VISIBLE LIFT
August 2006 newsletter
for S.W.I.F.T.
For Radio Controlled
Sailplanes & Electrics
Academy of Model
Aeronautics Chartered Club #2749
Calling all Glider Guiders!
The
next SWIFT meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 3 at
Chalco Hills.
LINOMA
#2. The weather was great. Some light wind and hot. Terry handled
the chore of keeping things moving along. He also provided a
4-weeler for winch line recovery. We flew three rounds with a target
time of 3 min, 6 min, and 9 min. Miss P provided a very good lunch.
SCORES:
SWIFT
(Omaha)
LASS (Lincoln)
Wayne Henning 921 2nd
Loren Blinde 1097 1st
Mike Meyers 920 3rd
Jim Baker 736 4th
Dan Cramer 678 5th
Tom
Wild 644 6th
Bob Turner 583 7th
Jack Berry 454 9th
Larry Bailey 554 8th
Allen Worrest 435 11th
Terry Lamm 441 10th
(dropped) Total = 3366
Larry Puls 0 12th
(dropped)
Total of top 5 = 3656
That puts Omaha ahead by 157
points. Thank you to every one that attended, flyers and non
flyers.
SWIFT
EVENTS at the COBRA field.
SWIFT FALL CLOSER: Sunday, 24
Sep. Open to all flyers.
Pilots
meeting at 10:00 am.
Winch
Launch, High Start and E-Glider Thermal Duration. Task TBD.
COMMENTS
Do you
have the guts of a Foam electric flyer that seen better days sitting
in the corner of the shop?
Dan
Cramer did. After much
looking
he found a Rudder, Elevator, Motor ARF Old Timer’ish called SPARKIE.
Dan removed the direct
drive
“CAN 400” motor
and
installed the geared brushless guts from the foam bird. Wind
penetration is good and no sign
of
being underpowered. The
climb
is great; the glide sink rate is good. This is just one of the
electric ARF’s or kits that fit the bill
for a
KISS electric event
discussed in last months news letter.
Bring
some show and tell and see you at the meeting.
Larry Bailey
S.W.I.F.T. OFFICERS
President: Terry Lamm (402) 319-7514
cell
mushroom_1@cox.net
Vice President: Larry Puls (712)
328-3511
ldpuls@aol.com
Secretary/Treasurer: Dan Lorimer (402)
896-0963
dl_thermalchaser@yahoo.com
6506 South 142nd Street – Omaha, NE
68137-4806
VISIBLE LIFT: Larry Bailey (lnbailey@cox.net) |