Barnyard Buzzards Newsletter July 2005 Page 3

Buzzard Droppings July 2005

Motion to Adjourn and seconded so the Flying Presentation could start.

The rest of the evening was given to Kevin Miller to show some unique, wow, eye bugging and jaw dropping flying. If you missed this one, you missed a lot !

At the beginning of the evening while Kevin was setting up his Edge 540 and fielding questions, a wing that was leaning on a tent leg, dropped and snapped the outer, leading edge of the elevator (counterbalance on the full scale). You have never seen so many grown men almost cry. Kevin checked out the damage and thought over some repairs. Fred ran to Fred Myers to get epoxy and Chet happened to have some packing tape in his flight box (hmmmm, imagine that)!

In short time Kevin had epoxied the elevator, let it set up, taped it and was ready to go.

While waiting for the epoxy to cure, he provided an amazing 3D show with a foamie plane equipped with a brushless motor, ESC and LiPoly Battery. Totally unbelievable stunts…….. Hurrah!

Once the Edge 540 was ready to go and the DA150 was fired up, it was all eyes and gaping mouths, and WOW’s again.

He performed an amazing show with this 38 lb. craft that most of us (at least yours truly) couldn’t even begin to think of, let alone imagine how to execute. Kevin started out with the IMAC pattern style first, going through many on the more difficult expert class maneuvers. Then he went through his Free Style presentation, one he won 1^st place in the Oregon event, beating Chip Hyde and all other competitors!

At the completion Kevin was happy to answer even more questions and invited everyone to attend one of the events or visit the Cascades Flying Field. He urged anyone interested in learning to build and/or fly IMAC style to contact him. Their events include many categories such as Basic, Sportsman, Intermediate, Unlimited, Seniors and Freestyle.

You can visit www.imacnw.com to view the results and contact Kevin personally at that web site.

Kevin represented his part of the IMAC flying organization precisely and beautifully.

We certainly thank him for the show and also being so willing to overcome the near disaster with the elevator and perform for us. “HURRAH x 2”!

Submitted by Chet Blake, BBMAC Secretary

Text Box: Just a thought this month about some radio gear issues. It's a good idea to use dental floss and tie your leads together at the battery connection and any extensions that you use (really necessary if they will be buried in a wing where you can’t eyeball them!). It's also a good idea to monitor your batteries, especially after they get a few years old. Cycle your batteries at least once a month and put a load charge on them every couple of months. If they show they are dropping fairly rapidly, the cost of a new battery is far cheaper than a new airplane. At the last meeting Kevin Miller showed us how he used redundant systems in his 30% plane. We may want to think about this type of system when going to larger airplanes. Not only was he flying with 2 receivers, but also two complete battery systems. Well keep your carbs lean and mean and your head calm and cool. Randy Turner Safety Officer