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Updated Home Page on 7/26/2009
Welcome to the Racine Radio Control Club. Please sign our Guest Book Page. Our goal is that everyone can have fun flying radio controlled model aircraft. Our club is a private corporation organized to promote safe & fun radio control model aircraft flying.
The Mount Pleasant Village Hall is located on the Northwest corner of Hwy 31 & Hwy 11 in Racine County. Take I-94 towards Racine, Wisconsin until you reach Hwy 11. Take Hwy. 11 eastbound approximately 3.5 miles until you get to the intersection of Hwy. 11 & 31.
The club flying field is located North off of Highway 20 and West of Highway H in the Village of Mt. Pleasant. This is just West of the city of Racine. Turn North onto the gravel road at the intersection of highway 20 and West Road, (at the old brown brick school house, Racine Armed Forces Center), and proceed about a half mile. You'll see our field on the right.
The public is always welcome to visit our field and spend some time watching the flying and talking to the pilots. Only members and their invited guests who are members of the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) are eligible to fly at the club field.
If you are a newcomer to the hobby, you hopefully have taken the time to learn what equipment you should have, and where you can acquire it. Don't be afraid to ask questions of our members. They will be glad to help you get started the right way. Remember, we all started like you. Get involved! Come and talk to the membership, we'll be happy to help you understand the methods of safe and fun R/C flying, which starts in your workshop.
All new club members, and guest flyers, whatever their experience, need to familiarize themselves with the club field rules and safety policies before flying. New members, and guest flyers, irrespective of their experience, will need to pass a check flight before being permitted to fly alone.
Please review the following pages. They are set up to act as a guide to our club and to help the new flyer learn what R/C flying is all about.
Click on the "Compost Duties or Grass Cutting Pages" Icons, to the left, to see the Compost Duties and Grass Cutting Schedules.
Click on the "Club Contacts" Icon, to the left to find an instructor or meet some of our officers.
Click on the "Sign-up Page" Icon, to the left if you'd like to see how to join our club or just click on our logo above.
If you are having trouble getting into the Club Contacts Page on your computer you must be aware that by default, Internet Explorer 7 disables active content (JavaScript)
in local HTML files and the window.prompt JavaScript method. So to have the Club Contacts Page function properly you need to change the setup of your internet browser as described below...
Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Security > Allow active content to run in files on My Computer.
Tools > Internet Options > Security > Internet > Custom Level > Allow websites to prompt for information using scripted windows > Enable.
Once this is done it should work fine.
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Club Roster
A new feature has been added to our website. Names & phone numbers of club members who wish to be on the website club roster will be located on the Club Contacts page. In order to view this page you will have to enter the lock combination to our site. Send an E-mail to our Web Master at the link below if you wish to be added to this roster. Thanks!
Combat flying every other Sunday at 5 PM. Please see the bottom of the "Frequency Book" page for more details and to reserve your channel for combat. See "Club Calendar" Page for combat dates.
Thanks!
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Racine RC Club Fly-In 2009
Sunday, July 12th 2009
Flying to start at approximately 9:00 AM
Frequency Control Observed
(AMA Membership is required to fly, for insurance purposes)
Admission: Open to the Public
• Landing Fee $5
• Food & Refreshments will be available
• Raffle - Drawing at 3 P.M.
For more information contact Jerry Rose at (262) 886- 0509 or via e-Mail at:
Thehandyman52@netzero.com
Club Picnic
Sunday, July 26th
Starts 11 AM - Lunch at Noon, Bring a dish to pass. Hamburgers, Brats, Hot Dogs, Soda & Water will be provided by the club. Hope to see you there!
Click below to see the
"How it works" series of articles on RC radios written by Dennis Vollrath.
A number of club members have requested to be allowed to have informal “Pylon
Racing” sessions at the field. After discussing it with those making the request, I
have given approval to hold the events on a temporary basis until such time it is
approved by the general membership. These initial events should help work out
the “Bugs” and give the membership something to consider at the next club
meeting.
The ”Pylon Racing” events will take place on Sunday’s at 5:00 PM. Those taking
part will be flying a north / south pattern at the east end of our flying field, and the
pilots will be standing in the middle area of our field. Therefore, general
open membership flying will be curtailed during the “Pylon
Racing” events for safety reasons.
Club membership is invited to participate, or watch and encourage those who are
flying.
Participant’s planes are limited to any plane designed and sold as a .40 size glow
fuel plane. A contestant may install whatever size motor they wish.
Questions can be directed to Jim Furby, Eric Armantrout, and Ron Dixon.
Thanks - Jim L.
The 31st annual RC Auction & Swap Shop, sponsored by the Milwaukee R/C Association, will be held on Sunday, January 4th
at the Waukesha County Expo Center. The swap shop opens at 9:00 AM and runs until 3:00 PM. The event is basically run by volunteers,
with most of the work being done the day of the event. Area clubs provide volunteer members, and the club in turn receives $10 per person that helps out.
The 2 hour shifts that a person would work are: 7 AM - 9AM ; 9 AM - 11 AM ; 11 AM - 1 PM & 1 PM - 3 PM The 7 AM shift usually involves helping at the loading dock,
checking vendors in, and helping get everything set up. Assignments are given on a first come, first serve basis. This has been an annual event for a number of our members,
so now is the time to sign up before its too late to get the shift you want. There will be NO roster to circulate, so if you want to do a shift at the event, let me know ASAP
and I will forward the info to the event coordinator, and we'll see if you can get what you want.
Your name
Your telephone number
Advise the shift you want
Jim Litwin - President
2009 RC Auction
Click here for more details.
Click below to see the
Flyer for our upcoming Banquet on Saturday, March 7th.
RSVP by Feb. 28th.
The next Club Meeting will be Sunday, August 16th, at 1 PM at the club flying field. Guests are always welcome. Directions to the field can be found in the center column. Hope to see you there!
to our Secretary/Treasurer at the link below.
esall9@sbcglobal.net
Send an E-Mail
to our President
at the link below.
jlitwin@wi.rr.com
to our Web Master at the link below.
pwillems2@yahoo.com
