President s Message Bob Kellar

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1 Volume 46, Issue 8 August 2017 The Monthly Newsletter of the Tokay Radio Control Modelers Lodi, California AMA District 10 F O U N D E D A M A C H A R T E R E D C L U B W W W. T O K A Y R C M O D E L E R S. C O M Next Meeting: Wednesday August 2nd 6:00PM 2017 TRCM Officers: President: Bob Kellar president@tokayrcmodelers.com Vice-President: Randy Laney Vice-president@tokayrcmodelers.com Secretary: Don Brown secretary@tokayrcmodelers.com Treasurer: Robert Stanley treasurer@tokayrcmodelers.com Safety Coordinator: Dick Wareham safety@tokayrcmodelers.com Newsletter: Mark Huntley headwind@tokayrcmodelers.com Webmaster: Neil Gates webmaster@tokayrcmodelers.com President s Message Bob Kellar The hot weather is here and it appears it will be here for a few weeks. Just a quick reminder for you electric flyers, batteries don't like heat. So, make sure your airflow path to your ESC and batteries is wide open including the exit area. Failing to do this is both dangerous and expensive and it is so simple to correct. Just a sharp #11 blade and a little time and problem solved. For us gas burners the same cautions apply. Those cylinder heads don't like temps much above degrees for very long. So make a short landing approach and check your head temperatures to be sure. Once again, failure to provide cooling air is expensive. At the last meeting, Ken Knowles presented a "Master Plan" for field development. After discussion it was voted to adopt this plan to guide us in our growth. It is really great when members take a sincere interest in the progress of the club. Talk to Ken and review the plan to see all the positive projects noted there. The only things missing are flush toilets and a gold plated presidential office! Good results start with a good plan. Way to go Ken! TRCM Events 2017 Annual barbecue at Bill Churchill s August 5 Oakdale IMAC, Aug 12/13 Scale fly-in/warbird event, August 19 Dinner and night fly October 7 Turkey Shoot November 11 or 18 The Churchill Summer BBQ will be held on Saturday, August 5 at 5:00 p.m. Please plan to come and join you fellow club members for great food and even better friendship. I want to thank Bill and Audrey and their families for having us into their household each year. It is truly a family wide endeavor on their part. August 19, 2017 is the date for the Giant Scale Fly-in. Otherwise known as "Bring anything big to fly and have a great day with fellow flyers Day." Talk about low key, the past Fly-ins have been mostly about flying, peanut gallery comments and help from other knowledgeable flyers. No judging and other than safety rules, no rules on what gets flown. Come and join if you can, it is a great day of fun. The next meeting of TRCM is on August 2 at 6:00 p.m. at the Lodi Public Library community room. Please note the start time change from 6:30 to 6:00 p.m. This will give us a chance to get through the agenda before closing at 8:00 p.m. I hope to see you there.

2 P a g e 2 TRCM HEADWIND TRCM Meeting Minutes, July 5, :00 pm at the Lodi Public Library - 17 in attendance I. Call to Order: Robert Keller, President 6:01 PM II. III. IV. Announcements from the Floor: - None Visitors and New Members: New member, Brad Knight Officers Reports: President: Bob Keller commented on moving the container Vice President: Randy Laney - nothing Secretary: Don Brown - nothing Treasurer: Rob Stanley Proceeds from IMAC Contest - $1,074. New contract with River Rats for portable toilet for $75/month was approved. Club membership is now up to sixty-six. Safety Coordinator: Dick Wareham In absentia, reported no safety issues. Field Marshal: Mike Mancebo Mowing Friday, is planning ways to repair damaged landing strip on east end. Web Master: Neil Gates Web site completely down. Issue not yet resolved. Suspect hacking. Newsletter Editor: Mark Huntley - Name the plane Greg, John and Bob correctly identified the 1910 Dove. V. Old Business: A. West Coast Aerobatic Challenge Don thanked all members who worked to make this event a great success. Burt Gray donated hundreds of dollars worth of wine from Michael David. John Giglio donated the portable worth $275. Matt Morrell crafted beautiful trophies. Wayne Dickey did a masterful job of CD. Dan Wengrin and crew cooked up great lunches. Also, thanks go to all the runners and scribes. B. Field Improvements Ken Knowles presented a long term plan for field improvements that included fencing at east end, extending shade structure to the east, adding a

3 P a g e 3 TRCM HEADWIND large pilot station and moving the storage unit. Greg moved and Mark seconded a motion to approve the long range plan. C. Booth at Grape Festival Mark moved and Neil seconded a motion to decline participation in this year s Grape Festival. D. Storage container Neil plans to paint this unit. E. Other Reminder: Churchill BBQ, August 5, 5 PM. RSVP and bring a salad. VI. New Business A. Scale fly-in/warbird event next month (August 19, 20117) B. Bill Churchill Club Picnic As above C. Striping the Runway Still no volunteers D. Other - none VII. Show and Tell - none VIII. Awards A. Ace Dan Wengrin for lunch prep for IMAC contest B. Oops Ken Knowles for incident involving a fence IX. Raffle RTF airplane still unclaimed. X. Adjourn Meeting 7:34 PM

4 P a g e 4 TRCM HEADWIND If you haven't already seen this at our gate, Bill Churchill crafted this clever solution to the gate locking confusion. So...Thank you Bill Churchill!!!

5 P a g e 5 TRCM HEADWIND 1. A big thanks to Farwest Safety for their help with the fencing! 2. Greg and Mitch helping Nick with the extension to the pilot fence. 3. Nick using the electric ram to pound in the new posts. 4. Fence taking shape. 5. Ken Knowles with his beautifully detailed P Mervin Ory with his superbly finished composite "Allure" pattern plane. 7. Interior photo of Mervins "Allure" showing the attention to detail!

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9 P a g e 9 TRCM HEADWIND Neil Gates, Ken Knowles and Wally Felahy with their P-51's

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11 P a g e 11 TRCM HEADWIND Each month I will try to come up with something special or unusual for you to guess. Your correct answer will win you a free raffle ticket at our monthly club meeting. You must attend to win. Good luck!

12 P a g e 12 TRCM HEADWIND HEADWIND Permission is granted to reproduce any text content of the HEADWIND provided source credit is given. TRCM members are encouraged to submit articles or ideas for inclusion. Deadline for submissions is two weeks prior to the last day of the month. Useful Website Links Of course our TRCM website: Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA): Our AMA District 10 website: For the giant scale flyers, IMAA: International Miniature Aerobatics Club (IMAC): IMPORTANT: Please make sure when you are the last one to leave the field that you only lock the club padlock through the farmers lock. Do not lock it to the chain as you lock out the farming folks.