North Coast RC Modelers

The 2013 Tillamook Fun Fly is on Saturday August 31, 2013 which is Labor Day weekend.  We will fly radio control airplanes, helicopters and multi-rotors at North Coast RC Modelers’ airfield 7.5 miles south of Tillamook Oregon.  Everyone is invited to participate. There will be plenty of chairs for spectators.  No entry fees.  No special rules or requirements other than the standard AMA.  It starts at 8:30 and ends at sundown with people arriving throughout the morning and leaving throughout the afternoon.

What models can I bring? Are flights limited? 

You bring any variety, size or type of RC aircraft. The airfield and grass runway are suitable for almost anything but float takeoffs and ridge soaring.  We can set up a glider winch for motorless thermal gliders if it happens to be a good thermal day.  We do not expect the event to be very crowded so the largest 3-D type planes and helicopters might be able to get in some solo flights and have the sky all to themselves for a little while, but if a large crowd of pilots shows up then time slots for solo 3-D flights will have to be queued or somewhat limited.   We recommend pilots announce your runway approaches, announce runway crossings and assist with spotting in order to help prevent collisions.  No mandatory flight pattern is planned, other than not flying directly over spectator areas.

What about food and amenities?

Some coffee and donuts and will be set out in the morning, with hot dogs, buns, chips and bottled water at noon for a free self-serve lunch.  We will have a grill available if you want to bring something different to cook for your lunch. Lunch tables, setup tables, run-up stands and plastic chairs will be available.  There is a toilet on-site, but no electricity and no overnight parking.

Where is it?

It is 7.5 miles south of Tillamook Oregon along the west side of Highway 101, on a farm at street address 13990 Highway 101. Signs along the Highway tell you which driveway. (map) (satellite)  (airfield info)

If you have questions, call Steve (503) 812-4394, Stuart (503) 842-7893, or send a message to mail@ncrcm.com.    The club web site http://ncrcm.com also has more info.

Hope you and your friends can come

Important!

  Meetings are now on the first Monday of every month at 7:00 pm

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Tillamook’s 2013 NCRCM fun fly will be on Saturday August 31st which is on labor day weekend. It will be free with no special events, just normal everyday type flying. We will have a grill on hand with some free hot dogs and buns so you can make your own lunch, with some coffee and donuts in the morning.  Everyone is welcome to participate, or just come and watch the airplanes fly.  (more)

The Eugene Aeronauts RC club informed us that they are sponsoring several events this year.  Their giant scale airshow event called Monster Fest 2013 was changed to Aug 17 & 18.  It is particularly tempting because their RC manufacturer sponsor Aerobeez will be giving away a 30 cc ARF and a 50 cc ARF as flying raffle prizes. Their field is the photo field that is simulated in the Real Flight 6 sim, called HENSON FIELD, which looks very similar to Tillamook’s NCRCM field. They also will be hosting a May 27th Memorial Day Fun Fly, a June 29th Swap & Fly, and a Sept 2nd Labor Day Fun Fly.

There are two major Helicopter Fun Flys being held in this region. One is in Brooks OR (June 27th through July 1st) and another is in Snohomish WA (Aug 16, 17 & 18).  These attract lots of high caliber 3-D and pilots and many high-end impressive helicopters. (mostly 3-D but some scale)

Two major scale events are being held in this region; the August 16-18 NW Scale Championships in Wenatchee, WA and the September 14-15 Oregon Scale Fly-In & USSMA Challenge in North Plains, OR.

McMinnville’s Fun Fly will be on July 13 and it features a timed contest game for RC airplanes, a candy bomber run for the kids and a tail gate swap meet.

The Umpqua Valley Modelers of Roseburg/Sutherlin Oregon invited us to participate in their
30th Annual Plat “I” Float Fly June 14 – June16. The site is about 4 ½ miles east from the Sutherlin off I-5 exit 136 at the Plat I Reservoir.

OMAS will hold their RC Airshow  Aug 10 & 11th.  It features a fast paced variety of narrated RC demo flights with several intervals of open flying for AMA pilots. It will likely have RC scale tanks fighting on a miniature battlefield as well. They have a nice asphalt runway and a pond for float flights.