Next Meeting: Wednesday, November 4
7:30 p.m. EAA building, Mettetal Airport, Plymouth MI
Guest Speaker: Marc Warwashana
Aircraft Video starts at 7:00 - come early and enjoy!
Midwest Dues to remain the same for 2009! 2009 is the time to join or rejoin Midwest
We are continuing a special, reduced re-initiation fee for
former Midwest RC Society members with lapsed memberships!
Download the current application and join today!
(Current AMA membership required)
Everyone with an interest is ALWAYS welcome at the Midwest Meeting!
Ya'all come.
MIDWEST R/C SOCIETY
21st annual
R/C SWAP MEET
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location
Northville Senior Community Center
303 W. Main St.
Northville, Michigan 48167
Admission Charge
$5.00 per person
(kids under 12 and women are FREE)
Vendor Table Cost
$20.00-$25.00 per table, depending on location
The vendor table cost includes two admissions.
Vendor set up time is 8:00 a.m.
Advance table reservations are highly recommended, last year all tables were sold in advance!
For information, call Rudi Reinhard at 248.643.0001 or e-mail: wwtbi@aol.com
Directions
Take the 8 Mile Road exit off of I-275 and go west for 2.5 miles on 8 Mile to Center Street.
Go south (left) on Center Street for .5 miles and then west (right) on Main Street.
The Northville Senior Community Center is located at 303 Main Street in downtown Northville.
There is free parking in the back of the building, off of Cady Street.
This is always the largest and best swap meet in southeastern Michigan!
Note to members: We need a bunch of volunteers to help at the Swap Meet on November 8. The set-up is at 7:00 a.m. and teardown is at 12:00 p.m. We also need help with admissions, 50/50 sales, and coffee/donut sales.
See You There!
Synopsis of Ken Myers' Presentation - Building on Glass at the January 7, 2009 Midwest Meeting
Synopsis is in printable Acrobat .pdf format
Check out the weather for our field
Documents from Ken's e-Conversion presentation.
Converting Glow Powered Airframes to Electric Power, by Ken Myers Ken describes how to select the power systems for converting existing glow airframes to electric power. This Excel spreadsheet compliments the article. This worksheet also compliments the article. The article and worksheet are in Acrobat .pdf format, and the spreadsheet is an .xls file.
| The Officers: | ||
| President: Howard Kendall 21950 Currie Northville, MI 48167 248-437-5405 slwryd@comcast.net |
Vice president: Ken Myers 1911 Bradshaw Ct. Walled Lake, MI 48390 248-669-8124 KMyersEFO@mac.com |
Secretary: Lynn Morgan 15790 Penn Livonia, MI 48154 734-679-8468 lmorgan@twmi.rr.com, |
| Treasurer: Scott Rellinger 15003 Ellen Drive Livonia, MI 48154 734-462-0778 skyking564@att.net |
Field Safety Officer: Bruce Ferns 49650 Shenandoah Circle Canton, MI 4848187 734-451-2952 brucecferns@comcast.net, |
Head Flight Instructor: Ken Myers 1911 Bradshaw Ct. Commerce Twp., MI 48390 248-669-8124 kmyersefo@aol.com |
About the Midwest R/C Society
The Midwest R/C Society (MRCS) is an educational and social organization of 120+ members living in the tri-country area near Detroit, MI. The members share a common interest in aviation and model aviation in particular. Our interests include all forms of radio control and control line models including sport, giant, scale, powered & non-powered sailplanes, helicopters, precision aerobatic, racing, ducted fan, 1/2 A, Old-Timer, IMAA-type aircraft, electric powered planes, and just about anything that flies and relates to aviation.
All Midwest R/C Society members are also members of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA). To learn more about the AMA, click the "Visit the AMA site" link in the menu to the left.
The club meets the first Wednesday of each month at the EAA building - Mettetal Airport, Joy and N. Lilley Rd, Plymouth, MI.
For more information about the club, or its activities, contact one of the club officers.