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KOTRC Newsletter for August 2007 |
Steering Committee 07/10/07
 Discussed agenda for main meeting |
General Meeting :: AFI Classroom 19:30 Hours:
Before the meeting a R/C model shown outside -- not taken inside!  Guest: Kathie Wright, Phyllis and John Gluth, Christina Kusik Show and Tell:Warren Walker – Bob Whitely’s Hawker, a new kit from RSM. He has finished the main fuselage structure and wing. He plans on the Royal Navy deco scheme. Power will be a Randy Smith Tigre .60 ????. 
George Barlow:(???) Easy-bilt Catalina kit. 54” wingspan, it is intended to be a display model.
Dale Kirn: Dale Kirn – RR2 prototype engine. Added beam mounts and removed the tank from an RR1.
It also features the muffler from the old Merceded car.
Dale also had examples of the first and final versions of the RR1.
Antone Kephart: Antone Kephart – Neptune II proof model he is building to check out the new RSM kit. I-Beam wing. The kit is mostly laser cut except for the ribs, which are strip cut by the builder using a provided guide. He plans to power it with a Brodak 40, and thinks it will come out around 39 ounces. Antone also brought his almost finished Belfrey Bound to get Dale to Sign the wing before clear-coating. Currently it is powered by a LA 40, but he can drop in a 46 if needed. .   Frank Martin – A McCoy .098 that needs repair to the venturi and a new needle valve assembly. Randy Heydon – Super sharp, fine pins from Jen’s Fabrics John Wright: John Wright – He showed a Jr. Flite Streak he got for $1. It has a “3-bolt” Fox 19 on it. Jed Kusik has already “stress tested” the plane, and it survived. .012 x 60’ lines. John also showed a J-Roberts controlled Corsair. It will drop a tailhook when you hit full low throttle. 
Christina Kusik – Brodak 1/2A trainer. She started it in June, and it flies just fine. Jed Kusik – Titanium landing gear, both full fuselage and profile types available. $10 a set. His son makes them. Kevin Kusik – An ARC Cardinal. Covered with Polyspan and doped. It is OS 40 LA powered and weighs 50 ounces. Very nice job too!
Bob Werle: Information on the “Wings Palette” website. It has walk-around photos of a lot of different aircraft. Ray Ebert – Showed a Kenhi Cougar. . Larry Renger: – Showed a Radar Gun for checking model speeds. Made by Bushnell, it was $85 from Amazon.com. It works just fine for tracking CL models. He also showed a plan sheet for Blackhawk’s new 1/2A stunt models. Finally a copy of an ancient how to build model airplanes book “The Model Aircraft Handbook” by William Winter. 
 Andy Borgogna – An OS FP 40 that Antone had reworked for him. 
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Old Business: Warren is to obtain new signs to replace the ones that were recently installed and promptly stolen. The new ones will simply say “Radio Control Vehicles Prohibited” There was a report on the contest Antone CD’ed at Sepulveda. It went well. Ray E was pit boss, and Larry R one of the judges. New Business: .Discussed some upcoming meets – We reviewed and finalized the schedule of events for the Palmer and Joust contests. We are deleting speed from the meet this year. Rudy Taube suggests that we have a lottery for the helpers at our contests as a thank-you. |
