Who Are We?:
The Quinapoxet Model Flying Club is a R/C aircraft club with
fields located off River Street in Holden, MA. and rt110 in Lancaster at an area known as "Bolton Flats".
As a club, we seek to promote the R/C hobby through the flight instruction,
building and flying of radio controlled aircraft, in accordance with both AMA
and club rules.
Visiting flyers (with AMA)
are welcome to fly at our fields while accompanied by a QMFC club member. Non-flyers are welcome as spectators. Please, no pets. Click here for detailed directions.
Upcoming and Recent Club Events:
 Invitational FunFly:
The Millis Model Aircraft Club (MMAC) will host an invitational FunFly for out two clubs. The venue is the MMAC field in Medfield close to the intersection of Rt27 and Hospital Rd. Take the dirt road along the train tracks. Club members, invited pilots and spectators are welcome for general flying. see you there. Proof of AMA membership may be required to fly.
Summer Air Show and Picnic:
Do you want that elusive "Free lunch"? Well of course you do. You can get it here - well, not exactly. Two years ago we had our very successful "Inaugural Air Show and Picnic" (click here to see a video). We planned to do the same last year but then along came the hurricane season which completely dashed our hopes. So we never did have the 2nd Annual Air Show and Picnic in 2008. We held our resurrected "2nd Annual Air Show and Picnic" for the residents of Holden, Massachusetts and surrounding towns on July 19 - One of the very few sunny days this summer. This is our way to say "Thank you" to the good folks who live and work in Holden that allow us to continue our sport in their town. here are some pictures taken on the day
Winter Projects Night:
This was the first time QMFC hosted a Winter Projects Night. It was quite a success with 10 displays. To see pictures please click on the appropriate link. Clearly the treat was Mitch's Waco which was "Stitch perfect". Mitch is certainly a craftsman. Colin finally assembled the re-built C-47 although it is not quite flyable yet. Butch displayed 2 items - his fantastic 1/3 Laser (w/G-62) (Picture 1, Picture 2) and a very inovative (and "Green" field box that utilizes solar panels for it's power (Picture 1, Picture 2). Bob Dalbec showed us the beautiful Demoiselle. Bob Daw presented his re-covered Falcon 56 and Nathan Wiebe demonstrated the add-on bomb drop mechanism to his WWII German fighter. Electric weren't forgotten either. Our very own prez, Marc Gendron had his very brand new e-Yak and Mike Emery showed us his e-P-51. We had a visitor, Reuvens (Fogive please, if spelling is incorrect) who is an accomplish chopper pilot brought in a JR heli.
Childrens' Action Corps :
In June, QMFC hosted a mini airshow for the children in the care of the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps at the RFK School in Lancaster. The show was delivered as two 45 minute events during which about 10 pilot members flew their planes. The children definately enjoyed the occasion. This is the second such event for the CAC and we hope that we can repeat the show again next year. For pictures on the day please click here. The link to the Children's Action Corps is here
Fall FunFly:
In November we held a funfly at the Holden field. The weather was perfect and we had a bout 15 pilots. 6 pilots participated in some fun activities and the rest of us just laughed at the antics Marc Gendron was CD. Bob Caras kindly took some pictures. You can view them here.
Club Information:
What do we do?:
We primarily focus on
R/C sports, sport scale, pattern and scale aerobatics. We also have quite a
Gremlin combat following. We do have a few club members who fly helicopters
at the field. Other members who like to fly gliders or compete in racing
events tend to belong to other clubs. Most of us either build our own planes or assemble ARF's (Almost Ready to Fly) aircraft. If you'd like to see some of our building projects click here.
Flight Instruction
& Flight Tests:
The QMFC encourages
new members to the club and to the hobby. go to "Getting Started" for more information on joining this hobby. Therefore, we maintain a staff of
very experienced Flight Instructors. Flight instruction is free of charge to
QMFC members in good standing. See more information under "Our
Club". Click on either Basic
Level or Advanced Level to see our flight qualifying programs.
Club Meetings:
Club meetings are held at Paul's McCulley's house
on the second Monday of each month except for July and August. All members
and visitors are welcome to come along. For directions please contact the webmaster or call 978-779-9860. The December
meeting is our annual Holiday Party.
How can you join?:
You must be both a club member and a member of the AMA in order to fly at our club. Please visit the AMA to obtain an application form and click here for a downloadable application form for the club
Newsletter:
We publish a newsletter bi-monthly for club members.. The current newsletter
is available here. Please note you will need the membership login
credentials to view the Newsletter
QMFC Forum: To access the club's forum please click here. Note, you will be required to login to this site
Please note
that both of our fields are owned either by the State of Massachusetts
(Lancaster Field) or the Town of Holden
(Holden Field). So please leave no litter or crash debris.
Sharing:
I have constructed aircraft for RealFlight that fly like my own (Or how I would like them to fly!!!! If you would like to download them please click on the plane, save the file (If the file saves as a .zip file, change the extension to .G3X)
Giant B-25
Giant DC-3/C-47
Giant P-47
SIG Quarter Scale Piper Cub
Heads up for a great event coming soon. The weekend on September 26/27 sees the "Warbird Fever" in New Hampshire. Click here for the official website and click here for the event details
Check out our Highlight sites:
Michael Ulman
Michael creates amazing pieces of art will nothing but junk. Check out this site, you won't be disappointed
AliciaJay.com
This is an interesting on-line store in the UK
Turn 4 Hobbies
in West Boylston
QMFC Inaugural Air Show
This is an edited (so it fits YouTube) video of our 2007 Summer Air Show and Picnic. See still pictures here
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