Airplanes, Chili, Helping people in need? What’s not to love? Cook up a batch of Chili and come out to Gizzie Field this weekend and don’t forget to bring some non-perishable food for our food drive. Everyone with an AMA membership and a canned good donation can fly at theContinue Reading
Trick or Treat!Monthly Meeting Minutes for October 13, 2020By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant:Zoom and meeting at the field called to order by Dave Harrington at 7:05pm. Attendance:17 members attended the meeting in person and 2 more logged in via ZOOM. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded andContinue Reading
Every St. Louis Spirits R/C Flying Club member we know has an insatiable itch for building model airplanes and flying them. It is an itch that must be scratched. Now imagine being a welding student living in Kabba, Kogi, Nigeria. Your a student with the same insatiable itch for flightContinue Reading
Our friends at the Phantom Flyers could use our support. On Saturday, October 10th, from 9:30 – 3:00 they are having an open house with a membership drive and a airplane raffle to raise funds. Rumor has it they have had some recent maintenance costs with their lawn mowing equipmentContinue Reading
Happy Labor Day! The photo above is Brian Aubuchon’s Paraglider which can often be seen at the field right before sunset. Monthly Meeting Minutes for September 8, 2020By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant:Zoom and meeting at the field called to order at 7:05pm. Attendance:17 members attended the meeting inContinue Reading
Kent Graves has a sailplane for sale if anyone is so inclined. Kent Graves kentg@stockell.com 2.1M Quest sailplane New….never used, Brushless powered electric high performance Asking $165 Weasel Words: As normal, all sales are intended to be between the buyer and seller and the Spirits of Saint Louis R/C clubContinue Reading
Shut up and take my money!!! Chris Hinson and the team are up to it again over at Extreme Flight. they just introduced the new 104″ Extra. This bad boy is designed for a 120ci powerplant so it should be absolutely ballistic. From the Website: https://extremeflightrc.com/104-EXTRA-NG–BlueWhiteSilver-_p_7106.html The latest effort fromContinue Reading
The club could use some new blood! Every organization requires a certain level of participation to operate. We have leaned heavily on a select few individuals for decades and are in desperate need of some new blood! The secretary position is an easy way to roll into the leadership ofContinue Reading
Courtesy of Paul Geders, here is a rehash of the “Interesting Things” collection of tools and content from the old Spirits Website. Some of the information is dated but all of it is still relevant today.Continue Reading
The second EDF timetrials took place on September 22, 2020. We had another 9 racers enter the event and Steve Ramonczuk took the title as fastest jet with an average speed of 100.25MPH. Steve inched out Ralph Grant by 2.66 seconds on his 3 laps around the pylons. Fun wasContinue Reading
It’s the dog days of Summer Monthly Meeting Minutes for August 11, 2020By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant:Zoom and meeting at the field called to order at 7:05pm. Attendance:17 members attended the meeting in person and 4 more logged in via ZOOM. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, secondedContinue Reading
We had an awesome impromptu turnout for some EDF (Electric Ducted Fan) Jet pylon racing this past Sunday. We had the intention of racing the pylons on Saturday but rain and a strong cross wind ran everyone off. There were about 5 of us standing around talking about how awesomeContinue Reading
Spirits own Steve Ramonczuk was gracious enough to allow us to post the following safety incident report and important propeller safety message. As most of you are aware, Steve has been an aircraft mechanic for decades and understands how important the communication of safety accident details can be in preventingContinue Reading
Monthly Meeting Minutes for July 14, 2020 By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant: Zoom and meeting at the field called to order at 7:05pm. Attendance: One guest was present along with 13 members attended the meeting in person and 2 more via ZOOM. Secretary’s report: Ralph Doyle, Secretary MotionContinue Reading
The new Top Gun 2 Release Date is December 23rd, 2020 Ok, I loved the first one and the second is supposed to have the most amazing aviation videography that has ever been shot in the history of movies and aviation. When I saw that not only did they haveContinue Reading
Model Aviation Icon and All Around Nice Guy! Let it be known to all Spirits Members that the value Robert “Bob” Underwood has provided to our Hobby over the decades is immeasurable and to show our appreciation we have granted him a life membership to the Spirits of St. LouisContinue Reading
Next time your out at the field, snap a few pictures and send them to: pictures@spiritsofstl.com Feel free to include a little description of who is in the image and some details about the plane, event, etc!Continue Reading
As many of you know, getting the website modernized and secure has been a priority of mine since about this time last year. It has been a lot of work and long hours on the phone with India but I’m happy to say that we have accomplished the following inContinue Reading
Having plenty of smoke fluid is NOT a problem now that my 5 gallons is in the house! Thanks Robart!!!! That should be about 60+ flights worth!Continue Reading
Every Engineer starts with an equation. (Yak 55 *2 =Yak 110) As soon as Extreme Flight gets 2 Yaks in, I know what I’m going to build!Continue Reading