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Monthly Meeting Minutes  June 13th, 2023 By Robert Wilson, Secretary President Ralph Grant Meeting called to order at 7:00pm Vice President Dave Harrington Present Attendance: 20 members were in attendance. Secretary’s report: Robert Wilson, Secretary May’s Secretary Report was approved. Treasurer’s Report: Wayne Nenninger, Treasurer The Treasurer’s report was sharedContinue Reading

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Please review the Updated Rules for Stock Electric Warbirds. The next racing event takes place on June 17th and is open to anyone with valid AMA. No trophies…just the satisfaction of winning and bragging rights. Plus, there is always a great lunch as part of the plan. The rules areContinue Reading

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May 9th, 2023 President Ralph Grant Meeting called to order at 7:00pm Vice President Dave Harrington Present Attendance: 24 members were in attendance. Secretary’s report: Robert Wilson, Secretary Nothing to report. Treasurer’s Report: Wayne Nenninger, Treasurer The Treasurer’s report was shared and had no corrections. Three checks were written forContinue Reading

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Another great resource from Paul G about electric motors, speed controllers and; now, batteries John Beech | Monday, March 6, 2017 | As is often the case, these white papers begins with a question. Several questions led to this one, in fact. The first deals with LiIon packs (and theseContinue Reading

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Brushless Electronic Speed Controllers are probably the most misunderstood and overlooked component in an R/C Electric Power System. These little marvels of modern electronics handle huge amounts of power and current, while switching power on and off at a rate of thousands of times per second, all to make a brushless motor spin a prop to power our model aircraft. In this informational article we will look at the basic function of Brushless Speed Controllers, talk about some of the features they have, and dispel some of the myths and misinformation surrounding them…Continue Reading

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Maiden Flight at the field after over 30 years. Some Old School RC flyin’ from Jim Grants Fleet. Dad scratch built this Gee Bee from plans back in the early 90’s and it hung un-flown on the ceiling of his shop until yesterday! I went through her earlier this month,Continue Reading

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I needed a bad ass spinner for my Cassult Formula One Racer so the only place to go was of course, Tru-Turn. To my horror, after today, June 30th, 2022 there will no longer be custom order spinners available to us modelers who need them. I’ve been putting these highContinue Reading

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The Dave’s (Brown and Harrington) and a few others (Tesson and Whitrock) were kind enough to pound a Sandpoint and install a well hand pump into the ground this past Saturday. They hit water at about 14 feet. They should be glad I wasn’t able to make it because IContinue Reading