june 2013 newsletter - miramar rc...
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THE BEACON
Return Address: Nathaniel Guerrero 6433 Reflection Drive #102 San Diego, CA 92124
JUNE 2013
June 2013
The next MRCF Meeting will be on TUESDAY, 11 June 2013 Location: American Legion Hall 7815 Armour St.
Corner of Armour and Convoy St. Board Meeting at 6:30 PM – Gen. Meeting at 7:00 PM
American Legion Hall at 7815 Armour Street.
Hwy 163 TO BALBOA AVENUE, WEST TO CONVOY STREET, LEFT ON CONVOY TO ARMOUR ST., TURN LEFT ONTO ARMOUR AND RIGHT INTO AMERICAN LEGION.
ADDITIONAL PARKING IS ACROSS THE STREET AT CARQUEST.
CLUB OFFICERS President: Darren Hauptman
(619) 948-1948
Vice President: Mark Lukens
(858) 945-8525
Secretary: Brad Kuller
(858) 271-4430
Treasurer: George Sager
(858) 748-0868
Field Marshal: Sandy Sanderson
(858) 695-3095
Helicopter Chairman: Darren Hauptman
(619) 948-1948
Safety Coordinators: Brian Werner
(760) 473-7004
Membership Chairman: Brian Werner
(760) 473-7004
Newsletter Editor: Nathaniel Guerrero (858) 240-2215 Email: [email protected]
Club Webmaster: Darren Hauptman
[email protected] www.miramarrcflyers.com
CLUB FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS Any club member who wishes to have some assistance should call one of our designated instructors. There is no duty instructor at the field, so you must prearrange a time with someone on this list.
Name Number Richard Barndt (858) 213-5740 Frank Gagliardi (858) 271-4430
Curtis Kitteringham (760) 746-5913 Mark Lukens (858) 945-8525
Jerry Neuberger (619) 258-4477 Paul Stenberg (760) 743-5458 Tom Mulder (619) 804-8596 Tom Pham (858) 761-3959 Ron Stark (858) 530-0586
Talmadge Sanders (858) 382-2003 Darren Hauptman (619) 948-1948
From the Left Seat: No comments for this month. From the Right Seat: No comments for this month. Safety Coordinator: No comments for this month.
Field Marshal: No comments for this month. Helicopter Chairman: No comments for this month. Membership Chairman:
No comments for this month. 14 May 2013 Miramar Radio Control Flyers
Minutes of the Meeting Held at the
American Legion President called the meeting to order at 1900 hrs.
Rattle Snake Season is here, BEWARE!
Pledge Of Allegiance
Secretary: The Secretary’s report was given and approved.
Treasurer: The treasurers’ report was delayed due to his absence.
Guests/Introductions/Prospective/ Members: Jack Hicks, belongs to silent electric club. Jarrod Pin,
silent electric member.
Safety:
• Be mindful of the fog, one plane was lost due to it.
Field Marshal:
• Nothing new this month. Field clean up will be this Saturday. George’s window on his truck was
broken by a rock, the club will look in to paying for it.
Old Business:
• The club has acquired a T-34 at the Leatherneck Museum to adopt. We will be doing routine basic
maintenance such as cleaning and keeping air in the tires. This Monday we will be at the museum
at 1700 to clean the T-34. They are bringing out a water buffalo for the job we just need bodies.
This will be good to keep up relations with the base. See the website for more information.
• The porta-potty purchase is on hold for the moment, more to come.
Events:
• Scale Fly in this weekend at the WeedWacker’s field, it would be good for the club to fly at other
clubs to get them to come out to ours.
• Cub Fly in, Saturday June 8th
• June 1 Gillespie Field Model Show
• Pylon racing 6/16, 9/15.
• Rotors over Miramar July 13-14, we are not looking to add night flying or camping this year. We
do not want to raise any concerns with the base at this time.
• July 27 Flights of Fancy
• Pattern Contest in August
• Aug 24-25 E-fest at Aliant university. Indoor and outdoor, partially at MRCF.
• Oct 11-13 All electric heli events at SDSEF.
• Nov 9 Veterans Day fly in.
• Dec 12 Toys for tots.
Lease Update: The board and task group met, Darren also met with the leasing office at the base. What
we have learned is that we have never ever had an actual lease. We have had a license to operate.
Presently, a lease is an agreement for non-military operations. With the lease comes the ability to bid on
the lease. With that you hold insurance and pay fair market value. We are not technically a military
organization. Technically we would have to have a lease. We occupy about two acres of land, costing
about $30k per year. The leasing office said that we should seek a sponsor, i.e. MWR/MCCS to give us a
license. For 26 years the base has allowed us to be here without protocol to the base. When she asked
what we are trying to do, we said we want to be legal so we can’t be kicked off. Her response was that we
haven’t been legal for a year, because she hasn’t submitted the lease. Her response was to leave it alone
and to continue to operate. Our response is to continue operating until the Marine Corps tells us we can’t
be there. Darren and Frank are planning to meet and greet with the CO to establish what we do. With this,
our future will be a little unstable. The only thing that a lease really gets us is more notice that we are
being kicked out. We need to be very careful to not have problems at the field. This means that we need to
open and close the field, not lose airplanes, make sure we have communications with the base, etc. Be
vigilant, we do not need negative attention. We will be looking into a better PA system for the phone.
New Business:
• Bob Mosley took it upon himself to manufacture a beautiful new test stand for the field. The stand
itself is already mounted at the field. There are two mounts, one is for beam-mounted engines the
other is for face mounted gas engines. Will accommodate anywhere from an .049 to a 200CC gas
engine. There is a box of hardware under the stand. Mark donated a mount, Jerry donated some
stand offs. Bob suggested that the mounts be left at the field for peoples use. He suggested that
there be a sign off sheet in the tool shed for people to check out the mount bases and take them
home to set them up. Bob’s intent is to make the mounts easily accessible to the club. The club
thanks and encourages this kind of improvements. Each one of us has a specialty to be shared.
Thank you Bob for all of the hard work. Mark and Bob are also working on a joystick/throttle set
up so you do not have to manage it by hand.
• July kids event: Curtis is looking for prize donations.
• RCX Long Beach Convention Center Events is looking for volunteers in Long Beach with free
entry and lodging, see Frank for Details. June 1-2.
• Tom Pham has shirts available to be ordered with the clubs logo. Please see him for details.
• Our field grant was approved, thank you to Jerry N. It is in the AMA news, which gave us
approximately $800 for our runway.
Show and Tell:
• Don Rice: Completed Top Flight Giant Scale P-47 Razorback. This was a 5-month project. Frank
did some detailing. There are about 400 hours in the finish work. All of the panels and rivets are
scale. Zenoah g-62, 11 servos, Robart retracts.
• Frank- Float Flyers: Multiplex Mentor $139 + $40 for floats. Easy build/easy flying plane. Ace 4-
90 on floats. Came from a Don Madison estate sale. Maxford floats. First flight hooked a float and
turned the original float mounts in to a pretzel. Frank went to McMaster Carr and ordered 1/8”
aluminum to make new mounts. OS .91 4 Stroke.
• Jack: Gusman P-51 combat model. NA 73X protype. Pilots head turns with the rudder.
Meeting Adjourned: 2025
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