Our February Membership Meeting was held on Tuesday, February 11 starting at 6:30 PM at Hangar 15 at Harvey Airfield. Many thanks to Tom Williams for bringing our refreshments!
Our guest speaker, Alan Jesmer of Precision Airmotive, gave a very informative presentation on carburetors, throttle bodies, and fuel injectors: how they work, and how to maintain them.
Our April speaker was Lawrence Doan, owner and designer of Whistle Pig Toys. Lawrence is a UW grad in Aeronautical Engineering with years of experience in aviation and competitive glider competition. Lawrence, along with his daughter, decided to start a boutique toy company selling balsa gliders that he has designed. Wrapped up in all of this fun is a great learning experience for both youth and adults including construction techniques, weight and balance and trimming for flight characteristics. Lawrence gave a very interesting talk about the details of the engineering process involved in the design of his gliders. Currently Whistle Pig Toys has almost a dozen different designs available for purchase and more coming. Go to whistlepigtoys.com to check them out.
