San Gabriel Valley Radio Control League

Hosted by: San Gabriel Valley Radio control League

When: March 13^th and 14^th , (1/2 day practice, Friday, March 12^th ).
Please be courteous to sport flyers on Friday and share the field.
Where: Whittier Narrows Regional Park
Exit north on Rosemead Blvd off the 60 Fwy, Turn left into the park approx ¼ mile from the Fwy.
You must show your AMA card at the gate or be charged an entrance fee.
Classes: 424, (APRA) and 428. Flown on 2.5 mile course.
Format: Two one day races, with 424 and 428 flown each day.
MAXIMUM OF 3 PER FREQUENCY/GROUP (IN EACH CLASS).
Entry Fee: $25.00 per class per day.
You must show proof of AMA at sign up on Saturday and Sunday, NO EXCEPTIONS !
Pre-registration is required.  Email Dave Gavin: dgavin9448@aol.com with your info.
Late registration and inspection will close at 8:30 am Saturday and Sunday.
Pilots meeting at 8:30 am, First race begins at 9:00 am sharp.
NO PRACTICE SATURDAY OR SUNDAY UNLESS YOU HAVE REGISTERED !
CD: Steve Lopez, AMA: 8013 (562) 908-4429, Email: stevelopez@verizon.net

HOTELS

To download the flyer click  HERE

It’s club membership renewal time again. Click on the following link to download a PDF Membership Application. An application was also included at the end of the November newsletter for your convenience, and two emails have been sent to those of you who have not renewed. You can mail it back in or bring it with you to the March 23rd club meeting.

On your newsletter mailing label will indicate if you have renewed already (2010) or not (2009.) The renewal fees are $30 for a paper version of the newsletter mailed to you, or $20 for the electronic version emailed to you as a PDF file, and you print it out for yourself.

ANNOUNCEMENT
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The SGVRCL flying field at Whittier Narrows will be

closed tomorrow, January 23, 2010.

Jerry Swaim, SGVRCL Field Marshall

2009 West Coast Pylon Series Finals

Host: San Gabriel Valley Radio Control League (AMA #154)

When: October 3rd and 4th , (1/2 day practice, Friday, October 2nd)
Where: Whittier Narrows Regional Park
Exit north on Rosemead Blvd off the 60 Fwy, Turn left into the park approx ¼ mile from the Fwy.
(You must show your AMA card at the gate or be charged an entrance fee.)

Classes: 424, (APRA), 422, 428. Flown on 2.5 mile course.
Format: Two one day races, with 424, 422 flown first then 428 each day.
MAXIMUM OF 3 PER FREQUENCY/GROUP (IN EACH CLASS).

Entry Fee: $25.00 per class per day.
You must show proof of AMA at sign up on Saturday and Sunday.
Pre-registration is required. Email Dave Gavin: dgavin9448@aol.com with your info.

Registration and inspection will close at 8:30 am Saturday and Sunday.
Pilots meeting at 8:30 am, First race begins at 9:00 am sharp.
NO PRACTICE SATURDAY OR SUNDAY UNLESS YOU HAVE REGISTERED !

CD: Don Schelling, AMA: 9076, (661-252-9407) don.schelling@L-3com.com

Hotels:

Ramada Inn
1089 S. Santa Anita Ave.
South El Monte, CA., 91733
(626) 350-9588

Doubletree Hotel
888 Montebello Blvd.
Rosemead, CA., 91770
(323) 722-8800

Motel 6 Los Angeles-Rosemead
1001 South San Gabriel Blvd.
Rosemead, CA., 91770
(626) 572-6076

Just got out of a meeting with the park Superintendent.

The field closure dates have been changed a little.  There are two dates to remember, Sunday, September 13th and Saturday, September 26th.

Both days the field will be closed for all types of flying. The park will be placing notices at the flying field for those that do not belong to the Yahoo group.

We also discused other concerns of the park including fly away airplanes and flying over the freeway and shotgun range.  Lets all redouble our efforts to keep our airplanes within the boundaries of our flying field.  Depth perception has always been a problem, but I feel if it is close enough to become an issue, then it’s too close to the out of bounds areas.

Lets keep our flying field safe and the park happy

Jerry Swaim
Field Rep

All right, everyone! It’s that fun time of year when we have our annual fun fly and club picnic! You’ll find all the details in the post below along with links to the rules for all the contests. Let’s make thiis a family affair and shoot for a STUPENDOUS TURN OUT.

CLUB PICNIC & FUN-FLY

Saturday August 1, 2009
Whittier Narrows, South El Monte, CA

2009 SGVRCL Fun-Fly – General Information Click the following link to download this General information – 2009 Fun-fly general.pdf

• The fun-fly will start at about 8:30 AM and will run till about 11:30 AM. At the end of the fun-fly events the field will be open to all aircraft till the park RC flying shut down at about 2:30 PM.
• Most of the fun-fly events are open to all aircraft, (glow, electric and helicopter.)
• There is no restriction on type or size of aircraft, or how many you may use, but you may use only one aircraft per event. (No gas planes please)
• Pilots please set up your pits at the 100 ft. line on the grass. This will leave the parking lot for our families and friends.
• There will be five (5) fun-fly events: Before each event please sign up and fill out a score sheet at the flight line table.

1. Spot landing touch & goes, open to glow, electric, and helicopters.
2. Taxi thru the maze: open to glow and electric aircraft.
3. Pylon race with a twist: open to all aircraft glow, electric, and helicopter.
4. Helicopter touch and go maze: open to helicopter only.
5. Water bomb drop: open to all aircraft, but the helicopters may have a problem with a drop system.

There will be trophies for first and second place, in each event, and a trophy for the pilot who get the most points in three events. The trophies will be awarded at the picnic lunch.

Picnic Lunch

Free to all club members, their family and friends.
$5.00 for non club member
Hot Dog, Hot links, potato salad, chili, soft drinks, chips, and all
the fixings, starts at 12:00 noon.

Bring your family & friends to enjoy the great lunch and the flying.
Jim Riccio jimk6trw@yahoo.com
Web Site www.sgvrcl.org

Following are the rules  for each of the events. Check back here in a day or two for links to PDF files of the rules on the SGVRCL web site:

Event 1 – Spot Landing Touch and Goes (For fixed wing glow or electric aircraft) Click the following link to download #1_Spot_landing_touch_and_goes.pdf

• At the north and south end of the runway there will be pylons set up. At the center lines of the runway there will be three (3) concentric circles.

1. The first one is 10 ft in dia.
2. The second one is 15 ft. dia.
3. The third is 20 ft. in dia.

• Each pilot will have 2 min. to make as many touch and goes as he can.
• Time starts when the pilot with engine running takes off from the center line in ether direction. He must fly around one of the pylons and touch down on the runway.
• The pilot will continue this procedure until time runs out.
• Touch down point will be where the main gear of the aircraft touches the runway.

Helicopters must put the complete land skids on the ground to be counted as a touch down.

• Touch down within the smallest circle is 15 points.
• Touch down within the second circle is 10 points.
• Touch down within the third circle is 5 points.
• Touch down anywhere on the runway is 1 point.

If the pilot kills engine or breaks a prop it may be restarted or replaced as long as time has not run out.
Points scoring: most number hit points

• 1st 10 points
• 2nd 7 points
• 3rd 5 points
• 4th 3 points
• 5th 2 points
• All places past 5th is 1 point

Event 2 – Taxi thru the maze (For fixed wing glow or electric aircraft) Click the following link to download #2_Taxi_thru_the_maze.pdf

• There will be five (5) cones arranged in the center of the runway. The pilot must taxi his flyable aircraft around the five (5) cones in the order that will be determined before he starts his engine by drawing numbered balls numbered 1 to 5 from a hat.
• The aircraft will be place on the taxi pad at the center of the runway with engine running. At a given signal the time will start his trip thru maze, and will end when the aircraft returns to the start point after completing the maze.
• The pilot will repeat this path a second time and the times will be averaged. The pilot with the shortest time is the winner.
• The pilot may stand any place on the runway, but may not move once the event has started. His helper will turn the plane around at the end of the first trip, and restart it if necessary.
• If the engine stops it may be restarted as many times as it takes to complete the event. The engine must be restarted where it stopped. The pilot may not continue till he is back in his fixed location.

Point scoring: by lowest time

• 1st 10 points
• 2nd 7points
• 3rd 5 points
• 4th 3 points
• 5th 2 points
• All past 5th is 1 point

Event 3 – Pylon Race with a Twist (For all aircraft glow, electric and helicopter) Click the following link to download #3_Pylon_race_with_a_twist.pdf

• Pylons will be set up on each end of the runway.
• There will up to 4 aircraft in each race, but not less than 2.
• The aircraft will be parked on the east side of the runway.
• The glow and electric aircraft will have the prop removed; the helicopter will have its glow plug removed.
• The pilots will take their prop and prop nut, or glow plug to the other side of the runway. The fixed wing pilot will hold their prop by one blade and balance the prop nut on the other blade. The helicopter pilots will be given a plastic knife on which to balance their glow plug. The heli pilot will hold the knife by the handle, and balance the glow plug on the blade.
• At the start horn, each pilot will cross the runway while balancing their hardware. If dropped, the hardware must be picked it up and rebalanced.
• Place the parts on their aircraft, start the motor/engine and fly around the two pylons and land.
• Return back to the spot where they put the parts on their aircraft, and remove the parts.
• Pilots signal completion of the race by putting their hands up in the air.

Point scoring: by fastest time

• 1st 10 points
• 2nd 7 points
• 3rd 5 points
• 4th 3 points
• 5th 2 points
• All past 5th place is 1 point

Event 4 – Helicopter spot touch and go Click the following link to download #4_Helicopter_spot_touch_and_go.pdf

• The center of the runway will have 5 (five) numbered, 2 foot square boxes painted on it. The boxes will be about 30 ft. apart, with one in the center.
• The pilot will start the flight from the center taxi way.
• The box order that the pilot will fly will be by a drawing of balls numbered 1 to 5 just before take off.
• The pilot may stand anywhere he likes for the flight, but cannot change that location during the flight. The pilot will fly the course twice in the same order.
• Each flight will be timed. The object is not how fast it can be flown, but how close the time is between the two flights. The winner will be the pilot who has the least difference in the times.
• A touch down is when both skids have touched the ground.
• When the course is completed the pilot will fly to the start point and time will end for that flight. As soon as possible the pilot will start the second flight in the same order as the first flight, and a new time will start. That time will stop when the helicopter returns to the starting point at the completion of the second flight.
• The pilot may chose a new flight location for the second flight.

Points scoring: least time between flights.

• 1st place 10 points
• 2nd place 7 points
• 3rd place 5 points
• 4th place 3 points
• 5th place 2 points
• All places past 5th is 1 point

Event 5 – Water Balloon Drop Click the following link to download #5_Water_Balloon_Drop.pdf

• Each pilot will be given the following:

1. 3 (three) balloons
2. a foam cup
3. popsicle sticks and rubber bands to make a bomb rack if he wishes

• A pilot may build a bomb rack out of any material he would like, but it must pass a safety inspection by the CD.
• Each pilot will fill his balloons with water to any level that he thinks is best.
• If your balloon does not break when it hits the ground, the place where it stops rolling will be the hit location.
• There will be three concentric rings on the runway.

1. A hit inside the first (center ring) is 10 points
2. A hit inside the second ring is 7 points
3. A hit inside the third (outer) ring is 4 points
4. Any hit on the runway is 1 point.
5. If you hit the CD that is good for a free lunch.

• If your balloon breaks before you get off the ground that may not be an official attempt and you could get a replacement balloon. CD is the final judge of the flight status at the time of balloon failure.

Point scoring: pilot with the most hit points

• 1st place 10 points
• 2nd place 7 points
• 3rd place 5 points
• 4th place 3 points
• 5th place 2 points
• All places past 5th is 1 point

Results of meeting with the Park Superintendent 6/2/09
Jerry Swaim and Jim Riccio attending.

“There are a few things that are going to change at our flying site.  The biggest thing is the reopening of the BMX track with a Seven Year Contract and a crash that happened to end up in the BMX track.  The crash happened at 2:10 PM on Saturday the 23rd of May.  Starting in July the field will be closing every Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm.  On Saturdays the field will be closed at 2pm. This will include all flying activities and all types of aircraft.  Special club sponsored events will be exempt from the closing times.  The BMX track will be operating on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.   BMX racing will start at 6 PM on Tuesday and Thursday and start on Saturdays at 12 noon.  Our field working days (Now on the first Wednesday) are changing to the second Monday of the month. There is to be no flying while the park staff is on the field doing their thing. And as always there is no flying during the lawn cutting.  Float flying is ok at the lake on these Mondays.  These changes are mostly the result of some of the afternoon fliers that seem to think the rules are not for them and insist on flying over the gun range and BMX track. The park cannot take a chance of another airplane crashing into the BMX track while it is occupied with children. The park will be posting notices at the field. Also the park will be locking the gates.”

Jerry Swaim,  SGVRCL Field Representative