The Federal Court of Appeals ruled on John A. Taylor’s argument that the FAA Registration Rule violates the FAA Modernization and Reform Act. Section 336(a) and the registration requirement is now void. It’s a big win for model aviation hobbyists.
Read the official ruling here.
If you would like a refund and your information deleted from the FAA database, you may fill out this form and mail it to the FAA.
Dear Members,
Great news… AAM now has a Facebook page! Actually, it’s a Facebook Group. Thanks to Richard Helmich (AAM member and avid sport flyer/FPV’er), we now have a another place to share info and pictures, blog and exchange information. The AAM Group is really a forum, and more! It does not replace our website or any of the features on AAM’s webpage, but it does allow for a more interactive experience.
This is “Closed” group which means that only members of the Group can access it and post. However, everyone in AAM can join, and you can invite others (from outside the Club) to join as well. Really, anyone that is genuinely active in RC will be allowed to join and share with our Group. Eventually, we may completely open this up, but since we’re just getting started, we decided to keep things small for the time being.
You must have a Facebook account to the join the Group and you must request admission from the moderator (Richard). Here is how you do it:
That’s it… that’s all there is to it. We already have a few members in the Group and the posts are rolling in. Don’t miss out on the fun, (dare I say it) join AAM on Facebook!
Best regards,
Joe Pirozzoli, Director Public Relations
On Tuesday, February 7, 2017, Joe Pirozzoli gave a presentation and clinic on why and how to use the rudder more effectively. You can find his presentation slides below.
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The Warbirds Over the Rockies 2016 event was superb as always. We had nice weather and great flying although there were still a few mishaps unfortunately. Here are some of the highlights including the two 1/4 scale F-104 models that were new this year:
Images by Lee Jay Fingersh. More images here.
Denver ChannelOne came out for the weekend as well!
The Arvada Harvest Festival airshow pictures are up:
http://imageevent.com/sipphoto/aircraft/aamairshow2016
Nichole and six girls (8 to 11 years old) from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Mormon Church located in Arvada near West 64th Avenue and Quail Street visited the field for an introductory flight. Everyone had a terrific time. Thank you Pat and Dewey Louderback, Eric Gropp, Jim Hagberg, Bob Lenhardt, Paul Kling, Frank Barnard, and Dick Snyder for helping. The young girls’ excitement and energy was electrifying.
On Wednesday, June 8, 2016 The Journey-Brain Injury Community Services visited our Airpark for some RC airplane flying. The Journey is an organization that provides services to individuals who have suffered brain injuries. Most of the injuries are a result of auto accidents and falls. One of the services that The Journey provides are day activities like bowling, movies, Rockies games, and on June 8 a trip to Arvada Associated Modelers Airpark.
Special thanks go to Dick Snyder who dazzled them with his tales and descriptions of RC flying, Dewey Louderback who buddy-boxed two of The Journey attendees and the Director of The Journey, to Jim Shaw who helped Dewey, Dick and The Journey attendees, and to Larry Howerter who donated an airplane kit to the Journey folks. Also, thanks to other members that helped and flew airplanes for them.
There were about 15 brain injured attendees and 6 staff. For more information The Journey’s website is: http://www.thejourneybics.org/. There are some photos and information on their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/thejourneybics.
On Tuesday June 7, 2016 our club was invited to attend and demonstrate our RC airplane hobby at a Cub Scout day camp. The camp was at Ellis Park up on Lookout Mountain and there were about 150 scouts aged 6 to 11 years old, plus adult leaders, parents, and siblings.
Dewey, JD, and Ted had a great time answering numerous questions, talking to them about how RC and control line airplanes work, and flying their airplanes in the park. The scouts, other kids, and adults enjoyed and appreciated the demonstration. There is no doubt that some of them will be visiting our field for demo flights and training.
The Arvada Associated Modelers (AAM) has, for many years, made efforts to give back to the community. In 2014, this effort was furthered by moves to actively support local University aviation-related projects. The club created an “Education Coordinator” position, with a primary duty to support and enable university groups. This year, AAM supported the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) and University of Colorado (CU) student teams in their efforts with an international Design, Build, Fly (DBF) competition.
DBF is an annual competition where student teams from around the world create model, radio control, aircraft to meet a set of given criteria and to complete designated “missions”. Teams are typically clubs, extracurricular, and supported with limited university funding.
The missions this year required the students to design two aircraft:
Rules and criteria favored, limited, or specified: batteries, weight, and number of pieces the production aircraft dis-assembled into.
The 2016 Design/Build/Fly Competition Flyoff was held in Wichita, KS, April 15-17, 2016. The event is organized and put on by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and is sponsored by the AIAA Foundation, Cessna and Raytheon. This was the 20th anniversary year since the original competition. A total of 145 entries were received, 93 teams were selected for the next phase, and 69 teams attended the Flyoff (25 international). Over 625 students, faculty, and guests were present.
The CSM team approached AAM in order to utilize AAM’s flying facility. The team consisted entirely of Mechanical Engineering students and had a talented student pilot. We arranged access to the AAM field as requested, where they performed numerous test flights.
The CU team not only needed a testing facility, but needed help flying their designs. AAM members/pilots Dan Underkofler and Joe Pirozzoli volunteered to assist. Test flights were scheduled around weather and personal schedules and were, to say the least, not entirely satisfactory. Nevertheless, Dan generously volunteered to take the planes, support equipment, and several students in his motorhome to the Kansas competition.
Dan and Joe also had the opportunity to support other DBF Teams including North Dakota State, Cornell University, and PES University (India). With their assistance, Cornell finished impressively in 8th place.
While neither CSM nor CU were in the hunt for victory, both teams were satisfied with the success they did have. What impressed us the most was the time, effort, and perseverance that the teams displayed in the face of all the obstacles encountered that weekend. We are excited about being involved with DBF next year and hope to be involved earlier in the project to lend advice in addition to facilities and piloting expertise.
Dan Underkofler
AAM Education & Research Coordinator
On Monday, February 1, 2016 Arvada Associated Modelers visited Legacy High School. JD, Dewey, and Ted met with teacher Al Godman’s aeronautics class and talked to the young folks in his class about our club, the RC hobby, training, and professional/commercial applications for RC flying. It was snowing, so at the end of the class everyone went to the gym and JD flew a quad and a Vapor. One student brought and flew his quad. We hope to see some of the students at Thursday training this spring.