EVA Exhaust SystemsThe Newsletter of the East V alley Aviators

JANUARY 2017

CLUB OFFICERSPresident:

Mike Jeffries(480) 250-4614

Vice President:Lin Andresen(480) 251-5594

Treasurer:Verlin Boeder(602) 803-6852

Secretary:Sid Frede

(602) 692-2301

Safety Officer:Don Nelson

(480) 688-2722

Safety Officer:Mike Wyman

(480) 227-5970

Membership Officer:John Pomroy(623) 255-996

Training Coordinator:John Mitchell(360) 582-9980

Exhaust Systems Editor:Mickey Ohland(480) 516-7643

The EVA Exhaust Systems is apublication of

The East Valley Aviators R/CClub

An Arizona not-for-profitCorporation

P.O. Box _____Phoenix, Arizona

www.eastvalleyaviators.org

In this issue……● Board Officer Reports● Flying Tips● Just for the fun of it…● Event Pictures

Remember to Pay Your Dues!The last chance to pay your 2017 membership dues without

incurring a $10 late fee is at the next club meeting, Wednesday,February 1st at 7pm.

Important Club News!!!!

EVA BOD Election RESULTSEVA's Board members are elected in December of eachyear and hold their position for two years. Last monththe offices of Vice President, Secretary, and one SafetyOfficer were elected by the membership. The results areas follows:

Vice President..............………..Lin AndresenSecretary..........……….……….Sid FredeSafety Officer.....………….…..Don Nelson

Special thanks to all of EVA’s Board members for theirdedicated service and commitment to the club.

February 2017Membership

MeetingValle del Oro RV Resort

Wednesday, February 1st7:00 pm

Located at 1452 S. Ellsworth, Mesa

Directions are: Go east on Highway 60.Exitat Ellsworth. Valle del Oro RV Resort is justnorth of the Freeway on the left. Tell the guardat the gate that you are here for the RC Clubmeeting and they will direct you to the meetingroom. You can’t miss it.

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On the CoverNew Years Day Fly-in and Breakfast. Alex Dreiling wasEVA’s 2017 First Member to Fly. This was followedwith a pancake breakfast for the membership.

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Submitted By Mike Jeffries

Welcome EVA

Hello everyone and Happy New Year. We had agreat First Day Fly In, but due to weather was onthe second day of the year. The Board ofDirectors (BOD) had to make a decision topostpone or risk New Year’s morning being awash out. We made the right call and withMonday Jan 2 being a holiday for most anywayit worked out well. We served pancakes, sausage,

coffee and orange juice. Members brought plenty of delicioussides. We maintained our cooking club with the flying disorderdistinction.

The field is in the best shape I have ever seen it. We have takensteps to clearly define the runway boundaries. Please make everattempt to land and take-off from within the runway boundaries.One rule that has come up repeatedly is that all flying must bedone beyond the north edge of the runway or the dead-line. Thisis a very important rule and I request members make every effortfollow it. Flying inside the dead-line is for take-off and landingonly. That being said, if you have a new plane and want to getsome action photos doing low fly by passes, you want to take aclose look at the plane as it passes or a few tricks for the crowdthat is not prohibited but make sure you communicate yourintentions to everyone along the flight line. Flying in the runwayareas is the exception not the rule. It is also an AMA safety rule.I cannot emphasize enough communication along the flight line.Busy airports and aircraft carrier flight lines are as safe as theyare because everyone along the flight line knows what ishappening at all times. Please call out your intentions and if youare not sure that the person in the flying stations beside you heardyou politely ask them to acknowledge. We have also receivedsome input from members on modifications to the existing club

rules. The BOD will review these suggestions and make thenecessary updates to the club rules

I would also like to acknowledge the efforts of the board ofdirectors, Vice President Lin Andresen, Treasurer Verlin Boeder,Secretary Sid Frede, Membership Officer John Pomroy, SafetyOfficers Mike Wyman and Don Nelson, Newsletter Letter EditorMickey Ohland and Training Coordinator John Mitchell. Alsowelcoming Jerry Bauer as Safety Officer at Large. Please whenyou see these officers, thank them for spending their own freetime in busy lives to ensure this club runs as smoothly as it does.They all make my job easy.

Since this club runs as smoothly as it does, makes for very shortGeneral Membership Meeting programs. I encourage everyone,get up and tell us about your latest project, career, hobbies, latestgrilling technique, a very popular activity at EVA. Themembership meetings are about getting together and getting toknow one another. Feel free to speak up.

Until next time, Smile and Wave!

Mike

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VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORTSubmitted by: Lin Andresen

Hello fellow East Valley Aviators. We have finallybeen blessed with great winter flying weather and theflying and talking is getting better every day. I havea couple of questions for you. Why do we fly modelaircraft anyway and why is it a great idea to belongto a great RC club like the East Valley Aviators?

Why Fly RC?

I’ve been involved in radio controlled model flyingfor quite some time now and I can’t think of a better

way to spend free or planned time. I actually started with littlegliders and rubber band powered drugstore planes and then movedon to simple kits. My interest in the hobby grew until I startedflying control line planes with nitro motors and then on to RCplanes. I’m sure many of you have similar stories and have foundaeromodelling to be a very rewarding and exhilarating hobby. MostRC pilots I know enjoy the hobby because they like to build and/orwork on model aircraft and be in control of the way it flies (mostof the time anyway.) The hobby also takes you to the “Great”outdoors where you can enjoy nature.

Why join a club like EVA?

One of the great things about joining a club is having theopportunity to mix with all kinds of like-minded folks from all agegroups and backgrounds. You can also get flight training from aqualified club instructor, learn, learn, learn, about every facet ofaeromodelling from many sources and participate in club activities(cookouts included).

One of the requirements of joining most clubs is to have an AMAmembership. This is a good thing in many ways. The AMAprovides insurance to members that can help with or take care ofinjuries or damages caused by the member. You can go to theAMA website for more details but the insurance does provide greatprotection at a reasonable price.

Now back to the activities.

Some of our activities at EVA involve cookouts and familyget-togethers. The Thanksgiving Turkey Roast and New Yearsmorning breakfast are two examples of our family orientedactivities. We also have some “Night fly” events that lets pilotsshow off their brightly lit and glo-in-the-dark aircraft. Some eventsinvolve work.

The East Valley Aviators has one event that is actually done as acommunity service in conjunction with Pinal County--it is theAdopt-A-Highway program. EVA has agreed to host highwaycleanup activities twice a year. We are responsible for picking uptrash along Ironwood Road one-half mile north and south of ourentryway. Pinal County supplies garbage bags, reflective safetyvests, and some safety advice. Our club provides volunteerworkers, water, and doughnuts. The next Ironwood cleanup willbe on February 25, 2017 at 8:a.m. This event is also a great timeto mingle, meet members, and do something for your communityand club.

Well, that’s all for now folks.

See ya at EVA….Lin

Submitted By Verlin Boeder

Please, wear your EVA club badge at the field!!!

Not a lot changed since the last Newsletter except theyear and I hope all had a great new year. The fieldreconditioning is all completed so no more down time isexpected. Happy flying and land between the lines please.

Cash on hand is a little low right now. EVA ended theyear with $3,800.00 in the bank plus the reserve fund.With all expenses paid to date we are in good shape andmore dues money is still to come in. If you have not paid

your 2017 dues yet, remember that after February 1st a $10.00 latefee is assessed. If anyone wants financial details contact me and Iwill give you what I know. The books are always open for anyoneto see.

EVA has a new sales person for caps, t-shirts, etc. and it is DonNelson see him at any club event.

If you are the last person to leave our flying field in the evening, besure to lock the gate!!!!

Happy flying and smooth landings, lets all enjoy a great hobby.

Verlin

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Submitted By Sid Frede

EVA General Membership MeetingDecember 7, 2016

Minutes

President Mike Jeffries called the meeting to order@9amLocation: EVA field

● New members: none● Solo Pilot: none● Guests - one

· President’s Report – Mike Jeffrieso Elections complete

§ Vice President – Vice President§ Secretary – Sid Frede§ Safety Officer – Don Nelson

o Field rules and behavior§ Wear badges!§ Park aircraft in pit area, not under Ramada§ Drones – must have spotter and in remain in visual

contact at all time

(espe-cially FPV)

§ Fly in flight stations only, notunder Ramada

§ Don’t leave planes at starting station when notflying. Creates confusion as to who is in flightstation.

§ Don’t leave starters, fuel, etc at starting stations.§ Connect batteries at starting stations only

§ Review process of identifying membersw/o badges displayed.

§ LOCK THE GATE. Runway has beenimproved. Don’t allow unauthorizedvehicles entry..

o Renter insurance? Mike Jefferies to review.o FAA registration – every RC pilot required to

register. Recommend you register and put onplane along with AMA number.

o Good Samaritan recently found and returnedplane to a member. Story to be published inDecember newsletter.

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o Thanks to EVA, Dave Bradshaw, John Pomeroy,Sid Frede for supporting Tuskegee Airmen youthwith RC buddy-box flying experience.

o Past event§ Swap meet – attendance down with less for

sale. 65+§ Fry & Fly 75+. More family attendance

· Treasurers Report – Verlin Boedero $1,600. Membership dues flowing in now.

§ Membership report – John Pomroyo Website renewal working well. Use web if pos-

sible. 120 renewed now.

o Badge Clips on bulletin board- contact John ifyou need new badge..

· Secretary’s Report – Sid Fredeo Minutes of meetings are included in newslet-

ter. Contact Sid if you have any questions.· Upcoming events.

o Dec 10�� – 2ⁿ� session + Buddy box and BBQo Jan 1�� – New Year fly-in and breakfast 8:30

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General Membership Meeting Minutes1/4/17

President Mike Jeffries called the meeting to order @ 7pm Location: VDO

· New Members: 2 new members· Solo Pilot: one· Guests - two· President’s Report – Mike Jeffries

o Runway§ Add contest stripes and centerline this coming

week§ Put X’s at each end of runway to designate not

a full scale runwayo Rules

§ Need to print rules and display at field –Mike Jeffries to coordinate

§ Proposed rule changes being generated bycertain members. To be reviewed by BOD

§ We are a hobby club. Every memberresponsible for flying in a safe manner

§ Call out landing intentions. Call outloudly and acknowledge when you hear

§ Please fly past deadline at all times unlesslanding and doing touch and go. Call outintentions loudly!

§ Be courteous in pointing out infractions.Contact BOD if you feel uncomfortable in do-ing so.

§ Notify BOD if you see repeated infractions§ Wear your badge! Winter is busy flying season.

Ask politely to display your badge. Very impor-tant flyers are authorized – EVA members haveto be AMA members. AMA members or cov-ered by insurance – very important.

O Flying station etiquette§ Keep flying station clear if you are not occupying.

Remove your airplane to pit area. Removeyour equipment from starting/flying stations ifyou are not using, so other members will knowthey are unoccupied.

O Lock to gate! The runway is in great shape. Helpprevent vandalism.

O Lost and found. Take picture if possible. Don’t leaveexpensive equipment in shed. Contact if phone num-ber is on equipment or get to a BOD member to helptrack down owner

· Past eventsO Aerobatic clinic

§ 12/3 & 12/10. 12- 15 people each session.§ Buddy box flying with each attendee on 12/10

session demonstrating the effect of Expo incontrolling your airplane

§ Looking at other clinics on programming Futabaand Spectrum radio. Perhaps a session in theSpring.

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§ Link to video of training session and demo on lastnewsletter.

O 1�� day fly-in§ Approximately 40 people. Attendance

down.    Had  to  delay  to  the  2ⁿ� due toweather. Fewer people in Arizona thiswinter season.

· Treasurers Report –o Treasury is in good shape after runway expenses.

§ Membership report – John Pomroyo 192 renewed. Typical for early January.o No renewal penalty until next meeting in Februaryo New gate code. Info with your renewal

· Secretary’s report – Sid Fredeo Minutes of meetings are included in newsletter.

Contact Sid if you have any questions.· Safety – Mike Wyman

o EVA rules, FAA advisory, and AMA encourageusing common sense to promote safety.

o Multi-rotor Drones– issues we will all face in safeflying at the club. Multi-rotor drones are essen-tially helicopters and can be flown at the helicop-ter field, station #5, or electric field if under 2#s.The Board will be discussing any special provi-sions that may apply to this emerging technology.

o Drones (FPV or direct visual) must be flown witha spotter and within visible range at all times.

o Drones not flown at our field are outside ourcontrol. All pilots must obey FAA rules

o All members should display AMA number, FAAnumber, and general contact info on all aircraft.

· Training- John Mitchell – no new students. Have plenty ofinstructors

· Upcoming events.o Superstition Challenge 1/14 & 1/15

§ Volunteers welcome. Scribing (recordingscores of judge) is great way tolearn/understand competition

§ Team Kaos to assist with plane lines· General Discussion

o AMA official visited a recent contest and re-corded planes w/o FAA numbers and reportedpilots…. Put your number on your plane!

Next Meeting: 2/1/16 @ VDO

Submitted By John Pomroy

The 2017 Membership Renewal Season is Al-most Over

The 2017 membership renewal season will benearly closed by the time you read this newslet-ter. The last chance to pay your 2017 member-ship dues without incurring a $10 late fee is atthe next club meeting, Wednesday, February1st at 7pm. Please don’t delay if you intend tomaintain your flying privileges for 2017! An-

other important reason to not to delay is we changed the gatelock combination on January 1st. As of now, you need to berenewed to access the field if you’re first in or to lock up ifyou’re last out. Once you renew, you will receive the new lockcombination.

There are no changes to the renewal fees or steps from last year.Here’s how it goes

What you do

1. Goto http://www.eastvalleyaviators.org and click the‘Membership’ tab at the top of the page. This willtake you to the ‘Membership Application’ page.Alternatively, click this link which will take youstraight to the renewal application pagehttp://www.eastvalleyaviators.org/?page_id=550

2. Fill in your information. Note there are required fieldsthat must be filled in correctly

3. At the bottom of the page, click the ‘Submit’ button.This will take you to the payment page

4. On the payment page, follow the payment instructions.You can elect to pay your dues via Paypal (recommend-ed) or mail a personal check to the club membership

officer (instructions provided at bottom of paymentpage)

What happens next

Once you’ve successfully completed the above, the club mem-bership officer will receive an e-mail notifying him/her thatyou’ve renewed for 2017. If you’ve paid your dues via Paypal,your 2017 renewal sticker and new gate lock combination infowill be sent out to you the same day. This is the fastest andeasiest way to complete the renewal process.If you filled out your renewal application online but choose topay via personal check, your 2017 renewal sticker and new gatelock combination info will be sent out once your paymentarrives in the mail to our membership officer

If you can’t utilize the online renewal form, you’re still requiredto fill out a paper copy of the renewal form so that we have yourlatest and correct information. This is necessary to keep ourcontact information about you current and accurate. The upsideis you are guaranteed to receive the club newsletter, getnotification of important events via e-mail(e.g. rain lock is on), and we cansuccessfully send yourr e n e w a l

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In summary, we strongly encourage the use of the website renewalpage and paying via Paypal to complete your membership renewalversus the paper form and personal check methods. The onlinemethod is the fastest, most accurate method for you and the clubto get your information accurately as well as saving your treasurerand membership officer a lot of work processing your payment.

Lastly, should you invite or have a prospective new memberapproach you about how to join, the process is the same as forrenewals. Please encourage those prospective new members to usethe online system outlined above. Should you have any questionsor problems, please feel free to call the membership officer, JohnPomroy, at 623-255-9966 or send him an e-mail message via theclub website http://www.eastvalleyaviators.org and hit the ‘ContactUs’ tab at the top or click this link which will take you straight tothe renewal page http://www.eastvalleyaviators.org/?page_id=62

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Submitted By Mike Wyman

Well the New Year is here. I thought I would talkmore about the flying field rules. For the most partthe membership has been extremely prudent aboutadhering to the Club Field rules. My colleague DonNelson and I have chatted many times about theoperation at the field and would like to complementall who have respected the recommendations set forthin the Field Safety Rules. It’s everybody’sresponsibility to mind andenforce the safety rules. I wantto spend a few moments talking

about some more of the rules:

Rule 3. All AMA National Safety CodeRules apply to this field. This means that wecomply with the expectations of theAMA/MAAC rules. MAAC members shouldtake a look at the AMA rules just to makesure that there isn’t anything additional addedespecially with respect to the FAA ruling fordrones.

Rule 6. The Main Runway is open toall AMA Legal Aircraft.

A: The Electric Runway is open toelectric aircraft that weigh less thanor equal to 2 poundsB: The Helicopter Pad is for theoperation of helicopters both electricand gas powered. (we are consideringa multi rotor copter as a helicopter)This is self explanatory.

Rule 10. Take off and landings will be on the center line ofthe runway. The direction of the wind will indicate take off andlanding directions. Always land or takeoff into the wind. If youare unsure of the pattern please ask someone. Pilots taking offshould call their intentions and directions. A lot of peoplewho are flying can’t hear so well so “yell it out” please.Either the pilot or the spotter can call intentions and directions.Now that we have a marked center line on the runway it shouldn’tbe hard to land down the middle of the runway.

Rule 12. For your safety, there must be at least two peoplepresent when flying. A member pilot and anobserver. Please do not fly alone! It ismandatory that people flying FPV must havea spotter. If you are carrying a video monitoreither on the transmitter or on a head set thenyou are considered FPV.

Rule 33. Electric planes flying at the Electricfield must comply with the EVA Flying SiteRules. Basically rule 33 says “go back to rule1”.

I will continue to put other rules up so membersand be educated and make the safety record thebest it can be for the East Valley Aviators. Newmembers please take the time to read the fieldrules. They can be found on the web site underClub Documents. (No, there won’t be a quizJ)

Most important is Rule #1! Safe flying is NOAccident . . .

Mike

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USING EXPO TO CONTROL YOURAIRPLANE

The second session of the Team Kaos "Intro to Aerobatics"Mini-Clinic was held Saturday December 10th. Variousmaneuvers were presented by Sid Frede and demonstrated byJohn Bentley.

Attendees then flew on a buddy box demonstrating the effect thatexpo can have on the performance and control of your airplane.The airplane was switched between 100% aileron throw @ 100%expo and 100% throw @ 0% expo on each flight. The differencein control was dramatic!

Almost uncontrollable at 0% expo, and very soft @ 100%. Thehappy median lies somewhere between for normal flying. Itbecomes your personal choice for your aircraft.

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2017 EVA EVENT SCHEDULE

February 1 7:00 pm Membership Meeting (VDO)February 11 4:00 pm EVA Winter Night Fly & BBQFebruary 25 8:00 am Ironwood Road Cleanup #2March 1 7:00 pm Membership Meeting (VDO)March 4 - 5 CLOSED Desert Pattern ChallengeMarch 18 O-Dark-30 EVA Swap Meet & Lunch (10:30 am)April 8 - 9 CLOSED Cactus Classic IMAC ContestMay 6 8:00 am Membership Meeting (EVA Field)

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