Page 1 Volume 36, Number 12 VOLUME 36, NUMBER 12 December 2011 Hello AVTI mem- bers, it is that time of year now that we all need to renew our AMA. When you do, please let Tony Frackowiak know so his records can be updated. This month has been a busy one for all of us the club. We had our an- nual Christ- mas party and the Christmas Airshow. The airshow was a com- plete suc- cess with around 200 spectators passing through and about 25 members participating in one way or another. There were tow guests of the club; Kirt Campbell from Bakersfield and Rob Walden from Mesa Arizona. Both pilots impressed the spectators with a great show; putting there large 40% aircraft through some amazing maneuvers. Don Chaffee kept the crowd informed while a couple members acted as ambassadors explaining our hobby. Joe Dagata did some training with the flight sims while Pete Carbin did some buddy-boxing. Also I watched Lou Munoz talking up our hobby with spectators. Tony Frackowiak coordinated the flying with great success while Doug Killebrew provided food and a great racing demo. Dick Skoglund and Roger Counts did some scale flying with there Ein- deckers and many others brought models to be dis- played. At one point we had no less than 13 models flying at one time. Not to be left out I did some heli- copter stuff and rocket launches. One launch ended with my rocket in the dump, thankfully one of the spectators retrieved my model. Everybody who participated did a great job, around $800 in merchandise and a little over $200 were donated to the Kid’s Charity of the Antelope Val- ley. Great Job AVTI! Latest Tailwinds Derek Abramson, Editor Kirt Campbel on a nice low knife edge pass at the airshow’ Dick Skoglund’s very nice Space Walker Doug Killebrew readies his F1 Racer with the assistance from Mack Moffat
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Page 1 Volume 36, Number 12
VOLUME 36, NUMBER 12 December 2011
Hello
AVTI mem-
bers, it is that
time of year
now that we
all need to
renew our
AMA. When
you do,
please let
Tony
Frackowiak know so his records can be updated.
This month has been a busy one for all of us
the club. We
had our an-
nual Christ-
mas party
and the
Christmas
Airshow.
The airshow
was a com-
plete suc-
cess with
around 200 spectators passing through and about 25
members participating in one way or another. There
were tow guests of the club; Kirt Campbell from
Bakersfield and Rob Walden from Mesa Arizona.
Both pilots impressed the spectators with a great
show; putting there large 40% aircraft through some
amazing maneuvers.
Don Chaffee kept the crowd informed while
a couple members acted as ambassadors explaining
our hobby. Joe Dagata did some training with the
flight sims while Pete Carbin did some buddy-boxing.
Also I watched Lou Munoz talking up our hobby with
spectators. Tony Frackowiak coordinated the flying
with great success while Doug Killebrew provided
food and a great racing demo. Dick Skoglund and
Roger Counts did some scale flying with there Ein-
deckers and many others brought models to be dis-
played. At one point we had no less than 13 models
flying at one time. Not to be left out I did some heli-
copter stuff and rocket launches. One launch ended
with my rocket in the dump, thankfully one of the
spectators retrieved my model.
Everybody who participated did a great job,
around $800 in merchandise and a little over $200
were donated to the Kid’s Charity of the Antelope Val-
ley. Great Job AVTI!
Latest Tailwinds
Derek Abramson, Editor
Kirt Campbel on a nice low knife edge pass
at the airshow’
Dick Skoglund’s very nice Space Walker
Doug Killebrew readies his F1 Racer with
the assistance from Mack Moffat
Page 2 Volume 36, Number 12
AVTI SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS AND EVENTS
January 2012
5 7:00 pm
AVTI General Meeting WJF
Please Note Time Change
January 2012
6-8
23 6:00 pm
AMA Expo, Ontario Convention Center
AVTI BOD Meeting Sumoski Residence
February 2012
9 7:00 pm
TBD
AVTI General Meeting WJF
AVTI Heli-Classic
AVTI HISTORY
Bob Sumoski will be updating the AVTI History
page located on the club's website http://
www.avti.org/. Any pictures, newspaper or maga-
zine articles, event fliers that you may have would
Treasurer’s Report of 12/15/2011 Compiled by Tony Frackowiak
Checking Account Balance $ 7,978.04
AVTI Flying Field Reserve $ 14,351.13
Financial Assets $ 22,329.17
Income for November –105.50
Expenses for November - $326.56
Total dues collected for 2011/2012, as of 8/30/11 -
$4,797.50
Current Membership Total -83 Members
New Members for 2011/2012 -19 Members
Members not Renewed for 2011/2012 -18 Members
As a reminder, your AMA dues must be re-newed by January 1st of 2012 to retain your club privi-leges. You can go online at www.modelaircraft.org to renew, or mail in your renewal using the forms the AMA has sent you. If you would drop me an email to let me know you have renewed I would appreciate it!
Thanks!
Letter From the Editor:
Derek Abramson
Hello fellow AVTI members. Another
year has passed us by quickly and quietly. But
recently, there have been some “suggesting”
that Helicopter and 3-D flyers should be more
“regulated” when fixed wing aircraft are
“present” at the field. The “regulating” would
be the requirement of the noted flying styles be
limited only to the helicopter area or the South
flying area thereby relegating us Helicopter
and 3-D flyers to another section of the field .
This I feel would not be beneficial to the club in
anyway. The club’s strength comes from sever-
al things; the love of the hobby, the diversity of
the hobby and the camaraderie of the members
with similar interests. I would like to focus on
the latter two points.
This hobby is diverse and this club has
strived to be accepting of each facet that this
hobby provides. This is actually unusual with
RC clubs. Many clubs only cater to certain ven-
ues; Lost Hills only allows Free Flight, While
Huntsville Helis only allows the helicopter
side. This is not what our club is all about.
Our club’s strength comes from our diverse
group of fliers with open minds. Myself, I fly
all aspects and instruct regularly at the field.
A regulation such as this would be detrimental
to my flying and instructing
The friendships that are formed at the
field usually become lifelong, as the saying goes
“Birds of a feather tend to flock together”. This
is evident here at AVTI. We as members do
not only come out to fly, but we come out to
talk about something we all love. We also come
out to explore this hobby and see what this
hobby has to offer. This includes 3-D flying
and Helicopters. If, as a group, Helicopters and
3-D flying are “only” allowed to fly in another
section which is about 1500 feet away, the so-
cial aspect and aircraft diversity disappears as
with the personal diversity we enjoy. Addition-
ally, one can not expect to have a 30% 3-D air-
craft flying out of the helicopter area, or the
south area. Our less mobile members would
not be able to participate in a facet of the hobby
It has been another great month at the field! That Air Show at the field sure had me excited! So many people and all that flying! I didn’t see a single model get broken the whole day. You guys are get-ting good! We’ve been getting some colder weather here lately. I love it, but then I’m covered in black fur! One thing you do want to watch out for is getting your LiPo batteries cold. If you leave them out in your car or in a cold garage they’re not going to have that great power when you do go to fly them. Could be a surprise to you right after take-off. The ESC’s might start shutting the power down sooner then you think. Try to keep those batteries in a warmer spot or at least try to get their temperature up before using them. I’ve seen my boss putting them on the dash of his old van to get them a little warm. Hope you get what you want for Christmas! I have been asking for a new tennis ball. They really keep me happy!
No Minutes to report from the last General
meeting. We will vote on the November Minutes
at the January Meeting.
Please Review the Field Regulations .
Derek Abramson
Bob Sumoski manning the donation jar at the airshow