KOTRC Newsletter for December 2006

Next meeting in January 07. December had the Holliday Party. Read about the party -- get the blog by "The Mrs." and find out. Read   The Party.

Pre-meeting gab

Sekeret Kabal 11/14/06

Stealthily held at Fudrukkers on Beach and Orangethorpe. This is getting more popular all the time!

Discussed Dave Kick’s illness and status. A card was sent and received. Dave is doing better, but not out of the woods yet. Discussed the situation in which Dennis Moran is claiming to represent the club to the park department. We definitely do not want this! Larry to write a letter clarifying the situation. John Wright has volunteered to be the main contact, Joel as his backup.

We need at least 3 new signs for the gates. One is missing, there is an additional open gate, and we should have a backup for when the next one goes away.

General Meeting :: AFI Building 19:30 Hours:

Guests:Andy Borgogona and Mario Salizar

Show and Tell:

Pete Soule – Control line manual from the English magazine Aeromodeler. It had a photo of Dale Kirn in it.

Joel Chesler – Photos of the Planes of Fame Museum in Arizona

Larry Renger - The Sky Sport is here! A Renger design to appear in Flying Models and then be kitted by RSM. The wood will be laser cut and the first set of balsa is shown just below the Sky Sport. Another combat model from GSC, this one with a Black Widow on it. Also the recently revived Firebaby, and finally, the completed Sky Sport.

Eric Rule – Laser cut kit for the Mk II version of Larry’s Sky Sport. Several improvements and corrections have been made. He also described that he now has a computer program that will design all the ribs in a wing in short order! Effectively a virtual “Lost Foam” system.

Antone Kephart – 1st place trophy from Advanced at GSC; Brodak’s new CL magazine; A Graupner “Topsy” glider kit. His new Mysteri model, a 64 ounce, Double Star 60 powered monster. It uses a Tom Dixon foam wing, Tom Morris controls, and is designed around the “Avanti” numbers, but with his own styling touches.

Go here... Show and Tell Part 2... for more.

Old Business:

Discussed the need for new signs as mentioned above.

New Business:

Elections!

AMA show coming up, and we have a booth. Setup will be that Thursday around 3pm. Volunteers are:

• Thursday – Larry, Dennis, Warren and Eric
• Friday - Eric, Randy and Larry (12 to 6 pm)
• Saturday – Dennis, Eric and Randy (10 am to 6 pm)
• Sunday – Eric, Larry, Dennis, Ray and Gary (10 am to 4 pm)

Dennis will get a new canopy frame to use for hanging models.

Holiday party – Dec 9th. Larry to get the ladies gifts. Target $10, 25 gifts.

Lacking any new volunteers, the 2006 slate of officers were roped into serving again in 2007. A motion was made to continue the next year with the same slate of officers the ruled in 2006. This motion was passed and the old officers were re-elected by acclimation!