RCMA News and Events

New Projects

Next RCMA Club Meeting
December 1, 2022 5:00PM.
Main Plant Cafeteria, Building 140

If you are interested in or just even curious about radio control aviation, come to one of our RCMA club meetings.

See the Club Events Calendar for scheduled club activities.


From the Flightline archive, Rebuilding a Broken Airplane.
Click on the picture to get the pdf

Do you have an old COX .049 engines laying around you wish had a trottle for use in R/C? I found a great web site that gives that old .049 a new purpose.



Here are a few items that are available.
https://coxengines.ca/
HobbyKing .049 engines and supplies

  • Throttle Conversion for Cox .049 Engine
  • Cox .049 / .051 Muffler
  • Type "B" Head Conversion for a standard glow plug

If you like this idea and you would like a .049 project, you have many options.

http://outerzone.co.uk/ has lots of .049 plans to choose from or you can scale up or down one of your own. A typical wing span is between 35 to 40 inches.

A couple of plans available from Outerzone are (left) Aermacchi Lockheed Santa Maria by David Boddington & David Toyer from Aeromodeller April 1968 and (right) Skywalker 1/2A by Bill Evans from RCMplans March 1985. Resizing a Gullows F/F airplane is another good option.    fg


          
Frank Gutierrez with his Extra 300S rebuilt aircraft. It flys amazing!.

Do you have an airplane your working on or flown. Show it here with your story. Videos welcome. Send your story to Marion Payne to add to the RCMA web site.


We Are Looking For A New Flying Site

Tips and Tricks

The Martinson Flying site has been a wonderful place to fly for many years. We will continue flying there but would like something a bit closer to town. The field size and requirements can be found at http://www.modelaircraft.org/membership/clubs/fsap-getsite.aspx

Club Officers
Club President and Contact: Jerry Mattson
Club Vice-President: James Doty
Club Secretary: Marion Payne
Club Treasurer & Intro Pilot: Geoff Barrance
Club Safety Coordinator: Wayne Edwards
Web Site Editor: Marion Payne

For some good old fashion tips and advice on building, flying or purchasing that next model, attend a RCMA monthly meeting or contact one of the club officers to help get you pointed in the right direction.

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