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Paul Geders brought a couple news planes to the Club Meeting Show-n-Tell. First one is an XK Innovations Beech-17S biplane. Available on eBay in red or yellow for $89.99. ย It comes ready to fly with a 3D6G system for stability and control, two flight batteries, spare propellor, receiver, battery charger,Continue Reading

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Tue, June 10, 2025 7pmMeeting called to order at 7:00pm27 persons Presentย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  The weather was beautiful, several members showed up early and flew. Show and Tell Tell us a little about your project. Stick around after meeting adjourns to elaborate. Secretary’s Report: Stephen Adams – Minutes from May meeting notContinue Reading

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Stringers! Each former had to be notched for the stringers. I grabbed by Dremel and tripled up diamond grinders. This made the correct width and nearly the right depth. Tedious! And plenty of mistakes no one will ever see. Set the angle of the wheel pants so I can drillContinue Reading

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Top Center Wing Section Straightforward build but the video shows me starting then stopped because I forgot to shim the rear spar. That could have been bad. This section of the wing will remain attached to the fuselage at all times. Only the wing panels will be removed for travel.Continue Reading

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Bring your extra stuff to the field along with something to fly Saturday June 7 9am-2pm Bring all those kits, supplies, rarely enjoyed toys and anything else you think someone else might find valuable that’s been sitting in the corner of your shop for a while to trade for somethingContinue Reading

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The horizontal stabilizer is 42″ across. Larger than many planes flown at Gizzie Memorial Field! (The wingspan is 120″). The edge material comes as pre-molded balsa laminate. So nice to NOT have to do it myself! Build process was stick layout, balsa sheet at the core, and then the secondContinue Reading

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Tue, May 13, 2025 7pmMeeting called to order at 7:00pm35 persons Present Show and Tell Tell us a little about your project. Stick around after meeting adjourns to elaborate. Secretary’s Report: Stephen Adams Stephen not present. Minutes from April meeting accepted as shown on website Treasury Report – Wayne Nenninger Continue Reading

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Tue, May 13th, 2025 7pmMeeting called to order at 7:00pm35 Members Present Show and Tell Tell us a little about your project. Stick around after meeting adjourns to elaborate. Secretary’s Report: Stephen Adams (not present) Minutes from April meeting accepted as shown on website Treasury Report – Wayne Nenninger  ReportContinue Reading

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It’s been hectic on this build project. The landing gear mount made no sense and looked like it would tear out on the first hard landing. (I specialize in those kind of landings!) To make matters worse; once the gear is attached I would be unable to remove it withoutContinue Reading

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Once again, the Spirits of St Louis Radio Control Club meets the AMA requirements to retain our Gold Leader Club status. It is due to the hard work and dedication of our Members by which we retain this status. Here are some of the requirements for the Leader Club Program:Continue Reading

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On April 26th we had a contingent of youth from two Civil Air Patrol units at Gizzie Field to experience Radio Control flying firsthand. Many thanks to those who handled buddy-box flying and/or spent time educating these future fliers. Thanks to Dave H for coordinating this event.Continue Reading