Author: Russ Miller
Edition: Model Aviation - 2003/09
Page Numbers: 170

District IX Report - 2003/09

Coverage

Colorado / Kansas / Nebraska / North Dakota / South Dakota / Wyoming

Vice President

Russ Miller 980 N. 3rd St. Carrington, ND 58421 Tel.: (701) 652-2321 Fax: (701) 652-2994 E-mail: [email protected]

Associate Vice Presidents

  • Max Hansen, 1909 Wisconsin SW, Huron, SD 57350
  • H. Michael Harrington, 6112 Ashton Ct., Fort Collins, CO 80525
  • Fred Hildebrand, 4015 Somerset Circle, Casper, WY 82609-3161
  • Nathan Lancaster, 3597 S. Kendall Street, Denver, CO 80235
  • Troy Lapp, 1619 Wichita Dr., Bismarck, ND 58504
  • Travis McGinnis, 8027 W. 81st Circle, Arvada, CO 80005
  • Don Moden, 410 Hart St., Salina, KS 67401
  • Jim Ricketts, 4921 Fernwood Drive, Sioux Falls, SD 57103-5573
  • Jack L. Sibert, 3611 Kimberly Circle, Lincoln, NE 68506-4524
  • Mark T. Smith, 14632 W. 50th Street, Shawnee, KS 66216

Frequency Coordinator

Steve Mangles, c/o Radio Service Center, 918 S. Sheridan, Denver, CO 80226

News from Colorado

The third annual Warbirds Over Pikes Peak was held May 14–15, 2003. Preston Hall of the host club, the Pikes Peak Radio Control Club, contributed the following report.

Wow — I have never seen so many cars, people, RVs, planes, spectators, and wind at the Judge Orr flying field ever.

I want to thank many people for their help because it is nice to see volunteers come forward and get involved. Mike Weidner has done a great job in uniting this club and getting people involved. Thank you, Mike.

Many thanks to these people who helped at the event:

  • Wayne Cooksey
  • Tuck Erickson
  • Jim Terry (handled the kids' raffle, donated prizes at his own expense, and put many smiles on their faces — Jim, you are one of the very big good guys in this club)
  • Keith Davis
  • Ken Dunn
  • Jim Murphy
  • Ray Orr
  • Joe Rizzo
  • John McGrath (Air Boss)
  • Larry Loughlin
  • Mike Weidner
  • David Hoffman
  • Robert Stere
  • Rick Paquin
  • "Z"
  • and many others who offered their help

Event facts:

  • 40 registered pilots
  • 80 warbirds showed up
  • Between 250 and 350 spectators enjoyed the show

These numbers are up from last year's 37 pilots, 52 planes, and about the same number of spectators. Many out-of-town pilots complimented our club's flying field.

Gary Rheault flew in from Mesa, Arizona, in his Piper Saratoga Turbo to attend the event and stated he will return. He also gave us a low fly-by before returning to Arizona.

There were a few complaints about the food, but all in all Choo Choo Charlie again did a good job.

Both raffle gifts did well and were donated by local companies: a JR 63/XP Radio System by HobbyTown USA and a Hangar 9 P-51 ARF kit by All-Pro Water Flow RV Holding Tank Service.

Trophies were awarded as follows:

  • Egil Wigent — 1/3-scale Stearman (People's Choice) and 1/2-scale P-47 (Best Scale Flight)
  • Brian O'Mera — 1/5-scale P-40 (Pilot's Choice)
  • Ray Orr — 1/7-scale P-49 (Best Graphics)
  • Rick Paquin — 1/8-scale Cessna 182 (Best Airplane)

This event was a money maker for the club ($1,023) and moved along very smoothly. I will present the check to the club at the next meeting.

Thanks to everyone who helped. If members want it done again next year, vote for the fourth annual Warbird Rally.

Basic Radio Control Definitions

From the BARF Rag, newsletter of the Beresford Area Radio Flyers (South Dakota), come the following definitions for terminology used in basic radio control. You may have seen them before, but they are worth a second read.

  • Angle of Attack: Direction from which you are hit after setting up a landing with your clubmate's new airplane.
  • Balsa: What dreams were made of.
  • Blind Nut: Judge at a Pattern contest.
  • Crash: Quick method of removing the radio and engine from one model to fit them in your new model.
  • Computer: Device that enables you to make mistakes at the speed of light.
  • Cyanoacrylate: 1) Special glue designed to instantly glue fingers to balsa structures. 2) Special glue, instantly curing when parts are misaligned and hardly (if at all) curing when parts are correctly aligned. 3) Substance used to make eyes water profusely at critical points in construction.
  • Dead Stick: Two of these can be found on your transmitter after failing to properly charge your batteries.
  • Engine: Device designed to make noise. It will suddenly stop making this noise when beyond glide-in distance.
  • Epoxy: The stuff that has replaced the balsa after the flying season.
  • Failsafe: Option on PCM radios that allows a pilot to choose whether to crash nearby or far away.
  • Firewall: Removable part of the fuselage that comes off on landing.
  • Flare: 1) What someone has when they're good enough to show off. 2) Beginner's luck.
  • Flying Wing: What you see after pulling too tight a loop.
  • Fuel tank: Plastic bottle, designed to leak when placed in totally inaccessible locations.
  • Fuselage: Receptacle into which the RC pilot stuffs money in the hope his airplane will fly better.

News from Kansas

Carl Melin, newsletter editor for the R/C Barnstormers, sent information and pictures about the club's training program.

The R/C Barnstormers is a club in Johnson and Miami Counties, Kansas, with a flying field near Hillsdale Lake. Tuesday nights are training nights at the field, and the club's main instructors and some helpers strive to be there every Tuesday night during Daylight Saving Time.

This year we have, every Tuesday night, Nathan Reed, Kevin Cole, and Jason Escobar. The instructors who have devoted so much of their time to this successful endeavor are:

  • Mike Shoup
  • Steve Milam
  • Dennis McCarn
  • Jim Schauf

There are 10 more students currently undergoing instruction.

Transcribed from original scans by AI. Minor OCR errors may remain.