Welcome!

The Mid-Missouri Radio Control Association (MMRCA) welcomes all responsible RC flyers who have current AMA Cards, paid annual dues, and agree to follow accepted guidelines. The following is presented to help make the RC experience safe, and by so doing, more fun for all. The guidelines are for safe operating practices and not just for the sake of regulation.

We have an introductory brochure to tell people about our club. This brochure is in PDF format (385kb in size).

Meetings

Club meetings are on the THIRD Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM, at the VFW Hall on Ashley Street behind the power plant on the business loop. Click here for more information.

VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME!!!

Flying Field

The club has a new field on the west side of Columbia. Over the past few months there has been a lot of work done on the field, from getting the runway smoothed and spreading some rock for the road and parking lot. There is more work to be done and we will continue in the spring. Members are already flying out there. Look for mores news on this website as it becomes available. See the field link for more details on how to get to our NEW flying field.

Join MMRCA

To Join MMRCA please visit any of our meetings, come out the club field, or attend one of our events. The best time to catch our members at the field is during a nice weekend afternoon and occasionally during the week.

Come by and see what the club is all about. When you feel you would like to be a member of MMRCA, download and READ the following:

Fill out and sign the membership application form and send it to the Treasurer with the appropriate dues.

Remember to have flying privileges you must be a member of Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), so please attach a copy of your AMA Membership Card to your club membership application. This membership provide a number of benefits including a magazine but most importantly it provides supplemental liability insurance.

Flight Training

Come on down to our General Membership Meeting on the third Wednesday of each month and meet our members. Our Officers will put you in touch with an instructor that will help you learn to fly.

To help with this we have put together information to help you move through the process. The Student Pilot Training Guide has been designed to help understand what the instructors are talk about. If you want to learn to fly please come out to the field on Tuesday evenings. (The Student Pilot Training Guide is large if you have trouble downloading try right clicking on the link and chose "Save as").

A random shot of our club in action!

ANNOUCEMENTS

3/31/13 - The Gate Code and the members section password has been changed for the new year. If you have not received the new code please contact our Treasurer. The new code has been emailed to all current 2013 members.

ELECTION RESULTS

The annual election of officers was held during the December General Membership Meeting on December 19th. Please see the Club page for the 2013 Officers and Board of Directors.

There are still some vacant positions. If you would like one of these positions then please let any member of the Board know.

WE HAVE A FIELD!

10/20/12 - Rock was delivered to the field for the road and parking lot. As of now, the rock still needs to be graded, and we hope to get that done over the next week or so. More pictures were added to the Photo Gallery of the dump trucks in action.

09/29/12 - The field has been smoothed out and ready for grass. Most airplanes can take off in the smooth dirt. The posts for the gate have been set into the ground and we should be ready to spread some gravel shortly for the entrance, road and parking lot. We pulled a few picnic tables out there and with the trees behind the pits blocking the sun in the late afternoon, there is shade and places to sit. People are showing up to fly both airplanes and helicopters, so come on down and start using our field!

09/23/12 - We have started construction of our new field. On Sunday, Sept 23 we disked up the field and plan to smooth out the field and plant new grass shortly. The holes for the gate posts have been dug out. Therefore, flying may be a little difficult until we get finished. We will keep the remainder of the area mowed so that there is some space to fly from. If you do fly please fly safely in the limited available space.

On August 6, 2012, the City of Columbia City Council approved a resolution to grant MMRCA a license to use a piece of property for a flying field. We have received the signed lease and we have already started on setting up the field. Work has already started on the gate and discussions at the August General Membership Meeting will revolve around road planning. Hopefully soon, we will have something to be used as a runway as we continue to build.

Current News

RC Flight Deck is here! We have added a link to the RC Flight Deck Calendar to our website. RC Flight Deck is a service of RC Pilot Magazine and has RC Events listed for across the country. To get to the RC Flight Deck Calendar, click on the Events page (link on the top), then click on the RC Flight Deck Calendar line to get to the page. Or, Click Here.

File Uploads!

Members can now upload files to our website. Uploads can be pictures, videos, newsletter articles, or other pieces of information. This is a great way to send your favorite pictures of a recent event to be included in the Photo Galleries and/or the Banner Pictures on the home page. Our Webmaster will receive an email about the upload file and will process the file as soon as possible.

From the Members Only page, following the prompts on the screen to select a file from your computer, enter a description of the file or explain what the file is to be used for, then press "Submit" and your file will be automatically uploaded to the website.