April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 1 Editor Lynne Walters Volume 21 Issue 4 April 2014 Inside This Issue Propwash 1 Meeting Minutes 2 Fuel Program 5 Wanted 6 For Sale 6 Editor s Page 8 Members Pics 9 Instructors 10 Birthdays 11 Frequency Chart 11 Hobby Shops 13 Coming Events 15 Next meeting is April 21st at : AMVETS POST 66 700 MCHENRY RD WHEELING, IL. 60090 Start time - 7:00 p.m. Meetings are the 3rd Monday of the month. RENEW YOUR BLUE MAX & AMA MEMBERSHIPS!! AMA CHARTER 1040 GOLD LEADERSHIP CLUB PROPWASH & BACKBLAST by Mike Melendy Finally the siege of winter has lifted!! The field is in surprisingly good shape after a harsh winter. I am working on acquiring split rails and vertical posts for the fence extension and repair. Hopefully it will be completed by May. We still need clean fill for leveling and grading areas around the runway. Some crash barrier netting was repaired, but more work and replacement is needed. (field marshals take note!). Some of our snowbirds are drifting in and are mostly welcomed back. Fuel orders need to be placed and paid for at or before the meeting. Snooze, you lose!! May will begin our fun-flys, with a new director. Be kind and helpful, lest you acquire the job!! This month s raffle will be a powered glider ARF from Hanger 9. Don't forget the food pantry and see you at the meeting. ~ Mike President Mike Melendy Vice President Howard Bifeld Editor Lynne Walters Board of Directors Steve Haas Shlomo Rimer Bradford Walters Gene Zerega Secretary Murry Randell Treasurer Bob Wisinski Webmaster Doug Bradbury COMMITTEES Banquet Ray Laning Field Marshal John Haderly Jim Kaufman Flying Proficiency Steve Haas Fun-Fly Ray Laning Ground Crew Gene Zerega Matt Hauser Noise Shlomo Rimer Picnic Carl Will/Gene Derbick Programs OPEN Safety Don Linder/Rich Blaha
April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 2 MEETING MINUTES by Murry Randell, Secretary March 17, 2014 Meeting The March 17, 2014 meeting of the Blue Max RC Flying Club was called to order at 7:00 pm by President Mike Melendy. Welcome Guests None Welcome New Members None Around The Hangar President s Report Mike Melendy: No report. Secretary Report Murry Randell: The minutes were accepted as published in the newsletter. Treasurer Report Bob Wisinski: Financial information is available to members upon request. Thanks to Frank Stillson who donated proceeds of sale of his RC items to Blue Max. Newsletter Report Lynne Walters: No report. Webmaster Report Doug Bradbury: No report. Committee Reports: Banquet Ray Laning: Everyone had a great time. Field Marshal John Haderly/Jim Kaufman: No report. Fun Fly Ray Laning: No report. Noise Shlomo Rimer: No report. Picnic Carl Will/Gene Derbick: The picnic will be held on August 10th. Proficiency Steve Haas: No report. Program OPEN: March meeting Rudy Krolopp talked about the Marine Memorial he designed and built. Safety Don Linder: No report. Refreshments - Bob Breckler: Thanks to Bob. Old Business None. New Business Fuel buy. See listing on Page 5 of this newsletter. Crash Reports None.
April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 3 PROGRAM Rudy Krolopp, his son, and nephew did a presentation on a Marine Memorial they helped to design and build. Leo Hanula won a Blade Nano QuadCopter. Rich Frost with his Bird of Time glider. He added an electric motor.
April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 4 Show & Tell Cliff Kroening with his Sopwith Pup. Mike Melendy with his P-47. Pete Warenski with his foam T-28 Trojan on floats. The meeting adjourned at 8:31 pm.
April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 5 HobbyTown USA Fuel Program 2014 Morgan Fuels: W/O Tax/Gal Blue Max Price w/tax Case Price w/tax Omega 5% $15.99 $12.99 $51.96 Omega 10% $18.99 $14.99 $59.96 Omega 15% $21.99 $16.99 $67.96 Cool Power 5% $15.99 $12.99 $51.96 Cool Power 10% $18.99 $14.99 $59.96 Cool Power 15% $21.99 $16.99 $67.99 Cool power 30% $32.99 $26.99 $107.96 Wildcat Fuels: Premium 10% $19.99 $14.99 $59.96 Premium 15% $20.99 $15.99 $63.96 Premium Extra 10% $19.99 $15.49 $61.96 Premium Extra 15% $18.99 $16.49 $65.96 2/4 Stroke 10% $19.49 $15.99 $63.96 2/4 Stroke 15% $21.99 $16.99 $67.96 All prices are per gallon Case pricing is mix and match Club pricing includes sales tax Club pricing purchases must be pre-ordered and prepaid. Club pricing purchases must be picked up same day as delivery Club pricing cannot be combined with any other discounts or coupons Checks can be written to: Donald Linder Mail checks to: 21243 W Willow Dr Kildeer, IL 60047 Or bring your checks to the Blue Max meeting on Monday, April 21.
April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 6 FOR SALE For Blue Max Club members to post RC items for sale. Send a description, price, and contact info to Bradford@thehoverzone.com. You can include a picture but it needs to be in a small format. 1. GREAT PLANES ESCAPADE 60 SIZE RTF OS.81 ENGINE WITH FUTABA RUNNING GEAR MELENDY BUILT, HAS BEEN FLOWN. $350 2. HANGER 9 MERIDIAN - RTF EVOLUTION 10CC GAS ENGINE $400 CONTACT MIKE MELENDY AT 847-825-6564. YAK 54-1/4 SCALE SIZE MAGIC HAND BY TROY BUILT PRODUCTS. 73 INCH WINGSPAN EQUIPPED WITH A DLE 30 FLOWN FOR ONE SEASON ONLY AND RUNS EXCELLENT. SELLING IT COMPLETE FOR: $450.00 CONTACT BOYD AT BKOSSMANN@USA.NET WANTED This is where Blue Max Club members can post RC items that they would like to buy. Send a description and contact info to Bradford@thehoverzone.com. CONTACT MIKE MELENDY AT RATGUN223@AOL.COM if you have a GREAT PLANES HAWK P-6E, 90 SIZE, NEW IN BOX.
April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 7 FOR SALE We have a member that wants to sell a lot of his planes to make room for some new ones. Here is a list of some of the planes he has for sale. You can contact him to see what other items he may have also at: Stitch 847-309-4634. BALSA NOVA WITH AN OS MAX 160 ENGINE 80 WINGSPAN, COMPLETE AND READY, BIND AND FLY. $425 OR BEST OFFER ************************** ULTIMATE BI-PLANE WITH A SUPER-CHARGED YS 110 ENGINE 56 WINGSPAN, COMPLETE AND READY, BIND AND FLY $400 ************************** BALSA NOVA WITH AN OS MAX 46 ENGINE 46 WINGSPAN, COMPLETE AND READY, BIND AND FLY $350 *************************** SPITFIRE WARBIRD WITH AN OS MAX GTX 35CC ENGINE 60 WINGSPAN, HAVE RUN (2) 24 OZ TANKS OF FUEL THROUGH THE ENGINE, BUT IT STILL HAS TO BE MAIDENED. $450 *************************** GEEBEE RACER WITH A TWO CYLINDER 55CC CRRC ENGINE 80 WINGSPAN, COMPLETE AND READY, BIND AND FLY FIRST $650 TAKES IT. CONTACT STITCH AT 847-309-4634.
April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 8 Editor s Page By Lynne Walters THE ANSWER TO MARCH S NAME THAT PLANE The name of the plane is the Banhidy Gerle. Bob Wisinski was the first person to guess it correctly and will get a free raffle ticket at the April meeting. Michael Corbitt & Bill Grove also guessed correctly. The designer/pilot in 1933 achieved fame by flying this aircraft, powered by a 100 hp Siddeley Genet Major engine, 1025 miles non-stop on the last leg of a long distance flight. APRIL S NAME THAT PLANE This aircraft was designed and developed by an American company as a light to medium low level attack bomber, but never used in combat by the United States. It was used by the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the South African Air Force. Send all responses to Bradford Walters at Bradford@thehoverzone.com. Diana & Ron with her new SIG 4-Star ARF. They were just finishing it up when Brad and I were visiting them. Wish we could have seen them flying it. Next year!
April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 9 PICTURES FROM MEMBERS Murry Randell was in Arizona and got some pictures from an open house at Luke Air Force Base. Lee Bergstedt braving the cold to fly off the ice on Lake Geneva. Mike Melendy saw this great 6th scale B-17 in Chillicothe, IL.. (17 feet & 110 pounds.)
April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 10 Indoor Flying GIRL SCOUT TROOP 262 Lake Barrington Fieldhouse 28156 W North Pointe Parkway, Lake Barrington Fly every Friday from 11 am until 2 pm, $15 (New Price) per pilot plus annual fee of $25. For more info and directions go to http://www.lakebarringtonfieldhouse.com. District 214 Forest View Ed Ctr Fieldhouse Flying, 2121 S Goebbert Rd, Arlington Hts. Course #9264 Mondays 2:30 pm until 5:30 pm. Session 2/24 6/9. First time flyers, contact Don Hooghkirk at dhoogh@flash.net or 847-537-8441 before registering at www.ce.d214.org. Session cost: $55 or Gold card $47 No class 2/27 or 3/24. White Pines Golf Dome, 500 W Jefferson St (3rd Ave), Bensenville Fly every Friday & Saturday night, 11 PM until 1 AM. $15 per night or with a discount card($15) it s $10 Season is Nov-April. Hosted by Suburban RC Barnstormers (suburbanrcbarnstormers.com). Upcoming Events Please check our calendar on the website for more events or details: 4/19 - Swap Meet - 8 am - 12 pm - Suburban RC Barnstormers, DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 W Manchester Ln, Wheaton, IL 4/26-9 am - 5 pm - Open Fly Invite to all AMA members from Fox Valley Aero Club, Route 38, 1/2 west of Peck Rd, South Side, St Charles, IL 6/6-6/8 - SIG Mfg Annual Fun Fly, Open to all types of RC airplanes, See flyer in this newsletter. Montezuma, Iowa FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS We are collecting non-perishable foods for a local food pantry. The food pantry we are donating to is Our Lady of Ransom/St Vincent de Paul. Please bring your donations to our monthly meetings. Blue Max Club Instructors INSTRUCTORS GROUND CREW Howard Bifeld Don Linder Carl Will Matt Hauser Dan Deitemeyer Mike Melendy Gene Zerega Gene Zerega Steve Haas Duane Lang Shlomo Rimer Bradford Walters
11 14 17 20 23 26 29 32 35 38 41 44 47 50 53 56 59 2 5 8 Users April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 11 UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS From April 22nd Through May 19th Lynne Walters 4/23 Gene Derbick 5/8 Bill Lindberg 4/28 Stitch Benavides 5/15 Kyle Der 4/30 Pete Sidor 5/19 FREQUENCY CHART Blue Max Member Radio Channel Usage 12 10 8 6 4 11 2 0 12 131415 29 1617 23 252627 19 21 28 18 20 22 24 30 31 50 44 38 40 5152 32 34 4142 46 48 36 39 45 47 33 35 37 43 49 5455 53 56 58 60 59 1 57 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Available Channels - 72Mhz (Ch. 11-60), 50 Mhz (Ch. 1-8 Ham) Carl Will made the trip to the Toledo, Ohio RC Hobby show and got this great picture in the SIG Mfg booth. They introduced the new T-Clips 70 ARF and the Somethin Extra.
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April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 13 Al's Hobby Shop P.O. Box 449 121 North Addison Ave. Elmhurst, IL 60126 Phone: 630.832.4908 www.alshobbyshop.com Hours: M-F 10-8, Sat 9-5:30, closed Sunday
April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 14 Du-Bro Products, Inc SIG Mfg. Co., Inc. P.O. Box 520 401-7 South Front Street Montezuma, IA 50171-0520 800-247-5008 www.sigmfg.com PO Box 815 Wauconda, IL 60084 800-848-9411 www.dubro.com LUKE AIR FORCE BASE IN ARIZONA BY MURRY RANDELL
April 2014 Volume 21 Issue 4 Page 15 Blue Max R/C Flying Club Inc. PO Box 7803 Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-7803 Blue Max Flying Field Deer Grove East FP Enter on Dundee Rd Blue Max R/C Flying Club AMA # 1040 www.bluemaxrc.com MEETING LOCATION AMVETS POST 66 700 MCHENRY RD WHEELING, IL 60090 UPCOMING EVENTS FOR April 2014 June 2014 April 2014 21) Monthly Meeting - 7:00 p.m. May 2014 19) Monthly Meeting - 7:00 p.m. June 2014 16) Monthly Meeting - 7:00 p.m.