August 23rd Combat

Our 4th Combat event of our 5 event series was held on August 23rd. What an exciting event, 4 pilots scored over a thousand points! 10 pilots flew 5 rounds was a recipe for lots of cuts and continuous action. If you have not watched one of these events yet you have to stop out and see what it is all about!

August 23rd Results

1st – Kelly Ellerbroek – 1260 points
2nd – Mike Tharp – 1168 points
3rd – John Russcher – 1044 points
4th – Brad Ellerbroek – 1008 points
5th – Dave VerHof – 728 points
6th – Lucas Russcher – 616 points
7th – Ryan Storteboom – 536 points
8th – Luke Shafer – 432 points
9th – Scott Storteboom – 360 points
10th – Aaron Dewitt – 352 points

Mike Tharp hangs onto the point standings lead with 2992 points. Below are the complete points totals.

Current points standings

1st – Mike Tharp – 2992pts
2nd – John Russcher – 2412pts
3rd – Aaron Dewitt – 1844pts
4th – Dave VerHof – 1652pts
5th – Luke Shafer – 1576pts
6th – Lucas Russcher – 1336pts
7th – Kelly Ellerbroek – 1260pts
8th – Scott Storteboom – 1064pts
9th – Dave Jamrog and Brad Ellerbroek TIED – 1008pts
11th – Ryan Storteboom – 556pts
12th – Bob Kovacs – 40pts

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August 2nd Combat

Our 3rd Combat event of our 5 event series was held on August 2nd. As much these events are for the pilots it is also very exciting for spectators! With 8 pilots there was allot of streamer cuts and collisions! If you have not watched one of these events yet you have to stop out and see what it is all about!

August 2nd Results

1st – Mike Tharp – 1148 points
2nd – Aaron Dewitt – 772 points
3rd – Luke Shafer – 608 points
4th – Lucas Russcher – 544 points
5th – John Russcher – 516 points
6th – Dave Jamrog – 488 points
7th – Scott Storteboom – 376 points
8th – Dave VerHof – 208 points

The overall lead change has been taken over by Mike Tharp with 1824 points. Below are the compleat points totals.

Current points standings

1st – Mike Tharp – 1824pts
2nd – Aaron Dewitt – 1492pts
3rd – John Russcher – 1368pts
4th – Luke Shafer – 1144pts
5th – Dave Jamrog – 968pts
6th – Dave VerHof – 924pts
7th – Lucas Russcher – 720pts
8th – Scott Storteboom – 704pts
9th – Bob Kovacs – 40pts
10th – Ryan Storteboom – 20pts

John Russcher

Meeting Minutes – June 2017

Meeting Minutes

Posted on 8/7/2017 by TCAF

Meeting called to order:

0903(09:03AM) by President Dave Jamrog

Secretary’s Report:

Minutes from last meeting reviewed by George Keefe
Minutes from last meeting approved by member vote

Treasurers Report:

Reviewed by Treasurer Dave VerHoef
$3604.75 in account
# OF PAID MEMBERS: 33 paid members
Currently 2 members overdue for 2017 dues. Not yet sure whether these members will continue membership or not.
Approved by member vote

Safety Report/Field Maintenance:

NOTES FROM SAFETY OFFICER John Russcher: Weak and rotted boards on large picnic table were repaired by Dave VerHoef.

New Members:

None

Visitors:

None

Announcements:

There will be a Hot Dog night and Streamer Combat, Wednesay, 7 June at 1800 and 1830 respectively. Announced by John Russcher.
Scott Storteboom reminded everyone about the Come and Fly events currently scheduled on the club calendar. Scott also asked for volunteers to help with the execution of the events. One greeter (1) is needed (welcome all, short brief of what we are about, short brief of event, safety brief). Two teams (plan is 2 planes in the air at once) of a flyer and an instructor. Seeking a total of 5 volunteers. If you can and wish to help, call Scott at 616-558-3646.

Old Business:

Follow up on proposed change to club dues policy because of current net negative cash flow concerns.
- Current By-Law/Policy;

BI-LAWS
- TULIP CITY AIR FORCE
  - Article 2: DUES
    - Section A: Amount
      - Part 4:
        
        Individuals having been a member of Tulip City Air Force for 10 consecutive years, at the attainment of 70 years of age will be awarded, at no cost, lifetime membership with all rights and privileges.
      - Proposed change to Part 4 above:
        
        “Lifetime member” policy as follows: Current lifetime members shall maintain their status (Grandfathered). No further lifetime memberships shall be awarded effective on date of issue.
      - Proposed change was voted on and approved by a vote of 11 to 1 of members present at meeting the last meeting in May 2017.
      - Club Secretary, George Keefe, was charged to make the necessary changes to the Bi-Laws and present to the President for signature approval.
        
        This has been done.
        
        Only outstanding action is to replace the master copy of the by-laws with the new revision. Club Secretary, George Keefe has this for action.

New Business:

See “Events” below

Events:

Come and Fly Events are also scheduled for this summer.
- Based on Scott Storteboom’s recommendations, the following dates are the planned “Come and Fly” scheduled dates @ 1830-2030 (6:30PM-8:30PM)(all on Wednesday evenings):
  - 14 June
  - 21 June
  - 28 June
  - 12 July
  - 19 July
  - 26 July
- No “Come and Fly” events are currently scheduled for August or later.
- Club hotdog nights will still be another fun time.
- Streamer Combat events.
  - 7 June
  - 5 July
  - 2 August
  - 6 September
- For all planned events dates and times, please refer to the Club calendar on our Web and Face Book pages.

Comments and Questions:

Next Meeting

Saturday , 5 August 2017 at 0900 (9AM) at the Field. Come fly the FRIENDLY FIELD! Note, no meeting in July.

Meeting adjourned:

0935 (09:55AM) by member vote

Meeting attendees:

ATTENDEES: Dave Jamrog, Steve Kastens, Tyler Kastens, George Keefe, Bob Kovacs, Bill McVea, Ron Nienhuis, Mike Rose, John Russcher, Lucas Russcher, Ryan Storteboom, Scott Storteboom, Mike Tharp, Jerry Timmer, Dave VerHoef, Ray Weller, Mort Wright

COMBAT COMBAT COMBAT

Our first combat event for 2017 was held on Wednesday May 3rd. Fun was had by all four participants, Dave Jamrog, Dave Ver Hoef, Lucas Russcher and John Russcher.

Round One: Dave VH was the only one to successfully fly the entire round. Lucas launched his airplane and once airborne realized the his streamer was still rolled up and attached to the underside of his airplane. He quickly landed to dislodge the streamer and broke his propeller. Dave Jamrog had a clean launch but got his airplane a little too far away. Dave lost orientation and his airplane when down in the field. My airplane never left my hand. My ESC wouldn’t arm and it took the entire round to figure out the the esc was plugged into the wrong channel on the receiver.

Round Two: Everybody got in the air, WOOT! We had a great round of combat with Dave VerHoef and John getting cuts. After the 5 minutes elapsed we all landed safely.

Round Three: We all launched on time again and another 5 minutes of chasing streamers ensued. More cuts by Dave VerHoef and John again with Dave cutting John’s entire streamer off with only seconds left.

It was a successful night of combat even though it took a little more time to get started that what I had planned.

Here is the score sheet with the first events totals: Score Sheet

Meeting Minutes – May 2017