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Metrolina Control Line Society

AMA Club # 1811

Flying Control Line Since 1981

Updated April 6

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Metrolina Control Line Society Meeting Minutes from 22 March 2025

Metrolina Control Line Society (MCLS) held their regular monthly meeting at the home of Watt Moore in Chester, SC to celebrate his 92ndbirthday! Will Davis grilled up hamburgers, hotdogs and chicken while the ladies provide baked beans, macaroni salad and all the fixings. Additionally, there were freshly baked cookies and a big birthday cake and ice cream. Oh yeah, there was some control line flying too. Watt even got in a one-minute flight from the flying chair! The following folks were present: Will Davis, Don Jenkins, Watt Moore, Kermit and Ada Paine, Everett and Jo Shoemaker, Alan and Diane Buck, Wayne Robinson, Jeana Mills, and David, Wesley, Connor, Winney and Darcy Smith.

The meeting was brought to order at 2:14 PM

Financial Report:

The club remains financially stable and has the funds available to supportcontrol line modeling for another year. The meeting minutes from our meeting in February were read and approved by those in attendance.

President’s Report:

1. If you fly at Waymer Field, purchase a park pass and join PAMPA!

2. WACAMA has conducted 2 meetings in the last month, and all is going well with no new issues.

3. Here is a listing of upcoming contests and events:

• Stunt Camp (no contest) at Triple Tree, 24-26 April

• Joe Nall (no contest) at Triple Tree, 9-16 May

• Brodak Fly-In, 9-14 June

• US Nationals, 6-11 July

• WV Aviation Expo, Bridgeport WV, 8-9 August

• JCRC Golden Oldies, Smithfield NC, 6-7 September

• Nall in the Fall (no contest) at Triple Tree, 3-10 October

• Canton, GA contest, date TBD

• KOI SE Regionals, McAlpin, FL, 24-26 October

Old Business:

1. We all had a great time celebrating Watt’s 92nd birthday!

2. The workday at Waymer field was a worthwhile endeavor. The circles were cleaned up and several trees were downed or trimmed back that were encroaching on the circles. It turns out that Will Davis really like using a chainsaw!

New Business:

1. The entire control line community was deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Tom Morris. He was a wonderful, kind and thoughtful gentleman. His contributions to our great hobby are immeasurable and he will be sorely missed.

2. Kermit Payne is now the District 4 PAMPA Representative. Let’s help him out by sending him photos of builds, contest reports and any information of interest associated with our hobby.

3. The next club meeting will be at Triple Tree in Woodruff, SC during stunt camp on 26 April 2025.

The meeting was adjourned at 2:35 PM.

Respectfully,

Don Jenkins

Secretary and Treasurer

Scott Seiler and Will Davis leaving Triple Tree Aerodrome

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MCLS Members

1. Max Flowe, AMA: 304050

2. Everette Shoemaker, AMA: 233621

3. Jo Shoemaker, AMA: 233622

4. Kermit Payne, AMA 169717

5. Jerry Glier, AMA: 209032

6. Sonny Williams , AMA: 6491

7. Watt Moore, AMA :10040

8. James Duckworth , AMA: 97403

9. Don Jenkins, AMA: 982482

10. Will Davis, AMA: 270764

11. Scott Seiler , AMA 506645

12. Stan Powell, AMA: 17223

13. Ray Copeland, AMA: 902150.

14. Gustavo Uterby, MAAC

15. Wayne Robinson, AMA: 5847

16. Phil Bailey. AMA

17. Buddy Barbie. AMA

18. Fred Brigeman. AMA

19. James McKinney, AMA: 95545

20. Larry Hilliar. AMA

21. David Nyce AMA

2024 Nats Trailer Park

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MCLS OFFICERS

President ••• Will Davis

Vice President ••• Max Flowe

Sec Treasurer ••• Don Jenkins

Safety Officer ••• James Duckworth

Membership ••• Everette Shoemaker

Tutor Electric 38.5 ounces Bad Ass motor , 2200 4 s

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•• MCLS News ••

MCLS Club Meeting •••April 26 at Triple tree Aerodrome club meeting at 2:00

2025 MCLS Attended Events …Southeast…

April 24-25-26 Stunt Camp at Triple Tree .. no contest Stunt Training -Mark Weiss / Will Davis, Registration limited.

May 9-16 2025 ••• Joe Nall Week stunt practice fly all week , combat first weekend

June 9-14 2025 ••• BRODAK Fly in

July 6-11 2025 ••• AMA Control Line Nats Munvcie Indiana,••• ,John Hill E/D Frank Williams .

Aug 8-9 2025—-WV Aviation Expo Bridgeport WV •••Ed Waske

Sept 6-7 — JCRCGolden Oldies Stunt contest Smithfield NC ••• Tom Weedman

Canton Ga Contest ……???Date ••• Doug Patterson /Tom Dixon

Oct 3-10 2025 ••• Nall in The Fall no contest . Stunt Practice for King Orange

Oct 24,25,26 KOI SE Regionals .. ••• Wayne Smith , Mike Waldron

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Contest Flyers

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David Hames Coyote with LA 46

Sportflyer

YOU CAN GO HOME AGAIN …… SORT OF

(Part 1)

By : Fred Brigeman

If you attended ½ A day the club held back in November, 2024, you might have seen my contribution to the event in the form of a Dmeco designed Infant Wagon. That modelwas a tribute to the one my dad had built. He used it to introduce me to control line and subsequently to teach me how to fly as well.

The tribute airplane I built looked a lot like how I remembered my dad’s version looked and was even painted the same orange though, thru the fog of time, I’m sure his was more, well, primitive. Since I remembered the plane that started me out in C/L, I built it and tried to power it with a more modern Fox .049. Big mistake! My dad used a Wasp on his which was a lot smaller and a LOT lighter.

As it happened, my dad was still alive at the time so we took my replica out to try to fly it. It was so nose heavy that, well, the experience was not the flying I remembered and we just quit trying while we were ahead. I have since acquired an Atwood (they made Wasps also) which I plan on install on my Infant Wagon for display purposes. I won’t try to fly it again but will keep it as a memento of my father.

So I found that when I tried to relive the past with my dad, it wasn’t the success I had hoped for. But, on the other hand, spending quality time with my (now late) father around an airplane that was significant in both our past lives was, well, priceless. But does this brief story, related to me and maybe something similar to you and your life, mean you can go home again. Well, sort of …….. but there’s more to come.

Back in my early c/l days, I was floundering about trying to learn the ins and outs of the hobby. My dad, on the other hand, was pretty much stepping back from the modeling and going on to other things. One of the things he did was to divest himself of his one remaining airplane and he gave it to me, in this case, it was a Kenhi Wildcat

I don’t remember the details but it was flyable so I decided to fit it with my engine which I think was a Fox Rocket 35. For you younger guys, the Rocket was a cheaply made Fox engine, on the heavy side and a real vibrator if memory serves. Of course, the engine wouldn’t fit in whatever my dad originally had in there so uninformed me cut off the front end.

I mounted the Fox on abbreviated engine bearers then glued plywood strips to each side of the front end to hold it together (using Testors glue, of course). It looked OK (I guess) so I took it out to fly. It didn’t take long see the error in my thinking. The front end separated from the airframe. The engine went in one direction and the airplane came fluttering down to the ground. Hmmm! No more Kenhi Wildcat.

I have always remembered that humiliating experience and, more than that, I have always thought about that Wildcat. Not a bad looking design, though old (50’s-ish), and something my father had given me. Though I screwed it up as a newbie, I’ve always had the hankering to have one again but the kits are long gone and finished planes are just hard to find if at all. So what’s a sport flyer to do? I guess he might try to build one.

So, this is the beginning of my quest. My objective is to attempt to replicate the Wildcat as Hi Johnson designed it so long ago. I plan to cut out all the parts, assemble it, and take it out to fly (But this time with the engine staying with the plane). I’m not going to fly it a lot but expect to keep it as a shrine to my late father for as long as I am able.

So as long as I am permitted to grace the club website with a brief Sport Flyer column, I will write about my adventures in resurrecting this old design. Though I know I’m not going to approach the skill and workmanship of a lot of my fellow club members, some of you might get a kick out of following along with this quest to see if I can pull it off.

So, until next time ………………….. I’m going to try to go home, again.

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MCLS Club meeting pictures

MCLS December club meeting

November Club meeting

Don Jenkins , Will Davis , Scott Seiler and Max Flowe with their Brodak SV 11 models

Carolina Gang at Golden Oldies Control Line Contest. Roanoke Rapids ,NC

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1/2 A Day 2023

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Club Meeting •••

• The Next club meeting will be Saturday April 26 At Triple Tree Aerodrome. Woodruff SC

Social Media •••
Facebook pages that might be of interest to control line flyers below

• Metrolina Control Line Society
• PAMPA control line
• Control Line flying
• Brodak Hobby

Contest Season •••
I updated the list of control line events that members attend from the southeast .

If your organization has a control line event scheduled , let me know and I will add it to our web site.

PAMPA •••

The Precision Aerobatics Model Pilots Association, Inc. (PAMPA) is recognized by the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) as a Special Interest Group (SIG) representing Control Line Precision Aerobatics (CLPA) enthusiasts on a national and international basis.

The mission of PAMPA is to promote and improve control line precision aerobatics events.