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1 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 1 Editor Bob Breckler Volume 24 Issue 6 June Inside This Issue President s Track 1 Meeting Minutes 2 Old/New Business 3 Show & Tell 4 For Sale/Wanted 6-7 Birthdays 8 Indoor Flying 8 Instructors 8 Hobby Shops Upcoming Events 13 Club Info 13 Next meeting is June 19th at : AMVETS POST MCHENRY RD WHEELING, IL 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 Well the shed is pretty much done on the outside. I want to thank Bob and Duane for all their hard work and many (6) weekends spent building it. Now that they are done with the outside we need to spread the rest of the mulch and move the tables back. When we get the stone we will need more help digging a trench on each side of it for drainage. The next step on the list for the shed is adding shelving to the inside We have to watch where we fly to the west end of the field and not fly over the pavilion and picnic area. It is very easy when landing from the west end with our big gassers. The orientation of the runway lines up to fly over it. If you see someone flying over it or that far out please help them by letting them know they are doing it. The Forest Preserve could give you a $ ticket for doing it. The Fun Fly owill be on Sunday the 18th (Fathers Day). Steve Gelman will let us know what it will be the week before. If you have not paid you club dues please do so ASAP. The club picnic is set up for Sunday July 31st. The raffle prizes at the meeting will again be a gift certificate. ~ Steve President Steve Haas Vice President Howard Bifeld Editor Bob Breckler Board of Directors Bob Breckler Don Linder Jim Kaufman Carl Will Secretary Murry Randell Treasurer Jim Kaufman Webmaster Doug Bradbury COMMITTEES Winter Banquet OPEN Field Marshal Jim Kaufman Flying Proficiency Duane Lang Fun-Fly Steve Gelman Ground Crew OPEN Noise Shlomo Rimer Picnic Carl Will/ TBD Bob Breckler Programs OPEN Safety Don Linder/Rich Blaha

2 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 MEETING MINUTES Page 2 by Murry Randell, Secretary May 15h, 2017 Meeting The May 15th, meeting of the Blue Max RC Flying Club was called to order at 6:58pm by President Steve Haas Welcome Guests Ralph Warner from RAM Welcome New Members Bill Christian Around The Hangar President s Report President 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: we are still looking for a Photographer, for those building and that have sent pictures, thank you Webmaster Report Doug Bradbury: No Report. Committee Reports: Winter Banquet OPEN Field Marshal Jim Kaufman: Shed is almost done and the field is in really good shape, steve said that he will spray the weeds in the seams between the infield. Fun Fly Steve Gelman: May s was called due to wind, June s is planned there may be some make up flights announced later, Come out and have some fun Noise Shlomo Rimer: the noise is starting to pick up Picnic Carl Will/Bob Breckler: notice will go out VIA to register for the Picnic, please remember to return it so we can get an accurate head count, it s much appreciated. Proficiency Duane Lang: No advancements Program OPEN: Safety Don Linder: it is essential to have a spotter when flying, and it s important for that spotter to keep track of all the traffic in the area of the pilot he s spotting for and not just watching the plane that of the pilot he s spotting for. The spotter should also make sure that the pilots intents are called out to the flight line.

3 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 3 Old Business The shed project is almost finished also the safety fence on the left side still needs to be replaced from the winter accident, discussion around what we could use for the year instead of buying the fencing for right now New Business The Maiden Flight Check list will be updated to reflect a more current procedure The flagpole will be remounted on the new Forest Preserve District sign in the pits. Don Cameron donated his equipment when he passed away to the club, all proceeds from the sale of the equipment will go towards club functions, two planes have already be designated as trainer planes and have been put to use already Crash Reports Bob Warenski Avoid 25mph wind gusts. 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. Thanks to Carl Will for delivering the Food to the Pantry. We need a caption for this picture.first thing that comes to mind.. UHMMMMMMMM NO NO NO, that goes over here! it ran fine..last year Always...no wait, Never you know it s hot out here right Or Remember to check you plane out and do all repairs prior to going out to the field, especially when it s 281 miles away from home

4 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 4 Show & Tell Mike Melendy brought by his newly finished Phoenix models WACO F5C It has an OS.95AX in it and weights in at a slim 11# s but hasn t been flown yet. It s a real beauty Mike, nice job

5 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 5 Raffle Winners : No raffle due to the plane auction Thanks to all who participated Meeting adjourned at 8:36 pm Well here it is, NEW and IMPROVED, Carl s B-25, it back up on the flight line after a few repairs on the wing. Carl and Howard headed out to St. Charles to put it back up into the air a few weeks ago, Carl said that it flew great and with a change in props took off and landed very scale like. And with all the repairs that were made, it didn t change the plane balance or flight characteristics at all. With a couple of clean flights under it s wings again we look forward to it s flying debut at the Fox Valley Warbirds Event. Great job Carl.

6 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 6 FOR SALE This area is for members that have items to sell. Please send item descriptions and pictures to rcbluemax@sbcglobal.net 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 $ CONTACT: Shlomo Rimer at shlomorimer@gmail.com James Irlbeck is selling an Extra 300L, it has a all the servos and a OS70 4-Stroke with a Pitts muffler, he s asking $ for everything (includes the cowl)

7 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 7 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 rcbluemax@sbcglobal.net Wanted a DX 9 transmitter... please contact Pete Warenski Phone: wmke@aol.com

8 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 8 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 lcordes@juno.com or before registering at Session cost: $93 or Gold card $80. Lake Barrington Fieldhouse 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 White Pines Golf Dome - NightHawk Flying 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 frenchstan@comcast.net or INSTRUCTORS Blue Max Club Instructors GROUND CREW Howard Bifeld Don Linder Gene Zerega Open Dan Deitemeyer Mike Melendy Rob Getz Gene Zerega Steve Haas Duane Lang Shlomo Rimer Carl Will Bradford Walters 7/1 UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS From June 20th Through July 17th

9 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 9 Summer Build Pictures The factories are all on summer vacation Instead of build pictures this month we have a couple of photos from the SIG Fly-in Event, Attended by Carl Will, Cliff Kroening, Mike Melendy, Bob Breckler, Brad and Lynn Walters and Ron Petterec. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate at all, much like here on Friday and Saturday the winds were clocked at 25mph with gusts up to 35mph.as all Cubs Fans say Wait till next year!

10 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 10 The Flight line and Cliff and Carl with Hazel Sig, she just passed her 95th Birthday and hasn t missed a step, Congrats Hazel

11 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 11 Exclusive Importer of Seagull Models In the US & Canada SIG Mfg. Co., Inc. P.O. Box South Front Street Montezuma, IA

12 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 12 Du-Bro Products, Inc PO Box 815 Wauconda, IL Go to for more info

13 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 13 Blue Max R/C Flying Club Inc. PO Box 7803 Buffalo Grove, IL Blue Max Flying Field Deer Grove East FP Enter on Dundee Rd Blue Max R/C Flying Club MEETING LOCATION AMA # 1040 AMVETS POST MCHENRY RD WHEELING, IL UPCOMING EVENTS FOR June 2017 July 2017 Please check our calendar on the website for more events or details: Blue Max Fun Fly Fathers day June 18th Blue Max Meeting June 19th 2017 Wheeling, IL IF IT FLYS/ Swap Shop June 17th Rock Valley RC Flyers Visit: rockvalleyrcflyers.com Windy City Warbirds June 22nd 24th St. Charles Field Fox Valley Aero Club (always a good time) Tri-Village Rcers Pattern Contest July 1st and 2nd Poplar Creek Model Airplane field Scale Air Show July 9th Palos Hills, IL Morrill Meadow Field, Palos RC Flying Club Astro Wings of Grafton 28th Annual Charity fun Fly for the Boy Scouts July 15th (see Page 14) Air Supremacy over Goshen July 13th 15th Goshen Municipal Airport Warbird Fly In July 15th Wheeler, IN Rainford Field

14 June 2017 Volume 24 Issue 6 Page 14 Flight Line Updates: After taking a few more weeks than planed, the new shed is complete (on the outside at least). I would like to personally thank the following for helping out with their time Duane Lang Carl Will Jim Kaufman Jim Keehan Don Linder& Son Steve Haas Howard Bifeld Vic Breckler

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