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Wings of Freedom Coming to Concord, 6-8 June

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The Wings of Freedom Tour of the WWII Vintage Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator and North American P-51 Mustang Announce Unique Display in Concord, CA. at Buchanan Field from June 6 to June 8. In honor of our WWII Veterans ~The Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom Tour Brings Extremely Rare Bomber and Fighter Aircraft for Local Living History Display as Part of 110-city Nationwide Tour.

More info here: http://pinole-hercules.patch.com/groups/events/p/the-wings-of-freedom-tour_5b4dd78e?ncid=newsltuspatc00000001&evar4=events-7-post&newsRef=true

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CONCORD MODEL ENGINEERS

MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

CALL TO ORDER:  7:30 pm

ATTENDEES: 18     GUESTS:  1

MEETINGS

    Monthly meeting, Second Tuesday, 7:30 at Concord Airport Terminal.

    Friday Fun Fly, Third Friday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.

    Gym at the Church of the Nazarene, 1650 Ashby Dr., Concord

    NO FUN FLY THIS MONTH.

VISITORS

    The club welcomes Ron, who used to fly nearby about 30 years ago.

    True to his word, Ron has started modeling now that he’s retired.

TREASURER REPORT

    $3489.20    current balance, no transactions, just interest

                       will pay last 4 months ($160 total) to Church for Fun Fly rental

OLD BUSINESS

    Minutes read and accepted.

UPCOMING EVENTS

 Friday May 23, 9:00 – Noon. Glider Contest.

Monday, May 26, Alameda Aer-O-Nuts Funfly, Potluck, and Poker fly.

    see attached flyer.

June 14, Club Picnic, “Lunch Time” come early and fly!  Eat at noon.

June 21, Aeronuts Swap Meet and Collecto.  see attached flyer.

Saturday, July 26, SAM 27 Special Rubber Meet.  See attached flyer.

EVENT REPORTS

Ding reports he attended the 25th anniversary meeting of the NorCal group at Wagel.  Mass launch at 9:45, everyone flew well.  Seven flyers, last place was 4 minutes. First place time was 14:10.  Jim maxed out A and half-A.  Lost one plane when the motor cutoff didn’t kick in. 4.5 minutes in, they could still hear the motor.

NEW BUSINESS

Around November, we don’t get the airport building due to the first aid training.  VP suggests we meet at a Pizza Parlor instead. Vote to have meeting at Pizza Parlor carried.  Club will buy some pizzas, attendees responsible for drinks, etc.

John Nelson, longtime member and good friend, has passed away. For many years he was our “Hat Man.”  The club remembers him fondly and offers its sincerest condolences to his family.

DVRC will now be closed four days per year for police training, two days in Spring and two days in Fall.

Discussion was held concerning picnic and what we will have. Once again Howards’s wife will handle the cooking.  The club expresses gratitude for her effort and appreciation for how good it is every time.

PARADE OF PLANES

Maurice Lieberman, Fishing dingy. about 60 hours of work.

Jim Muether, Ollie (150 grams exactly) and E36 electric free flight.

Ding, copy of P30 that he lost.  Had 14:10 on it.  No dihedral, makes it easier to cover.

Lynn, E36 by TopNotch Products.

Mark Harrison, tricopter and quadcopter.

FrSky Taranis Transmitter.

USA distributor:  Aloft Hobbies,  http://aloft-hobbies.com

RAFFLE

Flight box kit, helping hands soldering jig, roll white econocote, roll blue econokote, 15 min. epoxy, zap glue set, BHM Zero kit, Magnum IZV HD Starter, Midwest Kit Navy Wildcat, Ramber FF Kit, Bundle of balsa, RC aircraft turn key.

MEETING ADJOURNED:  9:02 pm.

Catapult Launch Glider Contest, 21 March 2014

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Ding Reports:
CONCORD MODEL ENGINEERS CATAPULT GLIDER CONTEST

Held at Hillcrest Park, Olivera Rd, Concord, CA 21 March 2014, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
CONTESTANT 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, Best 3

JIM PERSSON 39, 60, 31, 57, DNF, DNF, 156 FIRST
LYNN PRICE 13, 11, 18, 29, 21, 15, 58
EMIL CARLES 33, 55, 25, 23, 14, 23, 113
DING ZARATE 27, 12, 16, 14, 41, 25, 93
ED RINGUE 14, 11, 19, 21, 16, 19, 59
DING ZARATE REENTRY 29, 35, 17, 43, 51, 22, 129
CHRIS CARKEEK 60, 34, 60, 26, 23, 22, 151 SECOND
KEN HANSON 15, 18, 15, 26, 17, 18, 62
SHERRI WARSHAW 26, 30, 17, 43, DNF, DNF, 99
WARREN DELANE DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF OBSD
BRIAN WORKMAN DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF DNF OBSD
RON MECKLEY DNF DNF DNF Doctor Appt.

Stipulations:

All flight times above 10 seconds count when called. Maximum time limited to 60 seconds per flight.

Fly one, time one, and the honor system is the norm. $.50 per entry. Reentry allowed once only.

First and Second place split the pot.

Mass Launch Event

THERE WERE AT LEAST 5 ENTRIES BUT THE LAST MAN DOWN WAS … JIM PERSSON and won the POT.

It was an ideal day for a contest weatherwise. Balmy pleasant with some lift and a fly away. Let’s do it again!
CONTEST DIRECTORS: RON MECKLEY AND LYNN PRICE.

MEETING MINUTES, MARCH 11, 2014

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CONCORD MODEL ENGINEERS
MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

CALL TO ORDER:  7:30 pm
ATTENDEES: 19     GUESTS:  0

MEETINGS

Monthly meeting, Second Tuesday, 7:30 at Concord Airport Terminal.

Friday Fun Fly, Third Friday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
Gym at the Church of the Nazarene, 1650 Ashby Dr., Concord

This month’s Fun Fly is on Friday, March 21.


VISITORS

none this month.

TREASURER REPORT

Balance   $3453.87

OLD BUSINESS

Minutes read and accepted.

UPCOMING EVENTS

HobbyTown USA R/C Swap Meet
Saturday, April 26, 10-2
4525 Clayton Rd.
See attached flyer.

EVENT REPORTS

Last month’s catapult launch cancelled due to high wind. Catapult launch tentatively rescheduled a week from Friday, March 21.

NEW BUSINESS

Jennifer Saul, seeking help for repairing one of her father’s old planes, of great sentimental value. Please contact her at jennifer.saul@workday.com.

Jack is in hospice care.  His son-in-law has given Chuck some of Jack’s stuff that we will be seeing in the library soon.

Frank V. has passed.  The club has assisted in clearing out his workshop.  Frank’s wife mentions that there a couple of desks from his workshop and an exercise cycle if anyone is interested.

Make sure your wife knows to tell us if something happens to you.  Not just because we want your stuff!  Make a list with an approximate value of your stuff.  This will let your family not be taken in by a lowball offer from someone.  As an example of this, at a swap meet there were 70 collectible tether cars for sale at a swap meet. The full value of this set of collectibles was about $150,000.

The Hillcrest gate code remains the same as what it was.

Some members are interested in Embryo class rubber models.  They will investigate and report. George notes aerowerks.com has rubber models for good prices.

Let Ron know if you need a badge.  He knows your name and AMA number.

PARADE OF PLANES

George presented M109, Wizard, and Zero which he made for Blackhawk.

Jim Nelson 40 pylon racer, hopes to go 170MPH.  Record for this class is 164MPH.  60 ft, 21 solid line, has to take off from ground.  90Lb pull test.  Class coat paint.  25,000RPM engine with 7×7.7. Photo forthcoming.


Jim Muether had two days aff and started a spur of the moment project. E36 class.

Mike has resurrected a mini-gremlin from RC Cores, built from scratch.  Rocket tubing, hot wire cut wings.  Old model did 60MPH in boxy design, hoping for about 75MPH. Struggling with CG presently.

Warren presented the Valkyrie.  Used Dollar Tree foam board for all wing surfaces. Very economical replacement, especially considering large area of wing. Reinforced leading edge with balsa. Canard control.

The improved Dorothy Jeanne, including the dock. Brushed motor now runs at a speed more consistent with a tug.  Demo of lights and smokestack (brief, so as not to set off smoke detector!).  Motor sound module works in sync with prop speed.
Note the detailing on the deck surface.

Proto X, the new nano-quad from Estes.

RAFFLE:

BHM Zero, BHM ME-109, BHM Wizard, Tower Hobbies volt tester, Sullivan electric fuel pump, free flight electric plane, Great Planes Electro Streak, Gollywock II, ZAP Glue.

MEETING ADJOURNED:  8:58 pm.

Minutes, Nov. 2013

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(You can see it with photos here: http://eastbay-rc.blogspot.com/2013/12/cme-minutes-nov-12-2013.html)

Sunday, December 8, 2013
CME Minutes, Nov 12, 2013
Concord Model Engineers
MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES
Nov 12, 2013

CALL TO ORDER: 7:30 pm
ATTENDEES: 24 GUESTS: 0

Monthly meeting, Second Tuesday, 7:30 at Concord Airport Terminal.

Friday Fun Fly, Third Friday, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
Gym at the Church of the Nazarene, 1650 Ashby Dr., Concord

This month’s Fun Fly is on Friday, November 15.

REMINDER: NEXT MEETING IS CHRISTMAS PARTY!
GO TO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY, NOT TO THE MEETING SPOT!!
TREASURER’S REPORT

Current balance, $4500

OLD BUSINESS

Minutes read and approved.

NEW BUSINESS

We passed out our membership roll with instructions on updating each member’s particular interests. This will be incorporated into a future membership roster.

Ron and Ed went to Schmidt Ranch. Ed got a beautiful medal for 2nd place in SAM 27 speed 400 timed run.

Brian Workman has been cataloging our video collection. There’s a lot of good stuff to check out. We’ve got paper catalogs and will upload to the web as well. Avail yourself of this great collection! (Note the catalog is now available as a separate page on the website)

Lowe’s ships their fan fold foam to your house for free if it’s not available at your local store.

PARADE OF PLANES
Jim had a model and plans from 1949 for this sweet little glider.

There was a Muciano design P-51 with 0.49 Cox engine, from last raffle.

Dennis Romero had two foamies… a wing. And a rather large paper plane made from a sheet of dollar tree foam board.