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Buzzard Droppings February 2007
Text Box: Here we are at the second month of a New Year. It was just a few weeks ago that Ron was nudging me to get the January 2006 newsletter safety column written. I trust that you are all busy in the shop (model room) getting your new Belch Fire 180 or Watt Ever ready for the annual Builders Contest. While you are in the shop, are you thinking safety? Or just building and hoping that by blind luck nothing will fall off of the plane and it will stay in the air. Remember Murphy’s law, “If can happen, it will”. Pay attention to the glue joints, use the proper adhesive for the job at hand even if it means taking the time to mix a batch of epoxy and doing it right, when it would be quicker to use CA. Most of the younger builders have never used the acetone based cements. If you do, use them in a well ventilated area. Unless of course you are looking for a cheap high and the head ache that follows. Anytime that you are using paints, solvent and such, know what they are used for, read the direction and the safety warning on the label. If they say to use it in a ventilated area, then use it in a ventilated area. If they say use safety glasses, use safety glasses. Also, note what to do if you get some in your eyes or ingest some, most of us don’t intentionally drink the stuff, but once in a while, weird things happen. Wear shoes while working on your plane. Might sound funny, but on a couple of occasions I have had the trusty Exacto knife drop off the table and try to impale my foot. One time, it stuck into the floor between my big toe and the next one. Another time it stuck into the top of a pair of slippers I was wearing. So be careful. Must be the Murphy thing again, since the pointy end of things always seems to go where it can do the most damage. UNTIL NEXT TIME, BE SAFE, BE COURTEOUS Vince Bell, Safety Officer

Builder’s Competition 2006-2007 Rules

· Entries can be made by any club member in good standing.

· Each model is considered an entry and will have a $10.00 fee.

· Payment along with the name of the model can be submitted to any board member or event judge.

· Unstarted kit must be brought to a club meeting or seen by another club member.

· Event judges and ruling body will be comprised of 4 members.  These members are:

à Dave Bell

à Vince Bell

à Dick Ovrid

· Judges cannot judge their own plane.

· You must build the model yourself.

· Two main categories:

à ARF

à Stick build (plans or kits)

· You must beat someone to win (must have other entries in the category).

· You can finish the model you previously entered but didn’t complete.

· New models must have been started after the October club meeting.

· Two special awards voted on by the attendees of the May meeting:

à In the Bones award to the best model started, but not finished

à Members Choice Award

· Prizes will be club checks to the winners.

· You must have fun!

· Questions should be directed to any one of the judges or Club Officers
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