THE BEACON JULY Return Address: Nathaniel Guerrero 6433 Reflection Drive #102 San Diego, CA 92124

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1 THE BEACON JULY 2013 Return Address: Nathaniel Guerrero 6433 Reflection Drive #102 San Diego, CA 92124

2 July 2013 The next MRCF Meeting will be on TUESDAY, 9 July 2013 Location: American Legion Hall 7815 Armour St. Corner of Armour and Convoy St. Board Meeting at 6:30 PM Gen. Meeting at 7:00 PM American Legion Hall at 7815 Armour Street. Hwy 163 TO BALBOA AVENUE, WEST TO CONVOY STREET, LEFT ON CONVOY TO ARMOUR ST., TURN LEFT ONTO ARMOUR AND RIGHT INTO AMERICAN LEGION. ADDITIONAL PARKING IS ACROSS THE STREET AT CARQUEST. President: Darren Hauptman (619) Secretary: Brad Kuller (858) Field Marshal: Sandy Sanderson (858) Safety Coordinators: Brian Werner (760) CLUB OFFICERS Vice President: Mark Lukens (858) Treasurer: George Sager (858) Helicopter Chairman: Darren Hauptman (619) Membership Chairman: Brian Werner (760) membership@miramarrcflyers.com Newsletter Editor: Nathaniel Guerrero (858) nguerrero@san.rr.com Club Webmaster: Darren Hauptman Darren@miramarrcflyers.com CLUB FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS Any club member who wishes to have some assistance should call one of our designated instructors. There is no duty instructor at the field, so you must prearrange a time with someone on this list. Name Number Richard Barndt (858) Frank Gagliardi (858) Curtis Kitteringham (760) Mark Lukens (858) Jerry Neuberger (619) Paul Stenberg (760) Tom Mulder (619) Tom Pham (858) Ron Stark (858) Talmadge Sanders (858) Darren Hauptman (619) Happy Fourth of July to everyone! Be safe and look out for snakes as it warms up!

3 From the Left Seat: From the Right Seat: Safety Coordinator: Field Marshal: Helicopter Chairman: Membership Chairman: 11 June 2013 Miramar Radio Control Flyers Minutes of the Meeting Held at the American Legion President called the meeting to order at 1900 hrs. Rattle Snake Season is here, BEWARE! Pledge Of Allegiance Secretary: The Secretary s report was given and approved. Treasurer: The treasurers report was delayed due to his absence. Guests/Introductions/Prospective/ Members: Safety:

4 Lipo Batteries: We will be putting out some literature on lipo battery care and safety will be coming. Field Marshal: Nothing to report. Old Business: Lease: Darren met with the CO and briefed him on our club. This sent things at the base in to a frenzy. The real estate office was a little taken aback by Darren going to the CO. When he got a meeting request, he gathered info from staff on who we are. Prior to the meeting, the CO had no idea of our existence. All base personnel that deal with us briefed the CO and their experiences with us. They toured the site, our feedback was very positive. No one had any real complaints. It was expressed to the CO that we do not pose any security threats. The negative feedback came strictly from base real estate. The CO has turned to his staff to figure out a way to keep us. Darren explained that we are a community service organization and collaterally fly at the field. The other piece is the civilian membership. It was conveyed to the base that if we lose them, we lose the ability to be a community service organization. It was made clear that we want to be more than just a flying club and are a quality of life group. He was very thankful for the time we spent talking about the club. The CO is going to get us under the blanket of MCCS. They handle many facilities; we would be one of them. There will most likely not be major changes, in general we will continue operate the same. Adopt a plane day was successful. The club cleaned up a T-34, it turned out well, the first Monday after the meeting will be the maintenance day. It was suggested that we also clean planes that will be part of the open cockpit day. Diamond rent vs buy porta-potty, it is more economical to own it, the pay off time is 7 months. We are going to look in to purchasing a handicap accessible unit. A motion was made to purchase a handicap unit with a hand wash and approved. Events: Pylon racing 6/16, 9/15. Rotors over Miramar July 13-14, we are not looking to add night flying or camping this year. We do not want to raise any concerns with the base at this time.

5 July 27 Flights of Fancy Pattern Contest in August Aug E-fest at Aliant university. Indoor and outdoor, partially at MRCF. Oct All electric heli events at SDSEF. Nov 9 Veterans Day fly in. Dec 12 Toys for tots. New Business: AMA will be granting us a five year Gold Leader Award. Aaron Dobbs who runs the program, there are 1700 clubs in AMA, there are only 47 clubs that have Gold Status. A really nice patch comes with it along with a plaque. July 20 th will be the association swap meet in Chula Vista. Thank you Jerry for getting the Field Grant, we received the check for $780. Trivia: New member s AMA number is seven digits. Show and Tell: Darren brought a Hex copter from DW Foamies. Mike Morgan has a company called multi rotor parts and produces this model. These have taken off over the last two years. The good is it is a new aspect, in the wrong hands; it brings bad publicity due to its autonomous capability. It flew on Saturday on, he turned off its transmitter, and it flew back to the field, landed and shut itself down. It runs on 3s with a 10-minute flight. Cost is $800-$900 with GPS capability. The advantages of more rotors are that you can limp back when motors go out. Meeting Adjourned: 2010

6 H New Products H Deals H Events H Coupons H July 2013 U12 Big Dual Rotor 3ch Heli, 2.4GHz Radio 535mm Rotor. No Regularly $99.99 CLUB COUPON: Take $20.00 off * any 1 of these 3 heli s! U16W Wi-Fi Dual Rotor Helicopter Real-time Video, Fly w/iphone No Regularly $ U13A Dual Rotor Helicopter With Video & Still Camera 2.4GHz No Regularly $99.99 Coupon Good July 1 through July 31, Retail store sales only, must present coupon at time of purchase for discount. Cannot be combined with other offers. Find A Store: HOBBY4U * Off Reg. Price