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- Created on Monday, 30 March 2009 21:40
- Last Updated on Sunday, 27 November 2011 11:01
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Aerotow Soaring
Aerotow is a form of thermal duration soaring where the sailplane is towed to altitude behind a powered aircraft. This is the way that most full-scale sailplanes become airborne and it is also quite popular with folks who fly large radio controlled models. We have a handful of members who are active in this part of the hobby and they try to get out and fly weekly during the Summer months.
Several club members have 1/4 scale or larger tugs for towing up sailplanes. These folks are more than happy to introduce new or current members to this exciting form or soaring. If you have questions contact our aerotow coordinator for more information.
Popular Models
Following are two lists of models. One includes those which are especially well suited to new modelers, while the other lists some of todays most popular models that are flown by the advanced or competitve pilot.
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Aerotow photo galleries:
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Articles
Here are a list of articles compiled by MRCSS members that pertain to our areas of interest.
- 2007-06-30 : Carving a Pilot Figure From Pink Foam by Dave Engleson
- 2006-08-05 : Two Hundred Forty Minutes to Go by Bill Rakozy
- 2006-07-31 : Report on the 2006 AMA NATS by Bill Rakozy
- 2004-05-27 : Power-Slope-Scale by Bert Olson and Larry Sorenson
- 2004-05-20 : 2004 Spring Tune-up Contest Results
- 2004-03-22 : Scale Gliders by Tim Mattsson
- 2003-11-18 : Mirage Construction Photos by Michael McKibben
- 2003-10-16 : Gordy's Travels Articles by Gordy Stahl
- 2003-10-16 : Slope Trip Checklist by Dave Engleson
- 2003-10-12 : Is That a Mirage? by Michael McKibben
- 2003-08-18 : Going Sloping, an Introduction by Emil Weiler
- 2003-08-05 : Introduction to Thermal Duration (TD) Contests by Bill Rakozy
- May, 2004 South Dakota Slope Soaring Journal by Bill Kuhl
- A Beginners Guide to RC Soaring by Bob Waldridge
- The Path to Improvement in Thermal Soaring by Bill Kuhl
- It Pays to Keep Learning by Ed Berris
Newsletters
For an archive of all previously published newsletters please visit our downloads section or click here to jump to the newsletters.
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- Created on Saturday, 17 November 2007 16:39
- Last Updated on Saturday, 17 November 2007 16:39
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2007 Thermal Duration Contest Results
May 12 : Spring Tune-up
June 9 : Summer Lift
July 15 : The Big One
August 12 : LSF Dog Days
| Rank | Contestant | Class | Total | LSF |
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| 1 | Steve Leitgen | RES | 2906 | 900 |
| 2 | Augie McKibben | UNL | 2516 | 693 |
| 3 | Mike Trutwin | UNL | 2479 | 597 |
| 4 | Bill Rakozy | UNL | 2479 | 597 |
| 5 | Greg Klein | UNL | 2362 | 406 |
| 6 | Jack Perecman | UNL | 2353 | 324 |
| 7 | Rob Hurd | UNL | 2187 | 226 |
| 8 | Ben Hocker | RES | 1986 | 137 |
| 9 | Ib Jensen | UNL | 1615 | 56 |
| Rank | Contestant | Class | Total | LSF |
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| 1 | Augie McKibben | UNL | 2516 | 693 |
| 2 | Mike Trutwin | UNL | 2479 | 597 |
| 3 | Bill Rakozy | UNL | 2479 | 597 |
| 4 | Greg Klein | UNL | 2362 | 406 |
| 5 | Jack Perecman | UNL | 2353 | 324 |
| 6 | Rob Hurd | UNL | 2187 | 226 |
| 7 | Ib Jensen | UNL | 1615 | 56 |
| Rank | Contestant | Class | Total | LSF |
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| 1 | Steve Leitgen | RES | 2906 | 900 |
| 2 | Ben Hocker | RES | 1986 | 137 |
September 8 : Sailplane Challenge
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2012 MRCSS Board of Officers
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2012 Permanent Committee Members
Field Committee
- Ben Hocker (Elk River)
- Kevin Kavaney (slope)
- John Cihunka (Jirik)
Fun-Fly Committee
Steve Leitgen
Web Site Committee
2012 Area Coordinators
Contact the appropriate Area Coordinator for questions and information pertaining to your area of interest.
Membership
Aerotow
Contest Schedule Committee
Greg Stinson, Vern Bailey
Electric Assisted Sailplanes
Dave Edmonson
Hand Launch Contests
League of Silent Flight (LSF)
Augie McKibben
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- Created on Friday, 16 November 2007 08:48
- Last Updated on Monday, 26 April 2010 23:19
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MRCSS Event Calendar
Our event and meeting calendar is now hosted by Google. This makes it easy to synchronize our calendar with one of your own on your computer or mobile device. The sub-menu at left provides three options for viewing our calendar.
- "MRCSS events" is a calendar that only shows events or meetings sponsored by MRCSS.
- "Other events" is a calendar that list happenings outside of our club that may be of interest to our members.
- "MRCSS and other combined" is a calender that overlays the first two calendars and lists everything happening in MRCSS and outside the club.
When viewing any of the calendars you can click on an events to get detailed information on what is going on and a map to the location courtesy of Google.