Flying High With Electric Power!

The Ampeer ON-LINE!
October 1993
The Club Newsletter of the Electric Flyers Only, Inc
AMA Charter 2354
Walled Lake, MI, USA

Editor: Ken Myers

Fly the Future - Fly Electric!

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What's In This Issue?
The September Meeting, low attendance on wet, gray Thursday evening, Steve Urban flew his new Amptique, next meeting at Dublin Community Center. Word from Above, R. Bruce McCreary of Snowflake, AZ writes about his solutions to flying at high altitudes.
Helpful Hints, Reuben Schneider suggests a different mounting for a DuBro switch and how to make a simple gear puller. Flying Model Warplanes advertisement for that book.
Shaw Talk continued from the September Ampeer< includes: struts, trailing edges, foam wings, correct way to wing mount landing gear, retracts, correct way to build tail surfaces, techniques for building strong, light fuselages, and building crutch and half-shell fuselages. Too Much Stuff! Ken explains why Dick Miller's construction article is in two parts. Part 1 appears in this issue.
How can I test the Brake function on an electric motor control unit? Johann provides a simple answer. A 500mAh to 2 amp 12 volt portable peak charger with low battery voltage indicator the beginning of Dick Miller's construction article.