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September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 1
Editor – Bob Breckler Volume 23 – Issue 9 September
President
Steve Haas
Vice President
Howard Bifeld
Editor
Bob Breckler
Board of Directors
Bob Breckler
Duane Lang
Carl Will
Gene Zerega
Secretary
Murry Randell
Treasurer
Jim Kaufman
Webmaster
Doug Bradbury
COMMITTEES
Banquet
Leo Hanula
Field Marshal
Jim Kaufman
Flying Proficiency
Duane Lang
Fun-Fly
Steve Gelman
Ground Crew
Gene Zerega
Matt Hauser
Noise
Shlomo Rimer
Picnic
Carl Will/ TBD
Bob Breckler
Programs
OPEN
Safety
Don Linder/Rich Blaha
Inside This Issue
President’s Track 1
Meeting Minutes 2
Old/New Business 3
For Sale 6
Wanted 8
Birthdays 8
Indoor Flying 9
Instructors 9
Hobby Shops 12-13
Upcoming Events 14
Club Info 14
Next meeting is
September 19th at :
AMVETS POST 66 700 MCHENRY RD
WHEELING, IL. 60090
Start time - 7:00 p.m.
Meetings are the 3rd
Monday of the month.
RENEW YOUR
BLUE MAX & AMA
MEMBERSHIPS!!
AMA CHARTER 1040
GOLD LEADERSHIP
CLUB
THE PRESIDENT’S TRACK
by Steve Haas
September 24th is the big Palatine High School Cross Country meet at Deer Grove and so the flying field will be closed when the meet is going on. We ask that no one tries to fly when the meet is going on because of the number of people at this event it is not safe over them. Also it will be
very difficult to get into the Forest Preserve because of all the cars and busses there. When the meet is finished and the people have left it is ok to fly.
Our September Fun Fly will be on Sep. 18th at 10:00am weather permitting.
We did not have enough members at last month’s meeting to raffle off the Seagull Funky Cub donated by Bradford so we will try again this month.
~ Steve
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 2
MEETING MINUTES by Murry Randell, Secretary
August 15th, 2016 Meeting
The August 15th, 2016 meeting of the Blue Max RC Flying Club was called to
order at 7:10 pm by President Steve Haas
Around The Hangar
President’s Report — Steve Haas: meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Secretary Report — Murry Randell: The minutes were accepted as published in the newsletter.
Treasurer Report — Jim Kaufman: stated club numbers
Newsletter Report — Bob Breckler: Thanks all for the pictures still looking for newsletter photographer
Webmaster Report — Doug Bradbury: No Report.
Committee Reports:
Winter Banquet — Leo Hanula Nothing new this month
Field Marshal — Jim Kaufman: Some of the carpet seams are coming apart (new ones) we will look into getting more glue and pasting the edges back down. Grass appears to be getting cut again Fun Fly — Steve Gelman: the third Fun Fly was held this month with a two pass lap, one with a loop, one with a roll (1 on each pass) and then landing on the runway, all while being timed, and the winners are as follows 1. Steve Haas 2. Don Linder 3. Ron Petterec and 4 Howard Bifeld. Noise — Shlomo Rimer: All Quiet, please make some noise
Picnic — Carl Will/Bob Breckler: Still looking for one more hand for next year to help with the picnic, no
experience, training will be given.
Proficiency — Duane Lang: No advancements this month
Program — OPEN: if anyone has someone that they would like to have come and speak with the club or
anything that they would like to present please see Steve or Howard.
Safety — Don Linder: Please be careful NOT to overrun the picnic areas to the Southwest of the field , also
pay attention when going in and out of the loading zone, watch for pedestrians, especially the kids. And the
gas club has it’s Golden Age Fly In on Wednesday, October 24th, all are welcome
Refreshments - Bob Breckler:
Welcome Guests Welcome New Members
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 3
Crash Reports
No crashing last month
Old Business
None
New Business
The Forest Preserve District has dedicated 12 of their flying fields as designated for “drone use” as well as
other aircraft, the Deer Grove East field has been included in those fields. All pilots will be required to have
AMA memberships as well as their FAA numbers, and will have to also follow all the field regulations.
FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS
We are collecting non-perishable foods for a local food pantry. The food pantry we are donating to is Our
Lady of Ransom/St Vincent de Paul. Please bring your donations to our monthly meetings.
Steve Haas with his
brand new Byron origi-
nal Glasair in 1988
Steve with his Glasair in
2016 after some repairs,
the plane still looks great
after all these years and
flys great according to
Steve….some things never
change.
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 4
Show & Tell
Steve Haas brought his Byron GLasair to the meeting, he cartwheeled the plan in 1988 only a few flights
after it’s maiden, it has a Moki 210, 19.25#’s had 3 flights the week before he brought it and the muffler
came loose and melted the Nyrod throttle cable to itself, Steve managed to land it without issues.
Chuck brought in this Seagull ISport he picked up for 30.00 which required a lot of repair work to get
the plan airworthy, the fire wall had to be redone, he put an Thunder Tiger 46 motor and an Tactic
Gyro receiver for stability ,
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 5
Meeting adjourned at 8:25pm
Raffle Winners :
No Raffle last month
Rob Getz and Howard Bifeld on a recent vist to the Fox Valley Aero Club for a day of flying, Rob
with his Bearcat and Howard with is Top Flight Spitfire
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 6
FOR SALE
This area is for members that have items to sell. Please send item
descriptions and pictures to [email protected]
Yohay Hahamy is selling a Hobby King F3A
Arcus Foam Biplane, takes 1 hour to assemble,
fully loaded out of the box. All you need is re-
ceiver and Battery.
Asking $140.00
Contact Yohay @ [email protected]
CMP Model Piper Cub
Wingspan 91”, Functional Scale Gear, Scale Cockpit Doors.
Engine is a Saito 100 with all high torque metal geared servos
Only asking $300.00
CONTACT: Shlomo Rimer at [email protected]
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 7
FOR SALE Cont.
Top Flight Cessna Skylane 182 his Gold Edition ARF $350 Firm Link to plane Specs- Pictures and video http://www.top-flite.com/airplanes/topa0906.html This has been flown 3 times and needs minor repairs. One of the aileron where the horn attaches is stripped out and the horn needs to be moved over to the next slot. When I put the fuel lines in the frame behind the cowl I didn't add a layer of wood to reinforce it so it pushed through so it need minor repair. Also when we maidened the plane the ailerons were reversed and on take off it flipped on its back and took the light that sits on the rudder off. It has a brand new OS 91 4-stroke and I put lights behind the dash so it lights up. I have over $1000 into this plane.
Black Horse T-28 $200 Firm
This plane is in excellent condition except I got a glue drip on the windshield,It
has only been maidened once. It had a loose tension spring on the fuel adjust
screw so I put a plastic tie strop around it to make it tighter but haven't tried it
yet, The mixture screw was moving during flight and since I put the tie strap
on I never got a chance to fly it again before I moved. Should be an easy fix. 'm
almost positive it has a OS 71 4-stroke on it New of course. I would like the RX
out of this plane un less you have a Spectrum radio and we can figure a fair
price depending on which Rx is in there. I think it has an AR8000.
PT 19 88 Inch $300 Firm
It has a new PTE 36 Gas Engine on it and only flew 3-4 times before one of the
landing gear legs broke. It wasn't because of a hard landing it was a flaw in the
wire. It broke right where there was a seam. Very strange indeed and I can
explain when I talk to you. This engine is probably a little big for this plane as it
was really moving very fast although I was going to leave it I didn't mind it but
a DLE 20 would be perfect for this plane. I think I ruined both windshield when
I was building it so they are not there Other then that it is in excellent condi-
tion. I want the RX
These are the Planes that Ray Lanning has for sale, Ray writes “ I need to move these from my friends whare-house so that’s the reason for the cheap prices, If anyone is interested please call me and I can go over any-thing with them
Canadian Air $300 Firm Wing Span: 2050mm ----80.7 inchFuselage length:
1476mm -----58.1 Inches Wing Area: 63sq dm Flying Weight: 4540g Link to an
expired ebay listing with photo's and a video..http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/
radio-control-canadair-cl-415-arf-rc-plane-model-/170482834716 I put 2 .60
size electric motors on it and used 2 6S 5000Mah batteries to power it and it
also balances it perfectly. It has Landing gear on it so you can use the runway.
It also has a Spectrum RX which I want back or you can buy it for $75.00 I'm
pretty sure it has an 8 channel AR8000RX I have about $700 into it. It has only
been flown 2-3 times at the field before I moved away. I took the floats off the
wing tips and have them somewhere but not sure where at the moment so
the plane may or may not come with come with these. Excellent Condition!!!!
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 8
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
From September 19th Through October 17th
Bob Breckler 9/21 Joe Gallagher 10/7
Tom Jetson 9/22 Duane Lang 10/7
Bob Wisinski 9/24 Mike McTague 10/13
Shlomo (Sam) Rimer 10/15
WANTED
This is where Blue Max Club members can post RC items that
they would like to buy. Send a description and
contact info to [email protected]
Joe Trytek is looking for a Hanger 9 P47D-1 Thunderbolt 60 (HAN2790) ARF if you
have one please contact Joe Trytek @ 708-638-8705
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 9
INSTRUCTORS GROUND CREW
Howard Bifeld Don Linder Gene Zerega Matt Hauser
Dan Deitemeyer Mike Melendy Rob Getz Gene Zerega
Steve Haas Shlomo Rimer
Duane Lang Carl Will
Blue Max Club Instructors
Indoor Flying
District 214 Forest View Ed Ctr Fieldhouse Flying, 2121 S Goebbert Rd, Arlington Hts.
Course #9264 2/1 - 5/23. Mondays 3:30 pm until 6:30 pm No class 1/18, 2/15.
First time flyers, contact LeRoy Cordes at [email protected] or before registering at www.ce.d214.org. Session cost: $93 or Gold card $80.
Lake Barrington Fieldhouse – 28156 W North Pointe Parkway, Lake Barrington
Fly every Friday from 11 am until 2 pm, $15 per pilot.
For more info and directions go to http://www.lakebarringtonfieldhouse.com.
White Pines Golf Dome - NightHawk Flying - 500 W Jefferson St (3rd Ave), Bensenville
November 6 - April 16, Friday & Saturday nights from 10 pm - 12 am.
$150 Season Pass, $10 for single night.
Contact Stan Warden at [email protected] or 630-654-8476
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 10
Carl Will went to Champaign County R/C Club
“Barnstormers over Champaign”
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 11
And some pictures from the Fox Valley Event held this summer
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 12
SIG Mfg. Co., Inc.
P.O. Box 520
401-7 South Front Street
Montezuma, IA 50171-0520
800-247-5008
www.sigmfg.com
Exclusive Importer of Seagull
Models In the US & Canada
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 13
Du-Bro Products, Inc
PO Box 815
Wauconda, IL 60084
800-848-9411
www.dubro.com
Go to www.Sigmfg.com for more info.
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 14
Blue Max R/C Flying Club Inc. PO Box 7803 Buffalo Grove, IL 60089-7803
Blue Max R/C Flying Club
AMA # 1040
www.BlueMaxRC.com
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR
September 2016 – October 2016
Please check our calendar on the website for more events or details:
9/18 Blue Max Fourth Fun-Fly Deer Grove East Field (Musical Chairs)
9/24 Glenview Fest, 1920 Patriot Blvd. Glenview, IL
9/24 WWII Fighters Demonstration Midway Village Museum , Rock Valley RC Flyers
9/24 –9/25 Streator, IL 6th Annual Fall Scramble Warbird Event and Classic’s Fly
1248 E 15th Rd. Streator, IL WWI and WWII Planes all Welcome
10/1 Burr Ridge Swap Meet Trinity Lutheran School, Burr Ridge, IL
All, we’re getting to the last events for the summer of 2016, attend at least one of them before we head into the SWAP MEET Season and the loooooong winter
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Blue Max Flying Field
Deer Grove East FP
Enter on Dundee Rd
MEETING LOCATION—
AMVETS POST 66
700 MCHENRY RD
WHEELING, IL 60090
September 2016 Volume 23— Issue 9 Page 15
