Michael Wise – Page 9 – Bayou City Flyers

January 23, 2020

Next Club Meeting – First Saturday of the Month, 2020 (10am)

The next club meeting is the first Saturday of the Month in 2020, beginning at 10.00am and will be held at the field clubhouse. PLEASE SIGN-IN when you arrive and let us know if you’re joining us for a hamburger. New members are encouraged to attend and introduce yourselves to the rest of the gang. If you have recently received your AMA membership number and FAA sUAS registration please convey them to Max Burton – Club Treasurer. A highlight of the monthly meeting is the “Plane of the Month” which has three categories: Kit / Scratch builds, Jets (Turbine or EDF), […]

December 21, 2019

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BCF NEW WEBSITE

Thanks to everyone for the appreciative comments on the new website. We continue to make improvements with our web consultant – Deborah Bulling of DebsWebsDesign.com. We’ve made the site more user friendly (especially in the Membership area), more interactive, and focused on attracting new members and providing them with information on ‘Getting Started’ and how to “Come Fly With US”! Based on comments I’ve added more videos of BCF events and flying together, along with a aerial drone video of the field. Additionally, look for a comprehensive updating of local and near Texas and Major R/C events. Please note after […]

August 3, 2019

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CUBS & Cousins Fun Fly & STOL Event (OCT 5th)

COME JOIN US OCTOBER 5th, 2019 Bayou City Flyers is hosting another great event – CUBS & Cousins Fun Fly & STOL Event. Bring that Piper Cub, Carbon Cub, Super Cub or any “High Wing Cousin” and join us in a FUN FLY event featuring STOL (Short Takeoff & Landings) as well as other fun challenges. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION!

July 23, 2019

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Hangar 9 10cc Ultra Stick Rebuild Project

July 2019: Maximillian (Max) Burton our Club Treasurer, crashed his Hanger 9 Ultra Stick Wednesday, July 17th. As you can see not pretty. However; since I was flying at the field to maiden one of my rebuilt mash-ups and witnessed the ‘thump’, and looked at the remaining pieces, I offered to rebuild it for Max as a project and post the process and pictures to the website. Luckily for Max the OS .65 Engine was fine along with the servos. The receiver was toast, yet the satellite receiver was good. Wheel pants pretty wrecked as well as fuel tank. Horizon […]

July 23, 2019

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GREAT 3rd Annual BCF Warbird Event: Hosted July 19 & 20th, 2019

Bayou City Flyers hosted its 3rd Annual Warbird Event at Dick Scobee Memorial Airfields in George Bush Park. We had a great turnout of pilots, volunteers, vendors and members of the public. The weather was good, typically hot, a little breezy but right down the runway most the time. Although we lost a few planes (RIP) and some dramatically, the flying was outstanding including the Gaggle!, Jets, TurboProp, Formation Flights, Scale and Aerobatics. Several vendors showed up to support the event and we thank them for their support along with sponsor Randy Hobbies and look forward to their continued support. […]

July 9, 2019

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National Model Aviation Day – August 17

Join the Academy of Model Aeronautics Foundation in celebrating model aviation for the seventh annual National Model Aviation Day, August 17, 2019. National Model Aviation Day was created to encourage clubs to celebrate the hobby and share it with the public. Our chartered clubs have also been asked to conduct a fundraiser to provide assistance to a worthy cause. For this year all clubs have been asked to support the AMA Foundation. The AMA is devoted to inspiring the young and young-at-heart to pursue a hobby that will inspire creativity and advanced learning through the use of hands-on applications. The […]

July 9, 2019

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Found Planes – July, 2019

John Haskell’s “Search & Rescue” multi-rotor continues to locate radio controlled aircraft in the vicinity of Dick Scobee Memorial Airfields within George Bush Park. Four of the previously found planes have been claimed by the owners with this one remaining. Photos of the model a/c can be accessed by clicking on the title of this post. For an expanded view of the a/c, click on the photo of it. Contact BCF Club Secretary John Haskell if you know anything about ownership of the a/c by clicking on the Members & Membership page to this website then clicking on Contact Us […]

May 3, 2019

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Nestor Garcia – Sukhoi Su-29 Video

Nestor Garcia has posted a video of his Sukhoi Su-29 which he uploaded to YouTube. The video can be accessed by going to the Media – Videos section of this website. Nestor, thank you for taking the time to make the video and sharing it on YouTube.

April 5, 2019

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Greg Johnson – Making Performance Estimates for Model Aircraft

BCF member Greg Johnson has authored a 14 page technical article which has been posted to the Member Documents section of this website in which he instrumented and measured (in-flight) the performance of two model aircraft: Hobbico Nextstar and a Phoenix Tucano. Greg notes Eagletree measurement transducers and a recording instrument were used to collect flight data on two radio controlled model aircraft of substantially different design. The purpose was to determine how accurately standard full-scale aircraft calculation techniques could be used to predict the model performance recorded by the instrumentation. A second objective was to determine the aerodynamic drag […]