Good day Bolivar Sport Flyers,

Wow!  The year is flying by quick.  Here it is the first of July.  It seems the rain is tapering off and the heat and humidity is taking its place.  Just a word of safety.  Be sure to bring lots of liquids to the field to drink.  Don't let the heat ruin your day by letting yourself dehydrate.
The field is looking good now that we've got the mower.  The mower started out with some problems but I think I have that taken care of.  At first it ran really rough.  After a fuel and air filter change the problem persisted.  So, I replaced the vacuum hose to the fuel pump because it was dry rotted and added a bottle HEET to the fuel jug.  The problem was still there.  Next I removed the carburetor assembly and then the float bowl.  Eureka!  There was water in the bowl and a huge pile of rust of which a large hunk had lodged in front of the fuel pick up.  After a thorough cleaning and some patching where the rust had eaten thru the side of the bowl, the mower now runs reliably.  I usually mow on Wednesday afternoons after work before members start showing up for Wednesday night flying.  I make sure the runway and pits are done.  Then finish it up later in the week if I have time.  Should anyone feel like pitching in with the mowing I usually keep the key up above the window frame tucked just under the insulation.  If it's not there check the mower.  I may have forgotten to put it back up above the window.  There's a six gallon fuel jug that usually has enough to get the place done.  One nice thing about that mower is it hardly uses any gas.
Now down to business...or a lack of business.  The last couple meetings have resulted in only a couple members showing up.  I waved off the meeting and sent everyone on to flying or home.  Hopefully there will be a few more this coming Thursday at 6:30pm.

3rd Annual Tweak and Tune Heli fly in.  May 16,17,18

Our heli fly in back in May was a great success.  Although not as big of a turn out as the last two, it went off with out a hitch.  There were 30 pilots registered that came from all around the country.  Jeff Pfiefer put in a lot of work to organize the event and I made sure the field was up to par.  The weather cleared off just in time but did dump a load on the field the day before.  That made mowing the field a struggle since there was more water flying out from under the mower than there was grass.  One guy got stuck with his trailer.  A neighbor with a large 4WD tractor came and pulled his truck out leaving the trailer there until the end of the weekend.  By then the ground had firmed up enough the trailer was pulled out easily.  As everyone packed up and left, they were sure to let us know they'll be back next year.  The club deposited $391 from the event.

Show-me 3D  Pro Bro June 20,21,22

The Pro Bro turned out more participants than I had expected.  I didn't see the registry but  I'm  guess about 20 pilots showed up.  Man what a blast. Friday Bro's were already showing up and immediately began tearing up the sky.  When the sun went down the lights went up and flying continued past midnight.  Saturday was more of the same with some  shots of rain during the day and fireworks thrown in at night. The lights shutting off around midnight.  Sunday Bros that drove a  long distance packed up and headed home.  The Pro Bro events are the most laid back events to attend.  Met some new friends and said hello to old friends.

I ended up destroying my Mojo in the first tank Friday.  I then bought a Chinn Yak ARF from the Maverick Hobbies vendor and thought I could build it out at the field while everyone was flying.  I gave up when I realized I had forgotten to cut the engine slot out to fit the YS 63.  I ended up finishing the plane and test flying it July 5th.

The club will deposit $275 from the event.

Well folks, thats a quick overview of the past two months worth of activities.  Nothing is on the schedule for the next couple months.  So get out and FLY!!

Regards,
Adam Quennoz
BSF President

Our meeting is this Thursday, 10 July at 6:30 PM

No minutes available from last month. 

Hopefully more will be in attendance this meeting.  The rain appears to be letting up so maybe we can get some flying in.  Adam has been doing almost all the mowing and could use some relief I am sure.  I won’t be at this meeting as I will be having surgery on my wrist that morning (and yes I am typing with one hand).  I would suggest we get a calendar for the club house and let people sign up for weeks they will be available to mow.  If we all mow once or twice for the remainder of the summer it should go pretty easy and will take a huge burden off the one or two that have mowed.  The club mower is up and running fine the last I knew.   

For those that knew Walt  Hulen, I regret to let you know that he passed away Saturday evening the 5^th of July.

Also a HUGE Thank you to Andrea for taking care of the concessions at the Pro Bro event, it would not have gone well without her.

Hope to see you at the field soon. 

Our meeting is this Thursday, 10 July at 6:30 PM

Randy Cameron

From the Anoka County Radio Control Club, Inc., Coon Rapids, Minnesota

Nail Those Landings by Dan Stahn

Hello fellow members. I was looking through my latest Plane & Pilot magazine. Hang with me for a minute. It had an article about getting set up for landings. It was titled “101 Secrets for Super Landings.” I picked out 22 that would apply to RC.

 Now you’re thinking, 101 secrets, that’s a lot. How many things do I need to do or think about to land my airplane?  Landings are when you need to concentrate the most on what the airplane is doing and making the airplane go where you want it to go. I’m not going to use all 101 secrets here mainly because they don’t all apply. Such as landing on a slope, and using the runway numbers through the windshield to control your glide slope, or even about warning your passengers about moving around during the landing. Or having you radios tuned to the correct ATC frequency before getting in the pattern. You know; stuff like that. What I have done is to apply those that would help you to place your airplane in the pattern at our RC field as if it were the real, full-scale pattern. Over the years I have used these helpful articles to better myself and to help me make the landing to look much better and hit the runway as many times as I can. Give these a try and see if there aren’t any of these secrets that can help you.

1. Have a plan: Don’t let the airplane determine your approach. Plan out your landing well in advance. Maybe two or three circuits around the pattern before you make the landing.

 2. Visualize the flight path: Think ahead of the airplane and imagine your flight path as a narrow rectangular tunnel with the runway at the end.

 3. Keep your downward approach consistent: Put your airplane in the same place every time.

 4. Fluctuations in speed are wasting precious altitude and energy.

 5. Deploying flaps at too fast of a speed only messes up your trim and you can’t keep steady throttle settings.

 6. Don’t wrestle with it; you make the airplane land.

 7. Think centerline: Form a routine where you put the airplane on the centerline of the runway every time.

 8. Don’t chase the airspeed: Wind gusts can cause air speed fluctuations. Don’t chase them; average out the fluctuations by holding the nose attitude steady.

 9. Have a go-around point selected: Designate a place on the runway as your touchdown area. If you don’t make it, go around. Don’t make a bad situation worse.

 10. Don’t forget to flare: When you are short on final, be thinking of the flare before you touchdown.

 11. Make small power changes: It’s always best to make small power changes when needed rather than being behind a change and then having to play catch up.

 12. Correct flight-path changes immediately: Either speed or position or whatever—if it isn’t right, fix it. Don’t let needed corrections pile up.

 13. Plan ahead: This is very important. Compare where the airplane will go if you don’t change anything to where it will go if you do. If they don’t match, make it match.

 14. Don’t fly the pattern too fast: If you fly at a reduced speed, you lessen the chance of missing the runway.

 15. Practice approaches: Spend a couple of flights just doing touch-and-gos or complete landings and then take off again. This will help you to get the “feel” for the runway.

 16. Think about the rudder as centerline control: Use the rudder to keep the nose ahead of the tail, independent of the ailerons.

 17. Adjust for the crosswind before the flare: Use the rudder to keep the nose and tail on the centerline and use ailerons to kill the crosswind.

 18. Adjust the landing pattern for the size of the airplane: Small airplanes need smaller patterns. Big and fast airplanes need more room.

 19. Don’t let the nose land first: If you have tri-gear, hold the flare so you land on the mains first.

 20. Don’t try to save a bad bounce: Go around and try again.

 21. Break the glide then set up the flare: On approach, don’t fly into the runway and flare, it will bounce.

22. After a crosswind landing, don’t relax the ailerons: Keep the ailerons into the wind until you stop. And use the rudder to stay on the centerline of the runway.

 You might be thinking that these hints are not needed when you go out to fly that Pizazz or FunTiger or Ultrastik and that’s okay. These airplanes are designed to do tight maneuvers and fly radically and fly slow with small amounts of wind, that’s why we like them. But they too can be landed on the runway every time using these hints. It surely helps when you fly the scale or heavy wing loaded airplanes. You might even be able to step up to the next level of airplane with these hints.  

See you guys at the field. Q