Monthly Meeting Minutes for August 10, 2021By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant:Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Ralph Grant Attendance:28 people attended the meeting. Two new members have joined, Ivan Perez and Marty Ferrell. Former member Mike Wallis was in attendance. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary MotionContinue 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
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
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
Bringing the clubs in St. Louis together with discounts! The most awesome thing about flying model aircraft is fellowship of other flyers and meeting the model aircraft community. A common barrier to this is the concept of memberships. To fly at another club more than a few times a yearContinue Reading
If your looking for Spirits own Wayne Nenninger this winter, he can be found in his modeling lair working on his latest creation, the Carolina Custom Kits P47. For the unfamiliar, Carolina Custom Kits could very well be the last bastion in the Balsawood Kit manufacturing sector. While everyone elseContinue Reading
Babe Raab has been in full contact rubber-band powered aircraft construction mode this winter. You can see by his workbench here that the level of progress has been stellar. When your building like a wild-man, you don’t have time to organize. Just add another bench Babe and kick out someContinue Reading
This is without a doubt one of the most awesome aerobatic schemes ever and I had to share it here. Walter Extra posted his Extra NG “on Fire” in social media. What an awesome plane. When Extreme Flight or Pilot comes out with this scheme, I WILL OWN IT!Continue Reading
You’ve seen a number of my posts on how Autocad Fusion 360 coupled with the Prusa 3D priner has changed my modeling forever. While Additive Manufacturing with a filament 3D printer is an awesome tool, there are still some needs that require the ability to manufacture parts out of aluminum.Continue Reading
Monthly Meeting Minutes for February 9, 2021 By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant: Meeting and Zoom called to order at 7:10 pm. Attendance: 11 members attended the meeting in person and 6 more logged in via ZOOM. Secretary’s report: Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to acceptContinue Reading