Our Field Chairman Dave Brown has been onsite the last two HOT days as Wayne Eriksmoen, of Wayne’s Grading, has been extending the parking lot. My son, Sam, was onsite assisting his grandfather Thursday. This action will offer more parking for events and support flyers with trailers. There will additionalContinue Reading
We all know our planes crash. It’s never fun. Always sucks. Yet we fly, we crash, we grab another plane and do it all over again. Dave commented “at least it will fit better in my truck now”. That’s the spirit Dave.Continue Reading
Several weeks back I met Dave Harrington at Gizzie field to Maiden his 104″ Extreme Flight Lazer in the red / white / blue “Thunderbird” Livery. We did our pre-flight check and deemed her flight worthy after making a few changes to the settings in the Advanced Radio “Smoothflight-RRS” gyroContinue Reading
This past week, our club and the entire modeling community lost a long standing member and friend. Depending on who you ask, John can be described as filling any number of roles. To many he was a loving son, a committed Boyfriend and Husband, a dependable Brother, a comedic Cousin,Continue Reading
Sid joins us to discuss his Uproar and about being new to pylon racing. We welcome everyone to joins us September 11th for our next FourStar, Uproar, Warbird Race. We need spectators, volunteers and, above all else, pilots. The more the merrier they say. Get your own Uproar @ TowerHobbies.Continue Reading
Monthly Meeting Minutes for July 13, 2021By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant:Meeting called to order at 7:10 pm by Ralph Grant  Attendance:20 members attended the meeting. Three new/renewed members joined. Chuck Bobb, Ethan Kastner, and Charlie Pokorny. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to acceptContinue Reading
News and video from he July Four Star / Warbirds Pylon Racing eventContinue Reading
Monthly Meeting Minutes for June 8, 2021By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant:Meeting called to order at 7:10 pm by Ralph Grant  Attendance:16 members attended the meeting. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to accept the May minutes as posted on the web. Treasurer’s Report:Steve Cross,Continue Reading
Anyone who has been a Spirits member for more than a year knows about the infamous “4-Star Forty” by Sig Manufacturing and its functionality as a pylon racing plane in our club. Last year, 4-Star’s were impossible to get thanks to shortages of balsa and other issues. Hence, several ofContinue Reading
Thanks to the efforts of Paul Geders, we have updated the Pylon Racing rules to include the new Uproar Class. I know of at least 4 of these beasts that have been built so we should see some close racing. Depending on how they compete we may toss them inContinue Reading
President Ralph Grant:Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Ralph Grant  Attendance:20 members attended the meeting. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, SecretaryMotion made, seconded and voted to accept the April minutes as posted on the web. Treasurer’s Report:Steve Cross, TreasurerThe treasurer’s report for April was available, read and accepted. FieldContinue Reading
So your winter project is to get a competition ready Four Star 40 Racer together for this coming 2021 Racing Season and you’ve been online for the last 30 hours scouring the internet for Dilithium Crystals to go in the Warp Core for the powerplant you plan on running? HoldContinue Reading
By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant:Meeting and Zoom called to order at 7:10 pm. Â Attendance:24 members and one ZOOM participant attended the meeting. Thanks to the leadership of Ralph Grant, this year the club already has 112 members which is more then all of last year which, inContinue Reading
You only have about 3 weeks left to build your racing machine!!! (Races on May 8th) The Uproar is a great option to get in the game. https://www.towerhobbies.com/product/uproar-v2-.46-gp-ep-arf-47.6/TOWA2040.html If your a super-saver don’t forget to add about $25.00 of accessories and save an additional $25 by adding the MODEL25 couponContinue Reading
Wayne has been pretty busy! He’s covering the Jug with Monokote and painting the Olive Drab (olive drab monokote is no more) and White (see the rudder pic below). Its a big project. Wayne’s son in law printed an R2800 for him and a little paint brings it to life. TheContinue Reading
With gusts of 30 miles an hour it’s just too dang windy to fly model airplanes today so it looks like it’s going to be a build day in the shop with aviation videos playing on the big screen! My boredom has brought me back to 2014 whereby sheer happenstanceContinue Reading
President Ralph Grant:Meeting and Zoom called to order at 7:00 pm. Attendance:14 members attended the meeting in person and 5 more logged in via ZOOM. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to accept the Feb. meeting minutes as posted on the web. I hope everyone notedContinue Reading