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AMA Club Charter #1466 |
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MVMAC is a model club dedicated to having fun flying and building miniature
aircraft. R/C pilots are the largest group. We encourage model builders, both young and old, to join our club and show off your
building techniques. For static display, we do not require an AMA membership! Please come and join our club and let us see your work!
At club meetings, show and tell might include a fun-fly plane and a peanut-sized indoor rubber ship.
If you are interested in becoming a member or learning more about MVMAC please e-mail me, Jim Caldwell
Download, fill in, and print our club application form here
If you want to learn more about flying or you want to find a club in your area go to the Academy of Model Aeronautics. They have many different links to Free Flight, Control Line, and Radio Control and are dedicated to the preservation of all model flying and building. You can also join on-line here at, AMA Membership Applications Center. Just click on the link, answer some questions and you will be registered and insured with our National Organization!
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING - 4th WEDNESDAY
The General Membership Meetings are scheduled for the 4th Wednesday of each month, and start at 7:00 PM at our 1103
North Solano (Rawson's Self Storage) Club House. All members and those interested in joining the Club are encouraged to
attend.
PLANNING MEETING - 2nd WEDNESDAY
The Planning Meetings are scheduled for the 2nd Wednesday of each month, and start at 7:00 PM at our 1103
North Solano (Rawson's Self Storage) Club House. At these informal meetings Club
Officers consider ways to improve the Club, plan events, prepare the agenda for the next General Membership
meeting, etc. All members are invited to attend, particularly anyone with ideas for future
activities or thoughts on improving the Club.
HOLIDAY SUSPENSION OF MEETINGS - NOVEMBER & DECEMBER
The General Membership and Planning Meetings are suspended for the months of November and December, but are resumed in January of the new year. Early in December of each year, the Club plans a Holiday dinner party at one of the local establishments.
2012 INTRODUCTORY ELECTRIC FLY IN - THIS SATURDAY, MAY 12th - NMSU ELECTRIC FIELD
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This coming Saturday, May 12, we will host an Introductory Electric Fly In for the public at our NMSU field. Please come out and fly as you normally would because the intent is to demonstrate our hobby to the public and give those interested an opportunity to take the controls of our club trainer airplane. We will start setting up at around 8:00am and be ready to start giving instruction to those interested around 9:00am or earlier if they show up early. If anyone has an awning for shade it would be appreciated. Joseph Millette will be bringing out his personal UAS equipment and I will bring a glow powered airplane for static displays to show other parts of the hobby. If anyone has an interesting airplane that would also be a good static display it might help generate some interest. Steve Demar and Joseph will be handling most of the instructor pilot duties. A map is available on our web site by going to http://mvmac.org/MVMAC_Electric_Field_Sat_Map.pdf. You may get additional information by contacting Jim Caldwell at jimsue77@yahoo.com or calling 575-680-8195. |
2012 SCALE FLY IN - SATURDAY, MAY 26th - JORNADA CLUB FIELD
The Mesilla Valley Model Airplane Club (MVMAC) will host a fly-in event for scale aircraft on Saturday, May 26th at our flying site off Jornada Road. Any modeler with a scale aircraft and an AMA Membership is welcome to participate. There is a $10.00 entry fee which also gets you a $6.00 ticket for use at the Jesse's KC BBQ truck which will be on-site. Non-flyers are also welcome to come and watch the fun. The directions to our flying site are: Take the Mesa Grande exit off of Highway 70 east. Cross under Highway 70 and turn left on the service road. Follow the service road .7 miles to Jornada Road. Turn right on Jornada Road and follow it 7.2 miles past the stone pillars to County Road D65. Turn right on D65 and follow it 1.4 miles to the MVMAC flying site. A map is available on our web site by going to http://mvmac.org/MVMAC_Jornada_Field_Street_Map.pdf . You may get additional information by contacting Jim Caldwell at jimsue77@yahoo.com or calling 575-680-8195.
2011 ELECTRIC FLY IN
On Saturday, November 19th at the NM State University Intramural
Field, MVMAC held its 2011 Electric Fly In.
Some Photos from the event.
Flier for the 2011 Electric Fly In.
2011 GLIDER EVENT
On Sunday, October 9th, 2011, MVMAC held the 2011 Glider Event, 'The Las Cruces Chili Challenge', with F3K-like rules.
Some photos from the event.
2011 SCALE FLY IN
On Saturday, May 7th, 2011, MVMAC held its 2011 Scale Fly In at our Club Field.
Some photos from the event.
Flier for the 2011 Scale Fly In.
2011 ZIA MIDDLE SCHOOL - NASA SPONSORED EVENT
On Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 MVMAC supported a Zia Middle School - NASA sponsored event by flying an instrumented model at the White Sands National Monument. Dean Herman and Greg McGill represented MVMAC and flew a Hobbico Next Star equipped with a NASA payload which included a color visible and 2 infrared cameras. Anna Suggs, science teacher at Zia led the project, escorted 30 student Science Club members plus adult assistants of the Zia Science Club, and led the students in downloading the camera data during two 12+ minute flights.
Some photos from the event by Greg and Dean..
2010 ELECTRIC FLY IN
We held the 2010 Electric Fly In on November 6th 2010.
Some photos from the event.
Flier for the 2010 Electric Fly In.
2010 BLUE SKIES GLIDER CONTEST
On Saturday, November 6th, 2010 four of our Club members competed in the Blue Skies Glider Contest at Eloy,AZ.
Some photos from the contest.
STEVE DEMAR'S ELECTRIC POWER WORKSHOP SERIES
Download Steve's Note sheets for the previous workshops here.
JERRY WINANS' ELECTRIC MOTOR WINDING WORKSHOP
On April 27th Jerry Winans, who winds his own electric motors, held a workshop titled
"Information About Rewinding Your Electric RC Motor".
Download the
information sheet for Jerry's presentation
here.
GREG MCGILL'S RC SOARING WORKSHOP
On July 28, 2010 Greg McGill, long time RC glider hobbyist and competitor, held a workshop titled
"Introduction to RC Soaring".
Download the outline for Greg's presentation
here.
ITEMS FOR SALE OR DESIRED
Check our For Sale or Desired page for great buys or items that members are looking for!
If you would like to list items for sale or desired, contact Jim Caldwell.
CLUB GLOW FUEL
We are gathering orders for our next Club fuel purchase. Interested members can sign up at
the Field or sign up with Steve Preston at at one of our monthly General Membership or Planning meetings, or contact Steve directly. Orders must be in full case (4 gallons per case) increments.
If you want to join our e-mail group and keep in contact with us, Click Here. This YahooGroup is for R/C Aircraft & related topics!
JORNADA FIELD (CLUB FIELD FOR ALL TYPES OF AIRCRAFT)
Click here for a map to our club flying field on the Jornada range!
The coordinates for the entrance gate for our flying field are:
32deg 29min 13.61sec N, 106deg 43min 03.02sec W.
Click for a Google Earth view of the Jornada range flying field
Note, our Club field is kept locked, except when a
Club member is present. Visitors should arrange with a member to use the field.
NMSU INTRAMURAL FIELD (CLUB FIELD FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT ONLY)
Some of our members also fly electric powered models at New Mexico State University
Click here for a map to our club elecric flying field on the NMSU campus
For information on this please e-mail John Womack. Make sure that John has your licence plate information to report to NMSU Parking
to avoid getting a ticket for parking on campus during classes.
MVMAC is in the process of working with the city to establish a new flying field located near the intersection of Lohman Ave and Sonoma Ranch Blvd on the east side of Las Cruces. This field is envisioned to handle all types of aircraft for local, regional, and even national competition and recreational flying. We will present additional information in this area as plans become more concrete.
UPDATE AS OF August 21st, 2011 FROM Jim Caldwell:
With Dean's passing, I am now taking the lead regarding our new flying site project with the City of Las Cruces. Dean got the talks restarted with the city and I will do my best to keep everything on track. We are looking at the potential for a first class flying site we, and the City, can all be proud of.
Yesterday afternoon I had a telephone conversation with Klaus Kemmer, Administrator for Solid Waste Operations. There is not much new to report but progress is being made. Before submitting our project to the State for approval he has to complete a measurement study of how much methane gas is being emitted from the land fill. He now has the instruments so that is in progress. Additionally they are doing the surveying that must be accomplished before the property can be transferred from BLM to the City. That is the pacing item and nothing can happen at the site until it belongs to the City. I will contact Klaus for an up-date before our next meeting.
UPDATE AS OF September 16th, 2011 FROM Jim Caldwell:
I just received an update from Klaus Kemmer. Our proposal for a flying site at the landfill has been submitted to the New Mexico Environmental Department. We do not have a time frame for how long it will take, but we will probably hear the result from them before the property is transferred. The BLM is estimating that the transfer to the City is likely to take 9 months. Nothing can be done at the site until it is owned by the City. Klaus is hoping to get a better estimate from the BLM before our October club meeting."
UPDATE AS OF November 7th, 2011 FROM Jim Caldwell:
At our last club meeting on October 26th, I was not able to provide a status of the proposed City Landfill Flying Site. I was finally able to talk with Klaus Kemmer, City Administrator for Solid Waste Disposal, and it sounds like things are progressing well. He hopes to hear from BLM soon and hoping that the property transfer to the City is completed some time in December. He has talked with the Parks Department and everything seems to be on track with them to develop the site as a City Park.
Our original concept with the City was that there would be space at the landfill for us, the Rocket Club, and a place for RC Cars. It has come to my attention that the Rocket Club is not too high on the landfill site plans. I hope to talk with their club President this weekend. If anyone is interested they are going to be launching rockets tomorrow morning out at the ponding area along highway 70 near the Dunn / Holman exit. Go out 70 to the Dunn/Holman exit and turn right. Go about a half mile and then turn left on Cortez Road. That should take you to the launch site.
UPDATE AS OF January 25th, 2012 FROM Jim Caldwell:
During December I was in contact with Klaus Kemmer, the Landfill Administrator, and found out there was no news about our proposed air park on the Landfill. He did mention to me that he had not been able to get any response from the BLM regarding the transfer of the landfill site to the City. I called BLM and was able to talk with the BLM District Manager. They were aware of our project and were to start working on the property transfer during January with a target completion in the fall of 2012.
Yesterday I received an email from the City confirming that the BLM had started working on the property transfer this month. Nothing in writing from the State of New Mexico yet, but there has been verbal communications regarding parking on the landfill site. It looks like the parking will have to be at the lower level, but I think we will be able to get a drop off area with a couple of handicapped parking spots up at our runway level.
If you would like the most current information concerning the new field, contact Jim Caldwell.
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