Please review the updated Safety Rules that will be presented for acceptance vote at the March 11, 2025 regular club meeting, to be effective March 16, 2025. Membership commenting period has closed and the product of many weeks of discussion and thoughtfulness is ready for adoption. This updated rules setContinue Reading
Building continues with framing the left side of the fuselage. There are quality parts such as scarf-joint stringers and all of the hardware is included. Made mistakes, first of many, requiring cutting apart pieces.Continue Reading
Winning the Auction It’s always fun to win something; like, say, an auction. It’s been a long time since I built a kit so I jumped in. When the auction was announced I scoured YouTube and RCB, RCG, and RCU to see what I was getting into. Pretty impressed withContinue Reading
Field Maintenance is a team sport in our Clb. It takes all of us to support this amazing flying site we are privileged to fly at. Anyone can report a maintenance item and anyone can step up to address any Job in the Jar. We have created a simple methodContinue Reading
Second Tuesday of the month we gather to discuss what’s happening in the Club, show off new toys, and then adjourn to Serra’s Pizza for BS’ing. Join us!Continue Reading
Let the racing begin! Spirits of St Louis RC has its own brand of pylon racing that is designed to encourage entry-level and experienced sport pilots alike to race with a common sport plane and spec’d power combinations. Its a low-pressure racing atmosphere and when the racing is over theContinue Reading
Our Second Winter Indoor Fun Fly will be another stand alone event (no regular meeting). As in December, this will be just 4 hours of flying fun in the large gym at Francis Howell’s Saeger Middle School in Cottleville, MO. More details below… The Indoor Fun Fly II will onceContinue Reading
Second Tuesday of the month we gather to discuss what’s happening in the Club, show off new toys, and then adjourn to Serra’s Pizza for BS’ing. Join us!Continue Reading
Our own Walt Wilson was published in the October 2002 issue of Model Aviation magazine. This is a great resource if you are looking for history on our great flying field. Original article on AMA website. Anatomy of a Flying FieldContinue Reading
Are you looking for that awesome wing-to-fuselage joint? Well it is easy to accomplish so get your supplies ready Buy some ZAP Finishing Resin… and then obtain micro balloons… a cup to mix them in…and lastly, cling wrap or similar. Start by installing the horizontal stabilizer squarelyContinue Reading
Tue, Dec 10, 2024 7pm – Christmas Meeting Spirits RC Flying Club Christmas Party/Meeting at Steve Pokorny’s -Meeting called to order at 7:08pm Secretary’s Report Minutes accepted from Nov mtg. Safety Report Sid reports nothing happening at field. Dan Morrison has been drafting a more current set of Safety Rules,Continue Reading
Our Fourth Winter Indoor Fun Fly took place at Francis Howell’s Saeger Middle School in Cottleville, MO. Check out the video below to see highlights…Continue Reading
Paul Geders shares insights on setting up our Unlimited Warbird to race.Continue Reading
Our last race of the year was another success. What a beautiful day…a little cross-wind…but we got through it! My first thoughts go to our workers. Without them the rest of us would not have the fun we have. Hats off to Kevin Mayden and Chris Webb our pylon cutContinue Reading
Race results and reflections We had a pretty solid turnout for this month’s pylon races. 14 planes, 3 classes and 10 different pilots competed with terrific weather in what turned out to be a pretty competitive event. I want to thank the many members who turned out to watch andContinue Reading
So the last couple days I have been working on covering the ARF so I can assemble an ARF. Seems odd to have to do so much just to get back to “go”. I guess that is what custom liveries require. Anyway I first did the wing. Top and bottom,Continue Reading
The Robart gear has been disassembled, painted white, cleared, reassembled and reinstalled into the wing. The tailwheel and its gear doors have been built and pockets made and installed to accept the hinges during final assembly. All the servo hatches were installed and set up for surface mounted aileron andContinue Reading