Blacksheep community project, our two miles of Hiway 36, mile marker 57 to 59.
Blacksheep community project, our two miles of Hiway 36, mile marker 57 to 59.
1. Matt Shelton's OMP Yak 54 razor scheme. Powered by an OS .55
2. John Louden with his Big Hawk.
3. John's Big Hawk on a flyby, powered by a 3mm 53 cc gas engine.
4. Joe Hartsock getting ready to fly his bright orange Sweet Stick.
5. Bill Clontz with the beautiful Great Planes Waco his dad left to him.
6. Rege Hall handled the maiden flight honors. The DLE 30 ran great.
7. Ray Courtney hovering his Compass Atom 500, just converted to fly barless with a VBar set up.
8. Bill Clontz's Waco on a fly by.
1. What concentration-R: Bryan Baumer, Al Hill, Bob Wernsing, John Louden and Tom Hatfield.
2. Bill Clontz readying his flat Edge 540.
3. Carl Blackwell with mioro Cub.
4. Bill Rugenstein with his fleet of electrics.
5. A gaggle of flat electrics in the gym.
6. A whole bunch of micro Champs and other micros. There were 14 micros in the air at one time.
7. Tom Hatfield's night Vapor with a micro Cub in the background.
8. Jay Thomas's hovering spaceman.
* First Flight - John Louden, flat F-22 electric
* First nitro flight - Ralph McBee, Kaos, after some really bouncy approaches says plane is ready for the next fun fly.
* First plane in the corn field - Bryan Baumer, flat Raven, says he found the max wind speed a Raven will sustain forward flight.
* First person to have to navigate the new fence - Bryan Baumer, because he found the max wind speed a Raven will sustain forward flight.
* First helicopter flight - Ray Courtney, Blade McpX.
1. Ralph McBee's Kaos in #24 scheme.
2. Yes, it is cold and windy and we are flying.
3. Ray Courtney taking off his Blade McpX with the wind blocking the initial liftoff.
4. Matt Shelton preparing for a flight with his Stryker.
5. Parker Hall taking off his Blade McpX.
6. Parker Hall's McpX up right, Ray Courtney's McpX inverted in the farvel maneuver.
7. Lot's of good bean soup, chili and fellowship on a cold and windy New Years day.
1. Bryan Baumer recovering his flat foamie Raven.
2. Tom Hatfield hovering his Parrot drone.
3. Mark Wolf hovering his Blade SR 120.
4. Parker Hall's Blade McpX inverted hover on the floor.
5. Jay Thomas retrieving his Hobby King powered hang glider
6. Don Schmedake's new Hobbico Fokker DR-1 triplane.
7. 3 micros, Don Schmedake's DR-1, Tony Bowling's Champ and Mark Wolf's scratch built indoor flyer.
8. Steve Greer with his dime store rubber band powered plane converted to rc, with micro controls from a previous doomed Albatross. Flies well.
9. Justin Hartsock getting ready to fly his Hobbyzone Champ.
10. Parker Hall hovering his Raven.,
11. Blake McBee flying Parker's Raven.
12. Wild Bill Clontz's self design Edge 540 bipe, after several mods, flies well.
13. Steve Geiger's 4 Site biplane.
14. Bob Wernsing fling one of his Blade CX helicopters.
15. Oops!
16. Blake flying Parker's Raven in low sweeping KE flight.
17. Drew McBee with his flat Raven getting ready to fly.
18. Kendra Prater with her designed pink foam plane. Unfortunately, it had a hard landing.
1. The 2011 December meeting grand prize winners: back row L-R: Scott Sorenson - Micro T-28 / Tom Elson - micro trainer / Raymond Sorenson - $100 at Hobbytown / Drew McBain - Seagull Edge 540 / Don Presdorf - Seagull 1.20 size T-6 Texan / Henry Devenney - Dawg House RC 25% Yak SP-55M / Tom Hatfield - Dawg House RC 25% Yak SP-55M. front row L-R: Tom Carlyle - Nitro Models 60 size P-51 Mustang / Matt Shelton - Seagull Models Cap 232 / not pictured, Don Trosper - $50 at Hobbytown. What a great turnout, we had 56 club members and a total of 75 enjoying the evening meal.
2. They are lining up for all the good food, once again, Joe's smoked ham was really good.
3. Blacksheep Santas Ralph and Tom preparing all the gift bags for unde the tree. Every club member at the meeting got a $10, $20 or $30 Hobbytown card.
4. The line up of grand prizes.
5. One of the tables of enjoying a wonderful meal with friends.
6. Raymond Sorenson, Tony Bowling, Faron Trosper, Don Trosper and Scott Sorenson enjoying the evening.
7. Jaymee Hall and Beth Russell enjoying our meeting, Beth seems to really be enjoying the meeting.
1. Al Hill with his flat Funtana foamie.
2. Rege Hall's fleet for the night.
3. John Louden's micro Corsair taking to the gym skies.
4. Dave Miller with his Parkzone Champ, a very popular indoor flyer.
5. Tom Carlyle getting ready for a flight with his Ember 2.
6. Mark Wolf flying a balloon copter.
7. Ray Courtney flying his Mcx2 through the spinning wheel in his obstacle course he brought Saturday night.
8. Parker Hall flying an Mcx2 through the first trial of the obstacle course.
9. Bob Wernsing flying his Mcx, heading for the obstacle course.
10. Part of the 50+ crowd Saturday night.
11. The other side of the large crowd,
12. A gaggle of flat foamies cruising the gym.
13. Bill Clontz's flat Edge 540, Bill put landing gear on it. A little heavy, but the gear is fun.
14. Drew McBain's flat Turbo Raven.
15. Scott Sorenson hovering Al's flat Katana.
16. Joe Miller using his Air Hogs heli to try and recover Don Curry's micro Corsair from the rafters.
17. Kyle Bushman flying his micro P-51 Mustang.
18. Dave Miller caught this picture of Rege Hall dragging a wing in knife edge.
19. Blake McBee helping out with his falt Sbach, he was able to recover the Corsair and Tom Hatfield's Parkzone Cub from the rafters.
1. Parker Hall hovering his Blade McxP flybarless micro helicopter inverted on the deck.
2. Bob Wernsing hovering his B lade CX helicopter.
3. Jay Thomas with his Ember and Don Trosper with his micro T-28.
4. Carl Blackwell ready to fly his night Vapor.
5. Brennan Miller displaying his flat Yak 55.
6. Blake McBee concentrating on his Sbach 342 locked in a hover.
7. Ray Courtney's Blade McxP flybarless helicopter.
8. Bryan Baumer with his flat Raven.
9. Dillon McBee, Ralph McBee (flying) and Tony Bowling watching a really low pass with a Champ.
10. Brian James with his flat Yak 55.
11. Roger Dohm with is Blade 120 SR.
12. Ryan Gilmore flying his flat Yak 55 built by dad, Richard.
13. Matt Shelton preparing to fly his flat Yak 55.
14. Parker Hall with his flat Raven foamie.
15. Rege Hall's Blast RC micro Chriosten Eagle. Weighs about 1.3 oz and uses radio gear from the micro4 Site. Visit our links page to go to Blast RC website in Fishers, IN.
Club photo after the raffle and awards at Saturday October 22 fun fly. And what a great day for a fun fly. Click here
for pictures and details from the Blacksheep Fall Fun Fly and cookout.
Some photos from last Saturday night at the gym from Travis Trout.
1. Don Curry's PZ Corsair making the rounds arond the gym.
2. Roger Dohm's new Blade 450 3D helicopter.
3. Tom Hatfields hovering flying machine, does cool things and is controlled by an IPhone.
4. Picture from the aircraft displated on his IPhone.
5. New member Carl Blackwell flying his Mcx2.
6. Rege Hall hovering his Great Planes Pluma inches off the floor.
7. Richard Gilmore's falt Yak 55.
8. Blake McBee's flat foam Sbach 342.
9. Ralph McBee's 24" F-22 cruising the gym.
10. Rege Hall's Pluma in a roller.
1. A fleet of Extra's on a wonderful fall afternoon. Pilots L to R: John Lawyer, Rege Hall, Mark Tudor, Al Hill and Ray Courtney. Planes front row L to R: Mark's Extreme Flight Extra 300 EL, Rege's flat foamie Extra 300SP, Mark's Park Zone Extra 300 and Al Hill's Park Zone Extra 300 32 size EL. Back row L to R: John's Great Planes Extra 300SX (30%), Rege's Pilot Extra 300 (42%), Al's Hurley Extra 300 (35%) and Ray's Rich Models Extra 300L (30%).
2. Parker Hall and Nick Shepler flying loose formation with a couple of Phoenix Models Sonics.
3. Bryan Baumer with his flat foamie Raven.
4. Joe Hartsock getting his 4 Star ready to get in a flight in preparation for the upcoming fun fly.
5. Ray Courtney's green Addiction in a hover.
6. Dave Miller and his Pulse.
7. Al Hill's smokin' 100cc Hurley Extra. Really nice against the fall foliage. Powered by a DLE 100cc.
8. Rege Hall's 42% Extra 300, powered by a DA 150.
9. Brendon Miller flying his new flat Yak 55 as dad, Monty, helps on the takeoff.
10. John Lawyer after a flight with his Vista glider, look at at the excitement, great hobby!.
11. Kyle Bushman's red Addiction.
12. Dillon McBee taking to the air with his Super Sportster EL.
13. Tom Carlyle with his Smith Special, a long lived fun fly plane.
14. Bill Clontz with his flat foamie Edge 540.
1. New member Ryan Jones and grand father Wayne, after a flight with Ryan's EDF T-45.
2. Matt Shelton hovering his PA Extra 260 EP
3. Matt retrieving his 260.
4. Rege Hall's GW Sbach 342, powered by a DLE 30cc, plane tumbles more than you can believe.
5. Al Hill getting his Park Zone Extra 300 32 size ready for a flight.
6. Tom Asdale taxiing out his Seagull Decathlon, powered by a 4 stroke.
7. Ray Courtney's Extra 300L, powered by a Turnigy 50cc gas engine.
1. Parker Hall flying a Stratus inverted as a buch of corn husks fly by.
2. Parker's newest foam creation, an SU-29 forward sweep wing, with montsterous control throws, it is wild.
3. Ray Courtney's flat Raven foamie, flies well and easy to see.
4. Ray's T-Rex 250, also bright and easy to see.
5. Steve Greer with his Park Zone P-51 electric after another successful flight.
6. Bill Clontz with his very nice Spectra G helicopter.
1. Bob Wernsing getting some hover time in at our first indoor of the season.
2. Parker Hall's hovering flat Raven foamie.
3. Drew McBain working on his flat foamie F-22, those planes are truly tough.
4. Ralph McBee, John Louden and Tom Carlyle, the slow bunch.
5. Group shot of the bleacher area.
6. Ray Courtney's well lit flat foamie Yak 55.
7. Ray holding plane, it has so many lights, he ha t have a second battery on board.
8. Dave Miller with his Park Zone Green Bay Packer Special Sukhoi SU-26
1. Bill Clontz's bright colored Align 550 electric helicopter.
2. Dillon McBee proudly displays the Super Sportster EP Joe Kosiba won in the raffle and handed over to Dillon.
3. Ralph McBee with his Park Zone Champ, he won at last years indoor raffle.
4. Tom Carlyle readying his Hangar 9 Corsair for a flight. Tom installed air retracts which seem to work well.
5. John Louden with Christopher Bessler getting in some training flights between the showers on Sunday.
6. Dillon doing the dreaded one wheel landing.
7. Scott Sorenson starting his Dawg House RC Yak SP-55M. Not sure what Ray is doing.
8. Ray Courtney with his green Addiction.
9. Justin Hartsock looking over his helicopter, I think and Concept.
10. Steve Greer with his Park Zone PT-19
11. Bryan Baumer's E-Flight P-47 Thunderbolt electric with retracts. Caught here in a very nice landing.
Sunday the 28th was very seasonable temperature wise, but a little windy. Still, ther were many at the field.
1. Joe Kosiba starting his DLE 55 powered Dave Patrick Models Extra 300L
2. Parker Hall's YS powered Stratus back in action.
3. Parker carrying the Stratus back after another exciting flight.
4. Matt Shelton's Super Stick after dropping a parachute.
5. Al Hill's U-Can-Do, what a beautiful site in the beautiful blue skies.
6. Matt Shelton ke'ing his PA Extra 260.
7. John Louden's Stryker Q on a low pass.
8. Parker flying John's Stryker, I think you can call this flying.
9. Matt Shelton getting Mark's orange trainer ready for a flight. Mark is running the throttle.
10. Gary Melkey with his trusty Piper Cherokee.
11. Rege Hall's really slow F-22 flat foamie.
12. Here F-22, here boy!
13. Bill Clontz's very nice Spektra G with it's new worked over Zenoah.
14. Bill bringing the Spektra G back to the pit area.
15. Tom Asdale and Tom Asdale getting in a flight with their stick.
Saturday the 27th of August, the Blacksheep hosted 13 Boy Scouts and 5 Troop leaders from St. Malachi Boy Scout Troop 397. They started out by John providing a talk on how an rc airplane operates. Then, each young aviator wanna be got to fly the simulator (thanks to John and Jay Thomas for bringing extra flight simulators). Finally, each one got time on the sticks with a buddy box. We ran four flight stations. After each youth got to fly, some more than once, the guys flew several demo flights with the Scouts enjoying the flights. A wide variety of planes from foamies and Strykers to helicopter to a P-51 to a Pitts and Extra 330SC flight. They were a very appreciative audience. Then, they each got some more stick time. The weather was great and the clouds and winds held off till we had finished and were cleaning the planes. Once again, another successful event and THANKS to all the members who helped out.
1. Henry Devenney with his Seagull Decathlon he won at the Christmas meeting last year. Powered by an OS 1.60 four stroke twin.
2. Don Trosper with his Hangar Piper Pawnee.
3. Brian James' 30cc MX2.
4. John Lawyer with his Vista glider, John got in many hi-start flights.
5. One of the flyers we share the field with.
6. Matt Shelton's Hangar 9 P-51 Mustang on a low pass during the demo for scouts.
7. Rege Hall's 100cc Extra 330SC on a wild tumble.
8. Extra 330SC caught in knife edge.
9. Rege's Extra 330SC rolling in and smoking during his demo for the scouts.
10. Matt Shelton and Drew McBain training one of the scouts with Matt's plane.
11. Dave Miller and Parker Hall training with Dave's plane.
12. Blake McBee and Ralph McBee training with one of the Bessler's planes.
13. Don Schmedake and Joe Kosiba training with Bessler's other plane.
14. John Louden pointing out the flying to the scouts waiting their turn.
15. Looking down the line of 4 training stations.
16. Matt's trainer in flight.
17. 3 of the 4 trainers caught in the same photo.
18. Blake flying Dillon's Vision 50 with Parker spotting as the scout group looks on.
19. How low can you go? Well, not much lower than that.
20. John Louden's Great Planes Pitts Special. Powered by a Turnigy 50, really nice.
21. John's Pitts with smoke on down the runway.
22. Jack Kirk's recently finished Waco, powered by a 4 stroke.
23. Group photo with the Blacksheep and Boy Scout Troop 397.
1. Dave Miller recovering his bright Raven foamie.
2. John Louden with his custom Rifle, very , very fast with a Mega motor.
3. What a technique!
4. Matt Shelton's Seagull Yak 54 in over the corn for a landing.
5. Al Hill's Aeroworks Extra 300 flies again. Great looking and flying with a DLE 111.
On Saturday the 20th, the Blacksheep and the Screaming Eagles proudly displayed at the Hendricks County Airport Associations Open House. We had many very nice aircraft on display.
1. Mike Girdley taxiing his 1929 Fleet biplane to the display area. Mike rebuilt this from a basket case.
2. Thomas Kahn proudly displaying his Nitro planes EPP foam P-51 Mustang.
3. Bryan Baumer launching his foamie Raven for a flight.
4. Shot of some of the cool planes.
5. Another shot of the ramp area.
6. Larry Ross's very cool turbine powered F-86 Sabre Jet. He started it a couple times and taxied around.
7. Ron Robertson with his turbine powered Bergen helicopter.
8. Parker, Blake and Dillon in the R44 for a ride around the patch.
9. The boys, all smiles after their helicopter ride.
10. Shot of the Blacksheep planes.
11. Scott Sorenson's piped Stick at the field after a day at the airport.
12. Ralph getting his Katana 90 ready for a flight.
13. Parker Hall hovering his foamie Raven.
14. Dillon McBee getting ready to fly his foamie Raven.
15. Group shot of the Blacksheep and Screaming Eagles at the Hendricks County Airport Open Hose.
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