THE FLYER
Prince George’s Radio Control Club, Inc.
AMA Club #334
FLIGHT FOR ALL
December 2012
THE FLYER is published to provide information of interest to
the members and friends of PGRC. Any opinions expressed
are those of the Editor (and anyone else who submits material
fit for printing), and not necessarily those of the Board.
PGRC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Alan Goodman (President)
Charlie Gettier (VP, Newsletter)
Steve Baker (Treasurer)
Dave Deacon (Secretary)
Tim Williams (Field Marshal)
Edgar Hopson (Safety Officer)
Eric Holmes
Roland Jackson
Hernan Garcia
Rick Moreland
Dave Turner
(301) 509-8589
(410) 757-3195
(301) 352-4580
(410) 956-8642
(301) 249-6495
(301) 772-3319
(301) 776-2827
(443) 623-3304
(301) 713-3290
(301) 261-7366
(240) 417-6631
PGRC DUES SCHEDULE
Best wishes from PGRC for
Hope and Peace and Joy
during the Holiday Season
and throughout the New Year
Initial Assessment
(New First-Time Members)
Annual Dues (General)
Annual Dues (Junior)
Annual Dues (Family)
$100
$75
$10
$85
Annual dues for current members are considered late if paid
after the January general membership meeting. An additional
$25 late fee will be assessed. New members joining after July
31 pay half the annual dues for the remainder of the year.
The next PGRC membership meeting will be
held at the Club House, Tuesday 18 December
2012 at 7:00 PM.
Dues can be paid at the meetings, or can be mailed to:
Steve Baker
12215 Malin Lane
Bowie, MD 20715
PGRC BOARD ELECTIONS. Election of
PGRC Board members was held at the
November meeting. Alan Goodman and Tim
Williams were re-elected to continue for
another three years on the Board; and Hernan
Garcia was elected to his first term.
Congratulations to Alan, Tim, and Hernan. We
also wish to thank outgoing Board member
Byron Smith for his service to the Club over
the past three years.
Be sure to include your address, phone number, and AMA
Number on the check. You must be an active AMA member
to fly at the field.
DIRECTIONS TO PGRC FIELD
(South of Bowie, MD) Take US Rt. 301 south approx. 3
miles south of Rt. 214. Turn east on Swanson Rd. and follow
the PGRC signs.
PGRC’S WEB SITE
REVISED DUES STRUCTURE. The
proposal to revise the PGRC dues structure was
passed nearly unanimously (one nay vote) at
the November meeting. The most important
element of the proposal, which represents the
Visit with PGRC on the Internet:
http://www.pgrcclub.com/
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first change to the PGRC dues structure since
June 2004, is the elimination of the senior
discount. Dues for general membership, junior,
and family remain the same, as does the initial
field assessment. The new structure also
simplifies the de-rating schedule for new
members joining midyear: folks joining after
31 July pay half the regular annual rate.
Rossi motors are now being offered by a
company in California. The motor is ventilated
by a Mac tuned pipe that bumps up the
horsepower significantly over the standardissue header and muffler. An 11 x 7.5 wood
prop (for nostalgia sake) has been bolted on the
Rossi. Eric also added Spring Air retracts to
complete the UltraCote-covered model. Retail
price for the ARF airframe is approximately
$350. We’re looking forward to seeing this
baby fly.
Raffle / 50-50. A Hobby Zone Super Cub
foam electric, with motor and radio, was won
by first-time attendee Bob Geissler. Dennis
Heffner missed out on $38 in the 50-50
drawing.
NOVEMBER MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Treasury. Steve reported a total of $9,000.65
in the treasury as of 10/31. The latest BG&E
bill was $32.57.
New Attendees. Ted Tuck from Bowie
attended with his grandson. He expressed
interest in learning to fly multi-copters as well
as fixed-wing models. Bob Geissler and his
son had visited the field for the first time the
previous weekend. As self-described
“complete newbies” in the hobby, they were
anxious to learn more about RC at the Club
meeting. Ann and John Ramos are owners of a
NexSTAR trainer, which John has been flying.
We hope to see this husband and wife team
flying at the field next season. Marty and
Matthew Goodman (Alan’s brother and nephew
from California) were visiting Alan and Sharon
for the Thanksgiving holiday, and decided to
stop by the meeting. Welcome Ted, Bob, Ann,
and John. Good to see you again, Marty and
Matthew.
Thanks: Mark, Basil, Hernan, Mike. Alan
recognized the efforts of Mark Kikta, Basil
Roper, Hernan Garcia, and Mike Saar for a
recent grounds-keeping project at the end of the
runway. The effort involved removal of a
build-up of sod that tended to wipe off the
landing gear of smaller models departing, or
landing and rolling out past, the south end of
the runway. Thanks, guys.
Show and Tell. Eric Holmes brought in a
pretty Phoenix 7 ARF pattern model from
Hangar 9. He explained the term “pattern”,
with which many of the members were
unfamiliar, as the competitive aerobatic event
format that had been popular in the 60’s before the days of IMAC scale aerobatics. The
Don Lowe-designed model weighs in about 8
lbs, and is powered by a Rossi .60 (the popular
Italian power plant for pattern ships back then).
MINIMIZE SNAIL MAIL. This message is
particularly for those members who recently
joined the Club. If you have an e-mail address,
and are currently getting THE FLYER via the
US mail, consider getting your newsletter via email and let us remove your name from the
snail mail list. Your newsletter gets to you
quicker and in color via e-mail; and you will be
saving the Club money (approximately $1.00
per issue delivered) - not to mention wear and
tear on the newsletter production staff and
equipment. Also, if you have stopped getting
the e-FLYER because you have changed your email address, please send me your current
address so I can update our database.
Charlie Gettier, cgettier@comcast.net
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PGRC COMMUNITY OUTREACH. PGRC
is planning a visit to a local assisted living
facility sometime in the January timeframe.
The visit would involve bringing large-scale
models, particularly war birds, into the facility
and discussing the hobby, model building and
flying. We feel that such a presentation would
be of interest to the residents - particularly
WW II veterans. Members who would
consider participating in this program should
contact Dave Deacon or Charlie Gettier.
considering for use in charging 5-cell packs.
Note that the Futaba chargers in my sample are
about 20 years old. It’s possible that the
chargers that come with newer equipment are
designed for higher output voltage, since many
modelers nowadays are using 5-cell Rx packs.
Also note that all these chargers are designed
for slow charging. Discharged batteries packs,
whether 4-cell or 5-cell, should be charged for
at least 16 hours with a wall wart charger.
WALL WART CHARGERS
FOR SALE.
Dave Patrick Ultimate with Moki 180, RTF,
$450.
Seagull Extra 260 with OS160, needs receiver,
$400.
Twist 150 with DLE30, RTF, $500.
Airfield T28 with retracts and lights (have five
4s 3000 mAh batteries also), $150 for plane,
$350 with all batteries and receiver.
Dewoitine D520 (brand new in box), has heavy
duty retracts and scale True Turn spinner, $200.
Rimfire .25 brushless motor $50 ($80 from
Tower Hobbies).
Glow engine starters (2), $10 each.
Misc other stuff (tools, Monocote iron,
hardware, etc.), prices negotiable
Pictures of all can be provided to any interested
buyer(s).
Prices can also be negotiated if you are not
interested in the Spectrum/JR receivers or if
you would like the wing bags that go with each.
Byron Jones, EMSMAN61@AOL.COM,
(443)848-1794
Charlie Gettier
There has been some discussion at the field
regarding use of wall wart chargers (i.e., those
that are typically packaged with
transmitter/receiver radio sets) for charging 5cell NiCad or NiMH receiver packs. The
output of these chargers, as indicated on the
label affixed to the charger, is typically: 4.8 V
DC for the receiver (Rx) pack and 9.6 V DC for
the transmitter (Tx) pack. Implicit here is the
recommended application for standard 4-cell
Rx packs (4 x 1.2 V / cell), and 8-cell Tx packs
(8 x 1.2 V / cell). Note, however, that 1.2 volts
is a nominal figure for NiCad and NiMH cells,
and that the open-circuit voltage of a fully
charged cell is actually around 1.5 V. For this
reason, these chargers are designed to deliver a
bit more than 4.8 V to fully charge a 4-cell
battery pack. The question is … can they fully
charge a 5-cell pack?
I have a bunch of these chargers lying around
that I’ve collected over the years, so I decided
to test the output voltage of several. The
average output of 5 Futaba and JR chargers (4
Futaba and 1 JR) was about 6.5 V, while the
output of my 3 Hitec chargers averaged 8.6 V.
Since the voltage of a fully charged 5-cell pack
is about 7.5 V, this suggests that the Futaba and
JR chargers would not fully charge a 5-cell
pack. However, the Hitec chargers, averaging
8.6 V output, should fully charge my 5-cell
packs.
REFRESHMENT STAND AND SHED.
The Board has been discussing the possible
addition of a prefabricated barn-type building
at the south end of the parking area to serve as
a permanent food preparation / sales / serving
area. The building could also provide storage
for portable tables, PA system and other
equipment, to simplify setup and clean up for
our events. Stay tuned.
My recommendation here is to check the output
voltage of any wall wart charger you may be
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PGRC Events Schedule for 2013
(tentative as of December 2012)
Date
Event
Contest / Event Director
March 23
Spring Clean-Up Day
N/A
April 13
PGRC Swap Shop
Carl Siefring
May 11
Open House Fly-In
Charlie Gettier (410) 757-3195
May 25
Basic-Only IMAC
Dave Deacon
TBD
Bowie Memorial Day Parade
TBD
TBD
Bowie Fest
TBD
TBD
Pylon Race
Steve Baker
(301) 352-4580
August 3
Electric Fly-In
Dave Turner
(240) 417-6631
TBD
CAPI IMAC
Dave Deacon
(410) 956-8642
TBD
Pylon Race
Steve Baker
(301) 352-4580
Sept 14, 15
Giant-Scale Fly-In
Rick Moreland (301) 261-7366
TBD
Family Picnic
TBD
(301) 855-9226
(410) 956-8642
A Saturday evening steak party is tentative for the Giant-Scale Fly-In and a pylon race.
From the Open House, May 2012. (above) Steve
Baker preps an electric aerobatic model. (top right)
Basil Roper’s sport jet turbine departs in a hurry.
(bottom right) An unidentified IMAC-type model
nears touchdown. Eric Holmes photos.
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E-Mail Listing: PGRC Members and Friends
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Neil Agravante emagravan@yahoo.com
Alwin Alleyne alwin_alleyne@discovery.com
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Deborah Anderson M-NCPPC
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Joe at GPA reelviolen@yahoo.com
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Thomas Avedisian cta2@cornell.edu
Hank Baer SparkerV2@aol.com
Steve Baker Sbaker6827@comcast.net
Jonathan Baker gi8u2racing@yahoo.com
William Baldiga wbaldiga@yahoo.com
Adolphus Barnes albarnes55@msn.com
Timothy Barry tim@provideogroup.com
Gene Bass bassgh@aol.com
Carl Becker carlhbecker@gmail.com
Ken Beggs ikenfish@msn.com
Laurence Ben laben5435@msn.com
James Benedict jbenedict@comcast.net
Rodger Binger wileeb1@verizon.net
David Binger dbinger@verizon.net
Caleb Bisset mrbisset@gmail.com
Ira Blatstein iblatst@comcast.net
John Blom j_blom@msn.com
Joseph Bodnar Sr. joebflies@comcast.net
Elwyn Boykin e2548@netzero.com
Robert Bradshaw
rbradshaw20736@comcast.net
Bob, Monica, & Kate Brannen
bobbrannen@yahoo.com
Wayne Butler bellybro@aol.com
Nicholas Caddenhead
Nick134679@hotmail.com
Dan Carson dcarson49@comcast.net
Louis Carter Jr. ems3lc@aol.com
Brian Chambers chambeeb@yahoo.com
Stan Chrusciel janus5698@hotmail.com
Jeffery Chumley jchumley@comcast.net
Clayton Cobb crcobb96@yahoo.com
Kerry Cochrell rc4fun@comcast.net
John Creamer jecajc@comcast.net
Peter Curtis pcurtis31@comcast.net
Warren Dahlstrom wdahlstrom@yahoo.com
David Deacon dcdeacon@msn.com
Maurice DeBeary Jr. mdebeary@verizon.net
Guy Delort gdelort@cox.net
Nathan Doane 96doane@cardinalmail.cua.edu
Amit Doron Budhamit@gmail.com
Richard Dos Santos rich3759@gmail.com
Robert Dutra rdut@yahoo.com
Art Edsall aedsall@comcast.net
Dave Ellis daveellis7@verizon.net
David Fepelstein botomsup47@msn.com
Antonio Ferguson antonioTFp@yahoo.com
Mike Fitzgerald mikefitzgerald@waldorfford.net
George Flood georgefl_69@hotmail.com
Jake Flory jakeflory@gmail.com
Rick Foch foch@nrl.navy.mil
Edward Forsythe edforsythe@hotmail.com
Hernan Garcia quimicamarina@hotmail.com
Filippo Gavelli fgavelli@yahoo.com
Bob Gensler genslro@verizon.net
Charlie Gettier cgettier@comcast.net
Matthew Gettier mattgettier@gmail.com
Ray Gignac regignac@yahoo.com
Warren Gillette wgillett1@comcast.net
Alan Goodman ahgoodman@mindspring.com
Darryl Griffin dgrif20201@aol.com
Harvey Gross zazu144@verizon.net
Rick Hagen rick@kinquest.com
Kenneth Hamilton LKH4U@aol.com
Thomas Hammond hammer2002@netzero.net
Robin "Bob" Hastings weddellctj@verizon.net
Dean Hauck drewberry2006@yahoo.com
Dennis Heffner dkheffner@verizon.net
Lally Heffner lallyanneg@aol.com
Donald Herring someslob@gmail.com
Hangar (Bob Johnson) Hobby
bob@hobbyhangarva.com
Nathan Holland n8director@hotmail.com
Eric Holmes ebholmes@aol.com
Joseph (Al) Holmes alhmodelbuilder@aol.com
Gary Hoorn ghoorn@verizon.net
William Hope bhope22@gmail.com
Edgar Hopson edgarhopsonr@verizon.net
Robert Hundemer the.hundemers@verizon.net
Roland Jackson rcflyerjackson@gmail.com
Aubrey (Stoney) Jasper stone4air@aol.com
James Jennings bfsjk@aol.com
Donald John donaldjohn81@gmail.com
Raymond Johns rndjohns@gmail.com
Tommy Johnson tljtt23@hotmail.com
Bob Johnson (Hobby Hangar)
bob@hobbyhangarva.com
Byron Jones pgrc512@aol.com
Durante Jones dajones84@gmail.com
Kyle Jung jungalice1@gmail.com
Howard Kahn flydoc50@gmail.com
Andy Kane dcrceditor@aol.com
Vince Kayser vincekayser@gmail.com
Mark Kikta mdkikta@msn.com
James Klapp Jetdktr57@aol.com
Thomas LaCour muppetdm@yahoo.com
Pam Lance geebeeport@aol.com
Dave Latsha latshark@comcast.net
Fredrick Lebert f2006@verizon.net
Miranda Lewis rushmirmir@yahoo.com
Kevin Little Kevin.Little@aggregate-us.com
Sonny Loncaric sloncari@yahoo.ca
Bob Lovering lrobert21@comcast.net
Kyle Lowe M-NCPPC kyle.lowe@pgparks.com
James Lyon eugeneflyon@msn.com
Eugene Lyon eugeneflyon@msn.com
Harry McCormick easahome@hotmail.com
Richard McFarland dickmcfarland@gmail.com
George McKinley moluccan@verizon.net
Keith Miller keithmmiller@comcast.net
Rick Moreland rmoreland1@verizon.net
Robert Motley rhmotley@verizon.net
Walter Mozee Chops1@att.net
Shawn Murphy stmurphy7@aol.com
Dan Myer Daniel.Myer@verizonbusiness.com
Joseph Navalaney Jr. ymnavalaney@aol.com
Gary Newgent rust8nail@comcast.net
Donald Newgent newgdn1@gmail.com
Therese Ngaya 30Ngaya@cardinalmail.cua.edu
Michael Northrup men@michaelnorthrup.com
Shawn O'Brien shaobri8@gmail.com
Butch Oliff foliff@verizon.net
Richard Palace RJPalace@aol.com
Bennie Palmer bpalmer133@verizon.net
Robert Park par_k77@hotmail.com
Sean Paxton shawncpaxton@gmail.com
Ian Pearis ipearis@aol.com
William Peck wm.p.peck@gmail.com
Jonathan Pereira
jonathanpereira73@yahoo.com
Angelo Perez perezam@gmail.com
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James Pursley ajfly@comcast.net
Robert Putnam bobputnam@verizon.net
Desmond (Desi) Queen ahemi4me2@gmail.com
Glen Quinn GAQF15@erols.com
John Ramos johnramos0129@gmail.com
Ann Ramos ameverhart2783@gmail.com
Devin Rancel rsemp1109@aol.com
Matthew Real mreal528@gmail.com
Mr DJ Reed mrdj.reed7777@verizon.net
David Reed dav1reed1@yahoo.com
Neal Rehm racerrehm@aol.com
Pedro Restrepo pjrestrepo@hotmail.com
Miles Robinson mdbeachcouple@aol.com
Basil Roper basimpsn1@bellsouth.net
Patrick Rose patrose16@yahoo.com
Michael Saar xsdrifter@msn.com
Jason Scaggs ascaggs@aol.com
Hayden Schleper
natasha_schleper@yahoo.com
Mark Schreiner mark_antony007@yahoo.com
Ralph Schreiner hu16ro@verizon.net
Ivan Settles ivan@rvimm.com
Russell Sevigny russ7e@comcast.net
Steve Shamah steve@runturtle.com
Sami Sherbini ssherbini@aol.com
Omar Sherbini jrsherbini@aol.com
John Shirley ignatius55@aol.com
Willis Sibley shadyside1190@comcast.net
Carl Siefring carl.siefring@verizon.net
Juan Silva jsilvajr1@verizon.net
Byron Smith smithb@speakeasy.net
Andrew Smith avsjr@comcast.net
Rick Sothen rsothen@msn.com
Marc Spicer mdspicer@mindspring.com
Ed Stern arled30@verizon.net
Ralph Steward emerson1943@aol.com
Pete Stone pete_stone@hotmail.com
Ian Swenson iswenson@oceaneering.com
Willie Swinney willie94@msn.com
Udaya Talwar udayatalwar@gmail.com
Garrie Taylor garrietaylor7@gmail.com
Forrest Terral WForrestT@aol.com
Walter Terry waltjt61@hotmail.com
Chandler (Drew) Thomas
dark_poet0330@yahoo.com
Kenneth Thompson rcpilot66@msn.com
Harold Thompson promod17525@yahoo.com
Clifford Tompkins III ovation@comcast.net
Christopher True truercflyer@msn.com
David Turner fw190pilot@msn.com
James "UB" Ueberroth ueberroth@aol.com
Andrew Urcinas
91urcinas@cardinalmail.cua.edu
Evandro Valente egv@glue.umd.edu
Donnie Vazquez donnie@vaztech.com
Pedro Vazquez plozada23@yahoo.com
Andre Wade adwjust4@aol.com
Dan Walker paracelss@aol.com
Dob Ward dkw1492@gmx.com
Steve Watts sdw3207@gmail.com
Chester Wells chesterwells@aol.com
James Whitby whitja@aol.com
Chic(2) White redtailpilot@aol.com
Regis White regis@ieee.org
Dorwell White dwhite505@yahoo.com
Chic White redtailracer@aol.com
Steven Whitecoff cross.up@verizon.net
Carl Wick wick@usna.edu
Scott Wiley wiley10@verizon.net
Laughlin William laughlin_w@hotmail.com
Timothy Williams toolmaster@clear.net
Alan Zametkin zametkin@box-z.nih.gov