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AMA Chapter #755<br />
<strong>June</strong>, <strong>2019</strong><br />
https://www.facebook.com/pekinflyers/<br />
PRESIDENT<br />
Denny Baker<br />
<strong>Newsletter</strong> of the <strong>Pekin</strong> <strong>RC</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />
VICE PRESIDENT<br />
Moe Neibecker<br />
SECRETARY<br />
TREASURER<br />
Dennis Shoemaker<br />
EVENTS<br />
Donna Smith<br />
SAFETY<br />
Paul Bessler<br />
MAINTENANCE/GROUNDS<br />
Chris Leibel / Shane Davis<br />
EDITOR<br />
Dennis Shoemaker<br />
John Kramer’s 1/4 scale Balsa USA<br />
Fokker D7 is coming along nicely.<br />
“All I have to do is the finish sanding,<br />
install the radio, fuel tank ,motor-<br />
DLE 30 and cover like the second picture<br />
hope to have it ready for big bird. “<br />
<strong>June</strong> 15...next Saturday...Meeting at the Hermon D Lowery Field at 6:30<br />
Bring something to fly before or after.<br />
...and the Saturday after that, <strong>June</strong> 22, is our Open House….fly anything you want.
President<br />
Denny Baker<br />
Vice President<br />
Moe Neibecker<br />
This month the club will be having it's first event of the year. In order to make this a success,<br />
we will need help to pitch in. There will be an area for a swap meet, so if you would like to<br />
sell something, bring it. Also, if you have something to donate to a raffle, bring it. This event<br />
is open for everyone to fly, so bring whatever you fly and have some fun.<br />
Although the field has been sprayed for weeds and bugs, the gnats still are a major problem.<br />
There has been one crash attributed that I'm aware of that was caused by the gnats. Anything<br />
with vanilla seems to help.<br />
A club member lost a small drone in the tall weeds one day and could not find it. The next<br />
day within 5minutes, it was found. Sometimes you get pretty lucky.<br />
Don't forget Hot Dog Wednesday, good flying and food...Denny<br />
The weather has been improving, but not fast enough for us fliers. Hopefully mother<br />
nature will give us a break. I wanted to once again thank all the members attending the Hot<br />
Dog Wednesday get-togethers. The crowd gets a little bigger every time. Our last gettogether<br />
the members that attended really had a good time. A lot of flying took place. There<br />
was new model test flying, a glider pull, and of course some dog fighting. Every one had a<br />
great time, and the food was good. Also some of the members that needed help with their<br />
projects got the help they needed. We should be seeing some new planes take to the air<br />
soon.<br />
To keep you up to date, our Mystery Dog Fighter was at it again. He and Shane got<br />
into a real two man dog fight. It was an electric powered Tundra and a .90 powered Dragon<br />
Lady tearing up the sky. Then out of no where a third contender got into the brawl. The unknown<br />
third party had a plan worked out for a sure win in this fight. Instead of going after<br />
ribbons, he went after the pilots. The third party scored a direct kill on our Mystery Dog<br />
Fighter by hitting him square in his eye! That was the first time I ever saw a "Buffalo Gnat"<br />
take out a .90 size airplane. Good thing the ground was soft. Our Mystery Pilot shrugged<br />
this kill off and said he'd be back. Watch your six guys. This fighter pilot is getting serious!<br />
Moe<br />
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Although the Dragon Lady mentioned by Moe<br />
was by far the worst causality on that particular<br />
Hot Dog Wednesday in May,<br />
other flyers had their share of troubles.<br />
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Denny Baker’s new<br />
WACO in the shop<br />
for some<br />
“re-engineering”<br />
and a new heli.<br />
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A monthly meeting of the <strong>Pekin</strong> <strong>RC</strong> <strong>Club</strong> was held at the Hermon D Lowery Field on May<br />
18, <strong>2019</strong> . There were 12 members present. Chris Leibel moved to accept the April minutes.<br />
Seconded by Moe Neibecker, the motion passed. Jim Roach moved to accept the April Treasurer’s<br />
Report. Seconded by Shane Davis, the motion passed.<br />
President Denny Baker thanked those attending the meeting. Denny mentioned there<br />
were 4-5 members that attended the Peoria <strong>Club</strong>’s open house and attending gave him several<br />
ideas on what we could do at our events.<br />
Vice President Moe Neibecker mentioned Brian Kuehn has set up the <strong>Club</strong> with a Facebook<br />
page and the e-mail address for Brian for members to use to send articles and photos is<br />
peachy.kuehn@gmail.com.<br />
Secretary/Treasurer Dennis Shoemaker advised that 38 members had paid dues so far<br />
this year and the roster will be sent out soon. Dennis also relayed the thank you card the <strong>Club</strong><br />
received from The Friends of the Bartonville Fire Department and Rescue<br />
Under Old Business, Dennis Shoemaker investigated the By Laws for meetings, which<br />
are monthly, however it was the consensus at this meeting that the meeting schedule should<br />
stay as is.<br />
Under New Business considerable discussion was focused on the runway condition and<br />
the need to fill the cracks and sealcoat the asphalt. Measurement after the meeting confirmed<br />
the runway is 20’ wide x 199’ long. Dennis Shoemaker will get a quote for sealcoating and crack<br />
filler as a reference and Denny Baker will locate materials for a DIY approach. Jim Roach made<br />
a motion to allocate up to $600 for materials. Seconded by Moe Neibecker, the motion passed.<br />
Regarding Events, Denny Baker indicated the Peoria <strong>Club</strong> had paintball, 50/50 raffle and<br />
raffled donation items from members.<br />
Regarding Safety, Denny Baker indicated the pilot station fences will be re-installed. On<br />
another safety concern, the abandoned lipo batteries in the sand bucket need everyone’s attention.<br />
The bucket is intended to be used in an emergency to cover a smoking or flaming lipo or a<br />
hot lipo needing to cool down. The bucket is NOT a disposal location. Those that have used the<br />
bucket should remove their batteries once safe to do so and arrange for proper disposal. The<br />
bucket also is for lipos only. Lipos, LiFE, NiMH or alkaline batteries should not be disposed of<br />
on site or in the sand bucket.<br />
Regarding Grounds and Maintenance, Chris Leibel indicated spraying for bugs will be<br />
done soon, the water is now on, mole chaser batteries are renewed and Lynnae Bessler intends<br />
to do flower planting at the frequency board.<br />
Steve Heisel brought his Stick and got several great flights in. Shane Davis brought a helicopter<br />
and…um...not so much.<br />
The 50/50 raffle ($19 total) was won by Shane Davis, who donated his portion back to the<br />
<strong>Club</strong>.<br />
Bill Swearinger moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by John Kramer, the motion<br />
passed.<br />
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Attached are some photos of an Eflite Pitts S1S biplane I recently purchased. The Pitts has<br />
a 33.5 inch wingspan. It is powered by a brushless electric motor that is powered by a 2200<br />
mah 3S battery. The biplane was very easy to assemble. It took me about two hours to complete<br />
it and another hour to program it and double check everything. I had my doubts about<br />
how this airplane would fly. After the first flight, I was completely satisfied with how well it<br />
flew. I've built a lot of biplanes, but none of them flys as well as this little one. I was in complete<br />
shock at how well if flys. It looks very realistic in the air and on the ground. It's a keeper.<br />
Moe<br />
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Caught up with Bob Schaich on <strong>June</strong> 1 when no one was flying. He was giving his 4x <strong>RC</strong><br />
truck a workout. Several members lately have developed an interest in cars/trucks.<br />
While watching Bob run the truck, we had a fly by of 3 of the CH-47 Chinook’s out of Peoria.<br />
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All flyers, please stay East of the trees on the West end of the field. Also please do<br />
not fly overhead or behind the flight line. Just a reminder!<br />
Now the sitting board would like you too please put your AMA or <strong>Pekin</strong> <strong>RC</strong> <strong>Club</strong> membership<br />
card or both on the frequency board. This has been a rule from the beginning.<br />
Please be careful when starting and removing your glow plug igniter as not to get<br />
arms hands and clothes in the prop.<br />
If you see something that is wrong, say something or tell a board member or me what<br />
was wrong.<br />
Thank you,<br />
Paul Bessler<br />
...and from the last meeting ….On another safety concern, the abandoned lipo<br />
batteries in the sand bucket need everyone’s attention. The bucket is intended to be used<br />
in an emergency to cover a smoking or flaming lipo or a hot lipo needing to cool down. The<br />
bucket is NOT a disposal location. Those that have used the bucket should remove their<br />
batteries once safe to do so and arrange for proper disposal. The bucket also is for lipos<br />
only. Lipo, LiFE, NiMH or alkaline batteries should not be disposed of on site or in the sand<br />
bucket.<br />
Also safety related, we’re happy to report that former member Kevin Cline and family<br />
dodged serious damage and injury in the recent tornado that ravaged Jefferson City, Mo.<br />
It sounds like it was really close...the serious damage was just a few hundred feet<br />
away from their house and they did loose power for a while.<br />
Now they’re dealing with record flooding from the Missouri River. It won’t affect their<br />
house directly, but the region generally will be dealing with the aftermath of the tornado and<br />
the flooding for some time to come.<br />
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<strong>June</strong> 15<br />
<strong>June</strong> 22<br />
July 13<br />
July 20<br />
August 17<br />
September 14<br />
September 15<br />
September 21<br />
October 19<br />
October 19<br />
Meeting at 6:30 at the Hermon D Lowery Field<br />
Open House<br />
Cub Fly-In<br />
Meeting at 6:30 at the Hermon D Lowery Field<br />
Meeting at 6:30 at the Hermon D Lowery Field<br />
Prepare for Big Bird<br />
Big Bird<br />
Meeting at 6:30 at the Hermon D Lowery Field<br />
Last meeting at the Hermon D Lowery Field before moving to winter location<br />
Traditional wiener roast<br />
THE SERVO is the monthly newsletter of the <strong>Pekin</strong> <strong>RC</strong> <strong>Club</strong><br />
AMA Chapter#755<br />
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