silly me, I didn't even take any pics of the plane during repairs.  I thought it would be fun to share the experience with all of you.  Hope you don't have this same experience, it wasn't all that fun when it happened, but, looking back, is kind of funny. 

Oh, I did replace the battery in the plane with a brand new Leptron pack that will more efficiently power the (7) all digital servos that the plane has installed.

Happy flying!!