AMA Charter Club 2605         SAM Chapter 10

Directions to  Meeting Tuesday March 20, 2012
Take the 495 Beltway to the Tyson's Corner/route 7 exit west.  Go about 1 mile, past  the 123 overpass and the start of the Metro Rail construction. On the right will be a Container Store and a McDonalds.  Take a right at the next signal, onto Spring Hill Rd.  Follow Spring Hill Rd up a slight hill and turn left at the first signal onto a parking lot. Bear right of the rail and down a ramp.  Charlie's Intersport shop is on your immediate left with a bunch of Porsches parked in front.

Minutes of March 20 meeting
Guys, these notes relate to what we discussed at the meeting, but include a follow on conversation I had with Abram Van Dover of the Brainbuster's club on Wednesday, 21 May and ideas that developed from those.

We had a meeting at Charlie Murphy's shop 20 March with about 6 in attendance (Not much of a showing).  The treasurer, Dave Lacey was on a trip to FL and therefore no treasurer's report, but assume no major expenditures. 

Jack Felter reported on conversations with Ken Greene, our contact for the flying fields near Culpeper.  Some of the fields that we have used are not being planted at this time as the Inskeep family is busy opening some new fields n orth of Culpeper.  Basically the Byrd Field in Mitchell, VA is open and can be used.  Insurance from AMA is in place for the year and we should be able to hold a contest there sometime this spring or early summer.  This contest would be a collaboration among CAAMA, Brainbusters (of Hampton Roads) and the Maxecuters.

Review of the calendar shows a few limited weekend windows for scheduling a one or two day meet.  In order to get the word out for potential participants,  the earliest dates that are practical would appear to be 28-29 April or 5-6 May.  Later dates in May run into conflict with Mother's Day and the Indoor AMA Nationals at Johnson City TN.  There is the Kudzu FAC/Maxecuter contest on June 2 and 3, so this seems to indicate something later in June.  The 9th and 10th are open as is Father's Day weekend, the 16th and 17th.  The earlier date is perhaps too close to the Kudzu meet for most folks and family matters may be a problem for Father's Day. 

Based on this analysis, the 23rd and 24th of June stand out as the most likely of the "early" contest dates that have the least issues.  Perhaps these are good dates to get those last test flights in for the FAC or AMA Nats (or both).

Charlie has a great suggestion regarding a memorial event for Jack Gore.  Jack left us with a large collection (about 40) of beautifully built and ready to fly rubber models.  These ranged from P-30 to OT Wakefield models.  Charlie's suggested event would be for a group of model fliers to draw lots or pick out a model to fly in a "contest" in Jack's memory, believing he would have wanted to see them flown, not given away or collected.  The contest could be either a mass launch event or a three flight event or a combination of both.  This could be held in conjunction with the above meet or held separately.

Feedback on the above is welcome, but we need decisions early on.  The flying season is upon us and planning time is fast slipping away.

Regards, Im Coffin



You probably have this already, but I just found it from SAMTalk:

http://www.homefly.com

It has some reference data on covering weights, small plastic gears, motors, LiPos, propellers, etc.

 from  Jim Coffin

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