The Joy of Free Flight

Here's a photo by Concord Model Engineer Lynn Price of a participant at one of the recent Free Flight contests.

Sometimes low tech is the most beautiful tech!






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Concord Model Engineers, August 11, 2015

CONCORD MODEL ENGINEERS MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

CALL TO ORDER:  7:30 pm
ATTENDEES: 16     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 Ashbury Dr., Concord

Fun Fly this month on Friday, Aug 21, Tenative, awaiting confirmation.

TREASURER REPORT:

treasurer absent.

OLD BUSINESS:

none.

NEW BUSINESS:

A quiet meeting, hoping all absent members are enjoying their Summer Vacation!

We will continue Indoor Fun Fly.  Cost to club is now $50, we will ask each attendee
to contribute $5.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Aug. 16, Masciano Control Line Contest. Alameda. Contact Jim Perrson.email,  james.persson@SBCGlobal.net

Aug. 21-23, Jim Perrson (and others) will be running Tether Cars at the Good Guys West Coast Nationals. http://www.rodauthority.com/event-coverage/car-shows/goodguys-27th-west-coast-nationals-pleasanton-ca/

Aug 29-30, SacRats.org

Aug 29-30, Control line speed contest, Napa.

Sept 5, Weigel Field, free flight contest.

Sept 13, Crows Landing, Former Naval Air Base, Flying Giants event, all day.

Sept. 26/27, Control Line Combat event at the Flying Electrons field. http://lferc.com/

EVENT REPORTS:

Oakland Cloud Dusters.  1/2 Coupe, rubber powered, Ding Zarate 1st place;
.020 Gas, Jim Muether 1st place; OCD Cat, Lynn 4th place; P30 (13 entries), Lynn, 3rd place
3 max (90 sec) + P38.

RAFFLE:

1 Gal Sig 10% Nitro, Sig 1/2A Dewey Bird, Horizon Lipo Cell Voltage Checker,
Husky Screwdriver set, BHM Little Ike.

MEETING ADJOURNED:  8:20


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CME Minutes, June 2015

Walt Grant, RIP
Aeromodeller and Friend

CONCORD MODEL ENGINEERS MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

CALL TO ORDER:  7:30 pm
ATTENDEES: 23     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 Ashbury Dr., Concord

Fun Fly this month on Friday, June 19.

TREASURER REPORT:

new balance  $2854.00

OLD BUSINESS:

none.

NEW BUSINESS:

RIP, Walt Grant, long time CME Member.  There will be a small memorial service the 3rd week of July.  Walt was a great guy, and started aeromodelling in 1938. He and his brother both wanted to join the Army Air Corp, but their mother said she would only allow one of them to serve.  They flipped a coin and his brother won, and Walt ended up working at the Bendix plant in Philadelphia, which adjoined a large field perfect for flying. The club's thoughts and prayers go out to his wife Barbera and her family.

Visitor:
Onur Yildirim met Chuck last week.  Flying for about two months. Onur is an Electronics and Telecom Engineer.

Saturday, June 13, CME Picnic.  Start arriving around 10:00. Will eat about noon. Pot Luck.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

June 20, Open air swap meet, 8:30 - noon, Alameda.  See attached.

July 25, SAM 27, Small Rubber Meet, Lakeville.  Need AMA insurance.

EVENT REPORTS:

none.

PARADE OF PLANES:

Ed Ringeu, Swoop DeVille, own design, P30, flat wing with with winglets, so easy to put together with no dihedral.  P30 has to fit in 30 inch box 40g chassis, 10g motor.  Ding Zarate wing design.

Ding Zarate, Jorback, John Odencamp design, E36 class.  Electric free flight. 150g.

RAFFLE:

Glue caddy, 15 min epoxy, roll yellow monokote, 1 gal 5% nitro, Radix 3D foam kit, BHM red flash 1/2A kit, Brodack Baby Clown kit

MEETING ADJOURNED:  8:38

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Concord Model Engineers Minutes, February 2015

 CONCORD MODEL ENGINEERS MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, Feb 10, 2015

CALL TO ORDER:  7:30 pm
ATTENDEES: 21     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

Fun Fly this month on Feb 30.

TREASURER REPORT:

Previous Balance $2582.68
- web site fees     99.00
Current Balance  $2483.68


NEW BUSINESS:

The club welcomes Sam, a senior at Northgate High School.  Sam will be working
on a model plane for his senior project.

Indoor flying venue.  We will continue at the prior venue.  If anyone knows
of other venues please let everyone know.  George knows a guy who knows
something about the Moffit Field hangar.

If you need a badge, let Ron know.  Needs your name and AMA number.

Christmas party, concensus reached, same time (second Tues in Decemeber),
same place (Buttercups)!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Feb 28, Wagel free flight, weather permitting.

PARADE OF PLANES:

Mike Woodring, two Flite Test Bloody Wonders.
































Mike Woodring, Flite Test F22.












Mark Harrison, EZFly. More pics here. Video below.










Mark Harrison, F22.  Notes here. Video below.










Jerry, Sigg Twister.  Finished with orange rustoleum, matching the monokote.




















Lee, Ubanko Contest wing, from Ukraine.  Had to order off of Facebook.







































RAFFLE:

bundle of balsa, roll of monocoat, BHM Vulture combat kit, .049 Cox engine, Zap Glue, Interceptor Free Flight kit, 3D Kit Lazer Cut, Roll 0.15x52 flying wires, Solder jig, Screwdriver set, digitial multimeter.

MEETING ADJOURNED:  8:38pm


EZFly.

F22 flying around.

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Concord Model Engineers Logo!

Here's the Concord Model Engineers Logo!  61 years continuously meeting, and we still have a couple of charter members that show up every month.

The logo had gone missing for a while, so it was decided to send a copy of the logo to every member in the hopes that somebody would have a copy the next time it was needed. DVCS at its finest!





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Concord Model Engineers Minutes, September 2014

CONCORD MODEL ENGINEERS MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

CALL TO ORDER:  7:42 pm

ATTENDEES: 16     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

Fun Fly this month on September 19.

Concord Model Engineers Minutes, July 2014

CONCORD MODEL ENGINEERS MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

CALL TO ORDER:  7:30 pm
ATTENDEES: 20     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

Fun Fly this month on August 15.

Concord Model Engineers Minutes, July 2014

CONCORD MODEL ENGINEERS MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

CALL TO ORDER:  7:30 pm
ATTENDEES: 20     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

Fun Fly this month on August 15.

Concord Model Engineers, Minutes, June 11, 2013

As many of you know, I'm a proud member of the Concord Model Engineers.  You might not know that I'm the Secretary as well, in charge of taking and circulating the minutes.  The club has a lot of great guys who are exquisite craftsmen as well.  Each month I get to see things that (by my standards!) are flying works of art that belong in a museum.  So, I'm going to experiment for the next couple of months... take picture of the Parade of Planes and other interesting things, and post them here along with the minutes of the meeting.  If you're in the East Bay, you should stop in for a meeting!

So, without further ado...

Things of Beauty

 At last night's meeting of the Concord Model Engineers, Ding presented a model he was working on, and gave some pointers about how to cut spars and assemble wings.  He cuts a template from aluminum with snips and files it to shape, and then cuts around the template.

 He brought this model he was working on, building from scratch without plans.  It was so nice looking I took a couple of snaps with my phone cam.  I was so struck by not just the impeccable craftsmanship, but the beauty of the frames.

 The final model will be in a contest where the minimum weight is 40 grams.  Ding is shooting for 35 grams, so that there will be some leeway for repairs.

There's some pretty impressive modellers in the CME, many with decades of experience.  Ding gets a lot of respect from these guys, as you can imagine.

Enjoy!

Concord Model Engineers

Concord Model Engineers

Meeting: 2nd Tuesday, Buchanan Airport Terminal Building
Flying: Sunday Afternoons, 3:30:
    Lime Ridge Open Space,  Court Lane
Indoor Fun Fly: 1st (members only) & 3rd Fridays, 7:00-9:00pm:
    Gym at the Church of the Nazarene in Concord,
    1650 Ashbury Dr, Concord, CA 94520