I’ve always liked the design of the Pliatus-9 so I put together that plane over the 2018 winter season and flew it often at the field. Unfortunately, the plane decided to re-kit itself later in the year when the elevator control failed. Needing a replacement, I discovered an option whileContinue Reading
Starting this month I’m proceeding to change the format of the minutes / Flightlines to be in PDF format. In most cases the minutes are multiple pages so to view more than the first page, hover your mouse or touch the PDF with your finger on your phone to pageContinue Reading
Monthly Meeting Minutes for October 13, 2021By Ralph Doyle, Secretary President Ralph Grant:President Ralph Grant was out of town on business. V. President Dave Harrington called the meeting to order at 7PM. Attendance:18 members attended the meeting. Secretary’s report:Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to accept the SeptemberContinue Reading
President Ralph Grant: Meeting at the field called to order at 7:05pm. Attendance: Due to the bad weather only13 members attended the meeting in person. Secretary’s report: Ralph Doyle, Secretary Motion made, seconded and voted to accept the August meeting minutes as posted on the web site. There is aContinue 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
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
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
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
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
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