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Ace Training Night

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Performance Flyer's Annual Ace Training Aerospace Career Exploration Neb. Dept. of Aeronautics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       John Schenck flying his helicopter inverted at the MPF's Ace Training night.  The Performance Flyer's participates in many different programs to help young people and get them interested in a lifetime Hobby/Sport that will give them an extended family the same as we enjoy now flying and socializing in the Performance Flyers.

 

       Just this year we have done 5 programs for classes in North High School Aviation Program, flew demonstrations and training at La Vista Daze May 29, & 30, and of coarse this Annual Ace Training Aerospace Career Exploration.
 

       Tom Egbert does a wonderful job of organizing these events as well as finding new Indoor Flying sites for the club.
 
 Photography by Helen Paasch
? & Tom Egbert with foam EDF model Two members with flying wings. Doug Smith Fred Tuckerman flying his plane. ? & Tom teaching class.
John Schenck John starting the Heli. John flying inverted. John still flying inverted. Starting another helicopter.
Heli is inverted.  Bet you can't find it! (EDF) Electric Ducted Fan jet.  Swing Wing Lots of enthusiasm at lunch time. More Lunch! Chuck and Big Ed
Back for more learning. Someone photographing the photographer. Tom Egbert helping young student. Future R/C Flyer. Hands on with one of the club trainers.

Bob English on right with student on the  buddy-box. Fred Tuckerman & Doug Smith Bob English with students. Doug Smith and Ed Jelinek showing how planes work. Bob English with line of students.
John Schenck  on right with student on the  buddy-box. Fred Tuckerman on left with student on the  buddy-box. Tom Egbert working on club trainer. Fred Tuckerman on left with student on the  buddy-box. Pete
Fred Tuckerman on left with another student on the  buddy-box. Ed Jelinek retrieving plane. Tom Egbert  on right with student on his new wireless buddy-box system. Fred Tuckerman on left with another student on the  buddy-box. Here is a bunch of the club's trainer aircraft.
Tom Egbert  on right with student on his new wireless buddy-box system. ? & Tom Egbert with flying wing. John Schenck  still inverted with Tom watching. Getting plane ready for flight. Takes a lot of ice etc.

The guys watching in the shade. Doug Smith & ? with the EDF. Starting the plane. Ice throwing contest. Fred Tuckerman & Ed Jelinek.
         Photography by Helen Paasch

    

The Midwest Performance Flyers is a radio control model aircraft club that promotes flying, training and building R/C model planes, helicopters, gliders, scale, and indoor electric. We have a lot of activity in both indoor and outdoor helicopters. There has been a tremendous increase in the technology in gas and electric helicopters. There has also been an equally big jump in the technology of indoor and outdoor electric airplanes. This makes both of these activities very interesting to participate in as there is something new every day. The two most important improvements in electric have been the brushless motors and the new Lithium Polymer batteries. With these two improvements you can increase the power to weight ratio to a point that will give unlimited vertical performance. I have personally been very involved with indoor flying. I have found some types of airplanes that can be used for indoor flying which can do both acrobatic and 3-D flying and most important are almost indestructible. The two planes that I have found to be best for this are the IFO and the Revolution 2. The IFO can be flown in a very small area and can do loops rolls and inverted flight but is not as good at maneuvers like the torque roll. Although it does not revolve in a torque roll if you add a rudder to the plane it can hover. The Revolution 2 can do the torque roll very well but is harder to fly in a small Gym. The IFO gets it’s strength form a carbon fiber frame covered with ripstop polyester and the Revolution 2 gets it’s durability from the use of EPP foam. The EPP foam lets the airplane bend when it hits something but it bends back without breaking or deforming. While on the subject of durability I might mention the motor/gear train for the airplanes. When we used to fly with motors that had brushes in them the motors had to turn at a higher RPM to make their power. This meant that you had to have a gear reduction because they couldn’t turn a larger prop that was necessary for good vertical performance. Unfortunately every time you hit something it would either break or knock the gear train out of line. After repairing the gear train it was usually necessary to run it for about a ½ hour before the gears would wear in and reach maximum RPM. By that time you would hit something else and have to start all over. Now however you can purchase an Outrunner brushless motor that can turn the bigger props without a gear box. This eliminates all the hassle of keeping up the gear box and the plane will run at maximum RPM without any wear-in or break-in time. When you use an Outrunner motor with the EPP foam or carbon fiber/ ripstop polyester planes you will have eliminated almost all of the upkeep and repairing.  Home  Building Projects  Electric Gliders  Events  Flight Instruction  Float Planes  Flying Field  For Sale  Helicopters  Indoor Flying  Links  Mall Show  Membership  Metro Area RC Flying  Photo Gallery  September Fest  Shirts "N" Caps  Show and Tell  Work Shop Tips