Mon, 12 May 2008 09:50:34 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/ PostNuke Powered Site en-us http://www.mcrcc.net/images/logo.gif http://www.mcrcc.net/ david@latil.net http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=140 All helicopter guys in this club. And you know who you are. Big event this Saturday May 17th, need some people to set up and help out. Anyone in our club is asked to help out. See you there. thanks :) Richard Ober Mon, 12 May 2008 09:50:34 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=138 From what ive been told by Fritz, that Jons airplanes were found in a dumpster in La. the condition remains to be seen after thrown in that metal monster. Trailer sad to say is still missing. Richi Tue, 15 Jan 2008 06:45:24 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=137 Tom Hill is recovering from surgery to remove some cancer. The doctors believe they got it all when they did surgery a few days ago and he should be fine. Tom says he is doing fine considering, but won't be to the field for a few weeks. My prayers are with him. Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:26:30 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=136 Well last weekend i flew my converted 40size magic with twin 7.4 3200 in series and it flew on rails even in the wind. My next attemp will be the 25size electric kite plane driven by same engine but twin 11.1 2100 in parallel should be intresting,try to fly this Saturday weather permitting. thats only if theres no hurricane force winds in site. otherwize the show must go on. So see you there dont forget Sunday monthly meeting RICHARD Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:53:02 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=135 Jon Koppisch writes: Hey guys. I got my trailer stolen last night. ALL my rc equipment was inside ready to go Sunday morning. My planes, fueling equipment, charging equipment, tools, even my chairs and extension cords.... "Click the title to read the rest." Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:17:42 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=134 This is our newest member Tony Fuller, as well as a pic of Richard Ober flying at the Sea Wolves game. Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:09:29 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=133 For those of you who don't know. Chris and Dickie fly the blimp at the Seawolves game. Chris says: David, Dicky had these pics from 11 years ago...I had black hair then....My son Steven was just a kid.....wowsers.... Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:15:41 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=132 Dee snapped a few pics at the club meeting the other day. Great turnout! Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:29:24 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=131 John Alt submitted a nice writeup for our site. Click Here to read it. Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:29:49 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=130 What do I do? How do I get Started? There are hundreds of questions new people to the wonderfull world of R/C will have.. Most people start out with the wrong equipment, and no idea what they are up against.. Thats what I did..I tried to do it all by myself.. I did manage to buy the right type airplane.. Only because I got lucky.. Most new pilots want to fly that Super fine P-51 Mustang with retracts and Gas engine So, I get the thing built and I wait 2 weeks For the local flying (Area) to be empty (not a soul) lol. It lasted about 45 seconds and pieces and parts went FLYING everywhere.. It took me about 6 months to get over the Shock or better yet, the embarrasement of realizing I couldnt fly a toy airplane...(Imagine that!) I finally rebuilt the poor plane and swallowed my pride.. I then got some help from the local flying club and their instructor.. After that for me at least it was a piece of cake...Long story Short, I could have done it a lot sooner and a lot cheaper if I would have gotten help to begin with.. So, what makes a (GOOD) trainer plane... Almost everything a beginner sees is labeled (trainer).. Of course everybody has an opinion on what style airplane or heli is best to start with.. Since I am writing this article it will be based on MY opinion..lol... There are LOW wing trainers, MID wing...Tail dragger, What works best for me is a HIGH wing, flat bottom air-foil, trike-gear, at least a (40) size so you can see it and the wind wont bother it too much..(both of which are more important than you realize right now). Ive even trained with electric planes as long as they are large enough.. Our club is in the process of setting up a pc at the field with an R/C flight simulator plus we have a CLUB trainer we can use if you havent purchased your plane yet.. You dont have to be a member to get a trial run, but we will ask you to join after a few visits.. You will be required to have AMA before you can fly on your own..More about that in my next submission...CHRIS RILEY..AMA 332650 V-P MCRCC 228-326-1436 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 07:12:04 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=129 Here is a great article about the Mobile fly in that happened. We need some writers like this for our club! Click Here.. Mon, 28 May 2007 21:19:51 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=128 It is a boy! Joshua David Latil was born on May 17th around 2:09 pm, 7 lbs. 6 oz. 19.5 inches long. He is doing great so far! I always thought new borns were a bit on the ugly side the day of birth, but I think Joshua was an exception, truly a beautiful baby boy. Jenny started at 9 am, so it was a quick labor for the first. Jenny was having a tuff time till she had her epidural, and then things were MUCH better. We have been learning a lot the last few days, and have been living on about 2 hours of sleep a day, but it is worth it. Jenny is doing well also, she looked great minutes after birth. David Latil Sun, 20 May 2007 08:46:33 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=127 Chris, David Felder and I (David Latil) headed out to the SeaBee days event today. Chris brought his scale heli, David brought his scale and 90 size raptor, I brought a swift and a microbat. Turned out they really didn't give us enough room to safely give Chris and David room to do anything but hover. The crowd still enjoyed it. At one point, there were 2 heli's in the air at once, which was abruptly ended when Chris' tail servo failed in mid flight! No damage was done. Chris isn't too happy that he is going to have to strip his scale body off (no small ordeal). David F. also had some trouble with his exhaust. I helped Chris get the Swift in the air, had a good time with that. Ended up having some issues with that too, but everything came back in one piece, Unlike my microbat (don't ask). All and all, it was a pretty good time. We'll know what to expect next time. We'll definitely bring some 'do not touch' signs for the heli's, a MCRCC sign, some more chairs, and some more foamies. Here are some pics: Click Here. Sat, 05 May 2007 22:06:17 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=126 Sonny passed away at on April 23 at 1:18 am. Our prayers are with him, his family and for those that knew him. Click on the title of this article to read a letter written by Sonny's wife concerning his passing and to see when his funeral arrangements are. Sonny is on the right Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:38:04 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=125 The 2007 MCRCC Spring fly-in was held on April 21st. What a turn out! It's been a few years since we have had one, and it was pretty good. My estimate was around 40 pilots and 100 people eating lunch (more official numbers coming soon). Every bay was filled and there were more aircraft than you could count. Jim F. and Tom H. did a great job getting it organized and worked very hard to make things happen. Tonya, Mario, Ron Johnson, Chris, Ray, Nick, Bobby Kern, Joe at Orange Grove Hobby as well as the rest of the crew deserve a thanks for all their contributions Click here for the full story and an a thread that Tom Hill and others contributed to detailing the fly-in. Here are a few pics. Click Here for all the pictures (more to come) Sat, 21 Apr 2007 21:30:54 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=124 AMA has awarded our membership two buddy box systems and two flight simulators for being participants in AMA TAG (Take Off And Grow) education. Where we agree to provide and sponsor teaching lessons for the hobby. Letter from AMA: Congratulations! Your club has been awarded two trainer/buddy box systems and two flight simulators for the 2007 Takeoff and Grow Program. Further details will be available soon regarding suggested activities for your opening day events and schedules. You will also receive reporting requirements for your opening day and follow-up training program. We are currently working with the manufacturer to arrange shipment of your trainer/buddy box systems and simulators. These materials will be shipped to the address provided on your application. If there are any changes to this information, you must notify us immediately. Mario Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:03:50 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=122 Carl S. aka as RUSTLER on the site sent me some pics of some cars at the track. The track is looking good and is set to have some more upgrades. All MCRCC members are welcome to use the car track. Non-members must have an AMA license and join the club in a reasonable amount of time. Click Here to see the rest of Carl's pics. You too can have pics on the site and even post stories. This site is setup so everyone can participate so the site does not become boring when I don't have time to update it. So take an example from Carl and send me stuff, post stories, email me or upload some pics. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:59:33 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=121 Good turnout this weekend. We had our monthly meeting. The fly-in was discussed as was some other miscellaneous business. There will be one more meeting before the fly-in. Jim Farned and Tom Hill are heading up the fly-in if there are any questions. The CB exhibition was discussed briefly, a few heli pilots will be asked to perform for the crowd when it is time. The car track is taking shape and is getting quite a following out there now. We have approximately 72 members now, with 2 more joining today. All the heli guys were out today. Mario had some wild looking German heli. Ray and David F. had their arsenal out also. Here is a pic sent by Chris. Click here for some other pics. I took Tue, 13 Mar 2007 07:07:49 -0600 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=120 Our newest member solo'd today under Chris' watchful eye. Only 3 or so weekends for this one. I think we can all remember when we first solo'd for the first time, nothing like it. Good job Cledis and Chris. Click here for more Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:48:29 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=119 David's got a few toys, now he's got one awesome 330. Here's a pic. Click here for his album. Click here to see other member albums. Fri, 29 Dec 2006 15:24:34 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=118 We had our 2006 Christmas party at the Saucier Civic Center on 12-10-2006. Started off with the food, the meeting/election, then the raffle. Food was great! Had more then enough food with much left overs (even with Richard O. there). The meeting was short and sweet, all the officers stayed the same with the exception of safety officer, who is now Ray. The raffle was fun, Mario picked up some things from Orange Grove Hobby (who donated a few prizes themselves). Nick didn't win everything this time. Click here for all the pictures. Sun, 10 Dec 2006 20:15:44 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=117 Saturday, December 2nd was a work day for David F, Richard, Bob, and Nick. We worked pulling down the dirt to form the very start of our race track. By the end of the day we got to take the track for a test drive and wasnt too bad, for the ruff draft, GREAT ! THINGS ! to come when completed. Cheerfully Summited RICHARD Click here to see a picture and discuss Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:01:47 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=116 Many of you know Chris Riley, he is now to be addressed as Gramps, as he is now a new grandpa. Landon James Riley was born Nov. 30 at 8-45 PM....7lbs 2oz.... To his son Steven who also flies at the club. Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:50:24 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=115 Several nice days for flying Thursday through Sunday. Pretty much everyone came out. Saw some great flying by all. Here is a video I shot of Chris R. flying. I've got higher resolution pics/videos of most everything on this site if anyone needs them. Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:13:56 -0700 http://www.mcrcc.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=114 Today was a a pleasant day at the field. Had a full house once again (this is becoming quite regular). We had our meeting today. Our Christmas party was discussed (see link up top), as well as our car track. Saw Dicky and Arnold fly their new planes, and Clayton hover his bird on his own for the first time. Here is some video from the day. Chris says he has some video of something truly extraordinary that happened at the field he'll send me later also. and some pics Click here for all the pictures: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:56:25 -0700