About MCRCS

About the Club

The Mercer County Radio Control Society is a chartered club (#422) of the Academy of Model Aeronautics. Our focus is radio controlled flying models, but the range of models we fly is quite broad, extending from small electric plastic foam models through giant-scale wooden models with wingspans as great as sixteen feet. We fly at Warren Kruse Field on the edge of Lake Assunpink in the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area near Imlaystown, NJ. We usually meet twice a month on Wednesday evenings at 8:00, most often at the West Windsor Branch of the Mercer County Library located at 333 North Post Road in Princeton Junction. (See the calendar on this website for dates and locations.)

Membership is open to anyone who would like to fly radio controlled airplanes. Currently we have about 160 members residing across most of central New Jersey and part of Pennsylvania. If you are new to the sport, come by our field any Saturday or Sunday afternoon to see what this sport is. Or come to one of our events or training programs. (They’re listed on this website.) If you like what you see, come to a meeting and apply for membership. If you are already an RC flyer, just come to a meeting to apply. We encourage prospective members, who are AMA members, to fly as guests atour field, as long as they are accompanied by a current club member. Click here for application information.

You will see from our website that ours is an active club, sponsoring several events each year. Our Jumbo Jamboree is a giant-scale air show, the proceeds of which are donated to the Sunshine Foundation. Our annual flight school program is intended to encourage members of the general public to take up the sport. Other events and activities promote the sport and enhance the enjoyment of club members and other RC flyers. Members are encouraged to participate in these activities.

The club's mailing address is PO Box 84, Hightstown, NJ 08520. An email is faster to cdavidvale@mcrcs.com. Although the club does not have a phone, the webmaster, editor, gopher, etc. can often be found chained to his desk and reachable at (609) 430-9635.