Mentor Area Radio Control Society

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November 29, 2021 MARCS RC Club

Keeping with our regular schedule of one post a year (that will be changing in 2022!) we want to share a couple updates and a big announcement.

Quick news for everyone, Jason has finally decided to do some of his VP/Social Media work and has made some updates to graphics both on the website and the Facebook page. Now the online logo looks just like our new sign (yes, the sign that isn’t up yet . . . we know). Club docs have been updated and meeting minutes are now current. And . . . a bunch of new links have been added to the Videos page.

Ok, BIG news time!!!

We now have a merchandise site! Yes, now you can order t-shirts and stickers whenever you want online. To purchase any of the available items you can go to MARCS Merch, more items will be added soon. The store is through Spring (formerly Tee Spring), a well-respected on demand merch vendor at no cost to the club.

Club News

We Have A New Sign

November 19, 2020 jaypbennett

Barry painted it, Jason designed it, and friend of the club David provided the vinyl work to create the new sign for the flying field. Expect to see this up by the beginning of next season

2020 MARCS Events

January 7, 2020 MARCS RC Club

We now have dates for our annual events for this coming season.

June 7, 10am – 4pm Ken Page Memorial Fun Fly

Everyone is invited to our annual open house and memorial fun fly. We offer guidance and instruction to interested modelers and people who may be interested in joining our club. We’ll even have instructors and a few trainer planes so we can give new pilots a chance to try out flying! We’re also working some unique FPV (first person view) flying experiences for this year so stay tuned for more information.

August 8, 10am – 4pm Geneva Jet Jam & Warbirds

It’s BAAAACK! Jets were so cool last year that we wanted to invite warbirds this year! You know we’re going to have some catchy advertising for this one . . . coming soon!

No landing fee
AMA Required
Pop-up tents welcomed and recommended

September 20 MARCS Club Family Picnic

Our annual end of summer picnic for club members and their families.

Website

Website Updates

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 MARCS RC Club

We just finished making some needed changes to our website and wanted to let everyone know. MARCS now has dedicated Photos and Videos pages. This will also make the Club News section easier to find updates about the club. The menu bar on the site will look like this going forward.

More changes coming this week include updates to the event calendar and for members . . . those long awaited meeting minutes from the past few months!

Also . . . if you have any MARCS related photos that you would like to share and have added to our site please email them to mentorrc@gmail.com.

Let us know how we are doing and what you think of the updates.

MARCS Event

Mid-American Throwdown Qualifier A Big Success

July 29, 2019 MARCS RC Club

Club VP Jason joins the pilots from the Mid-American Throwdown Qualifier for a group photo

Thank you to TinysLEDS, Cleveland Quad Squad, QRGO, and race master Paul Adkins for bringing this event to MARCS. We had a great spectator turnout including many MARCS members.

MARCS would also like to thank John E Fly for live streaming the event. You can view a recording of the live stream below.

MARCS Event

The Throwdown is Upon Us

July 23, 2019 MARCS RC Club

Forty of the best regional quad racing pilots will be at MARCS this Sunday. Racing starts at 10AM!! More event info at https://www.facebook.com/events/368763743827651/

Club News

Long Grass No More

July 14, 2019November 26, 2019 MARCS RC Club

The mystical brush hog has finally made its way to Ken Page Field and MARCS members can now fetch their downed airplanes without threat of damage to their shins. More mowing should be happening this week but we now have the required room for the Midwest Showdown quad race later this month. We’ll be posting some aerial shots and fly-by video soon.

MARCS Event

Geneva Jet Jam – August 10th

July 9, 2019 MARCS RC Club

MARCS, with Rabid Models and Horizon Hobby, is hosting the very first Geneva Jet Jam

Here are the details

Saturday August 10th 10am – 4pm
Mentor Area Radio Control Society Ken Page Memorial Field
5925 Romeo Rd, Geneva, OH

No landing fee
AMA required
Pop-up tents welcome
Burgers, hot dogs, and soda provided by RabidModels.com
Raffle for a new E-Flite F-15 courtesy of Horizon Hobby

We’ve prepared the following short promo video for your viewing pleasure.

YouTube

A Cessna Classic

June 23, 2019 MARCS RC Club

MARCS had the honor of hosting the maiden flight of Tom Miller’s Cessna. His son and current MARCS member Robert Miller provided the following story about the airplane.

Dr. Tom began building his Top Flite Cessna 182 just before and after his wife Ruth passed away. He is 87 years old and it was compiled after 2 1/2 years. He built his first balsa plane 80 years ago at age 7 and won his first balsa rubber band indoor free flight competition at age 11.

The Cessna was brought to the MARCS field to have the president of the club Marc Stermer trim it out and test fly it. Marc loved it.

Other info about the airplane

1996 Top Flite Cessna 182 Gold edition kit designed for nitro engines and converted to electric using his own design. He bought the kit in 1996.

Castle 90 ESC
Rimfire 120
3 Blade Master Airscrew Prop
Nose gear runs on a separate servo
Battery: 2 – 3000 mah 3s in series

MARCS Event, YouTube

2019 Ken Page Memorial Fun Fly

June 3, 2019June 3, 2019 MARCS RC Club

MARCS would like to thank everyone for coming out to our event and enjoying what turned out to be a beautiful day with friends and family. If you couldn’t make it this year below is a video recap of the day.