AMA News: District IV - 2008/01
Walt Moucha Jr. — Fly Baby
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-foot, 6-inch wingspan."
DC/RC Model Aviation Flying Camp (August 2007)
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). Enrollment was nine students, ranging in age from 9 to 14 years old.
Camp summary:
- Started the week with five trainers provided by the club and two club trainers.
- By the end of the week, we had lost only one plane.
- Rough estimate: about 100 flights were made and almost 3 gallons of fuel were used.
- About half of the campers had landed at least once during the week.
Instructors and volunteers:
- We typically had three or four flight instructors each day.
- Ron Bozzonetti and others provided great instruction and stick time.
- Terry Lamb brought several 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 an informative and fun lecture on flight.
Parent involvement:
- Parents helped throughout the week. Greg Dinardi brought a laptop to run the flight simulator when mine failed.
- Student Sabrina Sanchez brought an Alpha Trainer that she was training on with her father, Jose Sanchez.
- Sabrina's mom, Julie, helped supervise the students, brought in a recycling bin, and provided homemade cookies on the last day.
- Other parents stayed during the day, helped out, and some even got a chance to fly.
Sponsor:
- This year we were sponsored by Duralite. The company provided lithium-ion battery packs, regulators, and chargers for all five trainers.
—Ed Leibolt
Until next time, go teach a kid to fly.
Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.
