The Albuquerque Radio Control Club Newsletter
www.arcc.club
May 2015
AMA Chartered Club #2022
Family Day
By Chuck Andraka
long hard day, and I am
sore all over. Thanks to
The annual ARCC FamiRick, Vic, and Keith, who
ly Day was held on May 2,
were all there before the
2015 at Maloof. This is a
gate even opened, and fulday where we “give back”,
ly handled the concessions
allowing the general public
setup. These guys are
to fly our planes on buddy
dedicated. Top Bun Al
cords. We also provide
cooked and his family
lunch for free. This year we
served, leaving me to deal
had a great abundance of
with airplane stuff. Pilots
planes and pilots, but limincluded Brett Tabor, Brian
ited families and kids.
Regan, John Pompa, Erwin
Therefore, those who did
Helman, and myself (I was
show up got to fly as much John stands ready to take over, just in case, while Les
flying,
I hope I did not miss
as they wanted! We will
provides encouragement. The young man is obviously
anyone). Ray Dukart, Stan
have to brainstorm ways to enjoying every second of this flight!
Johnson, Les Beason,
reach more families.
Randy Mann, and others
A big thanks to those who helped set up as
were
also
there
as
co-pilots.
well as pilots who put their planes at risk. It’s a
Even though the turnout was light, the “kids of
all ages” had a blast, as evidenced by smiles all
around. One guy even landed my plane when it
went dead stick!
( Note: I’ve added more photos on page 4, Editor )
NEXT MEETING
April 7th, 2015 at the Asbury Methodist Church at 7pm.
Don’t forget to bring you’re entry for the show-n-tell
prize. (Winner gets a gift card for Hobby Proz)
Program:
Chuck is going to show how to tear down and repair an
2-stroke glow engine.
Raffle Prize:
Brett shares the joy of flight with an “accomplished child”.
Brett put on many flights, and always enjoys Family Day.
This month we will have a raffle prize from Hobby Proz.
May 2015
Hi Guys,
ARCC had a good turnout
for the swap meet with some
great deals had by many. We
look forward for another good one
in the fall.
This past Saturday was the
club Family/CAP day. We had a
good turnout of pilots and planes to give buddy box
flights. The weather was great with only some
heavy breezes. We had all ages take turns on the
buddy boxes from Top Buns grandson to several of
us “more senior” folks. Lester had visitors from Roswell come up to participate, the Wright brothers.
The mother worked with Les when he was in Roswell. I guess they needed to learn how to fly.
I would like to offer a big thank you to Jim Bullock
of our club who spent a lot of time cleaning up a lot
of tumbleweeds that were jammed in the grand
stand. Also a thank you for those who helped put on
the event.
There were only 3 members of the CAP present
who spent a lot of time on the buddy boxes.
Our next event is the Scale Fly-In June 27-28. We
need to get the word out to as many people that we
can.
We have had some response from the city on
field repairs and I will have Keith present this to the
club at our May club meeting.
See you at the May meeting,
Rick
ARCC Calendar 2015
May 7
May 27
June 4
June 24
June 27-28
July 2
July 29
Aug 6
Aug 26
Sept 3
Sept 5-6
Sept 23
Oct 1
Oct 17
Oct 28
Nov 5
Member Meeting
Board Meeting
Member Meeting
Board Meeting
Scale Meet
Member Meeting
Board Meeting
Member Meeting
Board Meeting
Member Meeting
Labor Day Meet
Board Meeting
Member Meeting
Swap Meet
Board Meeting
Member Meeting
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Asbury
Asbury
Maloof
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ARCC General Membership
Meeting Minutes, 2nd of April
The meeting was called to order at 1900 with 11
members present.
Announcements & Business

Vic showed a short video on the Seafire (PR503)
Guess what the plane is in the April Glitch:
de Havilland DH.84A Dragon 3
Rick and Keith met with James Lewis from the city at the
field to review what problems are there and what can be
done to address them. Keith will send a letter to
Counselor Lewis to see if he can donate any of his
councilor discretionary money toward repairing the field.
More information to follow.
Treasurer Report

Vic reported the club’s balance.
Report approved.
Secretary Report
February meeting minutes were approved.
Events

Indoor Flying Friday April 17th 6-9pm
Heights
Cumberland.
 ARCC Officers Meeting April. 29th 6:30pm at the
Church.
 Swap meet this Saturday 4 Apr, 7 am setup.
 Family Day 2nd May.
Safety Minute
Erwin absent, so no report.
Program
Voted on revisions of By-laws for club 2015.
Moved and seconded and approved.
Keith will scan the signed copy and contact the
NM AG to find out whom to send a copy to
for review and approval.
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AMA Vision
We, the members of the Academy of
Model Aeronautics, are the pathway to the
future of aeromodeling and are committed
to making modeling the foremost sport/
hobby in the world.
Why did Lindbergh leave the windows open?
Bob Van der Linden gives us the answer.
Air & Space Magazine
A couple of questions arrived recently about
Charles Lindbergh and his historic transatlantic
flight in The Spirit of St. Louis.
After rereading a biography of Lindbergh, Irvin Lush of Louisville, Kentucky wonders about
the famed pilot’s biggest fear: running out of
gas. Lush notes some of the things Lindbergh
did to lighten Spirit and thus conserve fuel. “He
trimmed the edges from his maps, he tore pages from his notebooks, just to save an ounce or
two,” Lush writes. “But he flew the entire trip
of St. Louis,” “Lindbergh clearly states that while
all of the test measurements had been made
with the windows closed to minimize drag, he
realized that it was more important to stay connected with the flight…He felt that the tradeoff
was worth the increased drag. Obviously, he
was right.”
Ted Wise of North Palm Beach, Florida,
writes to us in amazement that Lindbergh’s logbook, which was pilfered from the cockpit after
his landing at Le Bourget Aerodrome outside
Paris on May 21, 1927, has never been found.
“Perhaps it's in someone’s attic in a trunk of a
great grandparent who was at Le Bourget air-
Charles Lindbergh (in fedora) and a mechanic check out the Spirit of St. Louis’ engine circa
1927. (Library of Congress)
with the airplane’s windows open. He could
have improved his range by 10 or 12 percent
just by closing the windows. Why didn’t he? It’s
been driving me crazy for years.”
For the answer, we turned to Bob Van der
Linden, the airplane’s curator at the National Air
and Space Museum. “Lindbergh deliberately left
the windows open so that the blast of cold air
would help keep him awake, and so that he
could feel in better communication with the aircraft,” Van der Linden writes in an email.
He adds that in Lindbergh’s book, “The Spirit
port that day,” Wise writes. “The possibilities are
as numerous as the places it could be hiding. Hopefully it is intact somewhere and [was]
not inadvertently destroyed during World War
II.”
The loss of the logbook “was a devastating
thing for him,” grandson Erik Lindbergh told Air
& Space in 2009. His grandfather had to rely
solely on his memory in recreating the flight for
his memoir—not an easy task. “After spending
33 hours in a plane, it would be hard just to recall all the parts of the flight,” said Erik.
Family Day
“59”
Continued from page 2
Stan
By Chuck Andraka
I attended the
pylon races at
Sepulveda Basin
April 11-12. While
my normal race
partner, Dan
Thordarson, could
not make it due to a
work assignment,
Chuck with caller Don, First Place
he loaned me his
part-time caller Don trophy and a 59 second score.
Schelling. The usual suspects were there, meaning fast hard racing all weekend long.
While I sometimes doubt myself without familiar callers, Don came through with excellent
calling on Saturday. We started the day in Q40
against Lee Von Der Hey, a usually very fast
pilot. I got the jump on him at the start, and focused on flying a good course. His plane
sounded really strong on every lap, but he was
fighting my dirty air and struggling to get up
with me. After landing, I went to collect the results at the scoring table, and found I turned a
59.78, my first ever sub-minute race. My plane
stayed fast all day, and we ended up finishing
the day perfect for a first place tie with Travis
Flynn. Travis unfortunately lost his plane to
equipment failure in his last heat, after winning
the heat, and was unable to fly off, so I took
first on fast time. I did not care what happened
the rest of the weekend, I was happy with my
“59” and the elite category it represents.
The Q500 class was not as good to me, as I
struggled to find some speed. I need to update
my motors, they are long in the tooth. I’ll be
rebuilding a motor at the club meeting, demonstrating tips and techniques to properly disassemble and re-assemble a motor.
Sunday was not so good, we double-cut the
first round and proceeded to get zeros every
round until the last one, finishing mid-pack. I
guess I was second-guessing my caller, should
have listened to him. It worked on Saturday! In
addition, I caught “bad air” in Q500 behind Roy
Andrussy (Canada), and I lost a really good
Q500 plane.
Next race is Whittier in May, and then I can
start planning my Nats trip.
Gave a presentation on gas engines.
Very interesting to those not use to “timing”.
As the saying goes “We’ve come a long way”.
AMA Card Draw
Vic won the $20 gift card to Hobby Proz.
Show and Tell
Les
Showed his “James Bond” SVd5 electric pusher
Stan
Scratch build of the actual plane he was working
on. Cessna 170.
Steve Moskal
Showed his “mini” HM14
Very interesting the mechanics of the wing and
the flight characteristics.
Steve was the winner of the $20 gift card to Hobby
Proz
New Business
None
Next Meetings
The next board meeting is on 29 Apr at 1830 at the
church. It is open to the general membership.
The next general membership meeting will be on 7
May at 1900 at the church.
Meeting adjourned at 2105
Keith Perry
Meeting Activity: Glow Engine Tear-Down
Most 2-stroke glow engines have similar construction, and are simple to tear down for maintenance
such as bearing replacement or cleaning after a
crash. I’ll tear down and rebuild a Jett Q500 super
sport motor, replacing the front bearing and cleaning
up carbon deposits. I’ll point out key steps, things to
watch for, and how to improve performance of any 2
-stroke glow motor.
See you at the meet May 7th,
Chuck Andraka