Monthly Newsletter of the
Lodi Area Radio Control Club
FEB 2011
LARCC Meeting Minutes, FEB. 16, 2011
Inside This
Issue
Meeting Minutes 1 President Rich Cohoon called meeting New Business
to order.
LARCC Information 2 1. Tim Klade will provide sound systems
Treasurer’s Report given and for our events..
For what it’s worth 2 approved.
2. Cancel our club banquet for 2011
From The Prez 3
Secretary’s report was approved as
written November, newsletter. 3. Check with City fire department for
Jokes 3
possible EMS or Fire truck display at our
For sale 4 There were 9 members present events.
Old Business
Upcoming Events
1. Event flyer drafts were presented for the
upcoming swap and fun fly. Some
MARC’S swap meet modifications were noted and final will be
Mar, 3, 2001
sent out.
Temple Hall, Madison
LARCC Meeting 2. Submit our swap meet dates to the
Mar, 16, 2011 AMA. Hopefully will get published in
At the restaurant time.
LARCC swap meet
May, 15, 2011
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LARCC informaton
The Lodi Area Radio Control Club meets on the 3rd Wednesday of the month 7:00 at the Northern Edge Restaurant in Lodi (winter
months) or at the LARCC flying field (summer months). If you have any questions about the club activities, please contact one of
the following members:
President: Richard Cohoon, Email racohoon@mindspring.com
Vice President: John Buford, Email sjbuford@hotmail.com
Secretary: Larry Barnes, Email: Larryb@itis.com
Treasurer: Brian Roberts, Email: ceramacus@yahoo.com
Club Dues can be sent to:
Lodi Area Radio Control Club
C/o Brian Roberts
7788 hwy I, Arlington, Wi., 53911
Safety Officer: Brent Schwartzwald, Email: brenths@charter.net
Official Web Master: Larry Barnes, (608-) 846-8799 Email: Larryb@itis.com
Official Web Site Address: http://www.larcc.com
Contact Larry at the above information if you have questions or would like to have something published to the site.
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH
WHEN HE CANT TAKE IT ANY MORE !
From the Prez
I see by recent emails that the airfield is The rationale being that they are unnecessary and
accessible by road. I hope that is a good sign burdensome. They encourage everyone to contact their
that winter will soon be over and we can once representatives to voice a concern and recommend that
again be out enjoying our hobby. I’m sure that model aircraft be removed from the sUAS proposals.
many of you are as anxious as I am to get out
and try out our winter builds or acquisitions. While I generally try not to express my personal view on
such causes. I do however feel that this one merits
As an aside I will make note that I have been mentioning to our group. I have reviewed the published
receiving many emails about proposed proposal and will only summarize it by this. The sUAS
government regulations directed at our hobby. regulation as proposed will have significant Impact on the
I’m sure many of you are receiving the same hobby and operations of model aircraft. Far beyond any
notes encouraging action to help ensure the previous restrictions. If enacted it will require that we review
proposed regulations by the FAA do not the rules and restrictions for flying at our airfield. I leave it
unnecessarily restrict or inhibit operations of up to you to decide for yourself if you want to support the
model aircraft under proposed regulations for AMA’s recommendation or take any action. The AMA web
Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS). The site has some example letters to send to representatives.
AMA has sent out information about the
proposals and made recommendations for the Here’s wishing for early spring and good flying weather.
elimination of model aircraft from the sUAS
regulation proposals. Keep ‘em Flying
Jokes for the Month
Remember the old Burma Shave signs? CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
DON'T STICK YOUR ELBOW LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
OUT SO FAR AND A LITTLE MORE STEER
IT MAY GO HOME Burma Shave
IN ANOTHER CAR.
BURMA SHAVE SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TRAINS DON'T WANDER TIRES WERE THIN
ALL OVER THE MAP X MARKS THE SPOT
'CAUSE NOBODY SITS Burma Shave
IN THE ENGINEER'S LAP
Burma Shave THE ONE WHO DRIVES
WHEN HE'S BEEN DRINKING
SHE KISSED THE HAIRBRUSH DEPENDS ON YOU
BY MISTAKE TO DO HIS THINKING
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS Burma Shave
HER HUSBAND JAKE
Burma Shave AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY-SPLIT
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD BEAUTIFUL CAR
TO GAIN A MINUTE WASN'T IT?
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD Burma Shav e
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
Burma Shave NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
DROVE TOO LONG THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
DRIVER SNOOZING IN THE CAR IS YOU
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT Burma Shave
IS NOT AMUSING
Burma Shave PASSING SCHOOL ZONE
TAKE IT SLOW
BROTHER SPEEDER LET OUR LITTLE
LET'S REHEARSE SHAVERS GROW
ALL TOGETHER Burma Shave
GOOD MORNING, NURSE
Burma Shave
Wings and Things Page 3
FOR SALE
For Sale:
Navigation lights for model airplanes, cars and helicopters. 5mm, 8mm and 10mm LED light set will include a Green and Red wing tip
markers, Red and White strobe lights for tail and tail areas, White landing light/s. All lights operate on 4.8 DC and draw aprox 200Mah.
Lights are pre-wired with 48 inch leads. Custom lengths are available upon request.
These lights can generate light as bright as a 50w light bulb and have a life length of aprox 100,000 hrs. They are visible in daylight .
Servo switch that can operate on any unused channel and can be turned on and off by the transmitter. The Servo switch is a solid-state device
and can handle current up to 6A. It can also be used for, on board ignition systems, Glow driver, smoke, audio anything that needs to be
turned on or off.
Prices:
5mm LED light set with 48” wire leads - $15.00
8mm LED light set with 48” wire leads - $20.00
10mm LED light set with 48” wire leads - $25.00
RC Servo switch - $15.00
Combo deal – Servo switch and LED Nav. lights - $5.00 discount
Contact Larry Barnes for more details. Email: larryb@itis.com
Website – http://www.spudgun.com/led.htm
FOR SALE: This Great Planes Extra 300S has been flown a few times; it is a great flying airplane. It has a Magnum XL 91RFS 4-
cycle engine that was new when the plane was built from a kit. The plane has a 64-inch wingspan and weighs 8 pounds. It has 4
channels and needs 5 servos. No radio equipment is included.$250.00, OBO. Ron Acker 608/849-7610
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