Next Meeting: Friday January 23, 2015 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 2949 Alamo St., Simi Valley

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1 AMA Charter Club #159 January 19, 2015 Next Meeting: Friday January 23, 2015 at the Trinity Lutheran Church, 2949 Alamo St., Simi Valley President Todd Krueger tskrueger@sbcglobal.com Vice President Keith Martin mkeithmartin@yahoo.com Treasurer.. Bob Fricke bob@kjf1.com Membership. Andy Weir acweir@dslextreme.com Secretary.. Glen Roe Jr itvguy@pacbell.net Safety Officer.. Bill Prosser eastonbatman@gmail.com Newsletter Ken Milbrett kmilbrett@roadrunner.com Communications...Bill Luckie bluckie@simivalleyflyers.com Simi Valley Flyers P.O. Box 812 Simi Valley, CA The Simi Valley Flyers club is incorporated as a nonprofit organization. We are a radio control model airplane club founded in We have a 450 ft. by 50 ft. asphalt runway with a 150 ft. by 65 ft. pit area. Our flying field is located inside Oak Park which is owned by the County of Ventura. The Simi Valley Flyers operate, maintain and improve this facility under a lease agreement with Ventura County. All inputs to the Newsletter must be sent in by the 18 th of each month to the following address: kmilbrett@roadrunner.com effortlessly, the work they do behind the scenes is very important and appreciated,thank You! Hope to see everyone at the field with their new toys. A great way to show off your new planes is to bring them to our show and tell at the monthly meetings. Please share as we our always interested in seeing them. See you at the field, Todd The President s Message Todd Krueger Hello SVF, Another year has gone and the Simi Valley Flyers will be celebrating the 50 th anniversary this year. At our January meeting we will be discuss how to celebrate, possibly placing an order for special edition 50 th anniversary clothing and possible having our first Fun Fly with a free BBQ. Please join us for our first meeting of the year so we can get information on what you would like to see this year. I want to thank the new and returning club officers for dedicating their valuable time to keep the club running 1

2 The Vice President s Message Keith Martin Keith, o Bill Luckie: Communications Director o Ron Scott: Newsletter Editor o Andy Weir: Membership o Anthony Aleta: Secretary o Bob Fricke: Treasurer See you at the field December Simi Valley Flyers General Membership Meeting Minutes: By: Anthony Aleta, Secretary Meeting Called to order at 6:05 PM 2015 Officers: The following individuals were nominated for an office at the November meeting. There was no opposition for each of these candidates. All were confirmed on ratification from members in attendance: o Bill Luckie: Communications Director o Andy Weir: Membership o Bob Fricke: Treasurer o Bill Prosser: Safety Officer o Bill Prosser: Safety Officer o Keith Martin: Vice President o Todd Krueger: President Todd Krueger also thanked outgoing officers Anthony Aleta (secretary) and Ron Scott (newsletter editor) for their service to the club. The members in attendance applauded in affirmation. The drawing for prizes was also done. The following individuals won the respective prizes: o Andy Weir: eflite UMX Beast o Kyle Priske: Horizon Hobbies Sport Cub o Ken Milbrett: 57 wingspan MXSR plane donated by JB Hobbies o Keith Martin: Vice President o Anthony Aleta: eflite UMX Radian o Todd Krueger: President The following individual was voted into office for 2015: o Ken Milbrett: Newsletter Editor The Secretary position remains vacant at this time and a suitable candidate will be appointed into office for 2015 Sean Slattery volunteered to take a lot of the club s photos over the next year. All in attendance appreciated his efforts, since he essentially started tonight. Side note: 2014 officer slate was the following o Alan Zalmanowitz: eflite Slick 3D ARF Plane o Bill Prosser: HiTec Dual Charger o Glen Roe Sr: 5 minute epoxy o Glen Roe: CA Glue Accelerator o Wes: 5 minute epoxy o Keith Martin: CA Bottle o Bobby Haynes: 5 minute Epoxy o Todd Krueger: CA bottle Meeting Ended at 7:30 PM 2

3 87" Taylorcraft (Flight Model) (sold by JB Hobbies) Submitted by Keith Martin I have always liked the Taylorcraft, having had one of the eflite versions years ago. I was really glad that this plane was brought to our Nov meeting by James of JB Hobbies. With an impressive 87" wing span, I knew that I had to add this one to my hanger. Now that I have completed the assembly and first few flights, I thought I would write a review of this plane. When I first looked in the box just before Christmas, I was pleased to see everything securely held down. All the parts were accounted for and the condition of the covering was great. I was very impressed by the space available for the battery, this will make it very easy to get the CG set. The only area that presented a problem was that the assembly instructions called out for the elevator servo to be mounted below the elevator surface, however on the plane itself, the mounting location for the servo was actually located above the elevator surface. This was not acceptable to me, as I did not want the additional weight in the tail nor the servo and push rod to be above the elevator surface. My solution was to relocate the elevator servo up next to the rudder servo. I installed it in a raised location and used a wooden dowel to help eliminate the flexing that a pushrod of that length would have had. This has proven to work well. Included was a disc with the assembly instruction. These were about what I have come to expect from "overseas" companies. I chose my motor, speed control and servos from Hobby King and ordered them. Once they were received, test fitting was done and I found that the servos locations in the wing required a little modification due to the size of the servo. 3

4 The first flights were done using 2 4S 4000 batteries hooked up in parallel giving me flight times in excess of 10 minutes. I am using a Master Airscrew 3 bladed prop (16x8). Checking the amp draw using 4S showed that max amps was 37 at full throttle on the bench. The first flights were very scale, the performance of this plane was great, and looked great in the air. The 4S power setup gave the plane just a little less power than I was hoping for. With the 5S batteries, (2 5S 3800) the plane has the power and performance that I was looking for. Here are the specs for my electronics. Motor SK Speed Control Turnigy Plush 100 Amp Turns: 12T Cont. Current: 100A Voltage: 5~8S Lipoly Burst Current: 120A RPM/V: 430kv UBEC Mode: 3A/5v out Internal resistance: Voltage Range: 5.6v ~ Ohm 26v Max Loading: 70A Weight: 80g Max Power: 1750W Size: 80x31x17mm Weight: 378g Turnigy 620DMG+HS High Torque Digital Servo Weight: 52g / 1.84oz Dimensions: 40.5 x 20 x 42mm Torque At 6.0V: 10.6kg/cm, 190 oz./in Speed At 6.0V: 0.13 sec / 60 at no load Operating voltage: V In conclusion, I would highly recommend this plane to anyone who likes the Taylorcraft. Also, I would recommend that you might take a look at JB Hobbies website to see their other airplanes. They are located here in Southern California. First flight 4

5 Simi Valley Flyers Checklist Before each flight: Receiver voltage check Flight battery fully charged Plane fully fueled up. Left aileron bank, left aileron goes up. Elevator up and down. Rudder left and right. Call Coming Out to let other pilots in the air your intentions. Wait for acknowledgement from other pilots before advancing to the runway. Propeller free from cracks or damage Transmitter set to correct model Transmitter battery voltage check After Landing: Taxi in safely. Stop at the limit line. Do not taxi into the pit. Transmitter switches in correct position; Dual rates, flaps, mixes, landing gear, etc. Stop engine Disconnect the flight battery if electric All control surfaces not only functional but moving in the correct direction freely without binding; Aileron right bank, right aileron moves Turn off receiver battery, onboard ignitor, etc. Turn off Transmitter While assembling the airplane at the field: Check plane for damage, inside and out. No loose components inside of plane. Servos and servo tray rigidly mounted and secure. Wing and tail securely fastened. Pull test on ailerons, elevator, and rudder. Keepers on all clevises. Wheels and wheels pants secure. No holes in covering or loose covering. All screws in servo horns and control horns. Pushrods connected to servo horns securely. Servos plugged in correctly. Motor/engine mount secure. Name, address, and AMA number on or in plane. Before first flight: Range check if crash damage or any receiver changes. 5