Site Started:
14 April 1998
Maintained by:
Ken Myers  

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!
We are continuing a special, reduced re-initiation fee for
former Midwest RC Society members with lapsed memberships!

2009 is the time to join or rejoin Midwest

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

Come Learn to Fly R/C for FREE!
If you are interested in learning to fly Radio Control (R/C) aircraft and would like to "give it a try",
please contact us for FREE introductory lessons.
You don't need to purchase any equipment, we will provide a trainer plane for your first lesson(s).
Contact Ken Myers 248-669-8124 or email him at kmyersefo@mac.com

Check out the weather for our field

Thanks to Wolfgang Franke for his design help and operation of this site!

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.

Buy, sell, swap & trade page updated 04/01/06

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.


Come and join us at the field or at one of our monthly meetings!
Learn to build, fly and participate in this GREAT HOBBY!
We'd love to meet you!