THE WEAK SIGNAL June 2017 Toledo Weak Signals Radio Control Club, Inc. Toledo, OH Charter No. 521

President: Scott Bauerschmidt 734-625-8196 [email protected] Vice President: Tom Strohscher 419-693-5691 [email protected] Recording Secretary: Mark Scheuer 419-705-6976 [email protected] Treasurer: Randy Peebles 419-517-3590 [email protected] Membership: Steve Guerrero 734-847-0020 [email protected] Trustees: Frank Nation 734-731-9694 [email protected] Kermit Buck 734-678-7152 [email protected] Newsletter: Tom Strohscher 419-693-5691 [email protected] Newsletter Submissions: [email protected]

Website: http://www.toledoshow.com http://www.toledoweaksignals.com

Club Field: 734-856-6865 Weather Vox: 734-854-1055

From the President

Sailplane League 2017 Teams and Schedule have been posted on the club web site. Scores will be posted through out the seson. https://sites.google.com/site/toledoweaksignals/contests/sailplane-league Team 1 Tim Jesky (Captain) Dave Whitaker Tom Como Bob Kane Shane Whitaker Ron Wyatt Ray Foley Tim Kuyoth Frank Nation

Team 2 Lee Hertzsch (Captain) Dave Myers Dave Leach Ron Kuyoth Dale Rupert Steve Guerrero Eric Hill Marshall Bellman

Team 3 Charlie Hannula (Captain) Bill Pandi Chris Skolmowski Paul Filmore Randy Peebles Pat Mullin Dave Howard Mike Vorbau

Team 4 Mel Holman (Captain) Jim Skolmowski Jack VanHee Dick Peebles Bill Cunningham Dave Carpenter Brian Harris Chuck Miller

Week 1 5-Jun 1v3 2v4 CD Team 1

Week 2 12-Jun 2v3 1v4 CD Team 2

Week 3 19-Jun 1v2 3v4 CD Team 3

Week 4 26-Jun 4v2 3v1 CD Team 4

x 3-Jul Boom Bang x

Week 5 10-Jul 4v1 3v2 CD Team 1

Week 6 17-Jul 4v3 2v1 CD Team 2

Week 7 24-Jul 1v3 2v4 CD Team 3

Week 8 31-Jul 2v3 1v4 CD Team 4

Week 9 7-Aug 1v2 3v4 CD Team 1

Membership News John Borton traveled to Falls of Rough, Kentucky attending the NASA Mint Julep scale meet. He had a successful weekend with the Pietenpol taking First place in Designer Scale and Best Civilian Aircraft. Congratulations John!

Welcome back Eric Steves.

Club History by Wyane Yeager

R/C Homewreckers, Part 57

In early 81, Daly MacGrayne is Pres and Kenny Miller recorded meeting minutes so we have these archives where I see where the local Air National Guard held an open house at their facility and sent us a letter of appreciation for loaning them our PA system to use at their event. Now I find this somewhat amusing and astounding. Wow!! Us, a little old model airplane club loaning a big huge Government facility with really big and fast airplanes, our electronic equipment for the success of their tax paid survival. That just impresses the heck out a me!! Actually I really know why but I bet it sounds better to someone who doesn’t. We loaned the Air National Guard our PA system???? Wow. How did they ever hear about us and how did they even know we had one?? OK, Enough……….. New rules are part of growing and in the spring of 81 we had a few but they all were rules we could live with as they were important to our getting along with our neighbors. No flying south of Yetter Drain, Tuesdays and Thursdays between noon and 6:30 pm are the only days a Quarter Midget or Form 1 can be flown, and only one at a time, no engine allowed to be broke in without a muffler, stuff like that. Letter from the Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce stating our show is the biggest event in the area so all that good PR for us. If it appears I’m looking for something good to write about in here you’re correct as the chronicles don’t really contain much in the way of excitement right now but we’ll keep searching. It’s something special for this writer at this moment and on a monthly basis as I read all these old minutes and my mind races back to when it happened especially if I was around and involved so some of it seems like yesterday when we all had black or brown hair or blond maybe. Not gray though so times were different. Put all that together with a vivid imagination and it’s not too hard to go back 35-36 years. Some of it I remember like yesterday. Yetter Drain, the Yetter Drain…ah yes the Yetter Drain. We all learned the name of that bloody ditch didn’t we?? It should have been called “Damnable Drain”! Oh well it was our southern boundary. We just hated flying north of it! (Spoiled brats) In late July, Daly announced the names of those running for elected office in August and there was a nice number of people trying to be involved in some way. I’ve seen clubs where the Pres ends up being whomever is willing to take on the job but I’ve never been able to say that about the Weak Signals as there’s always a goodly number of people running for elected office and this election is no different. There are 3 running for President, 2 running for Membership Secretary, and 4 running for Trustee. There was only 1 running for Treasurer but that was by design. On August 13, 1981 the club selected their new officers for the year and they were Bob Hisey-President, Jack VanHee-VP, George Richardson-Membership Sec. Ted Ingersol-Recording Sec. Bob KniselyTreasurer, Rick Lederman and John Wolff-Trustees.

Ed Grabbenstetter, Roxanne Grabbenstetter & Dave Ware

Hisey indicating how really tall the Show Queen was.

Hisey shoehorned into a full sized pylon racer the “Real Sporty”.

Proposed Bylaw Change Paul Fillmore submitted the following bylaw addition for the clubs consideration. Voting on this bylaw will take place at least 30 days after the posting of this newsletter.

Weak Signals purposed By Law addition Section XI general field rules. As there is no by law to limit the noise produced by model airplanes at the weak signals field. I think we should conform to the AMA guide lines for there sound / noise abatement recommendations. The by law addition will read as follows: No aircraft shall be flown if it exceeds 96db at 20ft over grass and 98db over pavement. The sound will be measured at all 4 corners of the aircraft Thru full throttle range. if the aircraft does not meet the 96 or 98 db limit at any point during testing the said aircraft is not allowed to fly until it can pass the 96 or 98 db limit. Any member can request to be shown that any airplane is with in the db limit at any time.

A db meter can be purchased for under 50.00 dollars.

Calendar Check out the club calendar for updates! https://sites.google.com/site/toledoweaksignals/calendar Sun Jun 4 Club Contest Pylon 1 Thu Jun 8 Club Meeting Sun Jun 11 Club Contest Old Timer 1 Thu Jun 22 Club Meeting Jun 24, 25 UAS4STEM Event Sun Jul 2 Club Contest Sail Plane 2 Fri Jul 7 Field Open to Everyone First Annual Scale Great Lakes Classic

Jul 8, 9 First Annual Scale Great Lakes Classic Thu Jul 13 Club Meeting Sun Jul 16 Club Contest Pylon 2 Sun Jul 23 Club Contest Old Timer 2 Thu Jul 27 Club Meeting Sun Jul 30 Club Contest Fun Fly Aug 4, 5, 6 Open Pattern Contest Aug 9, 10 SAM 40

Thu Aug 10 Club Meeting

Sun Sep 17 Club Contest ALES 2

Aug 12, 13 AJ Aricraft Fly-In

Sun Sep 24 Club Contest Old Timer 3

Sat Aug 19 Club Picnic/Fun Fly

Thu Sep 28 7pm Club Meeting American Legion

Sun Aug 20 Club Contest Sail Plane 3 Thu Aug 24 Club Meeting Sat Aug 26 Club Picnic Rain Date Sun Sep 10 Club Contest Pylon 3 Thu Sep 14 Club Meeting

Sun Oct 1 Club Contest ALES 3 Thu Oct 12 Club Meeting Thu Oct 26 Club Meeting Thu Nov 9 Club Meeting Thu Dec 14 Club Meeti