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The Riverside RC Club (RRCC) has about 70 members from the Inland Empire area of Southern California, roughly 50 miles east of Los Angeles. Our flying field is near Perris, south of Riverside.

We welcome all RC modelers and other interested people to explore our website, to join our club and to visit our field. Our members' interests encompass most areas of RC aircraft modeling, including Sport, Scale, Pattern, IMAC, Helicopters, Jets, Gliders, Electrics and Float-flying.

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NEXT CLUB MEETING, Saturday, September 17th, at our field at 10 am.

Upcoming events at our Field:

Pylon Race- October 28,29,30 2016 Fri, Sat, Sun

3E/Freestyle Fun Fly- November 4,5,6 2016 Fri, Sat, Sun

F3J Glider- November 12,13 2016 Sat, Sun

Don't miss the Semi-Annual Gilman Springs Swap Meet: Saturday, October 1, 2016
Gate Opens at 7am – Swap Meet till Noon. Details,(Click Here).

Questions? Contact email: rrcccontact@yahoo.com

See the revised overall schedule for more local events. (Click Here) (Courtesy of the Gilman Springs Club.)

(For this schedule and also for Prop Talk, you must have an Adobe PDF Reader (Available Free at http://get.adobe.com/reader/)

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LATEST DRONE LETTER FROM FAA

KEEP YOUR DRONE AWAY FROM WILDFIRES

There are lots of great places to fly your drones, but over or near a wildfire isn’t one of them. In fact, drone operators who interfere with wildfire suppression efforts are subject to civil penalties of up to $27,500 and possible criminal prosecution.

Here’s why it’s important: Aerial firefighting aircraft, such as airtankers and helicopters, fly at very low altitudes, just a couple hundred feet above the ground and in the same airspace as hobby and recreational drones. This creates the potential for a mid-air collision that could seriously injure or kill wildland firefighters in the air or on the ground.

As a result of unlawful drone operations near fires this year, fire managers have temporarily grounded all aerial firefighting aircraft on several occasions for safety reasons. Shutting down firefighting operations could cause wildfires to become larger and can threaten lives, property, and valuable natural and cultural resources.

The bottom line is “If You Fly, We Can’t."

Please fly responsibly – keep your drone away from wildfires.

STAY CONNECTED:

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UCR TEAM PERFORMS EVEN BETTER THAN LAST YEAR

IN THE 2016 AUVSI INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Members of the UCR and UCSD UAV Teams with the UCSD UAV Aircraft that they flew at our field on May 1st

The slide below summarizes the UCR Team's fine performance in the June, 2016 AUVSI Competition in Maryland.

(Note the credit given to RRCC)

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For the UCR "Proof of Flight" video, made at the RRCC Field, (Click Here)

This was the flight readiness step, which eliminated 19 of the 43 registered teams, even before the competition began.

For a brief video of the UCR Team's trip to the competition, which included a sightseeing visit to Washington, DC, (Click Here)

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NOTICE: TURBINE FLYERS MAY FLY AT OUR FIELD, BUT ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR NEW TURBINE RULES
(Click Here)
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NOTICE: rrcccontact@yahoo.com.
This email is active and working. This will be the single point of communication for all transactions with the club. This email will be monitored and responded to by
officers of the club. The reason for this is to more effectively handle the communication for the club.
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.Notice to Club Members -

At the Club Meeting on April 19, 2014, it was decided to take some measures to increase membership and stimulate public interest in RRCC and its activities. A committee will be formed at the next meeting on May 17^th, 2014, to consider various ideas for achieving these goals and to make recommendations to the club membership. Those with ideas to consider, or interested in joining the committee, should contact Oscar Weingart at rrcccontact@yahoo.com.

Some ideas discussed at the meeting included:

(1)    An Open House, or Air Show, with food service, at the field, with trainers available to allow the public to fly a RC model.

(2)    Posters and flyers to be distributed to local hobby shops.

(3)    Establishing relationships with local schools.

(4)    Articles and event listings in local newspapers.

As of Today, about 2 years later, no suggestions have been received, but it occured to your webmaster that our activities with

the UCR UAS Team might get us some publicity. Also, AMA has a program of cash awards to clubs that get publicity. It is also

possible that we may be eligible for AMA Leader Club status. - Oscar

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