An AMA Gold Club
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New Newsletter Editor.
Hello everyone, I’m John Lawyer and I am going to
be taking over as the newsletter editor. I will admit
I am terrible with names, so if I get your name
wrong in the newsletter I apologize beforehand. If
I get other facts wrong, I apologize. If you send me
an email or hand me a note on any corrections, I
will be glad to get it into the next newsletter.
Besides, that will help me to take up space in the
newsletter also. 
You can contact me at
[email protected] or 765-918-7229
I will always be happy to take input from anyone for
the newsletter.
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Upcoming Events
May 3- Blacksheep club meeting is at the field
clubhouse at 7:30 pm.
May 6 - 3rd Annual Avon Parks Spring Fling.
June 7 - Blacksheep club meeting is at the field
clubhouse at 7:30 pm.
June 24 - 10th Annual Blacksheep RC Modelers
Warbird Fly In.
August 12 - 2017 National Model Aviation Day RC
Airshow to benefit Hoosier Veterans Assistance
Foundation.
October 7 - Veterans RC day at the National RC
Modeling Center in Muncie. Stayed tuned for
details.
2017 Avon Spring Fling RC Festival
Free Event! No tickets required. Remote Control
Boats, Planes, Cars and Trucks will be taking over
The Avon Town Hall Park on Saturday, May 6th
from 11am – 4pm. Bring the family to watch OR
play! Races and demonstrations will be scheduled
throughout the day. There will also be “You Try It”
times for you to personally experience some of
these
amazing
Radio
Control
Vehicles.
Visitors are asked to check in to get a map of
activities. To insure no radio interference
problems, we ask that you please only bring 2.4
GHz radio control systems. Keep small children
with you and follow safety instructions. This is a
FREE event and open to everyone, young and
old!
Delicious concessions will be available for
purchase from the Avon American Legion Post 145
to make your day complete.
Hosted by Avon Parks and the following:
Indianapolis Admirals R/C Model Boat Club, Black
Sheep Squadron R/C Airplane Club, the Hoosier
RC
Racers
club
and IndyHobbies.com.
Rege Hall called the meeting to order at about
7:00 PM.
President's Report
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Vice President's Report
 No report.
Treasurer's Report
 No report.
Secretary’s Report
 No report.
Field Marshall’s Report
 No report.
Safety Coordinator's Report
 No report.
New Members/Visitors
 No new members reported.
Old Business
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For more information, visit www.avongov.org or
call 317-272-0948. In case of inclement weather,
the Radio Control Festival will be moved to May
13th.
Please
check https://www.facebook.com/TownofAvon for
announcements.
Avon Town Hall Park is located behind Avon Town
Hall at 6570 E Highway 36 in Avon, Indiana
46123.FREE
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April 2017 Meeting Minutes
Recorded for Rege Hall, President
The April 2017 club meeting was held on April 5,
2017 at the Flying Field Clubhouse. President
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Some discussion to go forward with a dues
increase for 2018. Many had input on the
dues amount. Suggestions ranged from $40
to $80. Most seemed to favor raising the dues
to $40 for 2018. Suggestions were made to
eliminate the $20 fee for not renewing by 15Apr each year, but to keep the one-time $20
fee for a new member. Family membership
would increase to $15 above individual fee.
Family memberships are for family members
that reside in the same house.
Our 10th Annual Warbird is June 24th.
Scott Black provide flyers for the upcoming
Avon Spring Fling event on Saturday May 6th
at the Avon Township Park. We will only fly at
the north end of the lake. Electric aircraft only.
If you want to park by the lake, you will need
to be there prior to 10 a.m. and stay for the
duration of the event.
Due to a conflict with annual Lunch at the
Hendricks County Airport, members chose to
hold this year’s NMAD event on Saturday,
August 12th. More plans discussed at the May
meeting.
New Business
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Started discussion whether we want to fly at
the fair this year. Lasts year’s participation
was very light, with only 8 members on the
first evening and only 12 members on the last
evening. It has traditionally been very
hot. No vote was taken, but we will discuss
this again during the May meeting.
Adopt A Highway cleanup reminder for
Saturday the 22nd. Meet around 8:30 and
start at 9:00 am.
Hendricks County Airport open house will be
the Saturday following our NMAD
event. Saturday August 19th.
Show and Tell
 No show and tell reported.
We held a 50/50 drawing after the meeting.
With no further club business, the meeting was
adjourned.
The March club meeting will be held on
Wednesday, May 3rd. The meeting will be held at
the Flying Field Clubhouse and will begin at 7:30
PM. Please note the change in start time.
One last reminder, please support your local
hobby stores. Special thanks go out HobbyTown
USA in Castleton for extending a discount to our
club for our monthly and year end raffle prizes.
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Second is the labeling. When the known Spektrum
receiver is compared to the counterfeit, you can
notice differences in how the labels are laid out and
the fonts in the lettering. Also, the counterfeits can
be quite blurry.
Third is the packaging. The good Spektrum
receivers come in hard clear plastic boxes with
complete manuals, whereas the counterfeits
usually come in a plastic bag that contains the
receiver and a single sheet of paper.
Forth is with the 12 channel AR12120. If you
compare the wires that run to the satellite
receivers, you will notice different colorization on
the wires.
Fifth is also with the 12 channel receiver. When
looking at the back of the satellite you will see a
large raised X. On the counterfeit everything is
smooth, while on the true Spektrum receiver the X
is a ruff surface.
Sixth, with the AR6200s is the technology. The
cheap receivers seen on EBay are DSM2.
Spektrum hasn’t made the DSM2 receivers for
over 2 years.
Last is with both models of receivers. If you send
them to Horizon Hobbies for repair, they will
contact you telling you they are counterfeit and that
they will not work on them, that they are sending
them back to you.
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Spektrum Counterfeit Receivers
Field reminders:
At the April meeting Bill Clontz took the time to give
a small presentation on some counterfeit Spektrum
receivers that he had run into. He had an AR6200
and an AR12120 that were not original Spektrum
receivers and he pointed out how to tell them from
the true Spektrum equipment.
First is the price. As the old saying goes, if it
sounds too good to be true it probably is. If I
remember correctly, he was seeing the 6 channel
counterfeit receivers for $10 to $15 on eBay when
they are $79 from Spektrum. The 12 channel
counterfeit receivers are running $80 to $90 on
eBay when they are $200 from Spectrum.
- If you should ever have to call 911 (or order
pizza), our address is 178 E. Twin Bridges Rd
- If you are the last one at the field, be sure the
clubhouse door is locked and the front gate is
locked.
- Fly safe, the AMA safety rules are posted by the
door of the clubhouse..
- If flying on 72 mhz, be sure to use the frequency
board.
- There are fire extinguishers located just inside
the clubhouse door.
- If you see trash or cans lying around, please pick
it up. Let’s all keep our field beautiful.
- Try not to overflow gas, glow fuel or smoke fluid
on the grass, causes bare sports.
- Be cognizant of others.
- Watch for full scale planes.
interaction.
Avoid any
- Please put aluminum cans in the bins that are
located in the clubhouse and by the trash cans, we
are recycling the cans to help pay for gas for the
mowers.
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National Aeromodeling Championships:
RC Scale: June 23-25
RC Scale Aerobatics: June 28-July 1
CL Scale July 14-16
RC Pylon Racing: July 14-21
Control Line July 16-22
(Navy Carrier, Precision Aerobatics, Racing, Combat,
Speed):
RC Combat July 17-22
RC Soaring: July 22 – 30
Outdoor Free Flight: July 24-28
RC Aerobatics (Pattern) July 25-29 Hosted in Blythville,
AR
RC Helicopter: July 31-August 3
Indoor Free Flight: July 18-22 Hosted in Rantoul, IL
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Till next month may all your landings be
wheels down.
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