November 2012 Club Newsletter

THE PLANE TRUTH
THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF
THE CIRCLE CITY FLYERS OF CORONA
VOL 25 Issue 11
NOV 2012
President: Ron Keith 951-340-0048 VP: Fred Holts 951-279-6563
Sec: Ethan Marsh714-637-4418 Treasurer: Walter Satler 951-741-6815
Member at Large, Danny Salas 714-998-7915
Editor: Roland Tweed 951-315-9054
NOVEMBER NEWS, AND
EVENTS!
Next meeting date, Club business,
President’s Column
Editor’s Column
Save a Penny: Editorial
Letters to the Editor
Nov. Pics
Politics
My Ex the Pilot
Who is Jack Schitt?
Valor: Triumph at Thia Nguyen
Reunion
The Magic of Flight
Plane Truths, Toasts
P.1-2
P. 3
P. 4
P.5
P.6
P.8-9
P.10
P.10
P. 11
P.12
P. 13
P.14
P.15
President Ron Keith called the meeting
to order at 7:01PM at Corona Senior
Center with approximately 25 members
present.
MINUTES: Ethan Marsh
The minutes for the September 22,
2012 meeting, which were approved as
read.
TREASURERS REPORT: Was given
by Walter Satler
Treasurers Report approved.
NEXT MEETING: The next regularly
scheduled meeting of the Circle City Flyers
will be held on NOV. 15, 2012; 7:00 PM
Sharp, at the Corona Senior Center located on the corner of 10th and Belle St, in
Corona. Please be there on time so you
can get your free raffle ticket, and win
some cool stuff.
PAYPAL:
Not reported this month
OLD BUSINESS:
Scale Funfly scheduled for April 6th or
7th of April 2013. Fred Holts will coordi-
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nate the date with an inland empire club.
NEW BUSINESS:
Nominations for club officers:
President:
Ron Keith
Vice-President:
_____________
(It could be you.)
Secretary:
Ethan Marsh
Treasurer:
Walter Satler
Member at Large: Danny Salas
President Ron Keith appointed Larry
Griffiths as the Official Club Photographer.
RAFFLE :
None this month.
Club Member Tom Beaubien presented his
slide show of his work as industrial sculpture on the nacelle design on the AFTEC
400 Composite full size Aircraft. Thanks
Tom, nice presentation.
Meeting Adjourned at 8:00PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Ethan Marsh
Secretary
CLUB OFFICE
ELECTIONS, CHRISTMAS PARTY, FUN FLY
EVENTS. ALL OF
THESE THINGS ARE
COMING UP SOON. WE
NEED YOUR IDEAS,
YOUR INPUT, YOUR
PARTICIPATION TO
MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL!
ATTEND THE NEXT
MEETING TO FIND OUT
MORE!
THE PLANE TRUTH is the Official Newsletter of the Circle City Flyers of Corona, CA. It is published
monthly for the benefit of its members. Copies are also provided to other interested individuals, R/C
Clubs and hobby stores. Current circulation is 125. Portions of the Newsletter may be reproduced without the permission of the Circle City Flyers for whatever reason. Acknowledgement of the source and
author of any reprinted material is appropriate. The club meets on the 3 rd Thursday of each month at
the Corona Senior Center and at DELEO Field whenever its members are flying. Guests and potential
new members are always welcome to attend club meetings and to visit the field.
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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN!
Soon the holiday lights and great food
and fun will be here once again and
now summer will be a memory; or at
least cooler weather is almost upon us.
Hopefully many will have their propane
heaters out in the early morning air,
with new projects or some old reliable
aircraft set and readied for some flying.
Elections coming up next month: We
have the same group offering their volunteer services to keep the club engines running, with the exception of a
VP candidate. Fred has done a fantastic job but now wants and deserves to
spend some time with loved ones and
travel all over. He has a great motor
home and I don’t think the tires are
dirty yet. Long story short! We are looking for a candidate / nominee for Vice
President. Of course any member in
good standing is always welcome and
encouraged to take office, so throw
your hat into the ring if you are interested in holding any office this year.
Membership: We have a great club
and some of the nicest folks in the hobby to visit and fly with, not to mention
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the flying field and its amenities. The
membership has dropped some after the
housing collapse and all the other problems economically that have plagued our
nation for a few years now. Hopefully we
will turn a corner and more prosperity will
show new and some old members the way
back to our club and field, where the hobby, fun and camaraderie can flourish.
Safety is no accident: We have been doing great in the safety department, as I
have rarely witnessed careless behavior
nor heard of any reported. Yes we are going to see some close calls with aircraft
that have lost control or pilots for that matter, however; the pilots and visitors have
followed safety practices and we are doing
well.
So – what’s your next project? Warbird,
commercial, EDF, venture into a jet, what
about a gas turbine …
So many choices.
Have fun – be safe … Ron
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EDITOR’s COLUMN
The cooler days are approaching as we
head into November. This means we can
no longer take for granted that we will
have perfect week-end weather and, perhaps, should start thinking about our next
project for the inevitable rainy, cloudy and
windy days ahead.
While I have other planes that I occasionally fly, it’s pretty common knowledge that
I have a special preference for “Big Stiks”
in the .60 size range. It got to the point
where I had to put numbers on the tail to
keep track of them.
Well now I can reveal that I have finally
listened to DANNY SALAS and am building yet another “Stik” labeled #10 which is
more aptly referred to as a “Giant Stik”.
Fortunately it has a two piece wing or I
couldn’t get it in my car. This aircraft requires a 1.20 to 1.80 2 or 4-C glow engine,
or gas, and requires flaps and seven (7)
servos. “El Fatso” as I call it, promises to
even get a 2nd look from Ed Harkey who
has pretty much seen it all. I also have to
thank my neighbor Charles Wills for helping me with this new and exciting project,
especially with the wings which took us 3
or 4 days after work.
Now that October is history and we can
look forward to Thanksgiving and beyond,
I have to start thinking about my next project after die Fatman has flown and taken
it’s place on my garages’ “ceiling of fame”.
I should probably mention that funding for
two (2) more giant Stiks have been approved by the bank and labeled “home repairs”. The 2nd (Stik #11 will have a Saito
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150 Golden Knight for power), and the
3rd (Stik #12) will be powered by a Saito
170 Radial.
I have not yet mentioned this to my wife
so let’s keep it a secret for now ok? After
all, she really isn’t interested in aviation
stuff and for some reason prefers
Nordstrom’s to HobbyTown. Weird huh?
I hope you will all make special arrangements to attend the NOV meeting where
we address the new officer issues, and
make plans for the year end Christmas
meeting/party. Hard to believe but the
year is almost over. Hope to see you
there.
IT’S TIME TO RENEW
CLUB MEMBERSHIP
FOR 2013
AMA MEMBERSHIP
FOR 2013
GET this out of the way now,
BEFORE you do your Christmas shopping and you won’t
run out of money or have to
worry about it in January.
You can pay club dues through Pay
Pal.or mail in a check. Check in at the
club website: Circlecityflyers.com
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SAVE A PENNY, LOOSE A PENNY:
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE!
By Roland Tweed
For sale on EBAY was two brand New in
the Package Spectrum AR500 receivers
for the incredible price of $16.99 each. I
bought both of them. Then I installed one
in my new Ugly Stik #9 and gave it to Ed
Harkey to tweak out, adjust, take off and
fly.
Well he did everything I asked, took the
plane off and was flying it around on its
maiden flight when suddenly he completely
lost transmitter control. He yelled out “I’ve
lost it” and the plane was flying uncontrollably. Fortunately he had altitude in his
favor …. And experience, and, after a few
seconds control was restored and he immediately landed the plane safely.
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to nice letter informing them
about what happened, and requested that they
fix and/or replace
the receiver with
a new one.
A couple of
weeks later the tech guy from Horizon
called me and informed me that the receiver was FAKE… a Clone, and that
Horizon had no responsibility for it at all.
I was shocked because the packaging
was so “REAL”. And, although he didn’t
have to, because I bought two fake
ones, and had so much trouble, he
agreed to send me a new original Spektrum receiver at no charge. How cool
was that?
We took the wing off, inspected the receiver, range checked it, and let it sit in the
“on” position for 10 minutes. All appeared
OK so Ed took it off again. And the same
thing happened again!
The moral of the story. If it’s too good to
be true, it usually is. Buy your stuff from
the Hobby shop, especially a receiver
for crying out loud. Trying to save $20 or
$30 bucks I put some garbage in a $600
or $700 plane and almost crashed it. Do
the math!
I took the plane home, removed the receiver and sent it to Horizon Hobby with a not
* See statement on Page 7
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Dear Roland
Recently I was breaking in an engine for
my new .60.90 size ARF while listening to
my favorite jazz station on the radio.
When I finished, I was reaching for the
small bottle of after-run oil, but accidentally grabbed a similar size bottle of Fast CA
which I squirted in the carb of my new engine.
Later when I realized my mistake I decided that I would now put some after-run oil
in the carb to dilute the CA and everything would be OK. Wrong! When I
came back an hour later I found that the
engine would not turn over and had completely seized up. What should I have
done differently?
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Undecided In Corona!
The Editor’s and staff of The PLANE
TRUTH do not endorse any candidate
for the general election or any of the
propositions.
This newsletter is about model airplanes and related stuff, not politics. I
suggest you vote for the candidate
who you believe will best lead the
country during the next four years. And
one who likes model aviation.
Better yet, start thinking about CLUB
Elections which are right around the
corner. The officers of our club more
directly affect the things that are important to you (our Hobby). See page
10 for more politics.
R. Tweed, Editor
Clueless Eddie, Chino Hills, CA
Dear Eddie:
Dear Roland:
First, you should have put some Denatured alcohol in the carb to try and dilute
the CA, then some Laquer Thinner, while
continuously turning over the engine. If
that didn’t work, head over to the hobby
shop and tell them you are switching from
RC Nitro Airplanes to electric Cars because you are too stupid to work on glow
engines without immediate, direct and
close supervision.
I have been reading The Plane Truth
for many years now, and have finally
come to the conclusion that you don’t
know Jack Schitt!
R. Tweed, Editor
Dear Roland:
With the elections coming up, who
should get my vote for President.?
Jimmy Chan, Belleview, WA
I beg to differ with you Jimmy and respectfully refer you to Page 11 of this
newsletter.
R, Tweed, Editor
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HORIZON HOBBY: FIRST
CLASS VENDOR
The true test of any vendor is their
service and overall attitude after a
sale or other transaction is complete.
Regarding the article on Page 5 the
tech department of Horizon Hobby
gets five stars in my opinion, for their
handling of my complaint. Not only
did they respond to my complaint and
informed me that I had purchased a
“Clone” or fake AR500 and that they
had no obligation to help me. Nonetheless as a one time courtesy to me
they sent me a brand new Spektrum
AR600 receiver at no charge.
In my book, that is FIRST CLASS
any way you cut it.
R. Tweed
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October Pictures!
The Fast!
The not so fast—but fast enough!
Chopper Pilots in Action !
Ethan’s Magnificent Bird!
Cub on Take-off!
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October Pictures
Igor would be proud!
Another STIK Roland?
Pull up! Pull up!
Jesse Paz’ new “Rocketship”
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THE PLANE
MY EX-WIFE THE PILOT*
My Ex-Wife started taking flying lessons
about the time our divorce started and she
got her license shortly before our divorce
was final, later that same year.
If God wanted us to vote, he would
have given us candidates.
Jay Leno
The problem with political jokes is they
get elected.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint
the great ones to public office.
Politicians are the same all over. They
promise to build a bridge even where
there is no river.
Why pay money to have your family
tree traced; go into politics and your
opponents will do it for you.
Politicians are people who, when they
see light at the end of the tunnel, go
out and buy some more tunnel.
Yesterday afternoon, she narrowly escaped injury in the aircraft she was piloting
when she was forced to make an aemergency landing in Southern Tennessee because of bad weather.
That God our kids were with me this weekend.
The NTSB issued a preliminary report, citing pilot error: Judy was flying a single engine aircraft in IFR (instrument flight rating)
conditions while only having a VFR (visual
flight rating) rating.
The absence of a post crash fire was likely
due to insufficient fuel on board. No one on
the ground was injured. The photograph
below was taken at the scene and shows
the extent of damage to her aircraft. She
was very lucky!
Danny Salas
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes
from the poor and campaign funds from
the rich, by promising to protect each
from the other.
A Politician is a fellow who will lay
down your life for his country.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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WHO IS JACK SCHITT?
Who is Jack Schitt? The lineage is finally
revealed! Many people are at a loss for a
response when someone says: "You don't
know Jack Schitt." Now you can intellectually handle the situation:
Jack is the only son of Awe Schitt. Awe
Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O.
Schitt, the owner of Needeep N. Schitt.
They had one son, Jack. In turn, Jack
Schitt married Noe Schitt.
The Deeply religious couple produced six children:
Holie Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Giva Schitt, Bull
Schitt, and the twins Deap Schitt and Dip
Schitt. Against her parents objection,
Deap Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high
school dropout.
After being married for 15 years, Jack and
Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later remarried Ted Sherlock and, because her
kids were still living with them, she wanted to keep her previous name. She was
then known as Noe Schitt Sherlock.
Meanwhile, Dip Schitt married Loda Schitt
and they produced a son of nervous disposition, Chicken Schitt.
Two of the other six children, Fulla Schitt
and Giva Schitt, were inseparable
throughout childhood and subsequently
married the Happens brothers in a dual
ceremony. The wedding announcement in
the newspaper announced the SchittHappens Wedding. The Schitt-Happens
children were Daawg, Byrd, Hoarse and
Bull.
Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to
tour the world. He recently returned from
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Italy with his new Italian
bride, Pisa Schitt.
So now when someone says
"You don't know Jack Schitt",
You can correct them!
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REUNION
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To land on some waiting farm.
I opened a box the other day
That I’d found on a closet floor.
Inside were the helmet and goggles
That I once so proudly wore.
But I said to her, “Dear Jenny
Though I ache to go out and fly,
I’ve promised another lover
To be faithful until I die.”
As I pulled the helmet onto my head
It turned into a key
To the door of an airplane hangar
On the field on my memory.
“This other love has no feeling for
flight,
So I’ll stay with her here on the
ground.
She’s given me such a share of her
life
That to honor my promise I’m bound.”
I saw inside this hanger
The most beautiful things I’ve known.
Lined up was every airplane
That I have ever flown.
There was the Jenny and Swallow and Eaglerock,
And Waco and little Jay Three;
The Stitson and Beechcraft and Howard
Were sitting there waiting for me.
As I petted old Jenny she sang to me
Once again with the wind in her wires;
More seductive than any lover I’ve known
Who’d excite my secret desires.
She said, “Come with me! We’ll fly once
again,
And I’ll give you back your youth.
We’ll circle and soar, and be joined once
more
In the mating of absolute truth.”
“We’ll see the sights that eagles see;
Feel the warm air’s cushioned lift.
To travel the sky like the wild birds fly
Is surely God’s greatest gift.”
I’ll anoint your face with warm oil
Spread by my rocker arms,
And whisper to yo while we’re gliding
“So wait just a wee bit longer
In your hanger of memory,
“Til the day that I come and we’ll fly
once again
Through the skies of eternity.”
Jim Leicher
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The Magic and Wonder of Flight
A CONTINUING SERIES
There is something about the mystique of flight that stirs the soul and dazzles the imagination. From the beginning
of mankind’s existence, we have long to
fly. Our prehistoric ancestors dreamed of
mighty wings go gain vantage in their
evolutionary struggles. Inspired by flight’s
unencumbered freedom, they endeavored to liberate themselves from two dimensional confinement. After centuries
of ponder, tinker, toil and trial, mankind
conquered flight’s mystery. What was
freely given to nature, mankind stole
through technological application.
Powerful, man-made rigid machines replaced nature’s anatomical perfection.
Through brute force and creative ingenuity we transcended our terrestrial presence to venture the skies. Mankind’s destiny has forever changed and now lies
with the stars.
Instead of our drab slogging forth and
back to the fishing boats, there’s a reason to life! We c an lift ourselves out of
ignorance, we can find ourselves as
creatures of excellence and intelligence
and skill. We can be free! We can learn
to fly!
The airplane has unveiled for us the true
face of the earth.
Antoinne de Saint-Exupery.
Sometimes I feel a strange exhilaration
up here which seems to come from
something beyond the mere stimulus of
flying. It is a feeling of belonging to the
sky, of owning and being owned — if only for a moment— by the air I breathe. It
is akin to the well known claim of the
swallow: each bird staking out his personal bug-strewn slice of heaven, his
inviolate property of the blue!
Travelers are always discoverers, especially those who travel by air. There are
no signposts in the air to show a man
has passed that way before. There are
no channels marked. The flier breaks
each second into new uncharted seas.
Ann Morrow Lindbergh, 1935
To most people, the sky is the limit. To
those who love aviation, the sky is
home.
— Anon.
The air up there in the clouds is very
pure and fine, bracing and delicious.
And why shouldn't it be? —it is the same
the angels breathe.
- Mark Twain
Man must rise above the Earth—to the
top of the atmosphere and beyond—for
only thus will he fully understand the
world in which he lives.
Socrates
A single lifetime, even though entirely
devoted to the sky, would not be enough
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for the study of so vast a subject. A
time will come when our descendants
will be amazed that we did not know
things that are so plain to them.
NOVEMBER PLANE TRUTHS!
Never test the depth of water with both
feet.
Never buy a portable TV set on the
sidewalk from a man who is out of
breath.
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
There are no limits.
There are plateaus, and you must not
stay there; you must go beyond them.
If it kills you, it kills you.
— Bruce Lee
Life is like a cup of tea,
It’s all in how you make it!
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TOASTS OF THE MONTH !
Here are some good words to live by,
Love to one, friendship to many,
And good will to all!
May the Lord take a liking to you,
But not too soon!
Here’s to our favorite fisherman
May he live long enough to hear his
stories come true.
Old friends are scarce,
New friends are few,
Here’s hoping I’ve found
One of each in you.
Here’s to the present
The hell with the past!
A health to the future and joy to the last!
May leprechauns dance over your bed,
And bring you sweet dreams!
May you always be tender with the young,
Compassionate for the old
And tolerant of the weak
Because at one time or another in life
You will have been all of these.
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Roland Tweed, Editor
7177 Brockton Ave #111
Riverside, CA 92506-2632
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