Aug 14th, 2008

                                      BLACKBERRY FESTIVAL

BREMERTON NATIONAL AIRPORT

AUGUST  30th .....8am to  5pm

THE KITSAP ARCS HAVE ONCE AGAIN BEEN INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL BLACKBERRY FESTIVAL.  OUR PARTICIPATION WILL BE PRIMARILY INVOLVED WITH  INSPIRING YOUNG KIDS TO GET INVOLVED WITH MODEL AVIATION.  THIS IS STRICTLY A STATIC DISPLAY.  .   I'LL DO ALL OF THE SET UP, PROVIDE A COUPLE OF TRAINERS, AND TWO TABLES W/ CHAIRS, A CANOPY, HANDOUTS,  ETC.   I"LL ALSO DO THE FIRST AND LAST SHIFT.  I'D APPRECIATE TWO OR THREE ( OR MORE )  VOLUNTEERS TO FILL IN DURING THE DAY.

THIS WILL ALSO BE AN EXCELLENT TIME TO PROMOTE OUR OPEN HOUSE  !!   PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL AT   253-857-7751 ,  ON MY CELL AT 253-208- 9457  OR E-MAIL ME AT  PEGNAL990@HOTMAIL,.COM .

THANKS,

AL

July 13th, 2008

OPEN HOUSE PLANNING MEETING

JULY 22nd AT 7:00 pm

WE'VE SCHEDULED A PLANNING MEEING FOR THE SEPT. 13th OPEN HOUSE ON JULY 22nd AT THE SUNNYSLOPE COMMUNITY CENTER.

IN THE WAKE OF CANCELLING THE AIR SHOW, IT'S BEEN DECIDED TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE, WHICH IN A SENSE WILL BE A VERY SCALED DOWN AIR SHOW,  THE DATE IS STILL SEPT. 13th.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED AND WILL BE DECIDED AT THE MEETING;

WE'LL BE ASKING FOR FOOD OR MONEY DONATIONS, TO BE GIVEN TO A LOCAL FOOD BANK.  ALSO, ALL PROCEEDS ( AFTER OUR EXPENSES )  FROM THE RAFFLES WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO THE FOOD BANK.

ANY NEW MEMBERSHIPS WRITTEN  AT THE OPENHOUSE WILL BE GOOD FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR AND ALL OF 2009.

BUDDY BOX FLIGHTS.

4 HEATS OF COMBAT. ( THIS IS ALSO A MAKEUP FOR A PREVIOUSLY RAINED OUT SESSION. ) 

OPEN FLYING FOR ALL EXCEPT SHORT SESSION OF DEMO FLYING AND THE COMBAT FLIGHTS.

FOOD SERVICE BY THE LIONS CLUB.

AND.......................WE'RE OPEN FOR IDEAS.

WE'LL HAVE SOME REFRESHMENTS AT THE MEETING.

THANKS,

AL

July 12th, 2008

WORK PARTY

SATURDAY, JULY 26th FROM 8a/m TO  ?

 FIELD CLOSED TO FLYING UNTIL  ?

( WE'D ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED THIS FOR  WED., JULY 23rd )

A GOOD TURNOUT WOULD BE WELCOMED. WE HAVE PLENTY TO DO.    THE  MORE HELP WE HAVE, THE SOONER WE CAN FLY.

INSTALL NEW FENCING IN FRONT OF THE BLEACHERS

MOW

PATCH THE RUNWAY AND SPRAY WEED KILLER AS NEEDED

FILL POT HOLES IN THE DRIVEWAY

TRIM BRUSH ALONG THE DRIVEWAY  ........ I"LL BRING AN AEROSTAND LASHED TO MY FLATBEAD TRLR. ALONG WITH A GENSET. WITH 2 OR 3 ELECTRIC HEDGE TRIMMERS AND SOME LOPPERS WE CAN DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND MAKE SHORT WORK OF THE OVERHANGING BRANCHES.

 PUT SOME AIR IN THE TIRE ON THE MAIN GATE

 AND WHATEVER LOOKS LIKE IT NEEDS DOING  

 WE'LL NEED;      MOWERS

                           WEED WHACKERS

                           HEDGE TRIMMERS

                           LOPPERS

                           TOOLS FOR SETTING THE FENCE POSTS

                           SMALL AIR PUMP FOR THE GATE TIRE

 THANKS, AND I"LL SEE 'YA THERE,

 

                                                                    AL

                            

July 11th, 2008

SAM WINS JULY COMBAT!!

NOTICE:  One more combat event has been added as a makeup for the lost combat day earlier this year due to weather.  It will be flown on Sept 16 during the Open House at Little Field.  Four heats will be flown for points.  This will be the last combat event of the year.

July 6th, 2008

Mike McIntyre sets another 2008 Little Field Glider Duration record of 21 min 4 seconds, while he soars with an eagle, on Sunday 7/06/08.

July 2nd, 2008

I'M UPSET  !  READ ON;
 
YOU KNOW GANG, THIS IS YOUR CLUB , WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO FLY OUR RADIO CONTROLLED PLANES AND IN GENERAL, HAVE FUN.   HOWEVER, IT COMES WITH A PRICE OVER AND ABOVE YOUR MEMBERSHIP DUES.   WE HAVE 0CCASIONAL WORK PARTIES TO MAINTAIN OUR FLYING SITE.   WE JUST HAD A WORK PARTY TO REPAIR SOME TABLES FOR THE PARKS DEPT.  ONE PERSON SHOWED UP.  (KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE THE USE OF THE PARKS PROPERTY FOR FREE AND HELPING THEM IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO.)   AND OF COURSE WE PUT ON SEVERAL EVENTS DURING THE YEAR.  YET, WHEN WE ASK FOR VOLUNTEERS TO PITCH IN AND HELP OUT, ALL OF THOSE FACES THAT WE ALWAYS SEE AT THE FIELD SEEM TO FADE INTO OBLIVION.  PERHAPS THOSE WHO DO REGULARLY DO SHOW UP TO HELP OUT SHOULD STOP IT AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS ?
 
DUE TO THE LACK OF PARTICIPATION, WE HAVE CANCELLED THE AIR SHOW. PERHAPS OUR GOALS WERE TO LOFTY OR WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH QUALIFIED MEMBERS TO PULL IT OFF. WHATEVER, IT'S DISAPPOINTING TO THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WERE DEDICATED TO PUTTING ON A FIRST CLASS AIR SHOW.       HOWEVER, WE HAVE DECIDED TO USE THE AIR SHOW DATE (SEPT 13th) FOR AN OPEN HOUSE FOR THE PUBLIC.  WE'LL DISCUSS THE DETAILS AT THE JULY MEETING. (JULY 8th AT THE FIELD. )  ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO PLAN ON DOING IS TO ASK FOR FOOD DONATIONS,  AND ANY MONIES WE TAKE IN FROM RAFFLES  WILL BE DONATED TO A LOCAL FOOD BANK.
 
AL
President, Kitsap ARCS

June 29, 2008

Mike McIntyre sets new 2008 Little Field Glider Duration record of 11 min 3 seconds on Sunday 6/29/08. 

 

June 22, 2008

2nd Annual Electric Fly-In was a lot of fun.  Many airplanes and a helicopter showed up.  Electric Larry put on a GREAT EVENT!!  Hats off to Larry!!  He showed up with beverages and enough pizza for everyone.  One of the highlights was a giant scale electric helicopter that put on a great show.  We had a couple foamies, tons of Flying W's and many other types of aircraft.  We're all looking forward to the 3rd Annual Electric Fly-In.    click here for pictures.

 

May 31, 2008

Sergeant First Class Mason with Parkzone Spitfire

KITSAP ARCS SALUTES SERGEANT FIRST CLASS IAN MASON (son of Danny Mason) who is currently on his  second tour in Iraq, with the Army.  Sgt. Mason is back to flying RC again.  Above is a photo of Sgt. Mason with his Parkzone Spitfire.

Danny has asked all the guys to keep Sgt Ian Mason in their thoughts and prayers over the next year.  Danny also announced he will be in Port Orchard this summer and is looking  to renew old friendships and get some flying in.  Danny has been flying his electrics in Seven Western States.

May 31, 2008

John Rowley's Biplane has been identified.  Click here

May 27, 2008

Lorin Miller put together a glider building workshop for kids.  He has been working with eight children in helping them build their first model airplane, a "Simple Glider".  This occurs each Monday night at the Knights of Columbia (corner of Burowell & Montgomery, Bremerton, WA).  They started their first glider, last Monday.  He expects a few more Mondays to go and they will be finished and ready to fly their free flight gliders.

 

May 22, 2008

Ron and Boots are rebuilding the ARCS Ghost Squadron

click here for more info.

May 14th, 2008

Need your help this coming Saturday for the PARADE FLOAT.

Jim, Denise and Lorin do an outstanding job every year with the float.  Most of the time, the float wins awards.

The regulars who usually show up to help setup are not able to make it this year.  We need your help!!  Please bring an airplane(s) to be mounted on the float.  Most planes are hung from the float and if your able to have a wire/string/rope in place on your airplane, so it may be hung, it goes a little quicker.  If not, that's ok...just bring your airplane and there will be string/rope available to tie the plane onto the float.

We will meet at Lorin's home about 6:30 am (at the very latest, the plane needs to at the float by 7:00am.  Yes, I know that's early and most of you need your beauty sleep.  However, there will be a lot of children and adults (who still think their children) along the parade route.  They will really get a kick out of seeing your airplane on the float.  I know, as last year, I was in with the spectators when the float came by.  At first, it was, "What the heck is that"?  Then as it became obvious there were many airplanes suspended from the float, the crowd went wild with sayings like, "COOL...TOTALLY RAD....MOMMY CAN I HAVE ONE".  It's worth getting up early, going to your favorite latte stand (on the way to Lorin's home) and hanging your plane on the float.  

If you don't have an airplane available for the float (crashes are known to happen on occasion).  Come on out and walk along with the float as that's fun too!

Loren Miller's address is 1249 8th St, Bremerton, WA  98337.  Phone:  (360) 373-8676.

Meet at about 6:30 am.  Planes need to be there no later than 7:00 am.

May 14th, 2008

 

 

May 4th, 2008

                              

Boot's launches three different gliders successfully with the "Boots Glider Launcher".  Boots uses a servo to release the rubber bands holding on the glider.  Today, there were approx. 7 successful launches.  Mike M. caught a couple thermals, with his Soar Birdi, and had a 10:30 minute flight, then a 8:35 minute flight.  Check out Boots' glider video made by Al Lewis...It's hilarious!   Click here to go to the Video Section.

 

May 3rd, 2008

New Main Web Page Format - It was designed so at first glance the viewer can see if there has been anything new updated on the page during the past 7 days or so.  This can be done without having to scroll down.  Notice the click-able links are in yellow or white boxes.  The white boxes are the pages which have been updated during the past 7 days or so.  The yellow boxes have not been updated in awhile.

The weather information box has also changed and now contains more information in the box.

We have included a link to the Parks Dept. (as we are using their park and they have put a very nice link on their "Parks Dept. web site" coming to our website).

Any feed back, suggestions are welcome....the webmaster.     sotrbfh@yahoo.com

April 27th, 2008

Free Bar-b-que.  On Sunday, while Boots was making history, Elliott and Mike M. brought a Bar-b-que and roasted up some free Sausages for the flyers at "Little Field".  To go along with the sausages were Potato Salad, Chips and sodas.  Twenty sausages/buns, two containers of Potato Salad, three liters of soda and two bags of chips were quickly consumed by the flyers.  Hats off to Elliott and Mike M. (that would be be, the webmaster) for the impromptu bar-b-que.

April 26th, 2008

On Saturday Boots piggybacked his Fling glider on top of his Funster for what may have been the first successful piggy back R/C airplane release at Little Field.

                                         

Boot's piloted the Funster and Mike McIntyre piloted the Fling glider.  After reaching a good release altitude.  Boots flipped a switch on his transmitter and the glider support released the Fling.  It was a smooth and graceful release as the glider began a slight ascent while the Funster went into a slight nose down attitude.  Mike quickly caught a thermal and began circling with an Osprey (full-scale bird) for what turned out to be a very long flight.  The Funster has a 70 inch wingspan and a O.S. 90 engine.  The Fling has a 49 inch wingspan.

The flight was so impressive, the following day two pilots brought out their two-meter gliders for a glider launch.  Unfortunately, Boots didn't bring his Funster.  Meaning, no fun for the glider pilots.  Most likely, after combat this coming Saturday, Mike M. will bring out his glider (Soar Birdy) for a try at it.

April 25th, 2008

Results of IMAC Polar Bear contest on April 19th and 20th, 2008.

BRANDON WOYSHNIS TAKES 1st PLACE in "BASIC"!!

KYLE WOYSHNIS TAKES 2nd PLACE IN "UNLIMITED"!

MICHAEL CARREIRO TAKE 3rd PLACE IN "UNLMITED"!

JERRY ALLEN TAKES 3rd PLACE IN "BASIC"!

 

Four ARC members place within the top three in their categories.  Great Job!!!

 

April 19, 2008

AIR SHOW

THE LARGEST LITTLE AIR SHOW IN THE PUGET SOUND AREA

PLANNING MEETING

TUESDAY,  APRIL 22, '08

AT AL FRANKLIN'S SHOP

 Yeah,  yeah.  I know the Air Show ain't till September 13th. What's with all this meeting stuff so early ??

 Well, if we are going to have a successful Air Show, we have a lot of ground work to do leading up to it.  And, the more members who volunteer to help out, the less each of us will have to do.

 So please, plan on being at the meeting and help us make this"The Largest Little Air Show In The Puget Sound Area"

 See ya there,

Al Franklin

10217  74th Ave N.W.

Gig Harbor ,  98332

253-857-7751

pegnal990@hotmail.com

 

April 12, 2008

2008 Spring Opener...Many aircraft turned out for some fun and spills under the best day of the year...so far!!  Huge thanks to Elliott for making sure everyone had enough to eat with some great hot dogs and sausages!! Another Huge Thanks to Rich Williams for running the balloon event, the most entertaining event!!  More Huge Thanks to Greg and Harvey for helping setup the event, inform people what was going on, and judging!!  Also, thanks to El Presidente Al for presenting the awards!!   clap...clap...clap...clap...more applause for all the above men who made the event fun!!

 

This years event had three flying events...Balloon Bust, Precision Landing, and Duration Flight. Watching the aircraft go after the balloons was a great way to spend a lazy Saturday morning.  Stay tuned for an upcoming video of the action.  The Precision Landing event proved challenging to all, but a few pilots easily mastered it.  Terry had the longest flight of the day with 2:23 (I think?) duration time.  This was full throttle for 10 seconds, then cut throttle and wait for the plane to touch the ground or the engine is restarted.

 

Larry, as usual, brought out a new airplane to fly.  A F-86 electric Ducted Fan.  This was a very impressive plane.  Unfortunately, it helped earned Larry the "Best Crash" Certificate.  Click here for the video.  Larry, also unwittingly participated in the Bomb Drop event, but was way off target when he accidentally ejected his battery pack during a knife edge loop (also in the video).

 

Verlyn brought out his newly rebuilt aircraft for it's maiden flight on wheels.  It flew great.  Next week, it will be floats for Verlyn and his plane at the "Crocker Lake Float Fly".

 

Mike M recently acquired a Piper Cub built by former KARCS member Ron Going.  He brought the Cub to the field (in case there was a sudden down pour) and won the Pilot Pick award for "Best Plane".

                          Pilots Pick Awards.

                           Larry won  best "Warbird".

 

                                   No Pic...sorry.           Terry won "Best Flight"

                

                             Mike M. won  "Best Plane".

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April 6th, 2008

2008 Maytown Float Fly was fun!!  Over 50 aircraft on floats showed up.  The winds during the morning were slight allowing the smaller aircraft to fly.  During the late morning and afternoon the winds picked up.  This stopped the smaller planes, but the mid size and large aircraft had no problems.  The lake was very long and very open.  Lots of runway to take off from and land.  Kitsap ARC members Bob Brusa and Mike M. showed up.  Bob Brusa brought out his beautiful Stinson Station Wagon float plane in which he received many rave comments, both on the aircraft's scale appearance and Bob's great stick skills.  The take-offs and landings were very scale like. (Click here to watch Bob's video.) 

 Mike brought out his Somethin Extra and commented he only wanted to be able to get the plane in the air.  It was Mike's first time on floats.  Mike got his wish and the Somethin Extra took to the air with no problem.  The take off was very smooth and graceful, with a good steady climb out.  However, about 15 seconds into the flight, once the Somethin extra leveled off on the downwind leg, Mike abruptly lost control and the plane took a nose dive into a cow pasture.  Mike should have hoped he could have made a smooth landing, rather than just getting into the air.

Hopefully, there will be a 2009 Maytown Float Fly.  This is a great event, whether your flying or you just come out as a spectator!

April 1st, 2008

KITSAP ARCS is looking for someone to make and distribute the Monthly Club Newsletter.  Mike M. has been doing this the past year, but it's time to pass the fun on to another person.  If you would like to volunteer, contact Mike M.  webmaster@kitsaparcs.org

 

Mar 23rd, 2008

From the Left Seat

I recently received a flyer for “The Victoria B.C R/C Club’s 2008 Air Show”. WOW! They drew between 6,000 to 8,000 spectators & donated nearly $20,000 to a local hospital.

Now, this seems like a lofty goal for the ARCS to attain. However, we can learn a lot from these folks. I’m currently in touch with the coordinators to get some fresh ideas that we can utilize. Let’s make this the best air show in the Puget Sound Area!

On April 22^nd, we’ll have our first 2008 Air Show meeting. Everyone is invited to attend. At this meeting, we’ll set up committees and analyzing ideas from the Victoria club. We will also outline our game plan for our Air show. Let’s work hard & make this our Best Air Show Ever!

On our April 8^th regular Club meeting (at Sunnyslope Club House). We are honored to have Jerry Thoutte as hour guest speaker. As some of you may remember, Jerry is the Director of the Port Townsend Aero Museum. The story goes beyond his being director and his efforts to finance the new museum building tentatively scheduled to open this summer. Jerry takes in aircraft restoration projects from all over the country. What makes this unique is a large portion of the labor is preformed by youths. These youths do all phases of restoration. Many learn how to fly airplanes. A very high percentage of these young men and woman have graduated into full time employees in the aviation community in the fields of Flight Instructors and Air Line Pilots. In appreciation for Jerry’s efforts and dedication, I urge everyone to attend the April meeting and join me in making a donation to the Aero Museum. In anticipation of his talk, please check out the Museum web site @ www.ptaeromuseum.com. Also, please see Michael M’s February write up of the museum at Port Townsend Aero Museum.

On March 21^st, Brian Campbell and myself, made a trip to Sequim to pickup a load of model kits, engines and supplies from Mr. Howard Hupe. Howard had retired from 50+ years of modeling. His interest was primarily ½ A sized free flight and R/C, most of which are electric. Howard donated items to the KITSAP ARCS with the intention of being the items being used for our kids program. Obviously, some of the items we have are not conclusive to the kids program. At the April 8^th meeting we will discuss the best utilization of these items. Keeping in mind the intent of the donation. I’ll bring a few of these models to show what we have and discuss where we go from here.

As usual, ice cream & pastries after the club meeting.

See ya there,

Al Franklin

ARCS President

 

Mar 6th, 2008

Special Announcement **Maytown Floatfly, sponsered by

Flaming Geyser Float Fly on Sat.  April 5th,  9am to 5pm

Click Here for brochure...Maytown Lake flyer.pdf

Mar 5th, 2008

KITSAP ARC CALENDAR- KITSAP ARCS has a lot of fun activities going on this year!  19 flying events, a couple Picnics, numerous Open Shops, Club Breakfasts and Club Meetings.  We have so much going on...it takes up too much room on the Main Page of this web site.  Therefore, small change in the web page format.  Our Main Page will contain two months of upcoming event information.  We now have a separate "Calendar of Events" for the entire year, located on a different page.  The year long calendar can easily be accessed by clicking on Click here for the 2008 Kitsap ARCS Event Calendar , located at the top and bottom of the Upcoming Events Calendar, on the main page.  Hope this doesn't confuse anyone.

Mar 1st, 2008

Boots' plane with Two Victory Ribbons

Boots Wins Combat!  Click here to read all about it

Feb 21st, 2008 (updated with map on March 1st)

MARCH CLUB MEETING MOVED

 DUE TO THE SUNNYSLOPE CLUB HOUSE BEING CLOSED FOR MAINTENANCE, WE WILL BE UNABLE TO MEET THERE FOR THE MARCH 11th MEETING.

 INSTEAD

 WE'LL MEET AT AL FRANKLIN'S SHOP ON MARCH 11th FOR A COMBINATION MEETING AND OPEN SHOP. 

Feb 20th, 2008

All enjoyed the tour of Les' model airplane shop put on by Les and Robin.  Robin made a delicious Cranberry and Orange Bread.  Les showed off some of his previous projects, current projects and new projects.  Thank you Les and Robin!

Feb 18th, 2008

Lost Veteran reunited with pilot.  The lost combat plane's owner has been found.  It is Brian Campbell.  He lost the aircraft during a combat event in September of 2007.  Dennis said, "Funny thing is that he (Brian Campbell) said Elliot helped him look for it that day in September and it was Elliot's mis-fortune on Feb 17th that initiated a search that found both".

As an added note, last week Brian Campbell's Catapult launcher video reached the "viewed over 1,000 times" mark on RC Universe.  If you haven't seen the short clip of the Campbell Catapult Launcher,

 here's the link Campbell Catapult Launcher.

Feb 17th, 2008

Lost Veteran found West of Little Field.   Very few planes live to retirement in our hobby.  On Feb 17th, one of our club members was flying his usual hot dog flying when the unexpected happened.  The plane didn't respond to controls and crashed deep into the woods, west of Little Field.  All present club members, immediately began searching for the downed plane.  It was found.  The giant 70 plus inch wingspan model had made it's way to the ground, below the thick trees.  Unfortunately, the once whole aircraft was in more than 100 smaller pieces.  An obvious total loss to the airframe.  However, during the search, one of the searchers, Dennis came across another airplane which had also made it's way to the ground floor of the forest.  An obvious former combat model.  Nicely preserved.  It's last flight brought it down to the ground last year with not a scratch to the airframe, but the propeller and the carburetor were torn off.  Quite a find by Dennis.  If anyone knows the owner of the former combat plane, please let the owner know he can contact Dennis Lokken  to reclaim the combat plane and get it back into the air.

Dennis Lokken with found Combat Veteran

The first day of combat is March 1st.   First battle begins at High Noon.

  Click here for more info.

  

Feb 10th, 2008

Al Franklin wins 1st and 2nd place at the NW Model show!! 

             

          Myasis Dragon                               Red Zepher                             Four Star 120                       

 Al's Myasis Dragon Racer took 1st place in the Sport category.  The model is covered in only Monokote, including the dragon!  Very nicely done.  Al took 2nd place in the Antique (pre 1940) category with his Red Zepher.  Remember Al's mishap at the Canadian Fly-in?  Well, he rebuilt the Four Star 120 and it took 2nd place in the Sport category!  Great Job Al!!

 

Feb 6th, 2008

Port Townsend Aero Museum  Click here for the latest

Feb 3rd, 2008

Breakfast at the Bremerton Airport Diner went well with a number of people showing up for an early morning Breakfast.  This is a monthly event, 8am on the first Saturday of each month.

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Open Shop at Les' shop on Tuesday Feb 19th, at 7:00 p.m.  

Jan 15th, 2008

Photo by Mike Carreiro

Last Sunday brought some warm weather and blue sky with winds less than 5 knots.  Here is Jerry having a little fun with his Extra 260 during a knife-edge fly by.

 

Jan 6th, 2008

Corrections to earlier postings.

1.)   It was Boots and Mike McIntyre who had shoveled the runway for the Frosty Finger Fly-in and not Verlyn.  

2.)  It was Danny Mason who had the first crash of the year 2008 and not Al Franklin.

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Do you want to receive emails of upcoming events...such as club meetings and club activities?  Send your email address to Larry Dunn and he will keep you up to date on club meetings/activities.  ledunn@centurytel.net

 

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Club Banquet Huge Success!!

 

Probably the largest turn out in the history of the club !  The dining hall was filled to capacity of KITSAP ARC members, family and friends.  Great food and a well planned event.

 

Awards were given out for:

 

2007 Overall Combat Point Winners:  1st Place    Sam Hovey

                                                               2nd Place  Corky

                                                               3rd Place   Brian Campbell

 

2007 Best Attendance                           Lorin Miller

 

2007 Best Crash                                   Mike M.

 

2007 Best Show and Tell                      Mike M.

 

2007 KITSAP ARC ARC of the Year  Mike M.

 

 

Honorable Mention:

 

Michael Carreiro - IMAC Advanced Class 1st Place of the Pacific NW. 

 

Michael Carreiro - IMAC Advanced Class 3rd Place of the U.S.A. 

 

Michael Carreiro - Invited and flew at the 2007 Tucson Aerobatic Shootout.

 

Kyle Woyshnis     - Invited and flew at the 2007 Tucson Aerobatic Shootout.

 

Danny Mason and Dick Anderson were nominated, by the Board of Directors, for a "Life Time Membership" in the KITSAP ARCS.  The club will vote on the nominations at the next club meeting.

 

Jan 1st, 2008

Frosty Finger Fly-in.

                                

               E-Flight Ultra Stik                                                             Mike McIntyre

 

This year's Frosty Finger Fly-in lived up to it's reputation of being C-O-L-D.  However, there was no wind, resulting in great flying weather...that is for this time of year in the Pacific Northwest.

Mike McIntyre flew his E-Flight Ultra Stik (equipped with lights) for a four minute flight which ended at six minutes into the new year.  Mike and Verlyn Grange braved the cold weather for this historic flight.  It was dark at "Little Field".  A red tube light on the port wing and a green tube light on the starboard wing helped make the aircraft more visible to the unaided eye.

Al Franklin had the honors of the first crash in 2008 (followed by other aircraft throughout the day).  Corkey had the first dead stick landing.

Two days prior, Mike Miller had came out to "Little Field" only to find a snow covered runway.  That night, he built skies for his Somethin Extra.  The first words out of his mouth, when he arrived at the field for the fly-in were, "Alright, who shoveled the Runway!!!"

Those honors went to Mike McIntyre and Verlyn Grange.  Thanks guys!!  Without the runway clear of snow, almost all of the aircraft would not have been able to fly during the fly-in.

  Over 26 different aircraft flew.

 

Dec 29th, 2007

From the Left Seat

Important dates :     January  5th  Club Banquet

                                   January  8th  Regular club meeting

Both dates are very important.  The banquet is our biggest social event of the year.  R/C flying is pretty much a guy thing,  however this is a chance for the " R/C Widows " to join in the fun and comrade.  As usual, there will be awards, prizes and suprises, not to mention a great dinner.

At the January  8th general meeting we will be disclosing and discussing the many changes and plans for the coming year. ..............And, there are many !!

Here's a sneak preview;  At the meetings you will be getting a ticket for a monthly door prize drawing. Each month's tickets will be filed away for a master drawing at the December meeting.  Plus, everyone who brings a Show and Tell will get an additional ticket towards December's WHOPPER PRIZE.

Another new twist will be that in the very near future you will start getting notifications and or reminders of upcoming meetings or events by E-mail.    ................No computer?  Nothing new then.

So, please join us at the banquet and plan on attending the January 8th meeting to hear and discuss the the exciting new course we are setting.

See ya there and Happy New Year,

                                                                  Al Franklin

Dec 14th, 2007

From the Left Seat

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE IN VOTING ME IN AS YOUR CLUB PRESIDENT [AGAIN] FOR THE COMING YEAR. I PLAN TO DO MY BEST TO MAKE THIS AN EXCITING TRIP FOR ALL OF US ! 

THOUGH IT'S A FUN AND REWARDING JOB, IT DOES NOT COME WITHOUT A PRICE.  IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY TO KEEP THE CLUB HEALTHY, GROWING AND IMPROVING. IN VIEW OF THIS,  I PLAN TO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN I DID IN THE PAST.
 
IN BUSINESS, THE MARK OF A GOOD MANAGER IS ONE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO.  HE'S DELEGATED ALL OF HIS WORK OUT. THIS IS NOT QUITE THE THE CASE HERE, BUT I INTEND TO SET UP SEVERAL COMMITTEES TO OVERSEE MOST OF THE CLUB FUNCTIONS.  IN THE END, THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A BROADER SCOPE OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO OCCUR , THUS MAKING A SMOOTHER RUNNING CLUB. .........VOLUNTEERS NEEDED !
 
I'D REALLY APPRECIATE ANY AND ALL IDEAS TO NOT ONLY IMPROVE OUR MEETINGS, BUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THE "KITSAP ARCS" THE BEST DAMN CLUB IN THE PUGET SOUND AREA AND BEYOND.  

CALL ME ANYTIME AT 253-857-7751 OR ON MY CELL AT 253-208-9457.  

YOU CAN E-MAIL ME AT PEGNAL990@HOTMAIL.COM  

SNAIL - MAIL AT 10217 74th AVE. N.W. ' GIG HARBOR,WA.  98332  

PLEASE LET ME HEAR FROM YOU !
 
SOME OF THE THINGS ALREADY PLANNED ARE ;
*     ICE CREAM AND PASTRIES AFTER EACH MEETING [EXCEPT MEETINGS AT THE   FIELD]
*     MONTHLY GUEST SPEAKERS  [ I'LL NEED SOME SUGGESTIONS ON THIS ONE]
*     MONTHLY SAT. MORN. BREAKFASTS AT THE BREMERTON AIRPORT DINNER [START ON FEB 2]
*     NOTIFICATIONS AND REMINDERS BY E-MAIL, PLUS ON THE WEB.
*     OPEN SHOPS [MONTHLY VISITS TO MEMBERS SHOPS]
*     MONTHLY SHOW & TELL PRIZES.
*     OCCASIONAL BIG TIME SURPRISE DOOR PRIZE(S) AT MONTHLY MEETINGS 
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR !!
 
                                                            AL FRANKLIN

Dec 11th, 2007

Club Dues are Due.  Please mail your dues to Juan Andrade by Dec 31st.  Make the check payable to "KITSAP ARCS".  Mailing address is Juan Andrade, 73c Haven Road, Bremerton, WA  98312.

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Al Franklin is hosting a "Rebuilding Seminar" at his shop.  Everyone in the club is welcome to come.  Bring your damaged plane, epoxy, glue, etc...  

    Date:  Dec 18th (Tuesday)

    Time:  7:00 p.m.

    Location: Al's Shop.  

 

Dec 1st, 2007  

This "Little Field" Throne has been reinstated at the field. .

Nov 27, 2007

Club Banquet

Bremerton Airport Diner

January 5th, 2008

Happy Hour 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Buffet Dinner 7 p.m.

Awards after Dinner

Several Changes have taken place since we had our last banquet at the airport.  The diner has new ownership and the banquet pricing has become much more realistic.  For those who want a mixed drink during Happy Hour, they will have the bar open.

Dinner will be served Buffet Style and we will have three entrees:  BBQ Chicken, Prime Rib, Salmon.  All priced at $19.00, including dessert and tax.  The tips are up to you.

In order to give the restaurant a head-count.  We need to get your reservation and check in by Dec 31st.  Please make your checks payable to:

Juan Andrade, 73c Haven Rd, Bremerton, WA 98312

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Boots' Cold Weather Transmitter box

  

Boots made this cool (I mean warm) looking wind guard for his transmitter.  During these cold windy months, this box keeps his hands warm.  The foam insulation actually will keep the wind out and some heat from your hands in.  It has a clear, hard plastic window on top which is tape hinged on for easy access to the transmitter when starting the airplane.  Several members of the club have tried it and liked it!   Cool...I mean Warm Idea Boots!!

 

Nov 23, 2007

Verlyn Grange puts on one man show for the US Navy and Marines.  A day before the Winterfest event, last Friday, Verlyn volunteered to put on a display promoting our club for the Navy MWR.  MWR accepted, but we didn't have much time to prepare.  Mike and Verlyn printed out "hand-out brochures" promoting the club and Verlyn manned the Kitsap ARCS display.  It was a successful evening.  I know today, one person, who visited the display, came by "Little Field" to watch the guys do their thing with the aircraft.  Thanks Verlyn!!!

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The Throne has been taken!  Early Saturday morning, the owner's of the Port-a-Potty, reclaimed the Port-a-Potty.  They stated the contract had been cancelled.  The Parks Dept. has been cutting back on the Port-a-Potties in many of the public parks this year.  They had been in touch with Kitsap ARCS two weeks ago stating our club would have to pay for the Port-a-Potty if we wanted to continue having it at "Little Field".  The club volunteered to take over the lease and begin paying for the Port-a-Potty.  Somewhere, along the paperwork road, something went wrong and it was picked up.  On Monday, President Bud will be on it to get the "Little Field" throne returned to it's rightful place.

Nov 20, 2007

Al Franklin's "Rebuilding "Seminar" was a great evening of information on how to repair damaged aircraft.  In front, with the yellow wings and red/white body is Verlyn's, twin electric, "Point and Shoot" airplane.  He brought it in for some advice on how to cover around complex curves with his covering material.  It was almost finished when I left.  The white fuselage behind his airplane is Mike's Shamrock Biplane with some holes in the fiberglass fuselage.  Mike received some great advise on how to repair the holes and cracks in the fuselage.  The yellow upside down fuselage (next to Elliot) is Elliot's Venture.  It's now in one piece, but he brought it in with one half of the fuselage in one hand and the other half in the other, it had been broken into two pieces.  In the background, is Juan working on his fun flyer.  It seemed to be missing a third of the starboard wing. 

All went so well, it was decided we would do it again the following week!

Everyone is welcome to come!

    Date:  Nov 27th (Tuesday)

    Time:  7:00 p.m.

    Location: Al's Shop.  10217 74th Ave NW, Gig Harbor

    Directions:  Exit Hwy 16 at Burnham in Gig Harbor and go left onto Sehmel Dr. on the West side   of hwy 16.    Go 1 mile to 74th Ave. N.W.       Turn Left onto 74th (a narrow one lane private street) and go to the third house on the left.      Enter shop via his second driveway into the back door of the shop.  

If you get lost, call Al at (253) 857-7751.

 

Nov 13th, 2007

Al Franklin is hosting a "Rebuilding Seminar" at his shop.  Everyone in the club is welcome to come.  Bring your damaged plane, epoxy, glue, etc...  

    Date:  Nov 20th (Tuesday)

    Time:  7:00 p.m.

    Location: Al's Shop.  10217 74th Ave NW, Gig Harbor

    Directions:  Exit Hwy 16 at Burnham in Gig Harbor and go left onto Sehmel Dr. on the West side   of hwy 16.    Go 1 mile to 74th Ave. N.W.       Turn Left onto 74th (a narrow one lane private street) and go to the third house on the left.      Enter shop via his second driveway into the back door of the shop.  

If you get lost, call Al at (253) 857-7751.

Oct 13th, 2007

Jim's RV-4 flies as good as it looks!

This year's Fall Closer was Great!!  Over 26 different airplanes showed up with over 50  take offs and over 50 smooth landings (minus one).  The winds were calm, with the exception of some thermal activity during the afternoon.  The thermals kicked up the winds to at least 3 knots, not more than 4 knots, every once in awhile.  Blue skies and little white clouds, here and there, made for picture perfect flight photos (see the photo section...click here).

Boots flew his flying wing.  His own design, made out of styrofoam.  He hollowed out the foam between where the ribs would have gone and put cap strips over the left over foam ribs.  It's powered by a .25 2-stroke and is extremely light weight.  This adds up to a quick and very sensitive combat plane for next year.

Danny came out early, in the morning, and flew three of his electrics.  Sorry, Danny, I was so happy to be back at the flying field (with a flyable plane), I forgot to get the camera out for your planes.

Lorin Miller flew a tiny biplane and Terry brought out his huge Yak.  There was a large variety of aircraft flying from basic trainers to speed demons (Pole Cat), all the way to the big time IMAC aircraft Terry brought out.

Chris Bessex showed up and put on a great little Air Show with his Aeroworks Extra.

It was a great day of flying!!

Oct 7th, 2007

Tucson Aerobatic Shootout 2007.  Kyle was flying his usual totally awesome 3D flying when the unfortunate happened. Kyle, as always, was pushing it to the limits got a little too close to the ground.  Kyle's rudder scrapped the ground.  Touching the ground resulted in a zero overall score for Kyle's Freestyle.  Kyle, knowing he had zeroed out his chances of winning the competition, continued his routine and gave the crowd an awesome air show! True sportsmanship!!

On the bright side.  I'm sure videos of Kyle scrapping the ground will be the most viewed videos on the web for the rest of this year and the beginning of next year. 

Only the top five progressed from Friday's round of flying Advanced and Unlimited classes to the Saturday's competition.  Unfortunately, Mike nor Kyle were among the top five after the day of flying was over on Friday.

The Tucson Aerobatic Shootout is an invitational event only.  Only the top pilots, from around the world, are invited to fly.  Kitsap ARCS is proud to welcome home our two pilots Kyle Woyshnis and Mike Carreiro!!

Oct 6th, 2007

Sam wins 2007 season ARCS Combat!! 

Congratulations to Sam for a long hard won battle this year.  Corkey take 2nd place and Brian Campbell battled his way to 3rd.

Oct 5th, 2007

Tucson Aerobatic Shootout update

Strong cross winds of 20 MPH with forecasted 35 MPH gusts are hampering Friday's flying in Tucson.  At time of this posting, scores are unknown.   Top five pilots, after today's scores are calculated into the overall score, will move onto the finals tomorrow (Sat.).

Oct 4th, 2007

Tucson Aerobatic Shootout overall scores after Thursday's flying.

Kyle Woyshnis moves from 7th place up into 5th place in Unlimited!

Mike Carreiro moves from 12th place to 11th place!  

Two more days of knowns and unkowns competition, then the Freestyle competition on Sunday.

Oct 3rd, 2007

Tucson Aerobatic Shootout scores after first day of flying.

Kyle Woyshnis is currently in 7th place in Unlimited with less than 200 points separating the top seven pilots!  It's still anyone's competition.

Mike Carreiro is currently in 12th place in Advanced.

Sept 15th, 2007

The crowd loved the annual airshow.  176 non-ARC spectators showed up to witness the Kitsap ARC members put on a very memorable Airshow.  

Kyle Woyshnis and Mike Carreiro put on a very impressive Freestyle show which absolutely WOWED the crowd.  All eyes were glued to their aircraft as Kyle and Mike do what they normally do.  We wish to thank Kyle, Mike and Brandon for taking the time off of the competition circuit to fly in the Airshow.  Yes, Brandon was there too with an outstanding IMAC routine!

We had six combat aircraft up at once.  That's a record for this year!  The combat team flew three rounds with Boots getting cuts in the first and second rounds.  The crowd loved it as Boots flew around with another person's streamer on his wing.  

A guest Helicopter pilot, Jeff King, came down from the RAMS club and put on one terrific Helicopter show!  Our field has never seen such an impressive control of a helicopter.  The crowd went wild after his performance!

Another guest pilot did a fly by in a full scale experimental aircraft during the lunch break.

John Rowley flew a very smooth aerobatic routine.  We're glad to see John back at the field!

Corky flew his scale Spitfire extremely realistically, including the landings!  The crowd really liked the retracts on the Spitfire.

Lorin and Jim got there Canard flying.  Not only does it fly straight and level, but it seems to roll very well.

Later, Lorin setup a buddy box and gave a flight demonstration to an audience member.

Terry brought out to of his planes and put on a great show!!  We sure appreciate Terry flying with only a few minutes notice!  The crowd appreciated it as well as was obvious by their applause.

Anthony Bessex put on a great show with his Magic.  He makes it look so easy!

Les and Danny did a great job announcing.  They really kept the crowd entertained not only during the flying, but  between performances.

Verlyn, Elliot and Juan did an awesome job directing traffic!

The behind the scenes person who made the Airshow happen was Bud Arnold.  If it wasn't for Bud, we may not have had an Air Show this year.  He had his hand in just about everything to make this all come together.  During the Airshow, he was out setting up Airshow Signs which had been blown over by the traffic, otherwise the spectators may not have found us.  A huge Thank you to Bud Arnold!!

There are many people who did alot of work with publicity, sound systems, catering, setting for the event and tearing down.  Thank you!!

 

Sept 10th, 2007

MIKE CARREIRO wins Advanced Class with Perfect Score in Tri-Cities IMAC competition.  KYLE WOYSHNIS takes 2nd place in Unlimited Class.  BRANDON WOYSHNIS takes 3rd place in Basic Class.  GREAT JOB!!

                                                 

                                   Brandon (left)                                           Mike (Center)

Webmaster note:  Sorry, I was not able to find a photo of Kyle on the web.  If anyone has one of Kyle at the awards ceremony, please send in the photo.

Sep 3, 2007

MIKE CARREIRO wins Advanced Class in NAMPA IMAC event!  Mike then goes on to win the Freestyle contest!  Congratulations to Mike.  After the event, World renowned full scale Aerobatic Pilot Greg Poe stopped in and gave some pointers to Mike.  

      

    Mike Carreiro wins Freestyle & Advanced Class!                                  Mike Carreiro and Greg Poe.

Sep 2, 2007

ARCS take part in Bremerton Blackberry Festival

At the last moment, our Club was invited to the Blackberry Festival at the Bremerton Airport.  Bud and Verlyn were able to setup a display.  The Blackberry Festival coordinators were so impressed, they asked us to come back next year.  (Little do they know, how many airplanes we have and how much we like to show them off!)

 

                Bud Arnold  (on right in photo)                                          Verlyn Grange

 

Aug 18th, 2007

Biggest news of the year...so far!  

The Tucson Aerobatic Shootout (TAS) is an invitation only event.  It's one of the elite model aircraft events of the year.  To compete, you have to be selected among hundreds of applicants from around the world.  The contestants have been selected for this year's Shootout.  They come from Canada, Mexico, Switzerland, Australia,, and all over the USA.  

We have not only one pilot from our club selected to compete, but two pilots!!  I don't believe in the history of the event, two pilots from the same club, have ever been selected to compete at the same Shootout.   

Congratulations to Kyle Woyshnis who will be competing in "Unlimited" and Mike Carreiro who will be competing in "Advanced"!  

The Tucson Aerobatic Shootout will be held from October 3 through October 7, 2007.

Aug 15th, 2007

Due to popular request, the "Campbell Catapult Launcher Video" can now be seen at R/C Universe Videos. 

 Click here to go to R/C Universe Videos

Aug 14th, 2007

MIKE CARREIRO WINS ADV. CLASS WITH PERFECT SCORE!                                KYLE WOYSHNIS WINS THE FREESTYLE COMPETITION!!                                          This appears to be a repeat of the last IMAC Contest as the two Kitsap ARC members once again bring home 1st place wins from the IMAC competition in Coeur d'Alene during weekend of Aug 11th and 12th.  Brandon Woyshnis did not compete in this contest.                              

Aug 11th, 2007

Great turn out for this year's "Wild and Wacky" plus Fly-In.  Jim brought out his home built Canard.  It flew well, but sure looked odd in the air.  Brian Campbell brought out his Catapult Launcher and gave a couple demonstrations on catapult launches.  Many pilots showed up early with their planes.  The last person to leave was just after 3 p.m.  See photos of the event at Club Pictures.

Aug 4th, 2007

Sam Hovey wins Combat event for August and becomes the current Points Leader.  See Combat Report for full details.

Aug 2nd, 2007

FOLKS, WE HAVE EXCITING NEWS!  It appears we have a new IMAC competitor within our club!  BRANDON WOYSHNIS.  Brandon stepped up to take Third place in Basic Class at the Pacific Coast Freestyle IMAC contest!!      GREAT JOB,  BRANDON!

Aug 1st, 2007

KYLE WOYSHNIS WINS THE FREESTYLE COMPETITION!!                                            MIKE CARREIRO WINS ADV. CLASS WITH PERFECT SCORE!                                     All this excitement took place during the Pacific Coast Freestyle IMAC contest.   The contest was held in Molalla, OR during July 26th to July 29th.  CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH KYLE AND MIKE FOR THEIR MOST RECENT WIN AND ONCE AGAIN PROVING THEMSELVES THE BEST PILOTS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST!

July 29th, 2007

Great News...we have a company which will come out and retrieve a plane stuck in the tree!  The name of the company is "Tree Company".  Owned and operated by Tom Briggs.

Phone # 360-871-4686.  $75 Very nice guy."

July 25, 2007

Unfortunately, not all news is good.  Stan Nichols, Lifetime Kitsap ARCS member, passed away on July 19th, 2007.  Funeral services were held on Tuesday, July 24th  at Miller-Woodlawn Funeral Home, 5505 Kitsap Way, Bremerton, WA.

July 16th, 2007

Check out Fathoms of Fun Parade float pics.  Our float won 3rd place in the Specialty category.   They're located in "Club Pictures".