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*** April 25 meeting is Winter Project Night ***

  MMAC Pres. Newsletter Message,  March 2017

Just when you thought winter was over, along comes another snow storm coupled with high winds. The weather is bound to get better (I hope)! With it being the middle of March, it doesn't leave much time to finish your entry for the Winter Build Night that is scheduled as part of our meeting in April. I hope everyone is making good progress and that we have a decent number of entries. Instead of trophies this year, the club has opted to give out certificates to the winners.
In other matters, the AMA has renewed and issued our new club charter for 2017 along with the club's insurance certificate. By the way, if you haven't renewed your membership, please act soon as the gate key has now been changed. Contact our VP John Holcomb if you need a new gate key.  He'll need to be required to hand over the old key before receiving the new one.
For those in attendance at the February meeting, I gave a short tutorial and demonstration on how to discharge Lipo batteries in order to achieve a proper storage charge while they remain unused over the winter. For those wishing to learn more, please contact me at mickc@comcast.net . I'll be more than happy to help you. For those who use Lipo batteries, I'm sure you're aware of the risk of a fire if the batteries are not properly charged and discharged. You'll also prolong their life with a proper staorage charge.
I would like to see more member participation in doing a short presentation of a topic of your choosing at each of our monthly meetings. Surely we all have some bit of information that can be helpful to other club members.  It doesn't have to be long nor in depth technical. If you're unsure, give me or one of the club officers a shout and they'll be happy to help you put your presentation together. I would love to see a discussion on how to properly maintain and tune a glow engine, be it 2 or 4 stroke. Even a discussion on gasoline engines would be great. Surely there someone out there who can help out. Pitch in and help make MMAC a better club.
I'm turning onto my final approach so I hope to see many of you at our next club meeting on Tuesday March 28. If the weather improves, maybe we'll even see each other at the field. Remember, altitude and airspeed are our friends. Happy flying.
Mickey Callahan  



 
 
 
             
Vice President's Report
March 2017

Top 'o the Mornin' to all you folks with a wee bit o' Irish in yeah.
 
Just because the calendar says that spring is just around the corner, the weatherman begs to differ, and I have not had a chance to do any flying outside for many weeks.  Thank goodness for the indoor flying that we did back in early February at the Milford Youth Center.  We have one more session scheduled for April 7, from 8 until 11 PM.  If you come by and ask nicely, I can set you up with a Night Vapor in one of our club transmitters.  No excuses unless you no longer want to drive at night. This will be the last indoor flying night at MYC for the season, but I have heard some whispering by other club members that we might try and find additional indoor flying sites.  The turnout for these indoor flying events has been very satisfying, so there is definitely many interested pilots who enjoy this venue.
 
I was able to do some flying off the snow with my float planes in early February.  At that time, the access road was fairly navigable as long as you had a four-wheel-drive vehicle.  Unfortunately, I suffered a total radio failure of the high-wing trainer floatplane, and it went in about thirty feet short of the river.  I was able to recover it, but the damage to the airframe was extensive and I was only able to salvage the motor, fuel tank, the servos and other electronics.  Fortunately, I got one of my flying buddies to give up an old, unused high wing trainer plane and I am getting close to having it ready in about a week.
 
The February meeting was our key swap night, and all who attended the meeting got new keys.  I'll bring the key case with me for next meeting, intending to swap keys with any who were unable to attend the February meeting.
 
I am still working on my Winter Project Night entry, and I hope that you will do the same.  Even if your plane is not ready for its maiden voyage, you can still bring it as a show-and-tell item.
 
Respectfully, John Holcomb, Vice President MMAC.





 
Club Schedule
     
The next scheduled MMAC club meeting will be held at the American Legion Hall in Millis starting at 7:30pm Mar 28, 2017.

Apr 25 Meeting is Winter Build night.

Apr 29 is Field Cleanup day 9:00am

Indoor Fly Schedule
@ Milford Youth Center
Friday Apr 7 th ,
8-11pm

  
 

Secretary Report MMAC meeting of February/2017
 





Old Business
 
  • Milford youth center back on line (finally). Rates have increased. Scott has details;  education program is up and running - Scotty will provide details at next meeting.
  • Indoor flying December, January and Feb well attended and successful
  • Training aircraft
  • Winter project nite 25th April
  • Spring Cleanup April 29th
  • Executive committee mtg before December fun fly
  • Need valid e-mails for constant contact 
    • send email to me 
@ drmarkrudolphschultz@gmail.com to confirm



New Business        


 

  • 2 major events this summer
    • float fly in Milford
    • Fun Fly sometime this summer (ideas to John H)  
  • Boy Scout invitation (with Lazy Loopers) Sat May 6th  Plymouth Airport
    • Flying allowed this year
  • Winter Project Nite (no trophies- certificates instead)
  • Medfield Day, etc. what to do
  • Next meeting Tuesday March 28th


 


Recurring Old Business

Town of MF has vision paper online for hospital

http://mshvision.net/downloads/town-meeting-flyer.pdf
Standing Item - Take your own trash out

Standing item - Gate policy - Open and locked is now the official policy

Standing item - Contest Directors to schedule Fun flies need more contest directors
As more and more people use the old hospital grounds 
  • good neighbor policy 




T reasurer's report for February.




Starting Balance                   $2137.36

Income
    Deposits                            $690.00 
($390 indoor flying, $300 dues)
    Total Income                      $690.00
Expenses
Withdrawals
Web Service                $38.95
AMA dues                  $120.00
    Total Expenditures
                                              $158.95

Total checking                      $2668.51
CD                                        $2097.37
Grand total                          $4765.88




The Millis Model Aircraft Club is an AMA chartered club located southwest of Boston, MA and is dedicated to everyone's enjoyment of this exciting, fulfilling hobby. We come from all walks of life and range in age from 8 to 84. We always encourage new members...so whether you're thinking about purchasing your first plane or a seasoned pilot looking for a new experience...   email us here to request more info about MMAC or a membership application.




 
      
  
The Millis Model Aircraft Club Executive Board 2017

President Mickey Callahan
  

Vice President John Holcomb

Secretary Mark Schultz 


Treasurer Jamie McDonough

  
                        A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
 
  Hi Guy's;

The next scheduled MMAC club meeting will be held at the American Legion Hall In Millis starting at 7:30pm March 28, 2017**.

We are making an effort to improve our social media exposure to reach more potential new members. The Facebook page has been stagnant for a while and will be updated in the coming months to highlight the club's activities. 

Link for MMRC 2017 Membership Application and latest AMA membership in the Quick Links section....
 
 
 
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Joe Lamb.   (jm_lamb@comcast.net)