Kenny’s friend Bill, a member of a R/C club in Grand Raipds stopped by on Saturday and brought his helicopter. It truly is a think of beauty. Unfortunately while flying he hit a wrong switch on his transmitter and it went into the weeds. Nothing serious broke expect stripping out a servo control horn.

A few pictures from this months hot dog fly. As usual it was a great night to get club members, family and friends out to the field. Make sure you make it next month! If you want any pictures there is an option to save the original on the site. Let me know if you have any questions.

http://aarondewitt.smugmug.com/Hobbies/TCAF-Hot-Dog-July-2012/24296776_QjRc63

Well it finally happened, one of my planes went in. I think it has been two years since I have had a destructive crash. There have been some hair raising moments but I always managed to make it right. Tonight was a different story. After a nice walk with Rachael and Carmen I thought it would be a nice night to fly at the local school yard. I was about half way through with my first battery when I was going to start practicing a few maneuvers. I went into a loop, on the down side of the loop I tried pulling out. Guess what, absolutely nothing…. I wiggled my elevator stick up and down rapidly but nothing happend. Into the corn went the Mini Ultra Stick. After fetching my plane it looks like my elevator servo went bad. All servos are functioning with out any problems except the ever important elevator servo. I should be able to rebuild the plane with out any issue. The motor is caked in dirt and will need a good cleaning. At least it was not the big slick!

Thanks to the guys that came out to help put the pump in. Many hands make light work. Unfortunately the pump did not work as expected. The pump would pump water but would not kick in to high gear. Bob is going to take a look at it. Mike and I also talked to the land owner. The pond is way down due to the lack of rain. He wants us to make sure we pump water below the blue dye as the dye is expensive. Mike and I went out on Sunday to make sure the point is 2ft below the surface. It should be pumping clear water were it is now. If everyone could keep an eye on things, that would be appreciated. If you see blue water coming out of the sprinklers please let one of the officers know ASAP. If the pond loses more water we might have to add more extensions in order to make the point deeper.

The Holland Sentinel came out to the June Hot Dog Night and talked to members and took some pictures, and today we have made the paper.

One correction, they did misquote me where it says my plane went into the pond, I had said it was another member’s plane.

Check out the article online at The Holland Sentinel’s website.

-mike