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The Newsletter of the Kawartha Lakes RC Flyers

May 2014

SPRING INTO SPRING!

Official Opening day full
of activity.

10:00 am
Saturday, May 24, 2014
AT THE FIELD!

NEW LEASE
A new lease has been signed
with our landlords, Barry and
Dianne Traynor.
The lease secures our flying site
for another 5 years!

SCRAPS
Here is Hank Simons new
model Scraps; a trainer style
aircraft built from parts in his
scrap box.

Saturday May 24 will be an

event filled day at the field.
There will be a club meeting at
10:00 am, followed by Spring
cleanup and sun shade raising.
The annual Beauty Contest will
be run, and the club will be
providing hamburgers for all that
attend.
Looking forward to seeing you
there. If the weather is really
bad, a rain date of May 31 has
been set.

Field Maintenance
Craig Zimmerman has been
contracted to cut the grass at
the flying field again in 2014.

Kawartha Lakes Radio Control Flyers Inc.

Beauty Contest
The annual Beauty Contest for
new models built over the winter
will be on May 24 at 10 am, in
conjunction with a short club
meeting, and Opening Day
activities.
Prizes will be awarded in two
categories: ARFs and
Everything Else. Voting by your
fellow members.

NEW NOISE RULE

At the AGM, a revised Noise
Rule was proposed. It has now
been adopted.
Be it resolved that:
The flying of excessively
noisy models at the field is
prohibited. Excessively
noisy models are those for
which the noise level is
above 98 dB at 3 meters.
The measurement
procedure shall be: With the
model running at full power,
the measurement will be
taken at the specified
distance from, and at 90
degrees to, the centerline of
the model placed on the
ground at the flying site, on
the right hand side,
downwind from the model.
The microphone will be
placed on a stand 30 cm.
above the ground in line
with the motor. No noise

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Al Cordy Honoured

reflecting objects shall be

nearer than three meters to
the model or microphone.
Turbine powered aircraft are
exempt from this rule.
Helicopters are exempt from
this rule until such time as
the club develops an
effective procedure for
measuring the noise level of
helicopters.
Visiting flyers are expected
to comply with this rule,
consequently all invitations
and posting of club events
shall specify that the noise
rule is in effect. The rule
shall also be posted on the
club website.

It should be noted that throttle

limits are a valid tool for
controlling the noise level on
models which would exceed the
allowable noise level at full
throttle. That is: The model
would be tested, and the rpm at
which the allowable noise level
was reached noted. The throttle
then would be reset to limit the
in-flight rpm to the test rpm.

Presentation to Al by Zone Director Brad Egan

Al Cordy was recently honoured by MAAC with a Lifetime Achievement

Award.
At a luncheon held in his honour, Al was presented with the award by MAAC
Zone Director Brad Egan. Al was also presented with a control-line model that
he flew in 1957, and which had been restored to operating condition.

IF you have any concerns that

your aircraft may be too noisy,
ask to have it tested with the
club noise meter.

Membership
At the end of 2013, there were
40 paid up members of the club,
including six Affiliated Flying,
two Junior, and one Honorary.

Al with long time modelling buddies Garney Gunn and Doug Anderson.

Kawartha Lakes Radio Control Flyers Inc.

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MAAC RC Safety Code

MAAC has published a new
Safety Code. It is divided into
segments for various
categories. Members are
encouraged to become familiar
with the new code. All are
posted on the MAAC website.
http://www.maac.ca/e_docs.php
The three most critical for our
club are:

MAAC Safety Document

#MSD 3- ALL MODEL
AIRCRAFT
MAAC Safety Document
MSD 6 - General Category
R/C Model Aircraft
MAAC Safety Document
MSD 14 R/C INDOOR

New Shed?

info@kawarthaflyers.com

Directors for 2014

President
Derek Young

(226) 338-1339

Vice President
Harry Ells

(905) 342-2128

Secretary
Fred Broad

(705) 328-9029

Treasurer
Brian Malley

(705) 344-3510

Airport Manager
Eric Zimmerman (705) 277-9046
Director at Large
Will Zimmerman 705-738-6298

Chief Flying Instructor

Open

Newsletter Editor
Peter Conquergood 705-738-6349
Kawartha Lakes Radio Control
Flyers Inc.
www.kawarthalakesflyers.com
Please e-mail Newsletter
contributions to:

There has been some

discussion about replacing our
shed with a new one, perhaps a
steel container that would
provide more security for club
equipment. Let the Directors
know what you think.

Buddy Boxes
The club will be purchasing
some new buddy boxes to
improve our ability to provide
instruction to new pilots.

Kawartha Lakes Radio Control Flyers Inc.

Newsletter Contributions
Are Welcome
Please send to
Peter Conquergood
at 98 Navigators Trail, Bobcaygeon,
ON, K0M1A0.
Or info@kawarthaflyers.com

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Indoor Flying 2014

Fenelon Falls School Gym

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