March news 2017
1. There are still sheep in the paddock so raking and/ or blowing the strips is still necessary.
2. I have sprayed a few more of the weeds. Greg is going to mow the field soon.
3. I have emptied the porta pottie so it will be ready for use again. Please let me know if it is
full or doesn’t pump water as it was empty.
4. I have removed some of the gravel at the front gate so it should now close a bit easier.
5. I have applied for a grant from MAAA to pay for the mower but don’t know how long it will take or if we will be successful.
6. A thick fog, on Sunday, prevented us from flying for a while but turned into a good day. This is the best time of the year for flying but expect fogs from now on.
7. Fees become due at the end of June and Rod has suggested that associate members pay more in future. We can discuss this next week.
8. I took some drone footage of the field but still unable to load on to our website, YouTube or a DVD. I hope to get Michael to assist when he comes at Easter. The club website is cooma- aeromodellers.org.au. I have added another photo recently.
9. Don’t forget Sunday 9 th April is our glider, electric power models only day. The ACT clubs and Bega have been invited. Flying from 9 am till ???. Bring your own lunch, drinks etc or cook on the BBQ.
10. A good roll up last Sunday with good flights. Louis now has his motor running well and landing with the motor still running, Rod had a successful flight, Clinton and Ian both had motors disengage ?! from the airframe- I will use locktite on the screws in future, Adrian had a model that completed loops automatically, my parachute man still needs some minor adjustments, Ross’s flutter finally caused one aileron to break and Graham’s little yellow thing had a demise, Greg’s model failed to take off, Kevin had a good day, George has his donated plane performing well and Pete is now landing his aerobatic plane pretty well.
11. The royal tennis club will be replacing some of the synthetic surface soon and I have indicated we will help remove the old bits, hopefully in longer lengths. We will try to remove some of the sand before loading to make it lighter.
See you at the field