Mr. Secretary, do we have a quorum for a meeting? We need at least 20 of our 126 members? Yes with members present. The meeting was called to order at 7 PM.

Present Membership now stands at 126

The minutes of the July meeting were read by Jim Lewis.

Motion was made and seconded to accept the minutes of the July meeting. Motion carried.

The checking account now stands at 

Motion was made and seconded to accept the Treasurer’s report. Motion carried

Alan Isaacs was introduced as a new member.

1. LEASE. The lease was signed by the State Land Board, after we presented them with a Restoration Bond. The Bond cost us $100.

2.NOMINATING COMMITTEE. The nominating committee has come up with the following slate of Officers and Board Members for the new year starting October 1, 2001:

President: John Corliss

Vice President: Larry Symons

Secretary: Roy Olsen

Treasurer: Marv Sanders

Board Members: Jim Lewis, Bob Bergin, Dave Teich, Denny Edwardson

Nominations from the floor: There were no nominations from the floor.

3.AURORA PARADE. The City of Aurora parade will be September 15, 2001. Marv Sanders must return signed waiver forms to the City for anyone that is going to participate.

4.POTLUCK DINNER. We will have a potluck dinner on September 8, 2001 at 4-6 PM. Everyone is encouraged to bring a salad, dessert, or main dish and participate. Families are welcome.

Chris Branam, the Newsletter Editor needs contributions to the newsletter. The July newsletter did not get put on the web site as George Kerr was out of town.

Tom Hanselin gave a report on activities taking place to get ready for the Cross Country Fly. Registration is at 8am. We will fly from Snowflake to Mile Hi. We will not close the field but will block frequencies of the cross country flyers.

Field Maintenance Committee

Marv Sanders gave a report on the condition of the field. Marv has had some dirt delivered to the field which he is in the process of spreading along the long runway to feather down the edge of the runway. The rocks he is putting in the cages.

Roy Olsen gave a report on safety issues at the field. There have not been any major safety violations

NEW BUSINESS

1.WORK PARTY. We need to get the cracks in the runways filled before winter. There will be a work party on September 22, 2001 at 8am to fill runway cracks. THE FIELD WILL BE CLOSED TO FLYING UNTIL ALL WORK IS DONE.

2. FINANCIAL AUDIT. The Bylaws require an audit to be performed by an audit committee to be completed by October 1, 2001. Committee includes:

Dave Teich

Jim Lewis

Bill Robinson

3. MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS. Tom Hanselin is sending out letters and applications to all current members for renewal. The mailing will also include the list of nominees for Board positions. Please return your application and payment so you can continue to enjoy the sport at Mile Hi RC in the new year.

THE BASICS OF FLOAT FLYING

Waterproofing— Most glow engine aircraft are pretty waterproof, but there are some special considerations. You should paint exposed areas of balsa in the fuse cavity with varnish. You need to wrap your receiver in plastic to prevent damage. Caution: Do not wrap your Nicad battery pack in impervious material. Any watertight wrapping will cause the battery to overheat when you charge it. The battery pack, wrapped in normal latex foam vibration absorber, will be waterproof enough. Where the wing mates with the fuse, you must take some steps to keep water out. Along the line of the wing saddle you can glue a thin rubber-ribbed weather stripping commonly found in hardware stores. Alternatively, you might lay down a bead of silicone sealant on the saddle and drop the wing (covered with plastic wrap) onto the saddle, let the bead dry and remove when the sealant has cured. A third method is to simply put the wing on, sealing the gap with a bead of Vaseline®.

Rudders— In anything less the lightest breeze, it is impossible to control the taxiing of a floatplane on water. You need rudders, and two are always better than one. The rudders should be rigged for maximum deflection left and right, as steering at low speeds requires extra bite. Rudders should swing upward out of the water so they do not have any steering effect of drag when you approach takeoff speed. Also, when you taxi back to the beach you want them to fold back to prevent strain on your steering setup. The water rudders have to work in harmony with the air rudder.

The Step— The step is that notch in the bottom of the float. You will notice that the bottom of the hull slopes upwards at about three to five degrees behind the step. This allows you to rotate the aircraft for takeoff and landing without the back of the float digging into the water. As the aircraft increases speed to takeoff, the float rides up onto the step and a huge amount of suction is eliminated. Nothing is more important than getting the step in the right place. In general terms, the step should be under the center of gravity or about a half an inch to the rear of the center of gravity.

Balance— Your wheeled aircraft will become tail heavy when floats are added. Add balancing lead to the nose floats for two reasons. First, they are the farthest out and provide the greatest leverage for the least amount of lead. Second, when you take your floats off and go back to wheeled flying, you won’t have to rebalance the airplane.

Attachment Gear— You have to decide whether you are going to retain the existing wheeled landing gear and adapt it to the floats or whether you are going to take off the wheeled gear and create a totally new mount. If you keep the existing landing gear, you will have to insert some hard points in the rear bottom of the fuse at a point about half the chord width behind the trailing edge. These hard points will anchor a rear landing gear support that might be a bit lighter but similar to the front gear. If you are going to strip off the landing gear, then you will need hard points front and rear and solid support geometry to support the floats that does not twist or bend.

Taken for the AMA Nat’l newsletter. The series completes next month.

I’ll have to admit that in all the years I’ve been flying RC airplanes, I’ve never really had a complete grasp of what happens to an engine left without lubricants after a weekend of flying. I know that the engine will obviously rust solid if nothing is done, but am I doing everything I can to protect my expensive engine? I have my usual routine of running the engine dry of fuel ant then adding Marvel Mystery Oil to the carb after my last flight of the day. I flip the prop over several times to draw the oil into the crankcase of the engine, cover with an old sock, and put my airplane away until the next sunny day. Bob Slater, of Scottsdale AZ, has done us all the great service of addressing this question with his many years of rust-free engines. To prevent bearing rust and internal rust from destroying your engine, pull the fuel lines at full throttle and let your engine run out of fuel. Put the glow plug battery back on the glow plug and spin the prop with an electric starter for about 30 seconds. Remove the battery from the glow plug and squirt a good shot of Rislone ® oil into the intake (of a two stroke) or the crankcase vent nipple (on a four stroke). Rislone® can be purchased at most auto supply stores. Spin the prop again for a few seconds to distribute the oil throughout the engine, and repeat the "squirt and spin" procedure two more times. That’s it! If you plan on storing your engine for more than a month, squirt the oil in a little heavier and stand the engine on its crankshaft until the oil runs out of the front bearing housing. This has been Bob’s routine form the last five years, and he swears by it.

Editors Note

If you feel there is not enough information about club and field goings on in this section please feel free to submit your article via phone 303-750-7277 or email to sixty8kr@qwest.net. Please include a caption to go with any photos sent.

The deadline for Tailspinner submissions is 1 week following the meeting.

We had mid-airs, forced landings due to aircraft failure damaged planes due to pilot error plus old members paying dues and new members asking
for apps to join.

Bill Peters & Bill Robinson had a mid-air. Bill Peters was able to get back onto the runway with his plane. Believe that Dave Teich was able to get a picture of Peters' aircraft. Bill Robinson's plane went down in two parts. The tail was on the East side of our new road and the remainder on the West Side. Its not repairable.

Believe it was Nick Condos that had his elevator surfaces partly separate from the horizontal stab. Was able to get the plane down with minimum repair required. Marvin Sanders enjoyed the attention that he received so much after he put his "HOG" in that he stalled his KAOS on landing and knocked the wing off, cracked the Horizontal Stab and broke the spinner/prop.

Thanks for the submission Marv. See folks it’s not that hard, just submit your article via phone or email!!

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The next Board meeting will be held at 7pm at the following date and location:

The next monthly meeting will be at 7pm, September 12, 2001 at the Aurora South Library.

Action Hobbies $20 Gift Certificate: Bill Philman

Blue Yonder $20 Gift Certificate: Bill Philman

Colpar Hobbies $20 Gift Certificate: Jim Redmond

Blue Yonder gallon of Fuel: Kevin Doherty

Thank you to all of our contributing sponsors.

The meeting adjourned at about 1940 hours.

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