Hear Ye!

Annual Awards Banquet At Camelot on February 11th

In This Issue:
* From The President
* B.O.G. Review
* From The Net
* Toe-In

From the President
By Warren Barrick

Mark your calendars for and plan to attend our annual Awards Dinner on Feb. 11th at the Camelot in Bridgeport at 7:30 P.M.

Join us for our awards presentation, some excellent food, surprises, and a lot of fun!

Please inform any of the officers of your intentions by phone so that we can provide the caterer with an accurate count. You may bring one guest with you. There is no charge. We want all of our members to attend.

January Meeting

Thanks to all who attended the January meeting. We had excellent presentations from members; Bob Sudermann on his nearly complete Jungmeister(Goldberg), Frankie Morris' 1/5 scale Wildcat with fabulous retracts, Harold Harrison's scratch built Davis and David West's Pitts S-2. Thanks fellas.

The BOG is planning future meetings all of which are guaranteed to be exciting. Check the Hear Ye and plan to attend. Reserve the second Tuesday evening of each month for V.F.S.S.

Ted Davey is going to donate to the club his meticulously kept archives of the Hear Ye. Ted informs me that he has all of the Hear Ye's from #11 to the present. That translates to every copy from 1967 to 1997. Quite an accomplishment!

Charley Swope is going to maintain them from now on and be our official archivist.

Thanks Ted, thanks Charley.

See you at the Camelot!

B.O.G. Review
By Sam Andreas, Secretary

The first Board of Governors meeting of 1997 was called to order at 7:05 on January 21st. Present were the four officers and 14 board members. Topics discussed were as follows:

1- An operating budget for 1997 was unanimously approved by the board.

2- The amount allocated for the annual banquet was increased. The increase will cover both the cost of having Hot food (verses cold cuts) and an anticipated increase in attendance. It was also decided that beginning next year we will sell tickets to offset the cost of having a first class affair.

3- The President decided to try dividing up the duties of Entertainment Director amongst several board members beginning as follows:
March Meeting: Walt Pierschala will handle entertainment
April Meeting: Will be coordinated by Russ O'Brien
May Meeting: This meeting will be held at the field, the theme will be Flight Instruction primarily for new members and those currently receiving flight instruction. Chief Instructor Rom Boutin and his crew of instructors and technicians will hold a Ground School.

4- The BOG decided to take advantage of a one time offer being made by ACE R/C for club raffles. The Raffle chairman will be able to purchase one item directly from them at a wholesale price for an upcoming raffle.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:55

NOTE: There will be no B.O.G Meeting in February, The next meeting will be on March 18th at 7:00 PM at the church.

Annual Awards Banquet- February 11th.
The winners of this years Doug Davidson and Special Achievement awards will be announced at the banquet.

This years banquet will once again be held at the:

CAMELOT
422 Mill Street
Bridgeport.

Food and refreshments are free for all club members and their spouse or significant other. The B.O.G. has increased this years budget for this occasion to pay for additional courses of hot food SO DON'T MISS IT!

The Fun begins at 7:30

NOTE: Since we expect a record turnout PLEASE call one of the club officers if you plan to attend so we can plan accordingly.
Call any of the following:

Warren Barrick
Alex Patsen
Sam Andreas
Walt Pierzchala

From The Web
Compliments of Michael Myers

Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 23:12:17 +0000
From: mark bedder <mark.bedder@virgin.net>
To: mhmyers@netaxs.com
Subject: Greetings from the U.K.

I was browsing the web yesterday and came across your excellent web site. We are the Bedworth Aeromodellers and are based in Bedworth just outside Coventry, home of Lady Godiva and Jaguar Cars. We are currently 50 strong with a healthy waiting list for membership. We have an excellent flying area as you can see, no obstacles to hit (but some still manage to find something to hit). Our club nights are on a Wednesday evenings in the summer and every Saturday weather permitting due to the unpredictable British climate. We fly at other times but everyone seems to gather on these days. Anyone wanting to chat about flying can contact us on the e-mail.

The Annual Bus Trip To The WRAM Show Will Be on Saturday, February 22nd

Cost:$30 Includes: Transportation, Tickets, food and snacks both enroute to and returning from the show. Bus will meet us in front of the Plaza Theatre in back of the King of Prussia Shopping Mall.
Bus departs promptly at 8:30 AM (don't be late). Those who wish to attend should send a check or money order for $30 to Joe Weizer

HURRY! There are only a few seats left. The ABSOLUTE DEADLINE for getting the money to Joe is the Club Banquet on Feb. 11th.

Toe-In
By Russ O'Brien

Toe in is utilized in cars and in airplanes but for different purposes:

Car Toe-In
In cars it is applied as a compensation for the effects of camber angle. Camber is the outward tilt of a car wheel at the top which places the car weight mostly on the larger inner bearing where the axle is strongest. It also places the projected steering axis (through the upper and lower ball joints) near the center of the tire footprint on the ground to ease steering and reduce tire scuffing. A disadvantage of camber is that it causes the two front wheels to roll not as cylinders but as cones, with the right wheel tending to roll toward the right gutter and the left wheel toward the left gutter. Roll a paper cone on the table and you will see that it doesn't go straight. Toe-in introduces a snow-plow effect which cancels out the camber disadvantage.

Airplane Toe-In
In airplanes, toe-in aids in keeping a plane going straight during take-off roll and landing roll-out, particularly with tail draggers. Planes with tricycle gear have the CG forward of the main gear. This automatically helps to straighten out a plane which has developed a yaw angle between where it is pointed and where it is actually going. A tail dragger has the CG behind the main gear and a slight yaw angle is not automatically corrected but is made worse and can rapidly result in ground loop. Here is where toe-in of the wheels helps both types. A plane rolling straight ahead has equal drag from each of the wheels (Fig. 1). When the plane starts to take an unwanted turn to the left, the drag from the left wheel goes to zero while the drag at the right wheel increases (Fig. 2). The net effect is that the unbalanced drags exert a restoring torque to turn the plane back to the desired direction. This would not happen without toe-in.

From The Treasurer

Just a reminder, in order to avoid paying a late fee of $10.00 , Your 1997 club dues must be received before March 14th. If renewing by mail PLEASE remember to include a photocopy of your 1997 AMA card and a stamped, self addressed envelope.

Thanks, Walt Pierzchala

Feedback or comments to:
Sam Andreas, HearYe editor
Michael Myers, Webmaster

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