Greetings Weedwackers –
Due to predicted excessive heat this Saturday, Pylon Races and the raffle are postponed until Saturday October 1st.Please pass the word!
First, the Pylon Races originally scheduled for Sat Sep 3rd are move
d to Sat Oct 1st.
Our raffle will follow the races.
We’ll still hold a monthly club meeting this Sat Sep 3rd at the club field.
Here are the details for our first race:
The ONLY plane we will be racing is the FMS T28 v2 (The 800mm version). In later races we will probably open up to additional classes once we see how the first race goes.
You can purchase one at Horizon Hobby or any hobby store that has them in stock.
If you have any questions about the plane or the races feel free to send an email to webmaster.weedwackers@gmail.com
In about 2 weeks on Saturday April 23rd, the Weedwackers are participating in the Lakeside Western Days Parade.
We’ll present a collection of models on a float/trailer and will have the pleasure of riding through the streets of Lakeside, raising awareness of our club within the community and hopefully generating some interest in the hobby.
We’d appreciate your help!
To prepare the float, we’ll meet at 4pm on Friday April 22nd at the club field where we’ll prepare the trailer/float with support frames and some bling.
Then at 7:30 am on Saturday April 23rd we’ll meet the float at our staging area (yet to be assigned) to stage our models on the float.
Bring your model to show – If you have a model of any size or type that you’d like to show off, bring it to the staging area and we’ll nail it to the float. Well, we’ll attach it safely.
Riders welcome! This year, our float will be a 40 foot trailer graciously provided by the San Diego Aerospace Museum through the efforts of Bruce Allen. We’ll have room for several riders on the float to wave at the cheering crowd, so let us know if you want to ride!
Ron Keith will be our driver, and he’ll need spotters to walk alongside the route for safety. We also would like to enlist a pair of members to walk our banner out in front of the float.
The parade starts moving at 9:35 am. We’ll likely be moving out to the parade route around 10:15 and be back to unload the float at the staging area by 11am. We’ll offload the display models and then head back at the flying field to dismantle the rest of the float by 11:30.
If you can help or want to ride, please join us!
We’ll also need supplies of zip-ties, staple guns, sheet-rock screws and hand drills with screw bits.
I’m on business travel for the next few weeks, so Jeff (number is below) will help coordinate efforts.
Hope to see you there!
PLEASE CONTACT JEFF COSKEY IF YOU CAN HELP! V-P: Jeffrey Coskey 619-913-1455