May 2008 Club Activities

 

Spring is here and summer is just around the corner, ain't it grand?

 

First Time Out
The Graphite II out for the first time this year. Still a very solid performer. Some of the planes out today.
Chris Corven is back in Michigan and his son Curtis is showing a lot of interest. Look out you ORF's, the kids learn fast and then kick butt. The Steve (Martinez) is back and having fun again with the guys.

Club Meeting
Another youngster coming along, Chris Schnur with dad Joe seated in front of him. The "Kenster" trying to learn to fly by reading books.

Actually it is a full scale book that has a lot of good info for model sailplaners.
Charlie smiling at the camera. Dick Stratton giving a class on retriever safety. It is needed and well received.

Fun in the Sun Is Back
Mike Wade took the day to clean out the shed. Mike is one those tireless workers that every club wishes they had. The club owes him a big thank you for all the work he does. I got us a new battery for the dead one and Mike did the heavy lifting to replace the old one on the cart. Hutch is carrying the old one around in his truck for ballast in the snow.
Lots of activity, you just have to love this time of year, everyone has cabin fever and wants to get out and play. Dan Jackman in all his glory after a long and successful flight. Good lift today and long flights were the norm.
The "Barnster" getting ready to whip the Blaster I. Corven arriving wanting to test his new Mini-AVA electric. The "Barnster's" Blaster I coming in from a little foray with the thermal gods. The bad news is this little gem went into the woods later in the day with a dead battery from being flown for a couple of hours without new electrons.

The good news is I have a new one on order for him.
Jerry is a power guy and came out to see what is going on in our world.

We may have a convert.

 A lot of activity for a Wednesday. Some of these guys must be playing hooky. It is great to see the good turnouts we have been getting on our Wednesday training/testing days.
OK, we have officially re-named Hutch "Foam Boy". You should always refer to him as that at the field. Wolf is always around to help out. What a great asset to the club. He keeps us all straight on the electron pushing technologies.
Dick Stratton's scratch built Edge. His work is just impeccable. Nothing is from a kit that I know of requiring the making of molds for the fuse. If you look carefully, you can see the 2S2P A123 battery I am experimenting with in the Graphite II. The electrons flow through a 125 Amp CC ESC and I am working up to the 165 Amp range with prop selection. The motor is a Neu 1506-1D with a Kv=9600 - Scary stuff. Steve Neu calls these motors "welders" for a reason.