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Radio Control Club of Detroit The wind is our friend! Gravity always wins! Volume 62, Issue #1 Newsletter Date: December 2014 RCCD Club Build Projects The Radio Control Club of Detroit has expanded its effort to entice more members to join in a phase of the model hobby that has not been emphasized in recent times, and that is”Building your own model airplanes”. As you can see when paging through most model magazines, the emphasis is placed on instant gratificationlike buying ARFs. We need to turn this trend around and return to the days, when people took pride in making and flying their own model aircraft. As any builder can testify, there is no greater feeling than to proudly say “I built it”. The self satisfaction of building and flying your own aircraft is most fulfilling and cannot be duplicated by just opening a box and assembling a previously manufactured model and call that … building an airplane. Keep this in mind, you are not building an ARF, you are just assembling a prefinished model that someone else built for you. Dont get me wrong, there is a place for ARFs for those who truly may not have the time to build due to pressing personal schedules. Continued on page 3 1 RCCD Board of Directors Phil L. Peter V. Gordon G. John G. Officers: Inside this issue: • President: Peter Van Heusden Editor’s Tiny Little Edge of Reality • Vice Pres: Go