The Newsletter of the Silent Electric Flyers of Long Island HOST OF THE NEAT FAIR Dedicated to the Advancement of Electric Flight President: Tom Hunt (631) 835-5359 tomhunt@optonline.net Vice President: Jim Reid Secretary: Joe Wojtkowicz Treasurer: Rick Cascella Rickc2009@live.com Newsletter Editor: Joe Wojtkowicz jdscw@optonline.net Public Relations Officer: Ray Juschkus SEFLI Main Website: www.sefli.org SEFLI Newsletter: http://www.sefli.org/news.php SEFLI Current Events: http://www.sefli.org/current.php SEFLI Web Forum: http://sefli.proboards11.com NEAT FAIR: www.neatfair.org For changes in the monthly Inside this issue: Prez Sez 1 Show And Tell 2-3 From the Field 4-5 Calendar/Contest Results 6 Prez Sez by Tom Hunt Prez Sez May 2011 Dear SEFLI ers There has been quite some nice weather lately. I hope you have had a chance to experience some of it. May 2011 Our first contest of the season was split between Saturday April 30 and Sunday May 1 st. Pilots could fly the Easy Star and Trojan events either day, but the Slow Stick Combat was run on Sunday, hoping for some lighter winds. The winds were up, but manageable. Attendance both days was quite good. See elsewhere in this issue for the results. Our first SEFLI night fly will be coming up on Saturday June 18 th. The club will supply free Pizza/salads/soda to all that attended. So tune-up those night flyers! Dinner will be served around 7PM, so don t be late! I am unsure there will be a movie this month, but there will definitely be one at July and August night flys! It would be nice to know who was coming so I can plan the proper amount of food. Please email me or call with a number in your party. Also by the time you read this, we will have opened up registration for the 2011 NEAT Fair. Those who plan on working the show, please get out to the site and sign up ASAP. If your plans change between now just email me with the changes. Workers that plan on being available all day should put no preference and 8 hrs in the box assuming they will be there by 9am and staying at least until 5pm. Use the time boxes only when you will arrive late or leave early on any particular day. Sign up for the Friday night dinner (free to those SEFLI members who work the show) and as a pilot too. SEFLI workers get a free T-shirt or hat at no charge but you may order both on the site and pay for one (our cost). Please put SEFLI (in all CAPS please) in the comment field of EVERY form and ignore any email that says to pay. If you (or a family member) are not flying then use just the dinner form and put SEFLI in the comments field. Please sign each family member up separately. If you are flying at the show, sign up for the dinner on the pilot form for YOU ONLY! Add any family members on the separate dinner form. See you all soon! Prez Tom
Show and Tell Photos By Tom Hunt PAGE 2 Jim Reid shows off his nearly complete "Daddy- O" from a Bill Stevens (Stevens Aeromodel) Kit. The model is covered in Solite and powered by an Eflite 15 and a 3s-2100 battery. The model has since been flown and flies extremely well. Joe Santangelo brought in his new CMP T-45 ducted fan. He related that it needs quite a bit of work for an "ARF". Nick Furio could not pass up a great deal on a World Models Aure powered sailplane. 79.5" span comes with brushless motor and prop for only $99! The 3 lb model flies adequately on only 151 input watts.
Show And Tell PAGE 3 Prez Tom brought by his nearly finished and extreme-makeover bash of the FMS/Airfield (from Nitroplanes) BF-109. The model is complete with electric retracts, flaps and scale-like prop. The model has since been finished and flown. She weighs in at 6lbs with a 4 cell 3200mah li-poly. The driving force is a Turnigy 5055-400 with a Castle ESC and external BEC If you haven t done so you should check out Toms blog on RC Groups. It can be found here. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=1491 There is a lot of great info on modifications, techniques and finishing tips. Rick Cascella brought in his 3D Hobby Shop 48 VR1 (Velox Revolution1) inspired by the full scale plane of the same name. As you are aware Rick is a Mole for 3DHS and at every turn promotes there quality and design. Rick is running this on a Dualsky motor, Castle Ice 50 Speed controller and a 4S 2650. HS 65 MG s in the wings and HS 5085 digitals for the tail. An AR 600 RX round out the package. Rick has stuck with his Spektrum but is in the process of converting everything over to the X factor. At 3lbs and 500 watts Rick probably makes it sing
PAGE 4 From The Field Contest Day At Calverton If you didn t already know spring is here. And with that comes the Calverton contest series. Trojan Wars SSC (Slow Stick combat) and Easy Star events make up the series. You can compete in all or just one event and the events are 3 rounds per contest day. This year for the 1st rounds we had an excellent turn out. The results are cumulative over multiple months and even if you miss one month consistency will over rule. As a new pilot with not the greatest skills I was skeptical but was convinced to join and I am glad I did. I had a great series in Trojan Wars and placed tied for 4th at the end. So grab your T28, Slow Stick, or Easy Star and come on out. I promise you will have a great time. This months results are on the back page. Slo-Stick combatants anxiously awaiting the first big mid air of the season.
PAGE 5 From The Field Photo By George Rowsom
SEFLI Contest Series April results TROJAN WARS HUNT 787 FABIANNI 700 ERBE 756 FONTANA 699 BRANDT 751 MCALARY 594 ROWSOM, P 744 SALVATOR, J 582 JOE W 733 ROZEA 234 REID 728 CARROS 198 WANDER 700 JUSCHKUS 172 Easy Star LMR SSC WANDER 1582 DOWLING 175 ERBE 1551 ERBE 160 SEFLI SCHEDULE OF EVENTS May 17 SEFLI General Meeting May 21 Contest Day at Calverton May 22 John Grofik s Cub Scout Rocket launch June 4-5 Lehigh Valley Electric Meet June 11-12 Peaceful Valley s Dirty Fair June 18 SEFLI Night fly Calverton July 2 Jersey Coast Flyers E-meet July 16 SEFLI Night fly Calverton Aug 6 SEFLI Night fly Calverton Aug 13 Whitman Flyers Electric Meet JUSCHKUS 1080 REID 841 HUNT 781 REID 60 WANDER 35 HUNT 30 SANTANGERO B 0 Cumulative points after April Contests Trojan Wars SSC EASY STAR LMR HUNT 14 FABIANNI 7 DOWLING 6 WANDER 5 ERBE 13 FONTANA 6 ERBE 5 ERBE 4 BRANDT 12 MCALARY 5 REID 4 JUSCHKUS 3 ROWSOM, P 11 SALVATOR, J 4 WANDER 3 REID 2 JOE W 10 ROZEA 3 REID 9 CARROS 2 HUNT 2 HUNT 1 SANTANGERO B 1 WANDER 8 JUSCHKUS 1 Newsletter Editor Joe Wojtkowicz 7 Paul Dr Selden New York 11784