186 MODEL AVIATION
WALT MOUCHA JR. shared his latest
project: the Fly Baby. The 1/2-scale model
has a 14-foot wingspan and is powered by a
3W140 engine. The aircraft has a 106-inch
fuselage and he controls it with a Futaba 2.4
GHz radio system.
Walt covered the airplane with F&M
Stits fabric. It took him only six months to
design and build this beautiful scale model
and it flies well at half throttle.
“A real pussycat,” Walt wrote about the
Fly Baby. “I have ideas of doing another in
2/3 scale—18-feet, 6-inch wingspan,” he
concluded.
“The District of Columbia Radio Control
club (DC/RC) held its Model Aviation
Flying Camp in August 2007. This year’s
flight camp was as great as last year’s! We
had great weather all week long (maybe a bit
hot). This year’s enrollment was nine
students ranging in age from 9-14 years old.
“We started the week with five trainers
that I provided and two club trainers. By the
end of the week, we had only lost one plane.
There were some hard landings, but no
crashes. A rough estimate was that 100
flights were made, almost 3 gallons of fuel
were used, and about half of the campers
had landed a least once during the week.
“Club members came out and gave a lot
of their time/experience and effort to make
this camp such a success. We had three or
four flight instructors each day. Ron
Bozzonetti and others gave the students
great instruction and stick time.
“Terry Lamb brought in some of his great
airplanes to show the kids and flew one of
his big birds for them. David Drazin helped
the students build the ARF that flew on
Thursday of that week. Bob Yount helped
with the engines. Don Grey gave a lecture on
flight that was informative and fun.
“We had help from the parents also. One
father, Greg Dinardi, brought in a laptop
computer to run the flight simulator when
mine failed. Student Sabrina Sanchez
brought in an Alpha Trainer that she was
training on with her father, Jose Sanchez.
“Sabrina’s mom, Julie helped police the
students, brought in a recycling bin, and had
homemade cookies on the last day. Other
parents also stayed during the day and
helped out. Some even got a chance to fly.
“This year we were sponsored by
Duralite. The company gave us Lithium Ion
battery packs, regulators, and chargers for
all five trainers.”
—Ed Leibolt
Until next time, go teach a kid to fly.
District IV
Bliss Teague, District IV Vice President; [email protected]
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia
Bliss Teague
Vice President
625 5th Ave. SW,
Hickory NC 28602
Tel.: (828) 324-2164
Fax: (828) 267-0956
[email protected]
Associate Vice
Presidents
George Abbott, Raleigh NC;
(919) 848-6719;
[email protected]
Randy Elliott, Radford VA;
Home: (540) 239-0645; Office:
(540) 994-2316;
[email protected]
Chuck Foreman, Kill Devil Hills
NC; (252) 441-5855;
[email protected]
David Jones, Newport NC;
(252) 727-4750;
[email protected]
Ron King, Gainesville VA;
[email protected]
John Kirchstein, Newark DE;
(302) 731-2831;
[email protected]
Richard (Rick) Moreland,
Edgewater MD; (301) 261-7366;
[email protected]
Steve Moulton, Chesapeake VA;
(757) 421-4545;
[email protected]
Frequency Coordinator:
George Fryer, Fayetteville NC;
(910) 867-9524;
[email protected]
Contest Coordinators:
RC: Andy Kane, 305 Natick Ct.,
Silver Spring MD 20905; (301)
785-3022; [email protected]
FF and CL: John Tate, 10
Hanbury Ave., Portsmouth VA
23702; [email protected]
Safety Coordinator: Will Hicks,
25 Blessing Ct., Hendersonville
NC 28739; (828) 553-8116;
[email protected]
D i s t r i c t I V V o l u n t e e r s
Edition: Model Aviation - 2008/01
Page Numbers: 186