It started with a phone call: “Hey man, I’m in Cumming Georgia for work and I’m pulling an empty 20′ trailer. I’m in the Extreme Flight warehouse right now. You want anything?” That butthead Dustin Whitrock knew I was using the “Shipping Costs” as an excuse to not pull theContinue Reading
Hope everyone is staying inside, safe and warm today. In this installment I intend to answer a few questions raised at club meetings and point out remaining details. There is some polishing to do in the spring but the hard part is done and I am looking forward to usingContinue Reading
There are a few Spirits Members that aren’t candy-asses! Do rain, wind, and cold temperatures get you excited to fly? Are you enticed by the temptation of Chili, Donuts, Coffee and Spirits Member Fellowship? Well apparently the answer to both of those questions is NO for the majority of theContinue Reading
Spirits own Elf Brian Gilmer has been busy in Santa’s Woodshop building some flight tables to replace the slowy deteriorating polymer tables out at the field. Brian has been using some wood that he has access to so the only investment by the club is for hardware and for paint.Continue Reading
As most people know, we lost Spirits own John Bruno back in August. His family and friends were devastated and taken surprise by this horrible event and he will forever be missed. In celebration of the hobby that John loved, The Spirits of St. Louis R/C club will host aContinue Reading
Aug 14th 2021 was recognized as Model Aviation Day. The Spirits had a wonderful turnout of 40+/- flyers and spectators. The weather was awesome. CHECK OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS!Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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
There were about a dozen flyers who took to the skies to be the first flyers of 2021. We had about three shifts. An early crew that apparently got there before daybreak (Around 4:30 Navy Time) and left before 9:30, a mid morning crew (Yours Truly) and a late morningContinue Reading
A video by John Campbell Our own John Campbell was inspired so much by the amazing weather on the 28th, that he fired up his JVC 4K camera and shot the following video. Thanks John! Remember, anyone can contribute content to the site. Just send in some pictures and aContinue Reading