The Checkerboard Flyer Newsletter Download Page
The Checkerboard Flyer is the newsletter of the Checkerboard Field R/C Club. It is published monthly
and a copy is mailed to each current club member. The newsletter is printed in black & white. Online
issues are in color. Below are links to back issues of the newsletter in PDF format along with a brief
overview of the contents of the newsletter. Click the blue text to download the issue to your computer.
You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to open the newsletter. Free
versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader for both Windows and Macintosh computers can be downloaded at:
http://www.adobe.com. All issues include the minutes of the meeting for the previous month.
Special Note: We now have archived newsletters available on this site. Click on the Newsletter Archive
link to the left.
May 2008 - Show & Tell, Brian Huckstep, BattleAxe; Bill Combs, Ohio Model Products Yak Profie; Hal
Parenti, Bert Baker Zero; Mike Kusnierz, Sig Four Star Forty ARF; Ed Lipka, Fokker DVII Biplane. In The
Shop - A Visit to Alex Lach's Hanger. Toledo 2008 Photos from Scott Thompson.
April 2008 - Show & Tell, Bob Laitman, Super Kaos Jr.; Pat Pszczola, Hobby Lobby Mini Telemaster;
Gerardo Sulic, Hangar 9 P-51; Scott Thomson, Great Planes BLT; Ray Hernandez, Depron Foamie;
Articles - Dan Simpson, Hamilton Hawks - Dormoy Bathtub Project; The A.B.C. Robin - 1930's
Monoplane.
March 2008 - Article - Club Fund Raising Raffle Planned; Show & Tell, Greg Meyer, GP Sportster 40; Jim
Ansel, E-Flite Piper Pawnee; Article - Noah Shlaes, Great Planes Sportster EP re-cover & power system
upgrade; Manzano Laser Cut Kits.
February 2008 - Walt Rogers & John Holly Remembrance; Show & Tell, Dennis Harast, scratch built 4-40;
Harry Salako, 85% Taurus; Jim Ansel, Sig Waco SRE; On The Internet, E-Flite Taylorcraft; Du Page
Swap Shop Report.
January 2008 - Article - New AMA Parkflyer Program; 2007 Membership Points Totals; January 1st
Breakfast Photo Album; 1/9th Scale C-17 Article from Ray Hernandez.
December 2007 - Show & Tell - John Nowikowski, Hangar 9 Mini Stick EP; Bill Harlander Antique Top
Flite School Master single channel; Harry Salako, Swick Taylorcraft - built from plans. At The Field - Chili
Fly Report. In The Shop - Scott Thompson construction pix of his Kyosho F-16 DF; Harry Salako fabric
marking tip. Miscellaneous - 1,000th Lincoln-Ruston Sopwith Camel electric model; Hobby Shop
RealFlight G3 demo computer & display for sale.
November 2007 - Show & Tell - Scott Thompson, Kyosho F-16; Sergey Gavrilov, Swift 550; Pictures - Ed
Lipka sent in some pix for the newsletter.
October 2007 - Show & Tell - Josh Nicholas, Hangar 9 Funtana X 50; At The Field - Family Picnic Report
& Photo Album; Alex Lach Twin Lakes Float Fly Photo Album; On The Internet - White Pines Golf Dome
Indoor Flying Schedule.
September 2007 - Show & Tell - Scott Thompson, ZPlanes ZFO; Bob Laitman, "Scraps" Combat Ship;
Bill Bitautas, E-Flite Jenny JN-4; At The Field - Carrier Event Fun Fly Photo Album; On The Internet -
Pat Tritle 60" Electric Jenny JN-4
August 2007 - Show & Tell - Hal Parenti, NitroModels Ultimate Biplane; Bill Bitautas, The Flip video
camera; At The Field - Chop-N-Pop Fun Fly Report; After The Fun Fly; Nolan Krolicki's Fun-51; On The
Internet - Cessna T-50 Pat Tritle design; Expanded Fly Market.
July 2007 - Show & Tell - John Ferentz, HP 300 electric; Hal Parenti, Palos Combat model; John
Nowikowski, Great Planes Aeromaster; June Fun Fly Bomb Drop report and Photo Album; In The Shop -
Harry's #11 blade solution; Electric motor test stand; Bomb for Bomb Drop Fun Flies; Kadet Seniorita
Project; On The Internet - Eastbourne Monoplane.
June 2007 Newsletter temporarily unavailable.
May 2007 - Show & Tell - Jim Ansel, Rearwin Speedster (Gas); Alex Hoffman, RealFlight G 3.5; April Fun
Fly Spot Landing Report; Stick & Tissue Models; Full Size Plans Double Whammy; Balsa Choppers.
April 2007 - Show & Tell - Josh Nicholas, BattleAxe; Ray Hernandez, Hobby Lobby Decathlon; Bill
Bitautas, Carbon Butterfly; Plans for "Square 9 No. 2"; Walrus Amphibian Pusher Biplane pictures.
March 2007 - Show & Tell - Dave Kucan, PA Mini Katana; Alexander Hoffman, Flyzone Glider; Ray
Hernandez, E-Flite Ultimate FX; Serg Gavrilov, Compy-HDX Helicopter; Article - Harry Salako, Single
Cylinder Engine Balancing, or Not; Aerodrome R/C & Manzano Laser WWII & Golden Age Laser cut kits.
February_2007 - Marv Ritter Passes; Show & Tell - Gary Parenti, HP300 Electric; Jim Ansel, Hobby Lobby
Telemaster Electro ARF; Mark Kanzia, "no name brand" electric helicopter; Aluminum Canadair; "Ever
heard of Polyspan?"
January 2007 - Points Roster 2006, January 1st Photo Album, John Kubitz - Airrow Flying Products, Make
Peace, Not War.
December_2006 - Club Calendar 2007; Dan Naumowicz TrueRC Presentation; Board Nominations for
2007; Show & Tell, Sergey Gavrilov, Stevens AeroModel Edge 540; John Nowikowski, Tai Ji Chinese
Pattern ARF; Hal Parenti, Electric Holy Smoke; Ray Hernandez, Storm Launcher; Chili Fly Photo Album;
Plantraco Carbon Butterfly.
November 2006 - New Member Welcomed; Show & Tell, Jim Ansel, Sig Four Star 40; Dave Kucan, eFlite
Ultra Stick; Alexander Williams-Hoffman, Radio Shack Micro Helicopter; Sergey Gavrilov, Winter
Transmitter Flying Glove; Spektrum DX7 FAQs; Harry Salako Tiger Moth;
October_2006 - New Members Welcomed; Show & Tell, Gary Parenti, Piper Cub; Ed Lipka, Goldberg Sr.
Falcon ARF; Ken Koelle - Ray Hernandez, Air Hogs Micro R/C biplane and helicopter; Jim Ansel, Great
Planes SlowPoke; Dave Kucan, PC 12 volt switching power supply & new LiPo charger; Josh Nicholas,
Hangar 9 P-51 ARF Trainer; Dr. Pepper Float Flying Pics; Woodland Aeromodelers Swap Shop Pics;
Family Picnic Photo Album; Name That Plane.
September 2006 - Satellite view of field; map to Forest Park Community Center; Show & Tell, Greg Meyer,
Hangar 9 Pulse XT; Ribbon Cut Fun Fly Photo Album; Fokker DVII by Alex Lach; World Championship
Photo Album from Gary Parenti.
August 2006 - New Meeting Location; Club Roster; Show & Tell - Bill Combs, Ohio Model Products
Fusion; Ray Hernandez, AeroModel AeroCat; Ed LIpka, GWS SlowStick; Bill Bitautas, Hobbico Avistar;
Carrier Event Photo Album; Checkerboard Web Site Statistics.
July 2006 - Show & Tell - John Holly, Spektrum Radio & Lancair ARF EP; Hank Napierkowski, O.S. 5
cylinder radial engine; Dan Kamys Fun Fly Trophies; Bomb Drop Fun Fly Photo Album; Spektrum / JR 2.4
Ghz info.
June 2006 - Show & Tell - Hank Napierkowski, Buzzard Bombshell; Jim Ansel, Treehopper; Hal Parenti,
HP 300 Electric; Article GWS Formosa II; In The Shop - Covering Tip, Harry Salako.
May 2006 - Show & Tell - Bob Laitman, Yard Dart; Charlie Bauer, WWII Foam Electric Warbird, Top Flite
Tutor Control Line; Article Microlux Table Saw; Article Jim's Ever Sharp Film Trimmer.
April 2006 - Show & Tell - John Ferentz, Goldberg Eagle 2; Bob Laitman, Stearman PT-17 Kaydet; Hal
Parenti, HP300 Electric; Mark Kanzia, Great Planes U-Can-Do 3D ARF; Dan Fareed, Hobbico TwinStar;
Glenn Zaroski Strictly R/C Electric Flight Presentation; Article RealFlight G2; Club DVD details; Article
The AirVista Project; New ARFs @ LaGrange Hobby;
February/March 2006 - Club Officers for 2006 named; Show & Tell - Hal Parenti, own design electric Ryan
Fireball; Mark Kanzia, Great Planes Flatana; Bob Laitman, rescued 70's era pattern plane; Tri-County
Swap Shop Photo Album; Article - Club DVDs for sale; Article - reprint of article on DSS by Steve Kaluf,
AMA Technical Director; Article - Mounting a CD-ROM motor and using ChapAid for nylon pinned hinges;
new products from Hobby Lobby, Hydroplane 3D and Yak 54 Micro; Article - How Small Is Small?
January 2006 - Chili Fly recap; Points Totals; Christmas Party and January 1st Breakfast Photo Album;
December 2005 - Show & Tell - Josh Nicholas, Goldberg Sky Tiger II ARF; John Nowikowski, Razzle;
Howie Jacklin, Balsa USA Phaeton; Hal Parenti, Original Canoli design pattern ship; Chili Fly Photo
Album; Article - The Dormoy Bathtub;
November 2005 - Show & Tell - Bruno Kusnierz, Kadet Sr. ARF w/ Sky Divers; Ray Hernandez, Hobby
Lobby Nemesis; White Pines Golf Dome Flying Schedule; High Speed/Low Speed Fun Fly Photo Album
by Gary Parenti; Article - Slope Soaring w/ Burt; Article - The Latest Thing: Flying Electric Hydroplanes;
Article - A Little Lesson In Electronics And A Word About Foam Planes; Talking Count Down/Up Timer;
Please Join the Yahoo Group
October 2005 - Show & Tell - Bill Bitautas, Hobby Lobby Pigi EP 3D; Checkerboard Field R/C Club Family
Picnic Photo Album; Hand Launched Gliders - Liftworx Swyft; Photo Album Woodland Aeromodelers Open
House; Hotwire Technique - HL Pigi; Rubber Duck Antenna source; USAirnet Internet Weather Site; Twin
Lizzie Revisited; Lee Ernest / R/C Dusters Photo Album
September 2005 - Dawn Patrol Rendevous - Ed Lipka; Show & Tell - Bill Bitautas, Sig Kadet Sr.; Random
Land'em Fun Fly Photo Album; In The Shop - Adjust TX Stick Tension; GP Tiger Moth ARF Project;
Hobby Lobby Glow Airplanes Converted to Electric; Florio Stunt Wagon; Strictly R/C Hobby Shop Opening
August 2005 - New web site announcement; Bomb Drop Fun Fly report; Show & Tell - Dan Fareed, Little
Extra; Jim Ansel, NE Sailplane Samba; Harry Salako, Great Planes DR1; Hal Parenti, B-25; AMA DVD
Info.; Quick Flaps Article, Hal Parenti; Great Planes Tiger Moth ARF minus Monokote picture; Carrier
Event Fun Fly Photos
July 2005 - Parachute Fun Fly report; Al's Hobby Shop New Hours; Parachute Drop Photo Album
June 2005 - Top Gun Report - Hal & Gary Parenti; So Long Bob Rada; Show & Tell - Greg Meyer, Tower
Hobbies Kaos ARF; Ed Lipka, Sig Kadet 40 ARF; LaGrange Hobby Shop New Items; Upside Down B-29
Pic; Top Gun Photo Album - Gary Parenti; Taking Monokote off the Kadet Sr; Checkerboard Field R/C
Club Flyer w/ map
May 2005 - AMA Plans Service Update, Charlie Bauer; Bean Drop Fun Fly Report; Show & Tell - Walt
Rogers, Skycrawler; Gary Parenti, Skyraider; Al Wieska, Rambler EPP 400, John Ferentz, Gee Bee Model
E; Jim Ansel, SR Batteries Eindecker EIII; Bean Drop Fun Fly Photo Album; "I know 3D, but what is 4D?";
Painters Tape Solution; Floating Fuel Tank Experiment; Toledo 2005 Photo Album, Gary Parenti
April 2005 - Show & Tell - Josh Nicholas, Goldberg Skylark II; Al Wieska demo R/C Reporter; Harry
Salako, Goldberg Tiger 400 Electric Park Flyer; Mark Kanzia, Flat Blue Foamie; Bill Bitautas, Mini-3D
Electric (Chipmunk); Aerobatics Notebook Idea; Ultimate Aileron Linkage Problem; Greg Meyer helps
newcomers at field; Foamie Landing Gear Idea; Is your workshop neater than this one? (picture); The
Southern Cross electric; Great Planes U-Can-Do electric
March 2005 - Club DVDs Available; CA & Foam Problem; Al Wieska, Stanley APV (tool box); Slofly.com
Mini-3D update; CD-ROM Motor Update; Soldering Tips; Using Craft Store Paint for R/C
February 2005 - Breakfast Fly Update; Computer Power Supply for Charging Batteries; Show & Tell - John
Wallick, Technopower 5 Cylinder engine; John Nowikowski, NE Sailplanes Extra 3D; Ray Hernandez,
Horizon Hobbies Mini-Funtana ARF; Club DVDs contents list; Egg Box Glider (picture); Working with
Foam; Assembling the Slofly Mini-3D;
January 2005 - Satellite View Checkerboard Field; Club Member Points Total; January 1st Breakfast
Report; Indoor Flying with Larry Lisowski at Bensenville Golf Dome; Construction of a Golf Dome Box from
cardboard