July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 1. Editor Bob Breckler Volume 25 Issue 7 July 2018 WHEELS UP. by Steve Gelman. Welcome Back,

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1 July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 1 Editor Bob Breckler Volume 25 Issue 7 July 2018 Inside This Issue Wheels Up 1 Meeting Minutes 2 Old/New Business 3 Show & Tell 4 For Sale/Wanted 7-8 Birthdays 9 Indoor Flying 9 Instructors 9 Hobby Shops Upcoming Events 14 Club Info 14 Next meeting is July 16th at : AMVETS POST MCHENRY RD WHEELING, IL Start time - 7:00 p.m. Meetings are the 3rd Monday of the month. RENEW YOUR BLUE MAX & AMA & FAA MEMBERSHIPS!! AMA CHARTER 1040 GOLD LEADERSHIP CLUB WHEELS UP by Steve Gelman Welcome Back, I hope that everyone is enjoying their summer and spending plenty of time flying their airplanes. Are you working on your skills? I love to fly Piper Cubs and I m working on improving my use of the Rudder. Most of us learned how to fly without the use of the Rudder. One of the nice thing about our club is we have plenty of experienced trainers to help you improve skills, and teach upcoming pilots how to fly. next meeting if you plan on coming. Our third fun-fly activity is a Bomb Drop and is scheduled for Sunday July 15. Our annual club picnic is scheduled for Sunday July 29 th, so kindly sign up by, or at our I also want to stress on safety and make you aware to watch everything that you do on the ground and in the air, while following the field and AMA rules. This is to assure safety to yourselves and others. Our next meeting is Monday July 16th at 7:00 PM. Please remember to bring something for the food bank. Happy landings, ~ Steve President Steve Gelman Vice President Larry Bochenko Editor Bob Breckler Board of Directors Bob Breckler Rob Getz Jim Kaufman Bill Suhr Secretary Murry Randell Treasurer Jim Kaufman Webmaster Doug Bradbury COMMITTEES Winter Banquet OPEN Field Marshal Jim Kaufman Flying Proficiency Duane Lang Fun-Fly Don Linder Ground Crew OPEN Noise Shlomo Rimer Picnic OPEN Programs OPEN Safety Don Linder/Rich Blaha

2 July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 2 MEETING MINUTES by Murry Randell, Secretary June 19th, 2018 Meeting The June 19th meeting of the Blue Max RC Flying Club was called to order at 7:10pm by President Steve Gelman Welcome Guests None Welcome New Members None Around The Hangar President s Report Steve Gelman: meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Secretary Report Murry Randell: The minutes were accepted as published in the newsletter. Treasurer Report Jim Kaufman: Numbers were given Newsletter Report Bob Breckler: Thanks to all for their photos. Webmaster Report Doug Bradbury: No Report. Committee Reports: Winter Banquet OPEN: we need new volunteer for Field Marshal Jim Kaufman: The field is in good condition. The Forest Preserve District is having a hard time keeping up with the grass, last time it was mowed was on Saturday May 19th. Fun Fly Don Linder: Noise Shlomo Rimer: Sam hasn t heard a thing. Picnic OPEN This is going to be a club effort, we will be purchasing Fried Chicken from Jewel this year and will have 2 additional sides added, we ve aske that all members bring a side to the picnic for all to share, the will be July 29th at 12:30 (on or about), Bob will be bringing the Pop and water, we now have enough Pop-ups to keep everyone in the shade and will have all the utensils ready. As of Sunday July7th we have 13 confirmed members coming. Proficiency Duane Lang: Felipe Leite - Soloed, Congratulations Felipe Programs OPEN: Safety Don Linder: No updates this month, Fly Safe this Summer

3 July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 3 Old Business The members decided that having the picnic catered by Jewel (Fried Chicken and 2 sides) will be OK, there will be no fee for the Picnic this year, Bob Will order and pickup the Chicken on the 29th and will also pickup the drinks, Any member that would like to can bring a side for the picnic, the club will furnish all the other stuff (Plates, napkins, utensils, cups), we are also having anyone that can bring in any pop-ups they have to make sure we have enough shade. Gifts for picnic will be picked up by Steve Gelman New Business We re going to print some flyers for handing out at the Schaumburg Hobby Town (now owned by the same folks that own the St. Charles Store, we re trying to see if we can schedule a time with the new owner to come speak with the club members at one of our meetings. Also a discussion around possibly have someone from Motion RC come and speak to the club at a future meeting. Forest Preserve suggested that we put in one of those trail motion cameras to possibly catch whoever it is that s been riding on the field at night, there was some discussion on the club purchasing one of them and posting it on the post on the rules sign. More to come. Ron Petterec Crash Reports During the Fun-Fly Ron was trying to make the field without powering up (would cut off the clock) and ran short in the weeds at the end of the field and removed the landing gear on his Somthin Extra (quick fix for Ron) FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS We are collecting non-perishable foods for a local food pantry. The food pantry we are donating to is Our Lady of Ransom/St Vincent de Paul. Please bring your donations to our monthly meetings. Thanks to Carl Will for delivering the Food to the Pantry.

4 July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 4 NOTICE: Brad Walters has asked that we please submit to him pictures for the Picture of the month on the Blue Max WEB Page, send any pictures you have that you would like to see as Picture of the month to Brad at fly@bluemaxrc.com Please make sure that they are in JPEG format and no larger that 2Meg in size and make sure that you use the on the roster, if it s not it will be deleted Raffle Winners : Steve Haas won the ARF Meeting adjourned at 7:45pm Some photos from the Fox Valley Aero Club Warbirds and Classics Event

5 July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 5 Show & Tell Steve brought in his completed Hanger 9 F4-U Corsair

6 July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 6 Ron Petterec brought in one of the cubs that he and Herb were building, this is one of 7 planes, 4 of the 7 have been built so far, Ron owns two of them, the one above and one that was made into a clipped wing Cub in Blue and White. This plane has a 1.60 OS Twin in it, the dash and the cowl are custom made by ron for this plane. It was maidened before but due to a hard landing had to have it repaired but it s ready now for its second flight. Beautiful job Ron, the detail is great.

7 July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 7 FOR SALE This area is for members that have items to sell. Please send item descriptions and pictures to rcbluemax@sbcglobal.net CMP Model Piper Cub Wingspan 91, Functional Scale Gear, Scale Cockpit Doors. Engine is a Saito 100 with all high torque metal geared servos Only asking $ CONTACT: Shlomo Rimer at shlomorimer@gmail.com James Irlbeck is selling an Extra 300L, it has a all the servos and a OS70 4-Stroke with a Pitts muffler, he s asking $ for everything (includes the cowl) Contact Jim

8 July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 8 Carl Will is selling this for a friend, $80 complete, if your interested give Carl a call Contact Carl at or carlkwill1971@gmail.com FOR SALE cont. Carl Will is selling his Duel Ace, it comes with 2 OS 46 Engines and all servos, flies great but Carl is looking to get into a bigger plane (OBO). Contact Carl at or carlkwill1971@gmail.com Felipe Leite has the below Carbon Fiber prop for sale, it s a Mejzlik 18/10 prop for $45 dollars and he will deliver it to the field on the weekend for anyone interested WANTED This is where Blue Max Club members can post RC items that they would like to buy. Send a description and contact info to rcbluemax@sbcglobal.net Wanted: Zenoah G-62 NIB for install in FW Mike Melendy ratgun223@gmail.com

9 July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 9 Indoor Flying District 214 Forest View Ed Ctr Fieldhouse Flying, 2121 S Goebbert Rd, Arlington Hts. Course #9264 2/1-5/23. Mondays 3:30 pm until 6:30 pm No class 1/18, 2/15. First time flyers, contact LeRoy Cordes at lcordes@juno.com or before registering at Session cost: $93 or Gold card $80. Lake Barrington Fieldhouse W North Pointe Parkway, Lake Barrington Fly every Friday from 11 am until 2 pm, $15 per pilot. For more info and directions go to FYI: Friday, May 25th, was the last day of indoor flying at Lake Barrington Fieldhouse until September. White Pines Golf Dome - NightHawk Flying W Jefferson St (3rd Ave), Bensenville November 6 - April 16, Friday & Saturday nights from 10 pm - 12 am. $150 Season Pass, $10 for single night. Contact Stan Warden at frenchstan@comcast.net or Blue Max Club Instructors INSTRUCTORS GROUND CREW Howard Bifeld Don Linder Gene Zerega Dan Deitemeyer Steve Haas Duane Lang Mike Melendy Shlomo Rimer Rob Getz UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS From July 17th Through August 20th Mike McGee 7/26 Marc Cassidy 8/2 Ed Der 7/27 Rich Blaha 8/12 Don Linder 8/17

10 July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 10 From the Melendy Aircraft Works The Factory is almost complete, a few more items and the building will commence, looking really good Mike

11 July 2018 Commence Building!!!! Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 11

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14 July 2018 Volume 25 Issue 7 Page 14 Blue Max R/C Flying Club Inc. PO Box 7803 Buffalo Grove, IL Blue Max Flying Field Deer Grove East FP Enter on Dundee Rd Blue Max R/C Flying Club AMA # MEETING LOCATION AMVETS POST MCHENRY RD WHEELING, IL UPCOMING EVENTS FOR July 2018 August 2018 Please check our calendar on the website for more events or details: Blue Max Fun Fly July15th, Bomb Drop Blue Max Meeting July 16th VFW, Wheeling, IL Blue Max Summer Picnic July 29th Club Field, lunch will be served around 12:30 Members & Guests only Warbirds Over Route 66 August 11th Club Field 9am to 4pm Joliet Radio Control Club 5th Annual Carousel of Cubs August 11th Karl Madsen Drive, St. Charles,Fox Valley Aero Club Big Bird Fly In August 19th Kickapoo Woods Chicago Model Masters 9-2, $10 landing fee Warbirds & Classics over the Midwest Aug. 16th 18th Fondulac, WI. Northern Alliance Military Fly in Aug. 9th 11th Owatonna, MN. (a few club members will be attending)