The Radio Control Club of Detroit

An AMA Gold Leader Club
AMA Chapter # 368
An AMA Charter Club Since 1953
IMAA Chapter #206
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6/10/2013
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2012/13 Club Scratch-build Project
Kaotic Kwick Kat 40 Racer

Click the picture to go to the
Kaotic Kwick Kat project pages

 

We have a new project: The Kool Kat
Read about it on the Current News page

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RCCD's 8th Annual W.O.W.

Watts Over Wetzel
Electrics Only Event

May 18th & 19th, 2013

Details

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SHORT FINAL
(Coming soon. See Schedule for details)

Jun 11 -
Kids Night
Jun 20 -
Club Meeting
Jun 22/23 -
Scale/ Warbirds
Jun 27 -
Gound School
Jun 29 -
DNR R/C 101 Event
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Club Meetings - 1st & 3rd Thursdays
at the TUCKER SENIOR CENTER
7:30 pm start.

R/C Flying - When weather cooperates
at the RCCD Field in Wetzel State Park
From 8 am for quiet flight
From 10 am for internal combustion power.
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The Radio Control Club of Detroit is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of model aviation as a hobby. We invite all types of RC model aviation supported by the AMA. The club currently promotes Scale, Giant Scale, Precision Aerobatics, Scale Aerobatics, and Combat with event status. We are proud to have top national competitors within our ranks.

The flying field is well-groomed 1200 ft x 300ft grass. Although RCCD is primarily a radio control club, we also have a U-control area. Our flying facility is located in Wetzel State Park. This state park is named after one of Michigan's thirteen Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. The Radio Control Club of Detroit constructed a War Memorial on site and dedicated the facility "Wetzel Memorial Flying Field" on August 2nd, 1997. This state park is located in Lenox Twp. of Northern Macomb Co. Michigan. This is approximately 30 miles north of Detroit.

Find out more & to join, go to the About RCCD Page RCCD Field GPS Coordinates At Flying Station 3

N 42 deg 44 min 04.9 sec
W 82 deg 50 min 56.4 sec

LEARN TO FLY R/C

We have an active program to introduce you to R/C flying. Go to About RCCD or click on the following links:


Fly RCCD's plane a couple of times:
To get an idea of what is like, our
Intro Pilot Program will get you "on the sticks" of our club Intro Plane via a buddy box. An instructor controls the primary transmitter to ensure you get the hang of it. Try a couple of flights to see what it's like.

Learn on your plane - Free:
Once you decide R/C aviation is for you, our Flight Instruction Program is a safe and enjoyable way to learn to solo, with minimal risk to your model aircraft. Our instructors are listed on this link. Give one of them a call.


Featured Picture
For previous featured pictures go to the Picture Shoe box)

 


Cutting foam at the May Ground School

Noel Hunt Picture.


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Revision History - last 10 (Please hit refresh on your browser if you don't seem to see any changes)

6/10/13 Current News page updated
Fly Market updated
Change to Scale weekend: All scale models on Saturday; Warbirds on Sunday. (to minimize the conflict with the PMAC warbird event on Saturday)
Newsletter added
New Featured Picture added
5/23/13 Pictures & short video of WOW on Pictures and Video page
Link to Noel's YouTube channel added to Links page
Current News item added
5/13/13 Fly Market item added
Links to arial video over RCCD on Current News page
New featured picture on this home page
Added pictures of Mini Toledo to Pictures and Videos page
4/23/13 4/25/2013 Ground School cancelled.
3/31/13

Fly Market item added.
Ground School pictures added to Current News.
Update pictures added to the Kaotic Kwik Kat Progress Page.

3/27/13 Many pictures added to the Kaotic Kwik Kat Progress page.
Added .pdf files of the wing ribs for the Kaotic Kwik Kat to the Instructions page
Updated some events at other clubs in the area at bottom of the Schedule page
3/25/13

3/28/13 Ground School announcement above.
Additions to Current News.
Pictures of the Gibraltar RC show available from the Picture and Video page
Revised the Picture & Video page to be easier to see.

3/17/13 W.O.W. sponsors added to WOW web page
Pattern flyer added to Schedule page
Fly Market page updated
2/24/13 Mar 7th meeting is changed back to the usual place - Tucker Senior Center
2/23/13 Mini Toledo flyer added the Schedule page
Announcement at top of this Home Page: Mar 7th meeting is at the CH13 hangar.
2/20/13 3 more flyers added as links on the Schedule page.
Items added to FlyMarket

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