Presidents Pen
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hope calling off last months meeting wasn't too big of a pain. There wasn't
much on the agenda. With all the rain and cruddy weather in general, it
thought it best to just call it off.
I hope to see everyone at the next meeting. I'd like to start hashing out a
mowing plan. Now that the weather is starting to get better the grass will
not be far along.
Sorry there isn't much to discuss in this newsletter. I hope to see quite a
few at the next meeting.
Regards,
Adam Q
BSF President
Meeting Minutes
Due to the weather we had no meeting last month.
Tidbits
New Life to Old Wire Landing Gear
Did you ever have a problem where your wire landing gear seems to get weaker
and weaker? A possible solution is to remove the gear from the airframe and
remove all the hardware from the gear wire (i.e. the wheels, collars, pants,
etc). Preheat your kitchen oven to 450°F. Place the wire on a cookie sheet in
the oven for one hour. Turn off the oven and toss the wire into cold water to
cool it off quickly. What you have just done is to re-temper the music wire and
you should have put new life into that old gear. Note that soldered joints
should not be harmed as solder doesn’t melt until about 700°F.
Mixing Epoxy
When mixing epoxy use an old coffee can lid, after the epoxy hardens just flex
the lid and the epoxy will pop off.
Editors Notes
Meeting reminder – 6:30 PM Thursday the 13th of March.
Now that we are back to daylights savings time and have some day light in the evenings, Wednesday activity is likely to start again soon.
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Reminder that dues are due: Flying season is quickly approaching, if you can’t make the meeting and haven’t paid your dues yet, you can mail them to: Terry Jackson 719 Hwy 32 Bolivar, MO 65613 |
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Scheduled events: |
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15 and 16 March |
Work weekend to get the field in shape for the flying season |
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26 March |
Spring Fly In – Flying season kickoff |
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17 & 18 May |
Heli Fly in |
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21 & 22 June |
Pro Bro fly in |