December Meeting Pot Luck!

For the December meeting we'll be grouping out at Maywood Sportsmen's Club, the same place we held the Make It, Take It back a few years ago. Stay tuned for details.

Glider Contest at Kress Creek!

Looking for a fun, relaxed bit of competition? Get your gliders ready for a contest and fly-in out at Kress Creek Farms, aka Manville Oaks. Sunday, 15 September at 08:30 the planes will begin to soar. Folks will be there until noon or later, so come out and join the fun!

Lost and Found

Note the new Lost and Found section in the Gallery. There have been a lot of planes both lost and found recently, so we need a clearinghouse to centralize all this stuff.

Fun Fly #4 -- Two Minutes By Your Count!

For Fun Fly #4 we have opted to make the contest EASY as some of us prefer a contest that we may find less challenging and more FUN!

How accurately can you count time? The Two Minute Contest is where each pilot takes off, flies about, and lands -- in exactly two minutes. This is done without the aid of any timers or help from anyone else.

Your score is determined by how close your total flight time from take-off to wheels down is to two minutes. Points are reduced for over or under the two minute mark.

The club will provide water, coffee and donuts. So come out and play! This will be a fun and relaxing contest with bragging rights as the prize.

The Fun Fly is Sunday, 14 July, with trim flights at 9:00 AM and the contest starting at 10:00 AM. You folks have no excuse for not participating! Who knows? You could be bragging at the end of the day!

Name That Plane at the June Membership Meeting!

You think you know your R/C planes? Well, bunkie -- come on out to the meeting and demonstrate your expertise! There will be bragging rights to be had by those who can identify the ancient, the obscure, the odd, and the rare!

Late addition: we will be in the east meeting room instead of our usual spot in the west meeting room. A sign in the lobby will direct you.

Fun Fly #2 -- Sixty Second Looper!

This Sunday, 19 May, SRCB are holding our second Fun Fly of the season. The contest is Sixty Second Looper.

The event goes like this: The contestant (pilot) takes off and climbs out. When the pilot says, "Begin," the coordinator starts the stopwatch. The pilot does as many loops as possible in a 60 second period. The coordinator yells, "Stop," and the pilot lands.

Scoring is one point for each loop and 10 extra points for a touchdown at runway center within the 30 foot circle.

Check flights begin at 09:00 with the contest beginning at 10:00.

According to Weather.com the prediction is for sunny skies with a 10MPH NE breeze at 75°F. Going to be perfect flying weather. Come on out!

Come On Out to the 2nd Annual SRCB Tailgate Swap!

This Saturday, 4 May, SRCB are holding our 2nd Annual Tailgate Swap at St. John Neumann Church in St. Charles. Tailgates will drop at 08:00 in the morning and be open until noon. Come on out and see what goodies have been hiding in club members' storage, just waiting for you to strike the right deal!

The Passing of a Great

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Hector Rivera, a former president of the club and a major supporter of all things SRCB. Hector suffered complications during surgery on March 20 and could not be revived. He is survived by his wife Ofelia, also a former SRCB officer, and his extended family.

The entire SRCB community will miss Hector greatly.

Frozen Finger Fun Fly

On New Year's Day at noon we'll be shooting the Frozen Finger Foto out at Pratt's-Wayne. Remember that you need your 2024 DuPage FPD permit if you are going to fly. But you don't need to fly -- just come out and freeze along with the rest of the crowd!