Genesee Valley Aero Modelers
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21 Highview Trail Pittsford, NY 14534 The Prez Sez . . . I have a couple of things to tell you about this month. First, we had our first club open flying in the gym at Honeoye Central School. We had about 10 people there and lots of flying. There were free flight rubber and electric planes, several small RC planes and one very strange hovering thing. No it wasn’t a helicopter, but it flew well. I think the RC planes did the worst. Eric and Dave both broke props, and I broke a motor mount flying into the wall. Jim did the best with his little Tiger Moth. I think Glen will have some pictures here in the newsletter. We have the Gym two more times, February 12th, from 6:00 to 9:00pm and March 12th, from 4:00 to 8:00pm. Hope to see you there. Second, I told you last month I am working with a couple of kids in the Science Olympiads flying competition. We have the final model built and testing is going well. The plane weighs 8.3 grams without the rubber motor. The motor weighs just less than 2 grams. It is covered with blue saran wrap and uses a lightweight competition propeller. We are testing in the small gym at school with a 22ft ceiling. We are averaging flight times of 1.5 minutes with one flight of 2 minutes. With a taller ceiling we should be able to get over 2 minutes. I’ll let you know how they did. Now get back to those winter projects! Max   At The Field The 21st annual Frozen Finger Fly is history. Eighteen hardy souls met at the field on January 1st. I think we have Charlie to thank for putting in a good word for us. The weather the day before and the day after was terrible. We picked up about four or five more at the Skillet so we had almost half the club attend. There was a good mix of electrics and gas powered planes. The wind was down but it was still cold. Joe Prato had the smallest plane (see photos). The last I saw of his flight was Joe hightailing it over the hill to the full size runway in hot pursuit of the "little guy". David McBride flew and Jim made the first flight on his electric Hornet. Grumpy even made a cameo appearance. After about an hour or so of this fun ?? we adjourned to the Skillet to sample the buffet line and get some feeling back in our hands and feet. Our thanks to Dave for warning them we were coming. Everyone enjoyed the morning and went home with warm hands and toes and full stomachs. Max secured the use of the gym in Honeoye for electric and free flight flying. Everyone showed up with their cardboard box of planes. Eric seemed to have the best trained free flighters of the group. He would take off from the floor fly around and come in for a perfect wheels landing. We only had one midair that afternoon. Have you ever seen a midair between two planes whose combined weight is probably a few grams? The planes said "what! …did something happen"? I am assuming you are working on your winter projects and we will see them in the spring. If you are out flying this time of year keep an eye out for the dreaded snow snakes.
Lynfield has suffered a stroke. I do not know the extent of his problem. He is currently in the hospital in Canandaigua. He may not be there when you receive the Newsletter. I will keep you informed as to how he is doing.  Dues Are Due It is that time of year again. Dues are due for 2005. Juniors: Age 0-19 years $1.00 Seniors: Age 20-to Charlie’s age $45.00 Dick Parshall Update Dick is recuperating well and has had a surgical procedure of the carotid artery. This was what he originally went in for when they found he needed the bypass surgery. He is home and doing well. From The Fuel Fool It’s that time of year again. I will be taking fuel orders at the February and March meeting. If you can’t make the meeting give me a call. The order will be placed after the March meeting and will be here prior to the April meeting. The price of the fuel is the same as 2004. The price is based on the 64 gal price and will contain 20% lubricant made up of 18% Synthetic and 2% Castor. 10% Nitro $12.35 15% Nitro $13.50 Two cycle and four cycle fuel are the same price. If you want any other type of Nitrol/lube mix let me know. They will mix anything you want. The only caution they have given me is not to go more than 2% Castor with the lube. Who Asked Harry ??? Someone asked Harry Braunlich sometime ago about the availability of ¼ scale Tiger Moth plans. Due to Harry’s advanced age he cannot remember who it was. I thought Charlie and Tom were the only ones with that problem. Maybe your memory gets transferred to your knee and then you have the knee replaced. Any way whoever you are Harry believes you could contact Dave Reid in Phelps NY 1-315-548-3779 or email at dreid@capital.net . He also has an address that is very old that you could try. Bud Barkley Vintage Models RR # 4 Smith Falls Ontario, Canada K7A 455 Phone: 1-613-283-1576 Indoor Flying Open Flying for Indoor Freeflight and Small RC. Honeoye Central School High School Gym All Club members and One guest each welcome February 12th, from 6:00 to 9:00pm March 12th, from 4:00 to 8:00pm Is that iron hot enough? A good way to see if your iron is hot enough, or worse yet, too hot, is to place the iron on a stand (I use a 6-inch scrap 2 x 4) so the foot is facing up. The top of the iron should rest on the 2 x 4. Get a scrap of the material you are using to cover the airplane. Using a Coverite thermometer, heat the iron to the recommended temperature. Then, rest the scrap on the shoe. If it shrivels into a ball right way, the iron is too hot. Readjust the temperature and try again. If nothing happen, then the iron is too cold. Keep adjusting until the scrap barely shrivels. I wait until it shrivels rather slowly and use that temperature as my hot setting. For my low setting, I watch for the piece to shrivel in a few seconds. Since I use MonoKote almost exclusively, I just mark on the iron where the two settings that work best for me are located. You might have to experiment to see what works best for you. From Circus Flyer Camarillo Flying Circus Ron Boyer, editor Camarillo CA
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If you have added or removed any frequencies let me know so I can keep the list up to date. If there are any errors let me know that also. Flying in the cold From the Twin City Flyers Now that the cold is here again, here are a few reminders about flying in freezing weather Keep the batteries in your flight box, ni-start, and radio equipment well charged. The cold cuts back on the efficiency of batteries. They don’t hold their charge as long as in summer. Leave your radio, flight box, etc., inside your car or somewhere warm when not in use (as long as you leave your car running like almost everyone does). Switch to a higher nitro content in winter (15%). The engine will run better because of the higher operating temperature. Keep your fuel warm too, if possible. Keep your airplane in a warm place. It usually is the difference between getting your engine started and ready to fly or just going for a nice drive. A trick to try—set your airplane under the engine of your car if you have the ground clearance to do so. If you keep your airplane in your car with the skis on, make sure when you bring it out you immediately push it around in the snow until the skis are cold, otherwise the snow sticks to the skis and the airplane won’t glide well. After you get your engine running, leave the ni-start or plug lead on for a little while. Let the engine run until it warms up. You don’t need to rev it up or stab at the throttle. Just let it run for a few minutes. You’ll probably have to set the idle speed up slightly higher, even after the warm-up period. In the winter, you can also connect an exhaust tube to the muffler in order to keep the fuel from freezing to your airplane. If fuel freezes to the muffler, it is difficult to remove until you warm up the airplane. Then it runs all over. You’ll probably have to richen the engine some, but it’s nice having a clean airplane to take home. For tubing, I use a piece of clear plastic fuel line that can be purchased in any auto store. A hose clamp will hold the tubing on, and to keep the clamp from coming loose due to vibration, Hot Stuff or epoxy works well. From the Twin City Flyers Newsletter Dan and Yvonne Twomey, editors Festus MO Think you know everything... From the Mississinewa Skyhawks Two-thirds of the world’s eggplant is grown in New Jersey. The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched." On a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple. "Dreamt" is the only English word ending in ‘mt.’ All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of a $5 bill. From the Mississinewa Skyhawks Newsletter Dave Hecker, editor, Wabash IN
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