SQUADRON NEWS
Black Sheep R/C Modeler's Club, Inc. AMA 3032 Danville, Indiana

Next Meeting: May 7th at the field.
April 2008 Meeting Minutes
Recorded by club secretary, Tom Carlyle
The April 2008 club meeting was held on April 2, 2008 at the club flying site. President Rege Hall called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. About 31 members were present.
President's Report
- Rege announced that the IMAC Instructional was a success. Turn out was good...about 29 people showed up. At one time, there were about 46 registered participants and Blacksheep club members in the clubhouse. Check out the club website for more information and photos.
Vice President's Report
- No report.

Treasurer's Report
- John reported on the clubs funds. Contact John Louden if you've already paid your 2008 dues and haven't received a club membership card. John also mentioned that he purchases some additional chairs for the clubhouse.

Secretary's Report
- No report.

Field Marshal's Report
- No report.

Safety Coordinator's Report
- No report.

New Members/Guests
- Dave Miller is a new member.
- Guests present were Brian Baumer and Brian McFaren

Old Business
- As approved at the last meeting, John Louden reported that he purchased additional chairs for the clubhouse.
- Warbird Fly In - This event is still slated for June 29th. Any type of plane will be permitted to fly during the event, provided it's decorated with some type of military markings. Rege reminded everyone that we will need volunteers to man the event. If you're interested in helping out during the event, please contact Rege or any club officer.
- Rege announced that he checked with the town of Danville about getting running water for the flying site. He reported that the initial connection would cost $800 and then there would be a monthly cost of about $35. It was decided that we would not connect to the city's water supply.
- The Hendrick's County Fair still wants us to set up a display. Rege reported that there is not enough room for a flying demonstration for this event, but we still plan to set up a static display booth. The event is scheduled for July 20th.

New Business
- The club's Spring Fun Fly will be held on May 17th. More details during next month's meeting.
- Rege reported that there will be a Red Bull Air Race in Detroit, MI on May 31st and June 1st.
- The club will conduct it's first Adopt-A-Highway cleanup of the year on Saturday, May 19th. We plan to meet at the flying site at 8:30 to get organized and start the clean up at 9:00. All members are encouraged to participate. We need at least 18 members to help with the actual trash pickup, but with more, the job gets done sooner. We also need members with vans to help transport participants along the cleanup route and to bring bottled water to the highway for the participants.
- Rege Hall reported that Advantage Hobby has offered our club a discount of on purchases if we send them a roster list and e-mail addresses. In return, members will receive a 3% discount on purchases. On an annual basis, they will mail the club a check in the amount of 1% of all the purchases made by our members. Advantage Hobby indicates they will not sell the e-mail addresses but will use them only to send additional discount coupons to our members. Members may unsubscribe from the mailing list at any time. The club voted to send Advantage Hobby the roster and participate in this program.
- Rege announced that he added a rod to the frequency board for members using 2.4 GHz radios. Please make sure to put a pin with your name on it on the rod whenever you are flying with a 2.4 GHz radio.
- The field parking area will be extended to the west when the ground firms up. Waste Management will supply the gravel and labor.
- It was reported that we should reserve the Twin Bridges Lodge for our December 2008 meeting as soon as possible. Apparently dates are stating to fill up.
- There was a suggestion that we might want to look into applying for a TAG grant from AMA. TAG is a youth program sponsored by AMA. John Louden reported that other TAG events have been quite large and that he thought we didn't have enough room for such an event. In lieu of applying for a TAG event, we discussed hosting some smaller event for some youth organizations from the area...such as Boy or Girl Scouts, church youth groups, etc. More details to follow.

Show and Tell
- Wayne Jones brought his new Thunder Mustang. It's a small electric powered model of a ž Mustang. It weighs 20 ounces, has a 40 inch wingspan and is covered in blue, white and yellow.
- Rege Hall showed us his 89 inch Extra. It's powered by a 3MM-53 gas engine. Really nice looking plane. Rege is controlling it with a 2.4 GHz radio system.

Presentation
Joe Hartsock gave a presentation about 2.4 GHz radio systems. Joe said that an article he read indicated that anything conductive in the area of the receivers could block the transmitted signal. Any wires, carbon fiber material, metal pushrods, etc., in the line of sight between the transmitter and receiver could block the radio signal. Also, if using 2.4 GHz radios in planes with carbon fiber fuselages, be sure to perform a very thorough radio check before flying the plane. The article suggested that a good clean radio installation, with wires neatly run from receivers to servos/batteries, should avoid any problems with signal blockage.

With no more club business, the meeting was adjourned.

The May club meeting will be held at the club flying site club house on Wednesday, May 7th. With the May meeting, per the Club By-Laws, we move to summer meeting times. The May meeting will start at 7:30 p.m.

One last reminder, please support your local hobby shops. Thank you, HobbyTown in Castleton and Dawg House Hobbies in Brownsburg, for extending a discount to our club for our monthly raffle prizes.
Meeting notes form the December 2007 meeting:
We had approximately 40 members at the meeting

As a club we should be very proud of the generosity of all our members. Lots of toys for the Methodist Childrens Home and food for the Shared Blessings Food Pantry. It is really special to help out those less fortunate than ourselves.

Randy Schwersenska from the Johnson County RC Flyers at Camp Atterbury. He gave a presentation on Senior Pattern Association (SPA). The JCRCF is going to hold a sanctioned SPA event in August 2008. Check out a link to SPA website on our links page. Senior is for the airplanes, not the pilots.

We voted to have the January meeting at the during the January 1st Fly In.

We also voted to have the remaining indoor meetings at the field

Tim Landon presented the idea to host an IMAC event for introduction to IMAC and asked for a vote for him and several other club members to host an IMAC school at our field on Saturday March 29, 2008. He will be in charge of the event. He has invited some IMAC guys to put on a class on what IMAC is and how to fly. Everyone is welcome, and the club voted ok, with the condition that the field not be closed for the event. It has been determined that there should be plenty of air space for members to fly if they wish and IMAC demos.

The January 1st Fly In and Soup Lunch is scheduled for Tuesday January 1st.

We then had a great sub sandwhich and pitch in supper.

We ended the meeting with the annual December drawings, every member in attendance took home a nice prize.

See you January 1st. Have a great Holiday Season!

Notes from the October meeting:
35 members in attendance, what a great turn out.

Two new members introduced

- Reminder that the Fun Fly is this Saturday the 6th.
- Swap shop to start at 9:00 am
- Lunch at 11:30 am, bring your families and lawn chairs, and a dessert or side dish
- Fun Fly event flying starts at 12:30 pm
- List of events, rules and days activities were handed out
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Notes from the August meeting:
28 members present, including two new members and a couple guests

Welcome to new members John & Jade Dottenwhy

The following items were points of discussion:
- Everyone in favor of a club fun fly on Saturday August 18th. Cookout 11:00 - 12:00 and flying events after lunch
- Everyone in favor of our Fall Fun Fly for Saturday the 6th of October.
- Tim Landon brought the idea of a events coordinator in order to host more events at the field. Several ideas like a warbirds day, IMAA or IMAC fly in. We agreed to look at more events and anyonw is welcome to bring up an event to the club. All events will be at a club vote.
- Weir Thurman volunteered to take over the newsletter and give Tom a hand. Tom has done a great job and his work has really kept him busy.
- John Edwards brought up the idea to purchase a new large windsock and pole to place at the west end of the pit area. After some discussion, a vote in favor was noted. John will get the windsock.
- Rege noted that the new club tee shirts will be in any day. They are gray with the corsair on left front chest and the full logo on the back, they will be $10 each for any size.
- We also voted in favor of getting a pair of walkie talkies to leave at the field. They are to be used when trying to locate downed aircraft
- Kenny Seyster reminded everyone of the International Radio Control Helicopter Association's annual rally is 9 - 12 August at the National Flying Site in Muncie.
- A reminder of thanks to Raplh McBee for donating the new computer in the clubhouse, Joe Kosiba for donating a Real Flight 2 simulator and Bob Wernsingg for donating a larger monitor. Thanks!
- Tim also reminded everyone that Scott Sorenson is now open at his shop in Brownsburg. Very reasonable priced and will deliver on Saturday afternoons. Check the links page for his website
- Show N Tell:
* Joe Hartsock showed his newly finished Phoenix Models Extra 260. It is powered by an OS Max .91 four stroke. Has yet to fly, plans to this weekend.

* John Louden showed his Hobby Lobby Projeti. 30,000 + rpm and we know at least 118 mph. Makes a really cool sound in flight.
Meeting adjourned, see you at the field!
Notes from the May meeting:
36 members and 4 guests present, a wonderful night for a meeting
New members: Ray Turner, Erik Cohee, Terry Hatfield and Tony Graber and welcome back Lynn Kelly and Greg Runyon.

Open disscusison:
Thanks to everyone who helped out on Adopt-A-Hiway day and working on the field. Good turn out, but can still use more fro the hiway cleanup.
Club spring fun fly is Saturday the 19th of May. We will have a cook out, fly some events and host the swap shop. Bring our own tables, or use a pick-up bed. The picnic tables are first come first serve. Tell all your friends. Also, the entry fee for the day is an item(s) for the Hendricks County Food Pantry. This is the only regular operating food pantry in Hendricks County and they need our help.
The July meeting will be a quick meeting with a family cookout and get together. Please let us know how many you think will attend, club will get the meat and drinks. Maybe even a few fireworks after dusk.

Joe Kosiba showed the new Kubota mower the club just purchased. Very nice addition and cuts the runway mow time in less than half. We are going to sell the old white mower and non-hydrostat red mower. This will off set the cost of the new one.

General reminders: 1) always check the frequency board before turning on any radio 2) Watch for and avoid full scale traffic 3) In the advent of computer radios that have multi plane capability, be sure to check the direction of controls before you take off.

Sow-N-Tell:
* Tony Bowling showed his newly completed Great Planes Pet-N-Poke. powered by a 4 sttroke, very nice job.
* John Louden showed his almost ready to cover, 87" wing span, approximately 1500 sq in of wing area and powered by a converted 41 cc weed eater engine. Can hardly wait to see it fly.
See yo at the next meeting.

Meeting Notes from the February meeting - none, weather canceled meeting.
Meeting Notes from the January 2007 meeting:
16 members present
President Rege Hall passed on several manufacturers offers sent to the website.
Provided dates for the Great Planes E-Fest in February and the swap shop on January 13th at Matoon, IL.
Weir Thurman showed the fallen members honor placque. Will now go to Ted Snelson for the laser engraving.
Show-N-Tell:
1) Joe Kosiba showed his new Hawk 60, powered by a Tower Hobbies 60. Deene built and covered and Rege did all the trimming, very nice.
2) Nick Shepler showed a recently procured OS Max 1.60 twin four stroke engine. A very nice looking engine, Nick says it may go into a Four Star 1.20.
3) Weir Thurmnan showed his first ever ARF, a Hangar 9 Funtana X 50 sized. Electric powered of course.
Although there were only 16 members present, it was a good meeting. Lots of hanger talk and discussions about Christmas gifts. We had a demonstartion of hooling up pull-pull cables on Joe's Hawk. Also, John finished out a new members ARF trainer.
See you at the next meeting.
Meeting notes from November meeting:
Presidents report - none
Vp report - none
Treasurers report - we have money
Secretery report - none
Field Marshall report - Joe reported that another 400 pounds of ferilizer and urea (for the grubs) has been put down. Also, for the winter, please mow witht he mower decks one notch higher.
- A discussion regarding full scale aircraft took place, we are all reminded that when close to a full scale airport, we should fly no higher than 400 feet, with a spotter and at all costs avaoid full scale traffic. This is per FAA Advisory Circular 91-57, from which the AMA guidelines are derived.
- All in favor of holding our anuual New Years Day Fly In on January 1st.
- Reminder for the December meeting, bring an-wrapped toy for Project Angel. Bring a snack or side dish, club provides pizza and pop. Also, remember, everyone gets a year end prize. The more club activities you attended during the year, the more chances for the grand prizes.
- Breifly talked about a swap shop and indoor fly in, not much interest. No further action.
- 2007 club dues are the same as in the past several years, $30 for individual and $45 for family
- Talked about need for training guidelines. We will put together a club recommmended training regine for those who are interested.
- It was also brought up the difficulty of getting trainers at certain times, consequently, the club traainer list is being updated with several that have volunteered.
- A note of concern, Jim Huddleston is now in rehab after having multiple by-pass heart surgery. Send Jim a card, he'll enjoy it.
- Loren Wilbur volunteered to make a "crying towell" plaque for each months voted worst landing.
- Ted Snelson provided artist renderings of the fallen Blacksheep Memorial plaque. Weir volunteered to provide a piece of walnut in which the missing man formation will be laser etched on it. Cost is $120, all voted in favor.
- 2007 Officer nominations:
President: Rege Hall / Bob Wernsing
Vice president: Deene Vanmeter / Alan Hill
Treasurer: John Louden / Weir Thurman
Secretary: Tom Carlyle / Weir Thurman
Field Marshall(two positions): Joe Kosiba / Tony Bowling / Loren Wilbur
Safety Officer: Don Schmedake / Loren Wilbur
Election committee (vote counters): Joe Hartsock & Ralph McBee
Voting will be by ballo at the December meeting. For those who can not make it or wish to vote absentee, Tom Carlye will send ballots out. They MUST be returned to Tom in a sealed envelope no later than 4-Dec-06.
Show N Tell: * Tim Landon showed his newly acquired Wild Air Extra 330LX. 84" wing span and plans to power it with a G-62 * Rege Hall showed a recently finished 60 sized Great Planes Sukhoi SU-31. White with red and blue trim, powered by a Super Tiger 90. ##Meeting adjourned.
AMA / Boy Scouts Trainer Day at Muncie - Saturday, October 13 - Tom Carlyle

I left for Muncie around 6:00 a.m. Saturday. When I left Brownsburg, it was about 30 degrees, with little to no wind. When I arrived in Muncie around 7:45, it was still cold and the winds were light. By the time we were taken to the flight line, it hadn't warmed much and the winds were starting to increase. By 9:00 a.m. the winds had grown quite strong...20 mph with higher gusts. It was great kite flying weather! But, I knew it wasn't going to be very good model airplane flying weather.

AMA intended for us to fly some little 3-channel electrics, but they would have blown away in all that wind. We ended up flying glow engine powered LT-40s, and even they were a real hand full. Take off required a helper to hold the airplane on the runway while the pilot ran the engine up to full throttle. Then the helper would let go and the pilot would do his best to keep the plane from turning over on the run way before a 5-10 foot runout could be accomplished to get the plane in the air. Sometimes that worked...sometimes we went out on the runway and retreived a plane that had been overturned by the wind. Landings were another matter. I've never made, or seen, so many bad landings in my life, at least not on one day. We all had to literally fly the planes onto the ground by using down elevator. Then they bounced, and bounced, and ... well you get the picture. The winds were so strong that the planes just wouldn't stop flying. Once they were on the ground, the wind usually blew them over or pushed them so much you couldn't taxi them. By the end of the day, the 10 inch props we started with were all down to 9 about inches. Every plane, at some time during the day, had the prop strike the blacktop runway at full throttle during take off which would grind off part of the prop tip. It was absolutely the worst flying conditions I've every attempted to fly in, and hopefully I'll never have to fly in those type of conditions again.

I teamed up with District VI AVP Frank Roales from Vincennes. He's quite an interesting fellow and quite likable. We started flying at 9:00 a.m. and didn't get to take a break until 11:30. Both of us were chilled to the bone and our fingers were so stiff that we couldn't have flown for much longer. We let someone else take over for us while we grabbed some lunch and something warm to drink and tried to warm up. The rest room was about the only warm place we could find. Of course, we didn't want to hang out in the rest room, but the respit from the wind and cold sure made it tempting. Just about the time we got back to the flight line, around noon, AMA shut the flight line down for a group a guys from Henry County who flew some giant scale warbirds. They flew a Hellcat, a Zero, and a Skyraider. They also brought out a Corsair during the morning, but it apparently had something wrong with it. The pilot took it up some time between 8:00 and 9:00 for a test flight, made one lap, landed it, and put it away. Following the Giant Scale guys, Dennis Crooks flew his turbine powered Eurofighter. I can't get over how those turbines sound. What a rush! I found this photo on the Internet of Dennis with his jet.

Before the event started, I bumped into Scott Black from the Plainfield Screaming Eagles. I don't know where he ended up working that day, but I didn't see him again. He may have been working in the flight simulator tent working out of the wind. During the giant scale/jet demonstration, I bumped into two guys from Indy RC South but I don't recall their names. I've met both of them before; I think they were both at the City Wide we hosted a couple of years ago.

We started back up at about 12:30. Frank and I flew until about 2:30 and then both of said we'd had enough flying. Our hands were cold, our brains were drained, and neither of us wanted to trust our attention spans for much longer. Frank had crashed one of the trainers earlier in the afternoon and I think it affected his confidence. With others replacing us as the flight line, Frank and I helped service planes (refuel, check/change batteries, wipe down), handled the crowd of boys (and girls) waiting in line, and attempted to keep pedestrians out of the the flight area. The latter item was quite the challenge. AMA should have marked off the area better to keep people out of the flight area. I really think some people would have walked directly across the middle of the runways if we hadn't gotten their attention and steered them around. They still walked across the field at both ends of the runways, barely staying off the blacktop.

At about 2:45, a full scale Black Hawk helicopter landed on the field behind the flight line. We had to shut down flying while the Black Hawk came in. By 3:00, we were back at it again. The day was supposed to end at 4:00, but there were still about 50 boys in line, so we kept going. Finally, AMA shut it down at about 4:40 because the Black Hawk needed to leave. I stuck around to assist with cleanup and packing. I Finally got on the road home shortly after 5:00 and arrived at home a little before 7:00.

I would guess I had the sticks for over 2-1/2 hours that day, and in all, spent about 4-1/2 hours concentrating on a flying airplane. By the end of the day, my brain was spent, my body was tired, stiff, and aching from looking up, and my legs and feet were sore from standing and walking around all day. Oh, and I was cold! I don't think I warmed up until about 9:00 that evening. But, it was a great deal of fun and I'm glad I volunteered. I will probably volunteer to do it again next year if they have the same type of event. I hope the weather is better next year.
Notes from the September meeting - 43 members and a couple guests in attendance, what a wonderful evening!:
President Rege Hall called meeting to order at 7:30 pm
No VP Report
Secretery Tom Carlyle quickly read the minutes from the August meeting
Treasurer John Louden provided a brief financial statement.
Field Marshall Joe Kosiba had a family emergnecy and was unable to atend. Tony Bowling reported that we should go back to the mowing schedule as posted. Also noted thta Joe had put down 400 pounds of fertilizer on the runway. Where's the rain when we need it?
New Business:
- Two new members were introduced. Graham Bitner and Dave Hammick
- It is with great sadness that long time club member Don Elkins passed away last Thursday. Our thoughts and prayers should go to his family.
- Dave Phelps has been admitted to the hospital for internal bleeding. They are running more tests to determine the cause.
- The October meeting will be at the field at 7:00 pm with no cookout, as we are having the big fall cookout on Saturday the 7th.
- November through April meetings will be held at the Twin Bridges Lodge.
- A discussion and vote to buy a new, larger grill was passed. John Edwards will keep his eye out at Menards for a grill. We voted to spend up to $300 for a grill
- Deene reminded everyone that we are still trying the building nights, and to bring anything at all.
Old Business:
- Reminder that 2007 officer nominations are scheduled for the November meeting and elections at the December meeting.
- The Fall Fun Fly is Saturday October 7th. Cookout for club members and families.
---Members should bring a side dish or dessert
---Guests are welcome, to fly and eat
---We will start cooking around 11:00 am to eat at 11:30 am.
---Open flying all morning, we will start the events right after our lunch.
---Events for everyone:
---1) Time Over Target
---2) Blacksheep Scramble
---3) Crapshoot
---4) Bomb's Away (if time permits)
---5) Pony Express
--- And Deene's favorite as an exhibition event, Musical Pylons
Show-N-Tell:
* Tom Carlyle showed his newly finished Nitro Model's Lanceair. Very nice red, white and blue scheme and is powered by an OS .46.
* Bill England showed his newly finished Hawk 60. Very nice multi shade blue flame design. Powered by a Tower Hobbies .75 and flies geat.
Raffle and meeting adjourned. Back to the flying, we flew till we could not see.
Notes from the May 3rd meeting - 31 members and a few guests present:
President Rege Hall called the meeting to order at approximately 7:00 pm
Welcome a new member: Allen Hill from Danville. He is one of the Fed Ex guys.
First note of business was to introduce our guest, Mr. Brad Eisenhart from Waste Management.
- Brad provided details of our impending move to the new field.
1) Our move is planned for an Open House Day on Saturday May 20th at 11:00 am
2) Waste Management will provide hamburgers and hot dogs, we should bring side dishes and desserts
3) Waste Management will move the porta-let and the blue barn.
4) Deene has stepped up and taken over communications with Brad and Waste Management until the move is complete.
5) We will move the bleachers, picnic tables, mowers, and flag poles ourselves.
6) We chose Wednesday night the 17th of May to meet at the field and get everything moved over.
- Other New Business:
- A motion was made, seconded and all in favor vote counted to have a cook out prior to each outdoor club meeting. Estimated costs to the club are approximately $30. The club will provide burgers, dogs and buns. Memebers are encouraged to bring a side dish or dessert.
- Lutz said he had a 42" Craftsman mower for sale. Joe Kosiba will look at it and make a determination and report back to the club
- Bob Wernsing and Joe Kosiba discussed the planned auction for PT Bob's hobby stuff. It was decided that we would advertise the auction for Saturday June 3rd. I beleive at the field. We will notify surrounding clubs as well as send notices to all our club members.
- Wayne mentioned that Francis Feeny is home from the hospital from having a leg amputated. Suggested club members might send a get well note.
---Francis Feeney
---5550 Audobon Ridge
---Indianapolis, IN 46250
- We discussed and voted to forego our usual attempt at a spring fun fly or swap shop this year due to the move and everything else going on. We will fly for fun every chance we get and hopefully after the auction on June 3rd.
- We will choose a date for our fall fun fly later in the year.
- Tim Landon has invited Mark Fadely to come fly his helicopters at our Open House Day at the new field
- Tim also has made contact with Mike McConville regarding coming over and flying for the club. We decided to make this a pre-meeting event rather than for Opening Day.
Show N Tell:
1) Joe Kosiba showed his Dragon Lady that he had finsihed back before Christmas, also mentioned it is for sale, but I did not get the price.
2) Bob Grothe showed his Hog Bipe from a Sig kit. Powered by an OS .61, nice looking plane.
3) Wayne Jones showed his 1989 Byron T-34 that he competed in the 1990 Scale Masters. He then demonstrated the retract landing gear with sequencing gear doors.
Meeting adjourned and it was back to some flying and hanger flying.
Minutes from the February Meeting: 28 members in attendance
President Rege Hall called the meeting to order at 7:10 pm (Treasurer John Louden was late)
VP Report - Deene had nothing this month
Treaurers report - according to treasurer John, we have money and are getting more for dues for 2006.
Secretery report - Tom gave a brief review of last months minutes and reminded everyone that dues are due. He also noted that we are slightly down in the number of memberships at this date as compared to last year.
Field report - Rege and Ralph gave a brief update of teh new field
- We have been asked to refrain from flying at the new field until the field is eady to handover to us and we get AMA insurance in place.
- Ralph reported that the wiring is ready for inspection and he was getting in touch with Brad to arrange for the inspection.
- After that is completed, we are ready to insulate and sheet rock. Sheet rock is already here.
- We have had several requests to place some outside outlets higher up, Ralph indicated no problem.
NEW BUSINESS -
* For the March meeting, we will have swap shop. Bring your stuff and there are plenty of tables there to set up. No cost to swap, and tell your friends. No business scheduled.
* John and Rege presented several flyers form area clubs events.
* The Rolls-Royce Heritage Foundation is opening their February meeting up to local area modelers. You are invited to come see the Heritage Museum, lots of old aircraft engines to look at, and have some pizza.
* We will look at our fall fun fly date wise and other events later on.
OLD Business:
* Francis Feeney is now home form the hospital. Wayne Jones suggested everyone dropm him an e-mail or quick note as he would enjoy hearing form us.
Show N Tell
+ Mark Berube showed his newly finished Great Planes 29% Christen Eagle. Powered by a Fuji 50 with a Sullivan Skywriter smoke pump. Even has the flyin gwires, very nice. Nothing more beautiful than a Christen Eagle with smoke on a bright blue sky.
+ Wayne Jones has something every month. This month was a scratch built Mitchell B-25 from his own drawings. A pair of OS .35's power it. Very nice.
+ Jonathan Rifkin had a large stick type aircraft that was owned by Chuck Himlert. He has recovered and added a bomb bay and had a camera in it at the meeting. I beleive it is powered by a 25 cc gas engine.
The raffle was held and then John Louden provided the program on how our radios work. Very interesting. Had great graphics.
Meeting adjopurned, see you at the swap shop next month.
Meeting Minutes form January meeting:
36 members in attendance
President Rege Hall called meeting to order at 7:00 pm
Treasures Report: We have money!
Secretaries Report: Tom indicated no notes were taken at the December meeting due to the part.
NEW BUSINESS:
Club Instructors - After taking a volunteer count, the following are considered "official" instructors:
- Tom Trout (available during the days on occasions)
- Weir Cook
- Nick Shepler
- Parker Hall
- Don Schmedake
- Deene Vanmeter
- Joe Kosiba
- Jonathan Rifkin
If any one else would like to offer their services, please get in touch with Tom Trout or any club officer.
Field Marshall - As we discovered in meeting notes form early 2005, Joe Kosiba was listed as back up to PT Bob. Joe has agreed to accept the position. Joe, Thank you.
John asked Ted Snelson to design a plaque to honor of our fallen members.
Rege and John led a lively discussion regarding radio interference and some of our standard practices at the field.
Tom Carlyle reviewed the 2006 AMA safety code. There were a few minor changes for this year. This is a yearly requirement to retain our Gold club status and a good idea.
Wayne Jones pointed out that Francis Feeney was at home and would enjoy hearing from guys.
Nick Shepler wrote an article for the last newsletter, if any one would like to contribute, please get your contribution to Tom Carlyle or myself.
Show-N-Tell
John Walters showed his E-Flight electric 370 brushless powered Ultimate biplane.
Cody Horn showed his E-Flight elecitrc helicopter. He also hovered a little after the meeting
Jonathan Rifkin showed the Great Planes 1/12th scale Corsair that he won at the fall fun fly. Is powered by an OS .25 FX
Joe Kosiba showed a Tower Hobbies .75 powered Model Tech Dragon Lady.
Ralph McBee showed his Kaos that he stripped all the covering from and recovered it with Monocote in Jeff Gordon #24 paint scheme.

Raffle:
1) gallon of fuel - Cody Horn
2) epoxy glue - Joe Hartsock
3) Ca glue, glue - Joe Kosiba
Meeting was called at approximately 8:00 for some more hanger flying before heading home.
November Meeting Notes:
28 members were present
No treasurers report or secretary report were presented
One new member was at the meeting, Welcome Greg Nash from Brownsburg.
New Business:
Announced the passing of Bob "PT Bob" Stephens. He lost his battle with cancer after a very long fight. He will be missed.
After several ideas of how to memorialize his memory, it was decided to get a plaque with a missing man formation on top and add names to it as they pass. This way we can honor all fallen or missing Blacksheep club members.
Dues for 2006 will remain at $30 for single and $45 for a family membership.
The December meeting is our annual party and the big drawing night. Please bring a snack or side dish or desert. The club is providing pizza and pop. Also, please remember Project Angel, if you desire, bring an un-wrapped toy or clothing item to give to Project Angel and make some unfortunate child a Merry Christmas. The drawing will be as last year, several big prizes and lots of smaller ones. You received one chance for every club function that you attended during 2005.
Rolls-Royce is hosting a open house for the local model clubs at the Heritage Museum at Rolls-Royce Plant 5 on Wednesday night February 22. More details later for anyone interested.
A reminder to everyone that AMA dues are alos due by the end of the year and it is a requirement to fly at the Blacksheep Squadron field.
A reminder regarding January 1, 2006. As in the past we will fly on the first, regardless of weather, may be a lot of hanger flying and chili consumeing, that is yet to be determined. Plan to flay around noon if weather incliamte, if not, fly all you want. We will have some kind of raffle prize for all the hearty soles who show up.
Deene thanked Ralph McBee for his leader role in working on the new clubhouse, it is coming along well.
Rege Hall dropped off "Certificates of Flight" for the Cub Scouts who flew RC planes for the first ime on Saturday. Brad Eisenhart asked me to pass along THANKS to everyone who helped.
Also in talking to Brad, the move to the new field is still on for late spring or early summer. The new runway has been fertilized and Waste Management has been mowing it on a regular basis.
We adjourned to the raffle and Show-N-Tell:
1) Rege Hall showed one wing that is completed form his 37% Katana. It is a 108" wing span and is powered by a 3W 106 twin with a 28x10 Beila carbon fiber prop. Will fly before Thanksgiving.
2) John Louden talked a little albout his Electric power Telemaster. He had a 16x8 electric prop from APC to show.
3) Maurice Unversal had a 25 cc Homelite conversion. Said a friend built it.
4) Bob Wernsing showed a Sig Somethin' Extra done up in a very attractive 1997 Jeff Gordon Rainbow Warrior paint scheme.
5) Wayne Jones showed a Fokker DXXI that he competed with in scale in the early 1990's. As usual of Wayne's projects, this one is very nice. It is self designed and scratch built. Powered it with a twin glo plug Saito 1.20 four stroke.
The raffle was held and then Rege Hall gave a demonstration on how to cut and apply checker boarding. Very informative and showed how easy it is.
Meeting adjourned. See you at the field.

October 2005 Meeting Notes:
20 members were present
Bob Stephens gave a brief on the new field activity. Waste Management has already purchased some lumber and other supplies for the new clubhouse with more to come. Th eelectrical meter is set. Foreman Ralph has already started some work. Any interested parties should contact him directly. Our plan to move to the new field is still set for sometime next spring.
John reported that the state has finally got our sign to post on our stretch of the hiway. They will have it installed within the next two weeks. On that note, our next hiway cleanup day is Saturday October 29th. Meet at the field at 9:30 am and start clean-up by 10:00. The more people we get, the quicker it can be done. The same people always do this, let's get everyone!
The fun fly is Saturday October 22 at the field. Flying starts anytime with lunch (club will provide burgers and dogs, everyone is encouraged to bring chips or some side dish) around 11:30 and events start at 1:00 pm. The events are designed for everyone to participate what ever thier skill level.
Reminder of the December meeting, we will again support Project Angel at the Danville United Methodist Church, this is a great opportunity to make some deserving childs Christmas a good one.
The third Monday in January, we have been asked to bing some planes to show and talk about to the Northview Christian Church Youth Group. More details as the time gets nearer.
We have added a mower to our fleet. A 40" deck / 12.5 hp Husky. We procured it for a mere $225 and it appears to be in excellent condition. Will certainly be welcome when we move the new field.
Welcomed new member Mark Berube from Indianapolis to our ranks.
Show-N-Tell:
1) Wayne Jones showed his simple wheeled flight box carrier. He says it will be good for folks when we move to the new field.
2) John Louden showed his new hand held GPS receiver. It is sall enough to put on even a Hawk. It will record flight path, average airspeed, max airspeed, max altitude, etc. A neat toy, and he has not got lost since he got it.
Raffle held and meeting adjourned! See you at the field.
September 2005 Meeting Notes:
36 members were present
Rege Hall, Deene Vanmeter and Bob Stephens provided an update on the new flying field. A list of materials has been put together and will be presented to Brad at Waste Management. Waste Management has asked us to provide a list of materials we need to prepare the new field and new clubhouse.
The board nominated Ralph MacBee for new clubhouse foreman and the members approved by vote. Ralph will be be the lead on completing the new clubhouse.
PT Bob will be the lead on the actual field moving and coordination with Waste Management.
Our move will most likely be in the spring. We will have a ceremony to lower the flag, take-off from the field with a couple planes and fly to the new field, land and raise the flag. Waste Management plans to invite the press.
PT Bob is picking up a meter and electricity should be to the new field in a week or two.
Reminder of the upcoming events in the area, see the events calender page
The club fun fly is scheduled for Saturday October 15th, with back-up date of the 16th.
Show-N-Tell:
1) Bob Groeth showed a very nice Top Flight Gold Edition P-39 Air Cobra. Powered by an OS .61 and is coverd with tan Monocote and then spray paint applied over it for the camoflouge.
2) Wayne Jones showed a self designed and scratch built F-84 Thunderstreak. The aircraft has a Dynamax ducted fan with an OS .91 for propulsion. The aircraft is done up in Thunderbird scheme and has retracts, flaps and brakes. Very nice plane.
We adjourned and said see you everyone next meeting.
August 2005 Meeting Notes:
30 members were present
First note is a reminder to pick up rubber bands, cigarette butts and other trash.
The City Wide is Saturday August 20th at the Indianapolis RC CLub way out east on Hiway 52. Detail sheets were handed out. Also, a link is on our home page. Gates open at 7:30, practice starts at 8:00, pilots meeting at 9:30 and competetion starts at 10:00. We need every one ther to defend our title!
The Mt. Comfort Indianapolis Air Show is the 27th and 28th. We will not fly models there, although if anyone is interested, the South Side Club have offered a couple tables space for any of our members to display.
Rege flew at the new field and reports it is fairly smooth, but has some bare spots. All in all, it is very close to being ready to move to. We will make the move when notified by Waste Management.
Big Bob offered a challenge to anyone interested to cover their next model in a NASCAR scheme. Then at any meeting between now and he January meeting, bring your plane, we will get a picture. Or, bring your plane to the January meeting. We will get some sort of prize for the best as voted by club members.
We have the Tower Hobbies frequency scanner now. John is working on a display to go over the the frequency pin board that will light up the channels that are in use.
The new hats are here: $5 for a hat and $10 for a shirt, any size. Pay a club officer or put your money in the coffee can in the fridge. Or, pay at the next meeting.
Show-N-Tell:
Joe Kosiba showed a Phoenix Models Sonic. A .25 sized airplane that Joe threw in an old OS 40. Flies well.
Joe also showed his Goldberg Matrix 40. A good looking and good flying plane. Joe reported not a great hardware package.
PT Bob Stephens showed his MDS .28 powered Wild Wiz. Covered in neon pink and green on top and black bttom. Flies like a Wiz! Also, Bob's first covering job.
*Don Schmedake showed his scratch built Proto Bipe. A RCM plans stagger wing bipe. Don powers it with an ASP 80 four stroke. Nice custom graphics.
We then adjourned for the raffle and had a popcicle. See you next month.
July 2005 Meeting notes:
Since this was a family cookout meeting, the meeting was kept short.
46 members were present
Over 70 were in attendance all together for the cookout, what a great turn out and what great weather.
Rege Hall, Deene Vanmeter and Bob Stephens discussed the future move to the new flying field. Looks like it will be late fall or next spring before we move. Brad asked us to fly a little at the new field and let them know what we need. Waste Management will move everything over to the new field except the heater in the clubhouse and benches and tables.
Everyone is reminded of the City Wide Fun Fly on August 20th hosted by the Eastside Club.
The "Christmas ion July" raffle was held. Jonathon Rifkin won the 1/12th scale Great Planes Corsair and Maurice Unversaul won the gallon of fuel.
Show-N-Tell:
1) Wayne Jones displayed his 1/3 scale J-3 Cub. It is covered with fabric and is powered by a Zenoah G45. Has Wayne and his wife as the pilots.
2) John Louden showed his Little Stick EP. 30" wing span and powered by a 370 brushless motor. It is covered with Nelson Lite film, John was less than impressed with the material.
3) George Louden showed his Burrito fun fly plane, very manueverable. Powered by a MVVS .45.
June Metting notes:
Once again we were blessed with good weather to get in some flights, and many did.
A very large turn out tonight, we had 38 members present.
First order of business tonight was the naming of Bob Stephens as Field Marshall. John Edwards resigned due to other committments.
We voted to have a family cookout at the July meeting. Club will get burgers, dogs and buns. Members are encouraged to bring a side dish or a dessert to share. Also, included in the regular meeting raffle will be the new Great Planes ARF 1/12th scale Corsair.
The club has been asked if we would participate in a Hendricks County project to send every young student to school with school supplies. After some discussion, we decided to have everyone bring a dollar (more if you wish) and we will buy some pencils and paper in bulk to present in the name of our club.
Next, we voted to purchase one of the newly released Hobbico frequency scanners for the club. If it works well, we can get another unit.
Our evening discussion was mostly safety related. Just a few reminders to everyone and several safety stories to drive home the point. Here are a few reminders:
- Do not fly over the pit or spectator area. All flying should be over the runway or north of the runway.
- If there are several pilots in the air at the same time, please have a spotter and be courteous to the other pilots.
- If someone is mowing the runway, hold off flying till the runway is finsihed.
- As you noticed there is a strip of un-mowed grass to designate the runway. After you taxi past this into the pits, you should shut your engine down and walk your plane back to your flight box.
- The picnic tables in the pit area should be aigned north and south. This is so no one will have their back to the runway. A general rule of thumb is when ever you are in the pit area, you should not turn your back to the runway and flying aircraft.
- When adjusting a running eninge, do so from behind, fingers are a valuable appendage. (there is a good tip in the Tips page)
- If you bring younger kids to the field ,please keep an eye on them.
A new American flag was hoisted this evening. We have three retired flags that the American Legion will properly dispose of for us.
We again talked about a soda machine. If one can be found at a very reasonable price, we would consider it. So, for now, we will still work on the honor system.
Show-N-Tell:
1) Cody Hurd showed an EZ Folke Wulf 190 that he and his dad had purchased. Currently has a rear exhaust MDS engine that will be exchanged. Cody also explained some of the items that they intend to correct before they fly it.
2) Ted Gruenhagen showed a .46 sized Sukhoi SU-26 he built for another gentleman as a show model. He will now equip the aircraft with radio and engine and decide how to trim the solid black aircraft.
3) Ron Schafer showed the Sportsman Aviation Waco that he won in a raffle at the Mt. Comfort airshow last year. Aircraft was finished with radio and engine.
Meeting adjourned, remember the cookout July 6th.

Next Meeting: Wednesday June 1, 2005, at 7:00 pm at the field.
May meeting hilights:
The weather turned out great and many club members enjoyed flying before the meeting.
We moved to the Lodge for the meeting as the sun dropped behind the hill, so the temps also dropped.
We had 28 members at the meeting.
Talked about the upcoming swap shop on Saturday the 14th. We will get a kit to sell raffle tickets on if the weather permits a good turn out.
No new news on the new field (how's that for a lot of news?)
Deene is making up a mowing schedule, we will get it out to everybody as well as post it here on the website.
On a serious note, in regards for safety, younger kids should only be on th efligh line side of the rope if they are flying or watching flying. Playing a tossing toys around shoud be kept around the club house. Andin reality, anyone on the flight line should keep an eye out. We have been fortunate to not have any incidents.
1) Rege Hall showed a newly finished Hangar 9 Katana 90. Powered by a Webra 1.20 and dressed up with custo vinyl graphics.
2) Loran Wilber showed his Giant Scale Planes 68" Extra. Very nice looking red, white and blue scheme. He powered it with a Saito 1.80 four stroke. Flew it before the meeting, looks great in the air.
3) Weir Thurman showed an older Scat Kat that was resurrected from a couple different models. It is electric powered, should fly well.
Rege Hall and John Louden gave a demonstration on locating and drilling holes in cowlings.

April Meeting hilights:
A wonderful night for a meeting at the field with 35 members in attendance.
Discussed the field clean-up day and the Adopt-A-Hiway for this coming Saturday. Agreed to meet at the field for a 9 am start. Those who can walk are encouraged to participate in the hiway claean up while the remaining guys can work at the field. Should be a pretty light work load. We will then grill some burgers and dogs.
Latest report on the new field is we are kinda in a holding pattern. We have been asked not to do a whole lot till a gate is in place, which is scheduled for later this summer. Waste Management has been mowing the new field, so, we only have to worry about mowing one field at a time. More later.
Bob Wernsing brought up a discussion on buying a frequency monitor for the club. With the continual crowding of the airwaves, makes good sence. We will look at some different units for price and functionality and report at the next meeting. Everyone seemed in favor.
Reminder that Saturday , May 14th is the swap shop / social flying day. All club members as well as non-club members are welcome. No price to set up and swap, just bring your own table or whatever. If inclimate weather should be present, it is first come first serve for the tables under the awning. We will plan to cook burgers and dogs.
Show-N-Tell:
1) Cody Hurd showed a scratch built C-119 cargo plane that he and his father had obtained at an auction. Had two OS .25's for power. Has yet to be flown.
2) Joe Kosiba showed an older Top Flite Gold Edition P-51 that he has used for learing how to cover. Joe also had a humorous story to go along with it.
3) Matt Brown showed his recently finished Extreme Flite 87" Yak 54. Powered by a DA 50 and Mejlik carbon fiber prop. Very nice. Plans to make maiden flight soon, maybe this Friday.
4) Kerry Muncy and James Flynn showed thier companies, Indy Helicopters, newly finished prototype AH-64 Apached helicopter. It is powered by a YS .80 and is over 7 feet long. They have done all the work themselves, beautiful fiber glass work and machine work. Lots of details, like guns, and more guns and rockets and stuff. Deene and Rege as well as several other guys have also helped out. They hope to sell lots of kits.
February 2005 Meeting Notes:
We discussed a swap shop / flying event and decided to schedule such an event for Saturday the 14th of May. We will have a swap shop, bring your own tables, and a fly in and cook burgers and dogs. Something to kick off the flying season. If weather is inclimate, so be it. The covered area will enable many people to still set up a swap table.
Deene brought up the issue of a field clean up day. We decided to choose a date at the March meeting. We typically do this one Saturday in April. Not sure what will need to be taken care of, John Edwards may get a list together.
John gave a brief talk about batteries and electric motors. This is becoming a popular part of our hobby. One point he noted was there are many websites out there with guys who have a lot more time than us to answer lots of electric aircraft questions. Although seemingly simple, there can arise many different situations for combinations of batteris, ESC's and props.
We then moved on to the 2005 Blacksheep Great Paper Airplane Contest. All participants had five tries with their design/creation to land their plane into a box. After all was said and done, six aircraft made it. Joe Kosiba was first, Tom Carlyle will list all six in the next newsletter. Out of the six, Dick Paasch's plane was drawn for the prize winner. He recieved a $10 gift card form Hobby Town and bragging rights till next time.
Show-N-Tell: 1) Don Schmedake had his scratch built 60" wing span Christen Eagle on hand. Very nice, his daughter picked out the colors, not the usual Eagle colors, but very attractive. Not sure of the engine, but it only weighed 13 pounds.
2) Joe Kosiba showed a newly finished Seagull Models Extra 300. Joe had an amusing story as to the origins of the newly finshed aircraft, please ask him about it. Again, a nice looking plane.
3) Rege Hall showed a 31% Goldberg Ultimate biplane. Powered by a 3W 75 cc engine with a 26x10 Beila carbon fiber prop, has a home made smoke system and 9 servoes and three battery packs. Weighs 23 pounds.
January 2005 Meeting Notes:
The second Annual Great Blacksheep Paper Airplane Contest will be held at the February meeting. Club will supply the paper the night of the meeting. So, bring your ideas, you have to use a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 inch club provided paper for official attempts on target.
We talked about hosting a swap shop/indoor fly in. We will get somedates of surrounding area events to look at next month and decide from there.
We voted to continue the end of the year raffle program in the same form as last year. One chance for every club event that you attend.
Discussed the new field. The club house shell is finsihed. No need to work on it till spring or summer. Waste Management has not made any solid comments as to when we will actually move over to the new field. Most likely late summer or fall time frame. We will have a chance to work the runway directions to our likeing later on. We will need to start thinking about plans on how we want to finish the inside. Need to wait untill spring or summer to start on that project. Waste Management has already moved one large storage shed over and will move our current shed over from our current field when we get ready to move for good. Also, the new field truly does have much more flying space and without a power line on the east end. Nice long low (even inverted) approaches will now be possible!
Tom Carlyle gave a brief safety presentation. The new 2005 AMA Safety rules are in effect, however, we will not get a copy to post at the field till probably March or April.
The board named Nick Shepler and Bob Wernsing as our Safety Coordinators for 2005. This is a new requirement from the AMA.
For Show-N-Tell: Rege Hall showed a new mini-Funtana. It weighs a mere 22 ounces and is powered with a 6.1:1 geared 400 size Hacker brushless motor and a 12x6 electric prop. John Louden showed his recently finished E-Flite Tensor 4D biplane. It is powered by a 370 brushless motor and weighs 10.5 ounces. Both were also powered by lithium polymer batteries. John is planning a short talk on electrics next month.
See you at the field or February meeting.
December 2004 Meeting Notes:
2005 President - Rege Hall
2005 Vice President - Deene Vanmeter
2005 Treasurer - John Louden
2005 Secretery - Tom Carlyle
2005 Field Marshall - John Edwards
Safety Officer to be named by the board.
The December / Christmas meeting had a great turn out, 46 members. We also had lots of goof food and lots of items for Project Angel. The Danville Unitied Methodist Church sends their thanks and a message that we have brightened many not so fortunate childrens Christmas. Now, a list of all the winners:
Futaba 6 channel radio - Tom Carlyle
Sig Somethin' Extra kit - Ron Schafer
Tower Hobbies .46 engine - Jim (I never win anything) Huddleston
Gallon of fuel - Kris Bain, David Hicks, Bill Garrison, Raleigh Dobbins
Monocote or Ultracote - Jonathan Rifkin, Harold Finchum, Ralph McBee, Nick Shepler, Tom Carlyle, Vic Hastead, Bob Stephens
Covering polish - Dave Phelps
Misc DuBro tools - Kyle Bain, Ted Gruenhagen, Joe Kosiba, Cece Jeager
Sanding pad - Deene Vanmeter, Dick Paasch
Heat gun - Arnold Gines
Goldberg Electra kit (donated by Joe Kosiba)- John Edwards
Volt Watch meter - Don Schmedake, Joe Hartsock
Sullivan fuel pump - Ted Snelson
Covering glove - Tom Trout
Sanding filler - Jerry Baldaso
Hobby Town USA $10 gift card - Wayne Jones, Doug England, Ron Schafer, Faron Trosper, Like Louden, Ron Elson, Darrell Waggoner
Ni starter - Nathan Carter
And the ever popular GLUE! - Rege Hall, Parker Hall, Steve Paasch, Jim Davis, Tony Young, John Louden, Bob Wernsing, Weir Thurman, Jack Kirks, Bob Kelley, Jim Huddleston, Matt Williams, Dan McVey

Everyone at the meeting received a drawing prize. We even had a few items left for future drawings.
The World Models Velox with Jett .77 that was donated to the club by Faron Trosper was won by Jim Davis.

A very special thank you to the outgoing officers and every Blacksheep club member for another year of success! Happy and safe holidays.