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Old 02-23-2006, 10:57 AM
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Wayne Miller
 
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Default RE: .25 Club Racing

Hi,

If you want to fly for fun, and cheap, you may want to visit the Guelph Gremlins web site.

You will notice the following statement: "Pilots Wanted!! Gremlins’ Slow Combat Squadron". This is on the opening page. If you follow the link, and click on the first "here" at the end of the first paragraph of the article, you will be pointed to a descriptive document that includes plans for a Slow Combat plane and a wing template. It is easy to build, and purposely designed to cost very little. It flies with an inexpensive .15 non ball bearing engine. The intent is to create a very low cost plane in order to chase each other around the sky and have fun, the intent is to cut a crape paper streamer strung out behind another pilot’s plane.

I called Richard Staron, in Toronto, who makes the wing foam cores. He is a strong promoter of the event, and sells the foam core wing set for $6.00. He stresses this event is strictly for fun, and all costs are purposely kept to a minimum. It is a must that the participants understand that the event is strictly for fun and must shake hands at the end of the event, go for coffee etc.

The Guelph Gremlin’s link is: http://ca.geocities.com/guelphgremli...com/index.html if you are interested.

There is no expense spared for the first place prize at each event – the first place pilot gets full bragging rights, that is, until the next event. This looks like fun if participating with your membership and the other club “squadrons’ that are quickly springing up around the area.

Hope you find it interesting.

Fly4Fun,

Wayne Miller