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MikeM's Super Cub Flies Again thanks to TedN's Super Rebuild Skills!
(video)
 AMA charter #1289
The Radio Signal Modelers Flying Club was chartered
by the Academy of Model Aeronautics in 1971. Our club is also
chartered by the Cook County Forest Preserve to operate and maintain the
flying
field located in Shiller Woods at Cumberland and IrvingPark.
Club Meetings:
Meeting Day(s): First Monday of each month
Meeting Time(s): 7:00pm
Meeting Location: At the
flying
field in the summer months. During the winter months our meetings will be at:
Strictly RC Hobby Shop 7719 W. Lawrence, Norridge,
IL
Join Us:
You are welcome to join us at our meetings, and discuss the
best way to get started in this dynamic and exciting hobby.
Click and print
membership application form
 We
now have a confirmed account with PayPal, so paying for your club dues
and other things can be done easily using Visa, MasterCard, American
Express or Discover cards. You can also use your checking account via
the eCheck option.
CLICK HERE
Also... Good news! Mike Meitus, our club president, was able to
get control back to the
previous http://rsmrc.com domain and
got it re-directed. You will now be able to get to this website by using either
URL! Members... if you haven't yet renewed your club dues, please do so
today. (click here)
RSM Members club
forum.
(hosted on RCGROUPS)
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NOAA Radio
Flying Field in Real Time
Our club is looking for a used steel construction
site Knaack Box for field storage, must be cheap!
PAST EVENTS
Saturday Aug 11th 2007
TRAINER OLYMPICS and BBQ!!!
Get
yourself ready for our next Picnic and BBQ being held at the
field SATURDAY (dawn to dusk). Degrease that old trainer airplane, (or for you
electric guys... just dust it off!) patch it up and do whatever it takes
to get it up & running again and join us on Saturday Aug 11th 2007 for
our Trainer Olympics, ...yahoo!!!
PAST EVENTS
The Fathers Day Picnic is Sunday,
June 17th 2007 at the field.
PAST EVENTS
Saturday
May12th... We all have had tons of fun in this hobby and we
learned many things from others. Now it's time to give something
back. All flyers (club members or not) are asked to bring and
showcase their various heli's and aircraft and participate in this
special scouting event. Even if it is too windy to fly, please
come on out anyway and just gather up a group of scouts and give a talk
and demo about the equipment used, how it works, how things fly, radios,
servos, etc. You'll think of something and all will have a fun
time too!
Special Event
Saturday May 12TH 2007
The Radio Signal Modelers Club
presents:
On May 12 about 100 Boy Scouts will join us for a special
thank you day treat. The scouts have been busy cleaning up our
surrounding forest and groves of debris and to show our appreciation, we
will be showcasing our aircraft collection and giving them free flight
instruction lessons. All RSM club members are encourage to make
themselves available that day and to bring all your different aircraft
for display and/or air show. Time: afternoon about 12:30-1pm
PAST EVENTS
Grass Runway Project
Update
Thanks to all those who volunteered for our annual spring field cleanup
this last weekend (March 31st). Our grass is looking better already! Also
the club will again be rolling the field as soon as the still soggy soil
lets us. This will flatten out the humps & bumps and hopefully make
for a nice smooth runway. Although this is very costly to do, it
is well worth it and is an example of what your membership dues help pay for.
Thank you for your support!
Congratulations!
GeorgeS. won the grand prize at our Christmas party. A new
slow fly stick setup. Hope to see you at the Dome soon with your
new plane
George!
A special thanks goes out to all our club sponsors Strictly RC, Al's
Hobby & True RC, who donated the cool prizes!
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What's New
Field maintenance Updates:
The field has now been rolled, and it's nice and smooth! Thanks to
Mike M. and all who volunteered to make it happen!
The next field maintenance event is the spreader team
races. This is tentatively scheduled for Sat May 17th weather
permitting. 8am. Volunteers are needed with or without a Scotts
drop type lawn spreader, contact club officers if you can make it.
Our next club
meeting:
Monday June 2nd 2008.
This club meeting will be held
AT THE FIELD.
The summer meetings will be held at the
field starting at 6:30 pm instead of the usual time to allow more flying
time after the meeting is completed.
 Fuel
Purchase Update: RSM's members
give a big thanks out to Al's Hobby for the bulk fuel purchase
opportunity. We saved a bundle before the March price increase!
The club fuel purchase is now closed.
Indoor Heli Flying Practice!
Join us for
Indoor Co-Axial
Helicopter FunFlys every Tuesday 5-8PM at the Bethany Church gym.
(Gunnison & Oak Park Ave. in Harwood Hts.)
Enter: East side gym
door. Cost is Free!
Co-Ax helis only, AMA card required.
contact:
Mike Reinhart
Bensenville
Dome E-Niter is
March 8th 2008 This is an
all night 11pm-6am don't miss event!
Winter indoor flying
It's cold outside and
White Pines Golf
Dome has made it's facility available again this year for indoor
flying. Fly every Friday & Saturday night from 11pm - 1am.
(pilot fee $10, free for spectators)
GOLF DOME FLYING SEASON IS NOW CLOSED FOR THE SUMMER.
PAST EVENTS
Hiam's Sunday Flight School
Starting Oct-7-2007, Hiam teaches students a 5 week RC flying course
complete with ground school, simulator and hands on trainer airplane
experience.
PAST EVENTS
February 9 & 10, 2008 • Champaign, Illinois
PAST EVENTS
 Ho
Ho Ho!
Join us at Our Club's
Annual
Christmas Party!!
(Jan 26th 2008)
PAST EVENTS
RSM's First Ever Mini Swap
Fest!
Bring all your RC junk to swap with your
fellow club members!
PAST EVENTS
Pictures
from the Boy Scouts
Thank You Day
PAST EVENTS
4/27/07 FRIDAY
FIELD ROLLING
UPDATE: The weather forecast looks
favorable for most of the day so we are going to commit to rolling even
if we get some light sprinkles in the early morning.
Once again be rolling our field on Friday
April 27 8am till about 4:30pm We will need volunteers to drive
and take turns rolling.
The machine drives like car, but usually you need a break after an
hour. Rotating the drivers would be great.
Election Time!
A
letter from our district vice-president,
Charlie Bauer
Lipo battery fires DO happen! Keep your lipos in a safe container
always. If your lipo starts to heat up or bloat, soak it in water.
You don't want these cells loose inside your car or house as they can
self-ignite several hours later after a crash.
Here is a recent lipo fire pic sent in by one of our members after a
recent crash .
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