Radio Waves. Tri Village RC Key Events: 2018 Warbirds & Classics. Flying Electrons Airfest. Rock Valley Water Fun Fly

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1 President Bob Larsen Tri Village RC Radio Waves Vice President Frank Del Giudice- Secretary Joe Trytek Treasurer Wolfie Donalies Aug 25 Aug 25 Volume 24 Issue 8 Aug Key Events: 2018 Warbirds & Classics Barnstormers Over Champaign, IL Giant Scale Flying Electrons Airfest Director Hugh Pearl Director Jim Estey Aug 25 Aug 26 Sept 6 Rock Valley Water Fun Fly TriVillage Contest Touch & Go Tri Village R/C Meeting Safety Officer Sept 8 Wings & Wheels St. Charles Jim Estey Field Marshal Ken Meyers Editor Sept Sept 15 Sept N. Central IMAC Muncie Rockford Warbirds Streator Warbird & Classics Dave Harvey Poplar Creek Model Airplane Field

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6 Charlie Bauer A Friend of Many, and a True R/C Industry Legend * Article From August Model Aviation *

7 Awards of Twinkies, Ho Ho s and Ding Dongs brought out a talented bunch of Pilots. Great Job Hugh for organizing this fun event!

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9 Tri Village Squadron

10 Waiting To Fly

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15 Class May 27th June 10th July 8th August 26th Rain Date 2018 TriVillage Contest Schedule Novice Straight Flight F A Loops & F A Intermediate Fast & Slow F A Spins F A Bomb Drop - No Mechanicals F A Touch & Go F A & loops Points Points Rolls Points Points Points Points 5 Times Points Points Bomb Drop - No Mechanicals F A Touch & Go F A Expert Fast & Slow Inverted F A Inverted Spins F A Bomb Drop - No Mechanicals F A Touch & Go F A September 9th October 14th November 11th Current Current Final Non-Points Points Position Position Bomb Drop - Timed Flight & Landing F A Climb & Glide F A Peg & Mechanical F A Points Points Points Points Points Points Timed Flight & Landing F A Climb & Glide F A Bomb Drop - Peg & Mechanical F A Timed Flight & Landing F A Climb & Glide Inverted F A Bomb Drop - Peg & Mechanical F A

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17 2019 TriVillage Swap Shop Due to the date change by the DuPage County Fair Association and the related facility cost, it was decided to cancel the Swap Shop in 2019 at the Fair Grounds. The Risk / Reward analysis did not make sense. If any member can identify a facility that can handle our event at a reasonable cost, please forward that information to a Board Member, Paul Badalamenti, or Brian Eltherington

18 President Bob Larsen Vice President Frank Del Giudice- Tri Village RC Radio Waves Issue 8 Volume 24 Aug 2018 Tri-Village R/C Meeting Minutes - Aug 2, 2018 Secretary Joe Trytek Treasurer Wolfie Donalies Director Hugh Pearl Director Jim Estey Safety Officer Jim Estey Field Marshal Ken Meyers Meeting called to order: 7:30 PM by President Bob Larsen 22 in attendance. Club Penguin Fly: Done for the season. Guests / New Members / Solos: Brian Shubert, Al Kretchen and Carl Will were guests, and we had 2 new members bringing our membership to 71. Safety: No report this month. Field Report: The field is in great shape. Forest Preserve Update: None. Discovery Night: Going well this year. Al Davis (new member) soloed last Wednesday. Warbirds and Classics: Refer to Club 2018 Calendar. Web Site: / Newsletter: Dave Harvey will continue with Newsletter duties. Always needing new build photos. Local Events: Nothing to report. Old Business 71 renewals/ memberships have been received as of this meeting. Club Pattern Contest: This event was cancelled due to weather. Monthly Contest Fly: Clubs IMAC contest is scheduled for Sunday 8/12, and the regular monthly contest is now schedule for 8/26/18. Future Training Sessions: Proper Battery Charging was presented by Hugh Pearl at this meeting. Future topics include Frank Del Giudice presenting Covering Options TBD, and Painting by Bob Larsen TBD. New Business The 2019 Swap Shop No report. As a result of the date change and rental cost by DuPage, the club is looking for a new location for next year's SWAP Shop. Members are requested to Bob Larsen with ideas for consideration. Club Banquet : N/A Editor Dave Harvey Poplar Creek Model Airplane Field

19 President Radio Waves Tri Village RC Bob Larsen Vice President Volume 24 Frank Del Giudice- Issue 8 Aug 2018 Meeting Minutes - Aug 2, 2018 Cont d Secretary Joe Trytek Treasurer Wolfie Donalies Director Hugh Pearl Club Picnic: Was held 7/22/18 and was a great success. Thanks to all who help make it a great event. Drone Update: Nothing to report. Food Drive: Nothing to report. NWRC Contest Day Change to Saturday: Next club contest scheduled August 10:30AM Hobby Town Schaumburg: Members encouraged to support them. Club Membership Promotion: The Daily Herald editor has been contacted for a possible future article. Drone Policy: In order to develop a better Club Understanding of the rules governing the proper flying of Drones, the following presentations will be given at next month s club meeting: FAA Rules- Hans Becker AMA Rules- Dave Picek Cook County Forrest Preserve Rules were presented by Hugh Pearl at today s meeting. Director Jim Estey Safety Officer Jim Estey Field Marshal Ken Meyers Editor Dave Harvey Poplar Creek Model Airplane Field AMA Legislator Support: A second round of legislation is slated to commence this summer and members were encouraged to support any AMA s future request to continue to contact legislators regarding any legislative activity that effects our hobby. Other Items: N/A Show & Tell: Joe Trytek presented his portable charging case for LiPo batteries. It consists of a Hyperion 1000W, Dual charger and a Meanwell 1000W DC power supply in a Fuerte case. Multiple LiPo batteries are charged using fused parallel boards. Up to 8, 6S, 5000mAhr batteries can be charged in a half hour. For Sale Items: None Adjournment: 8:38 PM

20 Northwest RC Club 2018 Contest Schedule 8/4/18 Picnic 9/16/18 Pattern -The AMA Novice pattern will be flown by Advanced pilots -Beginners will chose & fly 6 patterns from the pattern. 11/3/18 Egg/Bean in a Spot -Takeoff with an egg in the cup -Perform 360 degree turn -Land for the first time with engine running for bonus points -Load 25 beans in the cup -Takeoff -Perform 360 degree turn -Land into a 5ft square -Scoring: If your engine is not running on your first landing, 100 bonus points not awarded If you land with an egg you get 250 points, for every bean you have left in the cup, its 100X that number. If any wheel is in the 5ft square, you get 100 points -You may not advance throttle after wheels touch -Beginners, from a straight level flight, performs as many loops possible in 2 minutes Scoring Example: Land with Egg Engine Running =100 pts Landing in Square =100 pts 17 beans X 10 =170 pts =250 pts

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22 Schaumburg HobbyTown Taken Over By St. Charles HobbyTown Stop By And See The New Look

23 Classified Aircraft Recovery Service Tree Landing Contact: Tree Guy Place your ad into the classified section. Note that ads are FREE to the members of the Tri-Village RC Club. All ads should relate to the model airplane hobbies. I try to get the newsletter out by the 20th Contact Dave Harvey at itzatj7@aol.com or by phone at You can post your Ad on our website HERE It s very easy but if your having any problems just contact Tim Bylczynski at trivillagerc@gmail.com or by phone at