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Flying High With Electric Power! The Electric Flyers Only, Inc. AMA Charter 2354 Commerce Township, MI, USA Site Started: 28 January 1996 Maintained by: Ken Myers Home of the Ampeer electric flight newsletter

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Upcoming May 2024 EFO Flying Meeting Date: Saturday, May 11 - see note Time: 10:00 a.m. Place: Midwest RC Society 7 Mile Rd. Flying Field Everyone with an interest is WELCOME Proof of current AMA membership is required to fly EFO Meeting Reminder      Please keep in mind that summer flying EFO meeting dates are tentative do to weather.      The flying meetings are scheduled for a Saturday. Because of predicted winds or rain for the scheduled date, the actual date could be changed.      Members will be notified, via email, as to the correct time, date and place.      Everyone is welcome and proof of current AMA membership is required to fly.      Spectators and visitors are always welcome.      The next EFO monthly flying meeting is scheduled for Saturday, May 11 at 10:00 a.m. at the Midwest RC Society 7 Mile Rd. Flying Field.      If the weather is not suitable on that date, the meeting will be postponed to a future date and members notified, via email, regarding any change in date and time. The change will also be published, here, on the EFO Website. Current Issue of The Ampeer EFO Electric Flight Newsletter May 2024: Ampeer in Adobe Acrobat .PDF format May 2024 Ampeer in HTML format HTML version has active links and is best for reading on computers, smart phones and tablets. Some of the planes and features in the May 2024 issue of the Ampeer ANNOUNCING THE 2024 KEITH SHAW BIRTHDAY FLY 2024, SATURDAY JUNE 1 ANNOUNCING THE 40th ANNUAL MID-AMERICA ELECTRIC FLIES 2024, JULY 13 & 14

NEW APRIL 2018 RC Beginner's Corner Start your adventure into learning to fly RC airplanes with this article; Advice for Getting Into Flying Radio Controlled (RC) Airplanes The article by Ken Myers walks you through the steps in purchasing your equipment and first plane and recommends several planes that make good trainers.

Want to learn to fly RC? Are you an RC Flight Instructor? I've edited and annotated EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ELECTRIC POWERED FLIGHT An E-Book by Ed Anderson, President, Long Island Silent Flyers. The link, using the book title, is in Adobe Acrobat format. In this beginner's guide, I've provided active links within the document for reading online to the sources and articles used to compliment the e-book. It is also formatted for printing, and it is 49 pages long. What's in the book? Well, pretty much what Ed implies in the title. He also notes in the Preface that it is not really everything, but it is a great resource for new RC pilots and glow and glider pilots wanting to give electric power a try. If you are an instructor and you are asked by a new person, "What should I get? Where should I start?". Point them to this e-book. Ken Myers, President EFO Special .pdf version formated for Smart Phones, NetPads, E-books, etc. by Partrick Surry.

Selecting Electric Power System Including Conversions from Glow Planes By Ken Myers - March 2017 Updated: April 2021 Selecting an Electric Outrunner Motor Power System for an ARF, Kit or Plans Built Electrically Powered or Glow Conversion Prop Plane Article includes links to the spreadsheets for the calculations.

Electric Power Basics By Ken Myers - January 2011 HTML version of Ken Myers' Electric Power Basics. Updated: December 2015, reformatted presentation of aircraft at the beginning of the article. Includes active links to all references. Best for reading and researching online. Formatted for all online reading devices. Acrobat .pdf version of Ken Myers' Electric Power Basics. Best for printing. All sources are listed at the end of the article with no active links.

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About Ken Myers      I am a retired Walled Lake Schools elementary Media Specialist/Computer Resource Teacher (4 years) and 5th grade teacher (27.6 years). I enjoy electrically powered, radio controlled aircraft.      I am best known in the electric community for this Web site, as well as being an AMA Hall of Fame member, president of the EFO (Electric Flyers Only, Inc.), Ampeer newsletter editor, past president of NEAC (National Electric Aircraft Council), former Event Director for the Electric Nationals in Muncie, IN., former occasional magazine article author, co-Contest Director (CD) of the Mid-America Electric Flies, and flying buddy of Keith Shaw.      I was one of five people in the USA to be awarded the AMA/Carl Goldberg Vital Person Award in 2011. Contact Ken Myers via email at: kmyersefo@theampeer.org

Unlike other sites, there is NO paid advertising on this site! When you see an ad link, Ken Myers uses and recommends the product(s), supplier or manufacturer. He uses the "stuff" or supplier himself!