NIMA BLOG

We would like to thank Jake Neary for his very generous gift of some flying equipment which we have auctioned off  and have raised more than $400. The money from this auction will go to the club treasurey.

 

I found out that Hobby City has 138mAh lipos for your micros for just $1.99
here is a link to them http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8864

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 This month we had several good discussions on indoor and club promotion.
Henry is working out the details for having indoor flying at Westville High School. As this develops I will post any dates and times for the indoor schedule.
 Rodney has received a DVD from the AMA that has some early flight stuff and rules and regulations. Anyone wishing to view this DVD, contact Rodney.
 It appears that issues with Model Aviation magazine deliveries still exist! If you are still not receiving your M A ca...
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While browsing about over on RCGROUPS.COM, Jim Lilly found the following items 
for use with the new MCX micro-heli's as well as Ember, Vapor and 
Cibratia;

Item #1......

MCX USB Charger
This charger allows you to charge the single cell LiPoly batteries from 
the E-Flite mCX helicopter and ParkZone Vapor airplane from any 
standard USB port or USB charging adapter.

http://www.rpc-electronics.com/eheli/index.htm

The standard USB A to Mini B cable noted on that page is optional, as 
most of us already ha...

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We talked this month about fuel orders.Kelly has given us prices on fuel for the 2009 club order. Gordon is to get a copy of the order form from Kelly and email it to all the club members. All orders must be in by next months meeting.

 Robert was assigned safety officer again this year

 There was a board of directors meeting and There was discussion about ammending the safety rules regarding
the flying pattern at the field. We will be adopting a counter clockwise flying pattern when there are  ...
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We are 1 member shy on the mowing crew.If you would like to be on the mowing crew,contact one of your NIMA officers.
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 There were a couple new things discussed this month. Rodney has contacted the AMA regarding the problems we have been having getting our magazine. They are aware of the problem and are working on it. If you don't get your magazine ,call the AMA and report it asap.

 We were notified that the RC estate of Dell Bradford is for sale. Contact one of your NIMA officers for details.

 The last/first fly in had a small showing for both days. The last had Jerry and Jim there flying and only Jim showed u...
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If you have any suggestions or ideas for the web site ,let me know
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I have added this blog so you can keep up with nima events add comments if you want. It is simple to use nad only requires you to create a user name and password. We do ask that you Please,keep any comments to a "G" rating.
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We had our elections and the new officers for 2009 are
President; Rodney Peters
Vice President : Kieth Organ
Secretary/Treasurer : Gordon Kuchel
Field Marshall : Buck
Safety Officer:
Contest Director:
Newsletter Editor/Web Master: Lou Carlassara
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