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Greeting

 

Welcome to the Home of

Manatee County

Radio Controllers

The Manatee County Radio Controllers (MCRC) are RC Airplane, RC Multi Rotor, and Control Line enthusiasts located on the Sun Coast of Florida in the Tampa Bay area. 

Our Flying Site Features:

  • a NEW 348' smooth Fabric runway
  • a 270° control line circle with dedicated shelter, power and a fan!
  • a double-wide air conditioned clubhouse for meetings and events
  • 10+ full 30amp RV hookups with water and dump station (AMA Members Only).
  • Clean restrooms (both men's and ladies).
  • 1-3 Real Flight simulators for training (or crashing) in clubhouse.
  • a Pilot's Den with electric, refrigerator and grills.
  • seven (7) shelters with electricity for charging equipment and shade
  • picnic tables and outdoor chairs

New members are always welcome!

Come join our club and gain access to what we feel is the BEST flying facility in the Tampa Bay area! 

Contact one of our officers to learn more.

We are the Friendly Flying Club!

ANNOUNCEMENTS!

REMINDERS

  1. The next scheduled MCRC Board meeting will be held on May18th at 10:00am.            

EVENTS

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More events to come soon!  See our calendar for future events.

CLUB MEETING

Please join us at the field on Sunday, May 18th for our monthly MCRC Club Meeting starting at 10:00 AM. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

WEEKLY FIELD MAINTENANCE

Remember, the flying field has scheduled maintenance every Tuesday and Friday from 10am to Noon.  If you want to fly during these times come on out and assist team MCRC! Flying will be limited during these times for the safety of our maintenance crews but the more of us that help, the smaller that window will be! 

NEWSLETTER

The monthly newsletter comes out by the first week of every month.  Please contact David Cutaia(dcutaia@charter.net) if you have articles or news you would like to share with the club. 

 

Learn to Fly RC
Click to Learn to Fly RC Aircraft
Click to go to the AMA website
Click to go to the FAA website

 

Upcoming Events

Event Cards

Our Flying Field

Carl Wegner Field

7315 71st Ave E
Palmetto, FL 34221

The MCRC site is just to the west of the Buffalo Creek Middle School on 69th Street East.

 

If you are using an older phone (non-smartphone) or GPS, use this address to get you to the main gate:

7129 69th St, Palmetto, FL 34221

Turbine Operation

KBDI for Sarasota County

Click Here for Turbine Aircraft Fire Safety Rules and Myakka River District Map

Click here to visit the Florida Forest Service KBDI website