Minutes of October 10, 2017 Lake Powell RC Modelers Meeting

Present: Bob Martin, Joe McPhail, Tom Zwack, Pam Brown

1.       A reminder that your name and address or AMA number should be on your plane.

2.       Joe reports that the field is alive and healthy.  85% of the weeds were taken care of by the dragging he did last weekend.  The club needs a more substantial drag made of metal sifting grate and 4x4 angle iron edges.  Joe will ask Judy Kitson and Page Steel for materials.  Watch for sinkholes where the underlying junk is collapsing. Thanks to Joe for his work on the field!

3.       Workday Saturday, October 28 at 10:00 AM.  We will be working on weeds in the pit area.  Please bring flamethrowers and shovels.  The tan potty needs to be cleaned, chemical and  6 gallons of water.  There is some fence repair to do.  The runway is still solid and in good shape. There is some water damage needing repair on the NE side.  Bring vice grips to help adjust belt placement. Not a lot of work, but some attention is required before we go into winter.  See you there!

4.       Treasurer Report from Tom Zwack: Balance $3921.80.  Tom has receipts for Jon and George.  Tom will purchase chemicals for potty.

5.       Fly! Fly! Fly!  Joe reported that the Kanab Fly in last weekend had a good showing.  Tom has been given a 54” Pitts biplane with new transmitter/receiver and 120 four-stroke engine from Leroy Wicklund.

Pam Brown 928-614-8628

Meeting Date Change

Please forward to all who may be interested.

Date Change:  Meeting Tuesday September 19 at 6:00 PM at Pam’s house 585 Pinto

Hope to see you there!

Pam Brown

928-614-8628

Minutes of LPRC Modelers Meeting August 15, 2017

Present: Bob Martin, Tom Zwack, Pam Brown

• 1.       Thanks to Judy Kitson for advertising the meeting online.
• 2.       Pam is moving to Kansas in December. When she leaves, Vice President Joe McPhail will become President. We will need to elect a new Vice President. Tom Zwack remains Treasurer.  Bob Martin remains Safety Officer.
• 3.       Pam will be parting with most of her RC models and supplies. If there is anything you want, please let me know or just call to come by and browse.
• 4.       There are six paid members: Jon Ridpath, Bob Martin, Tom Zwack, Pam Brown, Tom Morony, and George Watson.
• 5.       Treasurer Tom Zwack: Account Balance is $3921.80
• 6.       Safety Officer Bob Martin: Remember to label your planes per AMA rules. Several members have extra labels if you need them.
• 7.       Bob Martin did a great job of putting water in porta potty every other week during June and July.  The schedule is Joe August and September, Jon October and November.  Pam had December to March so we’ll need to redo the schedule before December for the coming year.
• 8.       Please keep your FAA UAS certificate.  They are not required at the moment but that could change.
• 9.       The field has an abundance of weeds that we can address when it gets cooler this fall.
• 10.   Members asked Pam to ask Judy if we can set up her bleachers along the public viewing area.
• 11.   Mail box for the club has been renewed at the post office.
• 12.   Non fixed wing rotor craft are allowed to fly at our field by AMA members.  Please fly safely.
• 13.   Next meeting is September 12 at 6 PM at Pam’s 585 Pinto Road, Page, AZ.

After a summer vacation 2017

 Lake Powell RC Modelers will resume meetings starting Tuesday, August 15 at 6 PM at Pam’s house, 585 Pinto Road.  This meeting will be a week later than our regular schedule of second Tuesdays.  Hopefully, we will be back on schedule in September.  I just got home Friday night and need a few more days to prepare for the meeting.  Refreshments will be served and you are welcome to bring along prospective members to the meeting.  See you soon!

Pam Brown

928-614-8628

Minutes of Lake Powell RC Modelers Meeting April 11, 2017

Present: Tom Zwack, Joe and Abby McPhail, Pam Brown

1.        Treasurer Report: Members paid and up to date are Tom Zwack, Pam Brown, Bob Martin, and Tom Morony.  Balance before memberships are deposited is $3581.80.

2.       Tom Zwack will ask Ken Sichi for a bid to move sand at airfield to fill washouts.

3.       Airfield Work Day on Sunday, April 23 at 9 AM.  Tom Zwack will bring sprayer, weedkiller, pumper and water barrel.

4.       Fly Day for Club will be Sunday, April 30.  Bring a plane and enjoy the sport of RC Modelling!

5.       Tom Zwack will host the May, June, and July meetings at his house.  Pam will be travelling around the Great Lakes.

6.       Motion, second and passed to elect officers for 2017-2018 year: President Pam Brown, Vicepresident Joe McPhail, Treasurer Tom Zwack, and Safety Officer Bob Martin.

7.       Pam shared letter to Airport Director stating the location of our airfield and that we fly from dawn to dusk all days of the week.  This meets the FAA requirements since we are within five miles of the airport.

8.       Next project: striping runway.

Lake Powell RC Modelers Meeting Minutes February 14, 2017

Members Present:  Bob Martin, Tom Zwack, Jon Ridpath, Pam Brown

11.        Treasurer Report – Account balance is $3681.80 after paying $120 to AMA for club membership.  $40 club dues for the 2017-2018 year can be paid at the March meeting on March 14.   If you can’t make it to that meeting, you can put a check for $40 in the mail to LPRCModelers at POBox 1952, Page, AZ 86040.  Please put your AMA number on your check for reference.  For example, Bob’s AMA number is 63904.

22.       Thanks to Judy Kitson and the local Tractor Club, we now have three sets of bleachers at the field.  Hopefully that will handle the crowds that come to see us fly!  We are happy to help out the Tractor Club.

33.       Bob has purchased a drone.  Tom will contact AMA to add a drone category to our airfield listing with AMA.  As a courtesy, drone pilots are asked to wait until all fixed wing aircraft are on the ground before they fly.

44.       Weeds have been under control from the magic recipe Tom Zwack developed.  Tom and Pam are planning to do a little more weed spraying this spring to keep ahead of the weeds.  Tom has enough chemicals.  We will use the barrels Tom got for water to use in the mixing of the chemicals.

55.       The end of April or early May we will schedule a work day at the field depending on weather and field conditions. 

66.       We are starting a maintenance item list to address on work day.  We may be able to get some used pond liner from NGS.  If we do, this would be a great time to pull up the belting, fill the low spot in the pits with sand, cover with the pond liner, and anchor down the belting along the edge to prevent water pooling and wind erosion.  We’ll need to make rebar stakes with large washers to anchor the belting.  Maybe the tractor club could help us put sand in the low spot with their tractors.

77.       We have no more information on the current state of the City’s grant application to cover the junk coming up from the old city dump.

   Hello Pilots,

    

    I am sending you this reminder about our Remote Possibilities President's Day Fly-In scheduled for Feb. 24th & 25th in St. George, Utah.

     We are very excited to see familiar faces, and meet new friends.

      Please pass the word along….

     We look forward to seeing you at the event !!

  

    Joe Kirton

    Remote Possibilities

    Vice President

      www.remoterc.com

    

Lake Powell RC Modelers Minutes, January 10, 2017

Members Present:  Pam Brown, Tom Zwack, Jon Ridpath

1.       Treasurer’s Report: Balance $3801.80

2.       Schedule for Meetings:  Election of officers at the March Meeting.  Membership dues of $40 are for April 1 to March 31.  Let’s see how many new members we can recruit.  Please invite someone that you would like to have join our club.

3.       Tom Zwack will contact Bill Diak about progress of grant for field improvements.

4.       Runway needs raked to fill in washouts and cover ruts.  A steel garden rake with sturdy tines will probably be best tool for the job.  If you can take a few minutes this week, please rake what you can of the runway.  If weather permits, members can meet at the field on Friday morning between nine and ten to rake and smooth the runway as much as possible before the predicted rains for Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.  Temperatures are predicted for the high forties.  Frozen ground is pretty hard to rake so these temperatures will help us.  If we can get the runway as smoothly raked as possible, we will be prepared to roll the field when there is sufficient moisture.