April `16 Interference Newsletter - San Gabriel Valley Radio Control

Volume 54 - Issue 4
April 2016
interference
San Gabriel Valley Radio Control League
Celebrating 54 Years of Aircraft Modeling
Presidents Message
Ken Repairing Trainer
BY GILBERT LUCERO
Float Fly Monday’s
Our Float Fly Monday’s have become a very
special gathering, that our Club Member’s and
Guest’s look forward every
second Monday of the
month. Flying off the water
can be a little challenging
when flying a certain aircraft.
There is nothing more
satisfying than challenging
yourself to making a smooth
scale take-off and landing,
because it does not happen
all the time. Sometimes or
should I say a lot of times, we have to row the recovery boat to
Table Of Contents
1 - Presidents Message
-Gilbert Lucero
3 - Ken’s Pen
-Ken Meade
43 - Pylon Race Photos
-Robert King
5 - Float Fly
-Paul Moren
7 - In The Shop
-Robert King
12 - Check Your Six/
Model of the Month
15 - Pylon Workers Needed
retrieve our airplanes. The object of the game is not to get on
that boat. Unfortunately, I have
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been on that boat way too many times.
Flying off the water is more challenging, but it is what
makes it so much fun!
At The Field
Besides having fun flying, our Float Fly Barbecue’s have
become a great place to
“Flying off the water gather and socialize with one
is more challenging another. We have become
but it is what makes accustomed to our monthly
potlucks, that it is becoming
it so much fun!”
a tradition. Honestly, I think
-GILBERT
a lot of us look forward to the
food more than we do the flying. Everyone volunteers
to either bring the hot dogs, hamburgers or the carne
asada. Of course we all look forward to Bob’s great
potato salad and Jay’s delicious brownies, but more
than just the great food to look forward to, is the great
company. It has become a great way to unite, talk to
one another and show our support. I would like to thank everyone who helped organize this
monthly event and have kept it going. I would like to
especially thank my very special friend Paul Moren, for
getting this whole Float Fly Monday started. This little
piece of Legg lake has become a very special solace to
many of us.
GILBERT LUCERO
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Ken’s Pen
BY KEN MEADE
Something Different
You all know about the Tethered Car Track down by the restroom. In the
late 30's when small gasoline motors became available most went into
airplanes. Tethered Cars were a development from airplane nuts getting tired of crashing.
Keeping a hobby on the ground was a big improvement! It became very popular. Radio
control was a dream for the modelers them. A "Ham License" was required to even think
of using a transmitter then. Today I'm told there are three tracks in the USA like the one in
our park. Ours holds the speed record of over 200. I've stopped by there many times
when they are running. Just recently I saw one
post 198 MPH. The tech knowledge required on
those things rivals our best and far exceeds
90% of what we do! The piece of concrete they
run on has to be as smooth and level. Period! I just ran across a little bit of their history. As a
kid flying U control models the name "Dooling"
always came up for the hottest engines of that
time period. Also the most expensive. So
needless to say, I never even held one in my
hands. :-) Anyway, when you see them running at their once a month meet, take a look. They run
antiques as well as new stuff. They hold big events once in awhile. That's when I saw the
198 last month. No you won't see the car at 198. It's just a faint blur. I think the motors are
hitting the 30,000 rev mark. I don't really know, just guessing from the sounds. In this site
there's also pictures of one of the other tracks. It's nice!
http://hazelhomeartandantiques.blogspot.com/2015/04/cool-and-expensive-vintageopen-wheel.html
KEN MEADE
73 (Best Regards) WA6IVD
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March Pylon Race
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Float Fly
BY PAUL MOREN
March 14th
7:30 a.m. I opened the gates, the weather is cold and we have 16 pilots
after all, so at 8:30 a.m. I put my right hand in the Weigon prop with it
running, 15 stitches kinda like saw cut in the palm of your hand, I take
blood thinners so blood went everywhere, Gilbert took me to El Monte Emergency, they
said no waiting so went right in, got sewed up and back to the lake to finish with lunch.
Thanks Glen and Stella for cooking and Ed Howell for bringing really good hot dogs, we
had a small group for lunch. Then we had a GREAT surprise, Ken Dillon showed up with
an electric Extra 300 on floats, it's first time out, it flew great, it's so good to see you Ken
after 20 years, your a better flier than ever. I hope this gets to Robert King in time for the
next Newsletter AND thanks Gilbert for taking me to the hospital. Next float fly is Monday,
May 9th, 2016 hope to see you all there.
Safety First (thats a laugh)!
Airplanes Fly Better Off Water!
We Love the Park! TheWeigonisaCannibal!
PAUL J. MOREN
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!! 19TH ANNUAL !!
nd
2 Annual Castle 2016 ~
Giant Scale Fly-In
HOSTED BY
AMA CLUB 4021 ~ “CENTRAL CA MODEL FLYERS”
Castle Airport, Central California, off Highway 99
May 26th to 29th 2016
Landing Fee - $35.00
R.V. Camping for the Event - $40.00 or for Front Row - $60.00
Pilot Automobile Parking – $5.00 for the entire event
No Charge for Airplane Trailers, Tow Vehicles or Dinghys
Vendors * Raffle * Food
“IMAA” Legal Turbines Welcome
Scotty Malta, (Event Director & Registration) [email protected] (209) 617-5789
Rick Maida, (CD) – [email protected] (408) 460-1526
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In The Shop
BY ROBERT KING
My First Pylon Race
After every race we had at our field I
always said that it looks fun and I
might try it someday. Just never seemed to happen. Well
one of the racers/club member Pietro offered to sell me
a couple of his 424 planes and a few engines if I was
interested since he was getting out of that class. Said
sure. I was thinking I would give it a try practicing and if I
liked it would enter a race. Worried about having to
actually go the opposite way (like Nascar?) Gilbert
offered to help me learn. Went through the one that
looked ready to fly and changed the fuel tank
from 6 to 4oz. Added a LIFE battery, beefed
up a couple areas, minor repairs and called it
good. Gilbert got it trimmed out for me and I
commenced to flying. I’ve said this before but when your judging
we call the 424 the slow class sometimes.
Trust me when your out there flying it it
doesn’t seem that “slow”. I finally got used to
flying it I started practicing about twice a
week. Even if it was just one flight. The first race was about 2 months away. Gilbert
volunteered to be my caller (sucker!). The hardest part for me was trying to listen and fly at
the same time. Turn now? What was
that? Don’t fly over the pits? Well after
doing it over and over again I was
starting to get the hang of it! I got more
confident and flying steady. So I
decided to go ahead and enter the
race! I had my second Viper 500 that
was never flown so went ahead and
got that ready.
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Got all my stuff packed up and headed out to the race. It sure is a different perspective working at
a race and actually being a racer!
I practiced early to get mine trimmed out with another guy who was practicing at the same time.
All of a sudden it hit me that I will have to race against other planes! Hmmm. Now I got a little
nervous. I decided to race my older plane since I knew it the best and this was my first race. I
checked it over a 100 times or so and probably paced a path in the grass. Then I heard my name
called. Go time! Being a first time racer I only had to do 9 laps until my time is under 1:40 then the
following race would be the full 10 laps. So basically everybody had to lap me to win. Wasn’t too
sure about that but I understand why they do it for first timers. Well got out on the line with the other two racers. Surprisingly I wasn’t too nervous. Once the flag
dropped there was no time to be nervous! I technically came in last but nobody lapped me so I
won my first race! 9 lapper though! Well I was under the 1:40 time so the next day race I would be
racing the full 10 laps. I had a fly off for second place the first day. Older gentleman named Ron. Nice guy. Was giving
me tips in the pits. I watched him race and saw how he snuck up from behind and won a heat.
Thinking that when came time to race him I was thinking this. I was ahead most of the laps and all
of a sudden Gilbert says he’s catching
up…my heart starts pounding because I
wanted to win! I got a little too confident
and yep you guessed it he snuck up on
me and beat me. What fun though and
we had a good laugh about it.
Ended up with 3rd place the first day and
2nd place the second day. Honestly I
would have been happy just finishing.
Never thought I would place my first race.
Guess what?
I’m hooked! Already working on
recovering another plane!
I can’t thank Gilbert enough for helping me. I would have never even got up in the air without him.
He’s always helping others at the field and for him to find the time to help myself have fun with
this hobby I am truly privileged. Thanks Gilbert!
Until next time….
What’s goin on in your shop?
ROBERT KING
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Check Your Six!
SOME RANDOM TIPS, OBSERVATIONS AND FUNNY’S
Silent Auction
We will be having a silent auction at
the April club meeting with items
donated from Jim Riccio’s wife.
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2016 CLUB OFFICERS
President: GILBERT LUCERO
626-579-0317 - [email protected]
Vice President: JIM PATTON
909-395-6769 - [email protected]
Secretary: TED HOLDREDGE
562-425-8924 - [email protected]
Treasurer: PAUL TIMPANO
562-631-8936 - [email protected]
Contest Coordinator: PAUL TIMPANO
562-631-8936 - [email protected]
Sergeant of Arms: TBD
Field Marshall: - GILBERT LUCERO
626-579-0317 - [email protected]
Safety Cordinator: JERRY SWAIM
626-967-9920 [email protected]
Newsletter: ROBERT KING
562-618-7335 - [email protected]
Membership: ANDY HEISLER
714-656-8689 - [email protected]
Haberdasher: RICK TYREE
562-900-3369 - [email protected]
Refreshments: LARRY KANESHIRO
626-288-6683 - [email protected]
Member at Large: RJ King
562-618-7335 - [email protected]
Float Fly Coordinator: Paul Moren
323-256-0519 - [email protected]
R/C Flight Instructors
Chief-Instructor: Ken Meade (626) 282-1461
Steve Lopez (562) 908-4429 (Helicopter
Instructor)
Board Meeting Minutes
in order to save space in the newsletter, a
copy of the minutes of last month’s board
meeting has been put online at
sgvrcl.org/boardmeeting.pdf
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CLUB WEB PAGE ON THE INTERNET
http://www.sgvrcl.org
Club members and newsletter readers are
welcome to join our e-mail list. Sign up at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sgvrcl
NEW MEMBERS
New members are welcome and encouraged to join
the SGVRCL, Inc. Please contact club Membership
Chairman Andy Heisler. His contact information is in
the list to the left.
MEETING INFORMATION
Business Meeting
2nd Tuesday of the month: 7:00 p.m.
General Membership Meeting
4th Tuesday of the month: 7:30 p.m.
Note: There is no December
General Membership Meeting!
CLUB MEETING LOCATION
The club has a new location for all club meetings.
Sincere thanks go to Bob Chase for arranging the use
of the El Monte Airport Administration building our
meetings. This new building, which has conditioning
and heating, is a first class venue our club meetings.
The building is located smack dab in the center
the airport off of Santa Anita Ave. Look for the building
with the curved roof.
Park Police Dispatch Number
800-834-0064
This is the 24-hour dispatch number for the Park
Police. You may want to jot this number down and
stuff it in your wallet for future reference. When
you’ve seen someone flying unsafely, this is the
number to call if the flyer refuses to abide by the field
rules.
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Club Member Classified
FOR SALE - Cermark EDGE 540E
Features a E-Flight 480 Brushless motor
Matching ESC w/ DEANS Plug
Hitec HS-55 servos - Spektrum Receiver
Flys great! Sport to 3D
$100 with receiver
$80 w/o receiver
Rick Tyree - CELL - 562-900-3369
[email protected]
FOR SALE - E-Flight FW-190Features a E-Flight
POWER 15 Brushless motor
43" WS
E-Flight 30A BEC ESC AR610 Spektrum Receiver
Uses 3S Li-Po Batteries.
Includes E-Flight 10-15 size 74-degree elec
retracts
$150 with receiver
$125 w/o receiver
Rick Tyree - CELL - 562-900-3369
[email protected]
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Pylon Workers Needed!
Volunteers needed for our next club sponsored pylon race.
Saturday May 21st and Sunday May 22nd. Any help is appreciated
and helps your club as it is one of our biggest fundraisers for the
year. It’s easy and fun! Free lunch included for all workers and for
each day you volunteer you get a $5 gift card. If you don’t have a
parks pass it is $6 to get in each day but the club will reimburse
you for each day.
To sign up at the field ask Ken for the sign up sheet or send me an email at
[email protected]
Happy Birthday!
April
May
Another year younger?
Another year older?
ANDY HEISLER
5
ALVIN HOGAN
5
JIM PETERSON
8
DON SCHRELLO
8
PAUL CAROTHERS
12
LOUIS RENTERIA
11
JOHN RAMIREZ
12
KHEANG EAP
15
CARLOS OLSEN
15
LOUIS STEINHAUER
21
JAMES PATTON
29
PHIL HERRERA
26
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Whittier Spring Pylon Race Sponsor: San Gabriel Valley Radio Control League​ ​(AMA #154) ​ ​, (1/2 day practice on Friday the 20th
​ ​ ). When: May 21‐22nd
Where: Whittier Narrows Regional Park. (There’s a $6.00 Park Entrance Fee at the gate). Exit north on Rosemead Blvd off the 60 Fwy, turn left into the park approx ¼ mile from the Fwy. Classes: 424, (APRA), 422, 426. Format: Two one‐day races. MAXIMUM OF 3 PER FREQUENCY/GROUP (IN EACH CLASS). Entry Fee: $25.00 per class per day. You must show proof of AMA at sign up on Saturday and Sunday. Pre‐registration by Friday is required. Email Dave Gavin: ​[email protected]​ with your info​. Registration and inspection will close at 7:30 am Saturday and Sunday. Pilots meeting at 8:30 am, First race begins at 9:00 am sharp. NO PRACTICE SATURDAY OR SUNDAY UNLESS YOU HAVE REGISTERED! CD: Dave Gavin, (909)‐730‐5166; CO‐CD: Mario Salazar, (714)‐319‐4145 ​[email protected] FAA UAS CERTIFICATE NUMBER MUST BE APPLIED TO ALL PLANES COMPETING AT THE EVENT. ALL PLANES WILL BE INSPECTED FOR COMPLIANCE. Hotels: Ramada Inn Doubletree Hotel Motel 6 Los Angeles‐Rosemead 1089 S. Santa Anita Ave. 888 Montebello Blvd. 1001 South San Gabriel Blvd. South El Monte, CA., 91733 Rosemead, CA., 91770 Rosemead, CA., 91770 (626) 350‐9588 (323) 722‐8800 (626) 572‐6076 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Name: __________________________________ AMA: _________________ NMPRA: _______ Address: ___________________________ City: _______________ State: ______ Zip: _______ Class: APRA: _________ AMA 426: ________ AMA 422: _________ Teammate #1​:_______________________​Teammate #2:​______________________ Page 16 of 17
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Club Schedule
Field is closed Easter Sunday!
April 2016
May 2016
April 11th
Float Fly
May 9th
Float Fly
April 12th
Club Board Meeting
May 10th
Club Board Meeting
April 26th
SGVRCL Club Meeting
May 24th
SGVRCL Club Meeting
Valley Radio Control League
The monthly Newsletter of the San Gabriel
SGVRCL
P.O. Box 1645
Duarte, CA
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