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Scheduled Electric E-vents for 2024/2025
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Hamburg Flyers Club Indoor Info, at this time: (to be updated soon)
Skymasters' Indoor Flying Info
As a reminder: 1. Aircraft can weigh no more than 1-1/2 pounds All Up Weight. Helicopters & multi-rotor copters are limited to 250 maximum size. All aircraft must be powered by no more than a single 3 cell (11.1 volt) 1000 mAh battery. 2. First Person View-FPV is limited to micro quadcopters powered by a single cell battery (Max 500 mAh). Friday, April 4 & Saturday, April 5, 2025
Glass City Center - Main Floor
Admission: $10 Toledo RC Swap Meet Website
Manufactures, Distributors, and Businesses Welcome! Questions Contact:
request info at: info@toledorcswapmeet.com April 9, Wednesday, EFO Zoom Meeting
The Balsa Butchers are hosting the "Keith Shaw Birthday Party Electric Fly-In", for the 23nd year, at their field near Coldwater, MI. The event takes place on Saturday, May 31, 2025. It is a one day event. The event consists of Open Electric Flying with a "Special Guest of Honor Theme". Happy Birthday Keith Shaw [June 6]. Enjoy a day with the "Pioneering Master of Electric R/C Flight". 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturday. NO LANDING FEE! Donations for field maintenance and lunch appreciated. For additional information contact;
Please e-mail or call with any questions. The field will be open for guests to fly on Sunday as well. (See Swap Meet Note at the end of this announcement.) AMA Sanctioned Event (Proof of AMA membership required to fly - Sorry MAAC membership is no longer accepted)
Hosted by the:
Midwest R/C Society Contest Directors are:
Keith Shaw (734) 973-6309 Flying both days is at the Midwest R/C Society Flying Field - 7 Mile Rd., Salem Twp., MI Registration: 9 A.M. Saturday Event Flying from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Saturday Open Flying 10 A.M. Until You Leave Sunday (Open Flying Saturday after the Event & All Day Sunday
No Pilot Landing Fee
No Parking Donation Will Be Requested from Spectators or Those Participating in the Open Air Swap Shop
Awards on Saturday Only!
Planes Must Fly To Be Considered for Any Award
The Field is Open for Open Flying All Day Friday
Come and join us for two days of fun and relaxed electric flying. The NCM (Not Conventional Materials) Event Traditionally, model aircraft airframes have been mostly constructed from balsa wood, plywood, spruce, and fiberglass. For the purposes of this meet, NCM airframes are mostly constructed from not conventional materials i.e.; sheet foam, foam board, cardboard, block foam, foam insulation material, etc. Any NCM aircraft may be used (no ARF types). Power systems are limited to a maximum of 3S (no paralleling) LiPo batteries or 4S maximum, no paralleling, for A123 packs. All planes qualifying for this event will launch at the same time, and the last one to land will be declared the winner. The old entrance to the Midwest RC Society flying field is permanently closed!!! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE IT!!!  This is what the flying field entrance looks like. Please Drive SAFELY The field entrance is on the north side of Seven Mile Road about 1.5 Miles west of Currie Rd. entrance is on the north side of Seven Mile Road about 1.6 Miles west of Currie Rd. >The address is 7621 Seven Mile Road, Northville, MI 48167. The entrance is through a private residence drive and out past the barn. How to enter the flying field, by going past the farm buildings, is shown in the following photo.  Directions from Google Maps to the flying field Directions from Google Maps to the flying field To locate the Midwest R/C Society 7 Mile Rd. flying field, site of the Mid-America Electric Flies, use the link for the map above. Because of their convenient location and the easy drive to the flying field, the Comfort Suites and Holiday Inn Express in Wixom, MI have been added to the hotels' listing. They are only 10 miles northeast of the field and located near I-96 and Wixom Road. See the map-hotel .pdf for more details. There is a designated area for swappers. Please check-in at the event registration table before setting up. Someone from registration will point out where you may set up. Bring your own table(s) and chair(s). There is no swap meet fee. A donation to the Midwest RC Society, for the use of their flying field, would be greatly appreciated. |
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