[NSRCA-dist8] Soft Mount

Wed Dec 24 12:35:30 AKST 2008

I'm a little resentful of the $300 site rental fee.  The Molalla club allows
several contests to be held at our site each year hosted by others for no
fee what-so-ever.  If it's a really big event and requires additional
porta-potties then we ask the user to pay for these, otherwise we do it so
our members can see something new, different and learn more about our hobby.
It also gives our members a chance to participate in something new that is
close to home if they like.  I think other clubs should do the same.

I like the idea of another contest, but not the fee.

From: Rex [mailto:trexlesh at msn.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 10:45 AM
To: nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist8] Soft Mount

Folks

I've been in contact with Jeff Bellinger, the president of the Wenatchee
club...
We can have a contest at their site anywhere from late May to early June.
June 13-14 is scheduled for Molalla.  That leaves Late May or the first
weekend in
June.
Ok, here's the lowdown on using their site.  Since this contest would not be
a Wenatchee
club activity, we would have to pay a rental fee for the use of their site.
The fee for two days
is $300.  That means we would have to get enough flyers to not only pay that
fee, but pay
for awards, scoring costs, etc....  Which brings the total to around $350.
As long as we have 
enough entries, this wouldn't be a problem.  You do the math...  it would
take around $25 for entry
for 15 pilots to pay for the fee.  I'd hate to get into the situation that
we schedule a contest there
then only have 8 pilots show up.  I need a consensus of what all of you want
to do.  This is a very
nice flying site and Jeff tells me that he and a few of the club members
want to fly in this contest.
He plans on getting his CD license.  Then he could hold the contest at that
site and it would be a club
activity and the site use fee would be waved.  Jeff also indicated that the
club would like to keep holding
contests there for years to come.  This is somewhat like what has happened
at Redmond.  We held one
contest there and was immediately invited to continue with contests there.
This could be a good thing.
As you may or may not know, we have lost our normally first contest at
Sumner, Wa.  They have lost use
of that flying site.  This is a good opportunity to get another contest.
However, we need to support
this idea if it is to work. 
The wenatchee site has RV sites available for $15/day, including water and
power.
Dry camping is available for $5/day
Send me your thoughts and we'll see what everyone wants to do...  Also, we
need to decide on
which weekend to hold the contest.

Thanks 

Rex

> From: tstebbins at gmail.com
> To: nsrca-dist8 at lists.nsrca.org; Aventsherp at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:20:58 -0800
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist8] Soft Mount
> 
> 
> Hey Jim and Scott,
> 
> Any further thoughts about having a pattern meet in Wenatchee in 
> 2009 ? We briefly exchanged e-mails this past fall on this subject 
> and you and or Scott (since he is a member of the club) were going to 
> talk to the club officials about it. Since 2009 is just around the 
> corner and schedules are going to start being set, maybe we should 
> start looking into this some if we want to do it. I still think it 
> is a good idea, because they have a beautiful facility and since it is 
> certainly located in Washington, in wouldn't be too long a trip for 
> the Oregon guys, the Spokane guys, and possibly even some of the 
> Canadian guys. And I would be willing to do what is needed to 
> organize and conduct it. Just let me know.
> 
> 
> On Dec 24, 2008, at 9:49 AM, J N Hiller wrote:
> 
> > Sorry about that. It was not my intention to beat anyone; I just 
> > wanted to
> > put up some clean flights with well-positioned geometry. I will not 
> > be doing
> > as well in masters. Oh well, it will be challenging requiring a 
> > higher level
> > of concentration. It's a nice schedule, flows well with some rally 
> > nice
> > maneuvers and easy to fly, just don't rudder the wrong way on the 
> > inverted
> > 4-point and leave enough room for the 180 degree radius on the 
> > bottom of the
> > reverse humpty. Following a flight plan helps. Deliberate 
> > positioning and
> > appropriate sizing of the maneuvers is more critical than advanced.
> > This will be FUN.
> > Jim
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> > [mailto:nsrca-dist8-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Admin
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 7:53 PM
> > To: AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY
> > Subject: Re: [NSRCA-dist8] Soft Mount
> >
> > Well glad to see someone from Seattle area back in the game. The 
> > Option
> > 120 should be a good plane for you, since I was beat in every contest
> > this year by someone flying one. Of course, pilot skill sure helped 
> > Mr.
> > Hiller also.
> >
> > Tim wrote:
> >>
> >> Merry Christmas to all. I took some extra time off to extend the
> >> usual Boeing Christmas vacation period so I could work on airplanes,
> >> but it is so blasted cold, I can't work in my shop in the garage
> >> without getting hypothermia. I swear if I cut my self with an Xacto
> >> #11 blade right now, I wouldn't loose a drop of blood because it 
> >> would
> >> freeze up before it started flowing !! I'm working on two Option
> >> 120's right now (one for me and one for my brother) and I also have a
> >> Divo bipe foamie with all needed electronic goodies, just not yet
> >> assembled. I'm looking forward to next season. I'm gunning to
> >> climb out of the cellar of the Sportsman class and with a good
> >> airplane and alot more practice hopefully my 2009 goal will be
> >> achieved. Somebody in Seattle has to finish better than last place
> >> in something (i.e. Husky football team, Seattle Mariners, Seattle
> >> Seahawks, former Seattle Sonics).
> >>
> >> On Dec 23, 2008, at 10:22 AM, J N Hiller wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello dist-8!
> >>> I never see anything here and ran across the attached drawing of the
> >>> 'Poor
> >>> Mans Soft Mount' I am using in my Option-120 rev-C airplane. I now
> >>> have a
> >>> season of trouble free service with it. The grommets are 40 dr and 
> >>> the
> >>> spacers are probably a little shorter than what is shown on the
> >>> drawing. The
> >>> grommets need to be pinched a little to prevent any relative 
> >>> movement
> >>> which
> >>> wares the rubber (actually neoprene). The rev-B airplane initially
> >>> used a
> >>> Dave Brown mount attached with 4 grommets without a nose ring 
> >>> support.
> >>> Is anyone out there?
> >>> Jim
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