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Soon the building season (aka winter) will pass on to a
new flying season. It’s given me pause to think of the
projects I’d intended to get done this winter, but didn’t.
First and foremost, there’s the SSC combat kit my
mother-in-law sent for my birthday last June. It’s a fun
scale Corsair. The kit is out of the box on the bench,
but no progress yet.
Then there’s the Something Extra kit I won in the raffle
at Ladysmith last year. I really enjoyed flying Leon’s
plane last summer, so I wanted to build this kit to have
as an “old reliable” to fly. I haven’t opened the box yet.
Let’s see, then there’s the WW2 1/12 scale combat
planes I wanted to revive. This includes 2 - IL-2
Russian attack planes, 2 - FW 190 German fighters, a
TA 152 German fighter and an AD 1 Sky Raider fighter
bomber. Each of these is in some state of disrepair,
mostly combat damage from past events. Looks to be a
while before I dust them off and spruce them up.
It seems like the only answer to having more time for
catching up on these projects is early retirement.
Hmmm, that’s not in the cards for another decade or
two.
Before I get too bummed about what didn’t get done, I
think of the flights and building that has gotten done.
Mostly preparations and new designs for open combat
planes, but should have some pretty fair equipment to
compete with this year. Also there was the repair of the
existing fleet, stuff like fixing the Funtana after snapping
it in half (twice).
I’d guess that most of us have an endless list of
projects we’re going to get to some day. That seems to
be part of the charm of this hobby.
For the near future, there’s the R/C Forum being
sponsored by a group of flyers in the Eau Claire area.
Please see the announcement on the web site. It
sounds like a lot of valuable information will be
available on engines, construction and the AMA in
general. I’m looking forward to meeting new friends in
the hobby. I hope you’ll consider taking it in. Give a call
or make a web post if you’d like to carpool.
See ya at the field!
-- Doug
Announcements
Next Meeting
March 11th is our next club meeting to be held at the
Prairie Farm High School gym., 2:00 to 6:00pm. Indoor
flying.
Indoor flying dates are March 7, 14, 21, and 28 at 7-
10:00 pm. Spectators are always welcome.
We have a new club website and club discussion forum
at www.rlmac.org. The forum is a great place to speak
out on club issues, see what’s going on with the hobby
in your area, or just hang out and discuss with your
fellow fliers.
RLMAC needs your radio frequency channels to list on
our club website and frequency use chart. Please email
your transmitter channel numbers to Jason or contact
any club officer with them.
The President’s Report
The weather this month wasn’t as kind as January, but
still allowed for some flying opportunities. The old
Funtana and some combat planes were seen off Lake
Chetek a few times. Flight tested a revised .15-sized
combat plane at Leon’s during Saturday’s meet, and
had the Funtana and some foamy flights at a fishing
contest on Sunday. Not surprisingly, I didn’t catch any
fish.
President
(715) 764-2189
Vice President/Board
(715) 458-2821
Treasurer/Secretary/Board
(715) 537-3225
Safety Officer
(715) 924-1804
Website/News
(715) 205-0254
Board Member
(715) 234-8959
Board Member
(715) 924-1804
Doug Goldman
wingnut458@msn.com
John Moen
johnmoen@hotmail.com
Kevin Kuehn
kjkuen@chibardun.net
Doug McFarland
mcfarlane@discover-net.net
Jason Novak
jnovak@merlinsoftware.com
Wayne Barta
flyboybarta@hotmail.com
Rusty Selkow
rselkow1804@charter.net
PO Box 406, Rice Lake, WI 54868 Website: http://www.rlmac.org AMA Gold Leader Club, Charter #655
February 2006
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