2026 Meeting Minutes

April 8, 2026 Club Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order by President Dennis Batty at 6:03PM - 7 members on call 

Secretary's report - website up to date, there will be a lasagna dinner following the April contest at Tim's house

Treasurer's report - Andy gave a report showing the projected income and expenses through the outdoor flying season. Our bank balance remains stable and should remain stable through the outdoor flying season. Dennis mentioned that he wants to schedule the gym for the 2026/27 indoor contests as soon as possible.

Business:

There was discussion by Dennis about finding indoor places to practice test flying indoor planes.

There was more discussion about the Dawn Unlimited event with everyone agreeing that we should add this for this season as was discussed at the March meeting.  The event will be added for June, July and August and MMAC points will be awarded for places.

Dennis will add a Jr. Event column on the score sheet so our Juniors can post their scores like everyone else.

Show and Tell:

Bill E showed his new Firefly and a new peanut plane he is building the Fokker V-23

Dennis showed some props he was working on and that he had purchased.

Tim showed some non-flying models, a Jeep and an Enterprise model,  that his wife Lee Anne had cut out and built with their new laser cutter. 

Meeting ended at 7:14 pm

March 4, 2026 Club Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order by President Dennis Batty at 6:00PM - 6 members on call with 7th joining later

Secretary's report - website up to date, there will be a lasagna dinner following the April contest at Tim's house

Treasurer's report - The 6 outdoor contest sanctions have been paid. Our bank balance remains stable after adding income from February contest

Business:

Sanctions are done for outdoor contests. The big change this year is that the May event will be a sanctioned contest instead of a fun fly. The club charter has been renewed for the year.

Dennis wants to schedule the school building for next years contest earlier this year to be sure we can get the dates we want for the indoor contests.

There was discussion about the summer contests. The May date conflicted with mothers day so Dennis will move it to a week later. The contest dates are as follows with the first day being the contest and the second day a backup date in case of weather: May 16-17, June 13-14, July 11-12, August 8-9, September 12-13, October 10-11.

We are adding a Dawn Unlimited event for June, July, and August. Launch at 7:30 am. 1 attempt.

There was discussion about Jr. events and giving prizes to Juniors who compete. 

Dennis has a bunch of kits that were donated to the club. Dennis and Andy will go through them to determine what to do with them.

Show & Tell

Jim showed his Greg Thomas Vegabond 32 inch wingspan. Greg had started building it before he passed and Jim finished it to use for outdoor scale. Dennis asked questions about larger wingspan rubber powered scale and apparently they are easier to trim.

Andy showed a torque meter he was designing to measure torque on an already wound airplane.

The meeting adjourned at 7:15

February 4, 2026 Club Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order by President Dennis Batty at6:14PM

Secretary's report - website up to date

Treasurer's report - bank balance remains stable

Old Business:

There are 3 remaining indoor contests, February 15, March 15, April 12. 

There was more discussion about making the May fun fly into an actual contest. Everyone in the meeting was in favor of that. Dennis will get a consensus from members who  were not in the meeting.

There was discussion about passing motions at meetings since so few members attend. Dennis will add the agenda to future meeting invites so that members can know what may be voted on.

There was ongoing discussion about what events to have at the outdoor contests. Should hi-start become a standard event instead of being a separate money event.

There was discussion about the junior event. With Ken bringing his grandkids to the last couple of contests, everyone would love to make it more enjoyable. We will have prizes for them at the next indoor event.

Dennis was contacted by a person who wants to get rid of a model aviation persons estate. He will contact them and find out more information.

Show and Tell:

Ken Forner showed his Bristol Brownie

Dennis showed his Corsair - 17 inch 24 grams and his Cassett Racer No Cal

Meeting adjourned at 7:15

January 14, 2026 Club Meeting Minutes

Meeting was called to order by President Dennis Batty at6:05PM

9 club members present for the Zoom meeting.

The Zoom meeting was recorded for the first time. We will figure out how to up load these to the website in the next few days.

Secretary’s report given by Dennis Batty for Tim Brockman. Website is up to date. Results of the January contest have been posted.

Treasurer’s report given by Andy Ringlien. Balance remains about the same. Income up slightly with new members and higher attendance at contests. Andy presented a breakdown of expenses and income and projected a close break even (slight deficit) for the year ahead with conservative/current income and expenses. Motion to approve by Gary Peterson. Second by Matt Decker. Motion passed.

Old Business

2026 Contest Schedule

The proposed upcoming 2026 contest schedule for the year was presented by Dennis Batty as follows:

Indoor contests: Sunday afternoons 2:00 – 6:00PM

February 15

March 15

April 12

Outdoor contests: Saturdays 8:00AM – 4:00PM

May 17

June14

July 12

August 9

September 13

October 11

Indoor contests: Sunday afternoons 2:00 – 6:00PM

November 8

December 13

Interest was expressed on the part of several for making the May event a regular contest instead of a “Fun Fly”. The schedule will be presented for a vote at the February Club Meeting. A vote will be taken on changing the May event to a regular contest.

Rules Discussion

Over the past month there has been some email discussion on the club thread of rules. Members present at the club meeting discussed several things including the use of “trim” tabs on various types of planes. The one that did come out of that part of the discussion that it would be fair to limit or prohibit the use of tabs that increased the surface of wings or stabs for classes of planes that limit the number of square inches allowed for the size of the wing and or stab. The club does list rules for planes for each category on the club website. It was suggested that it might be good to have a general section of rules that apply to contests in general.

Contest Events Discussion

With the number of junior flyers present at the contest this past Sunday, a robust discussion of a junior event or events was opened by Ken Forner who brought 5 of his grandkids, and kept them entertained the whole time. The overall consensus was that we want to encourage junior flyer participation. Organizing events specifically for them and offering prizes were two of the things that came out of the discussion. Andy and Jim brought up the fact that the club has given out prizes in days gone by for junior events, things like kits for planes, balsa wood, and tissue for covering.

Several of Ken’s grandkids have built flying models that they brought flew at the contest on Sunday. Dennis Batty brought up organizing an event around building and flying Sky Bunny’s that he has done with a church group and his grandkids. He will share plans with the club. Gary Peterson has a booklet written about building and flying the Sky Bunny that he will share with the club. More to come on this.

Other contest event discussion included talk of adding a dawn unlimited event to two or three of the outdoor contests. Unlimited events are flown at AMA Nationals in Muncie and is a one flight winner take all event. The event would be at 7:30 in the morning. More to come on this idea.

No show and tell at this meeting. Think about something for next month’s club meeting even if it is only partially finished.

Meeting adjourned at 7:15PM