RM flyathon 2016 flight report

Hahaha I bet your feet and more hurt. Great going! Thanks for flying and reporting.

Philly Fliers had a fun fly in Reading, Pa today. Due to poor weather misty rain and fog many had passed up a great flying day. I had a blast, I practically burned the gallon of fuel I brought today. I had many flights in today.The Ringmaster was burning up the sky as well. I put on a first edition Fox Combat special which really put the coals to the old girl. It really did the old Ring some justice as it hauled it around effortlessly. Since the Ringathon began years back my son and I and the club rarely participates due to other events generally being held that day. Every day at the club is usually a Ringmaster day. For the record today, we put up two flights and the rest was dedicated to some stunt flying.

Glad you guys are getting out there to represent CEF and your own organizations. I'm still calling it "Maybe next year," as I usually do. At least I have two kits now, an 18" w/s Micro Ring Stunter and a super tiny Micro Ring profile. All I need now is an engine.
Ringless Rusty

Boy I would love to add some vid and pics! This is downright frustrating. Anyone using an apple device and having a problem with no toolbar showing up?

I have to learn how to do the whole video thing. I have exposure to some extremely cool stuff. Today we had dual pulse jets in the air and just a lot of neat things that most don't experience. Our video taker Rich for some reason pulled a no show today. I have taken video on cell phones and they've made it as far as the desktop but that's pretty much as far as I can get them. Ken

*SIGH*

I had three planes ready to go. An electric RM from Brodak, a Baby RM, and a Beginner RM. Friday afternoon my wife went into the hospital, and I've been there ever since. I did not get a chance to fly this year....

The Missed Out Mark

batjac wrote:*SIGH*

Friday afternoon my wife went into the hospital, and I've been there ever since.
The Missed Out Mark

Heck Mark, hope everything's ok. Flying planes is fun, but nowhere near as important as being with your family when they need you.

Cribbs74 wrote:Boy I would love to add some vid and pics! This is downright frustrating. Anyone using an apple device and having a problem with no toolbar showing up?

Yes, I just looked at post a reply on my iPhone and iPad running IOS and there is no toolbar, on Macbook Pro running OS X the toolbar is there.
Very strange indeed.

Glad to know it's not just me.

I suppose for now I'll just post a link to my you tube video

https://youtu.be/swuTSXBeKSA

Awesome flight ian1954 and great camera work!

bamboozler wrote:Awesome flight ian1954 and great camera work!

While I may like to take the credit - this is Ron's video. I just took his link and inserted it.

My day stated with one problem after another so unless 2-3 sec. flight I got in 0... The engine that ran great day before now has a fouled plug then didn't want to start or run crap with new drop in and the adjusting needle at 1/2 turn to run we tried to put it in the air for its maiden ! Went right into slack lines and a BIG loop to the ground //broke the prop , no biggie , I thought maybe left handed prop got the spring and prop installed , this engine did not like or want to run that way got of the runway a few feet and into the ground (lack of commutation between me and son) Was tring to get it started again and all of a sudden with a prime we had a FIRE!! Well I threw the plane away form the other fuel and the prime on the take off strip , we had no rags out there for a change only paper towels and it was not wanting to go out (((( my son goes over and was going to pee on it O NO I said  well he took his paints off and smothered it out I have a video where he had the camera going but there is too much cursing in there for any one to have to hear and I am embarrassed Here is what is left of the BRM ...      I was done after that BUT, I let my son fly the scratch built PT-19 I made , He done really well and have some video as soon as I get it loaded I will post in another thread . Thanks for watching !!  

bamboozler wrote:Awesome flight ian1954 and great camera work!

Yeah, you looked great out there Ian!!!

Sorry for the laziness...just figured I'd do a direct copy from my flight report to the RM site.

Saturday, October 1st, 2016
The Breezy Hill R/C Flyers Field
Chester, Illinois

Billy Lang: 7 Flights--S-1 Ringmaster--6 Flights
                 Pee Wee .020 Ringmaster--1 Flight

Kim Stricker: 4 Flights---Super Ringmaster

Leo Edler: 7 Flights----S-1 Ringmaster

Darryl Wilson: 2 Flights----S-1 Ringmaster

Brian Dudenbosiel:  1 Flight---.020 Ringmaster

Total: 21 Flights
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Sunday, October 2nd, 2016
My Front Yard
Jackson, Missouri
Kim Stricker:  4 Flights----Beginners 1/2A Ringmaster Bipe
Total: 4 Flights
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Total Flights for the Fly-a-Thon :     25
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On the first day of our Fly-a-Thon, I made the one hour trip to Chester, Illinois...home of Popeye--yes---The Sailer!

My new flying bud, Billy Lang, was waiting when I arrived at the Breezy Hill R/C Flyers field....which was pretty much shrouded in fog and mist.  As the mist turned to light rain, Billy fueled up and got in an initial flight with his S-1 Ringmaster. His Ringmaster would become the workhorse of our Fly-a-Thon, as he shared it with two of his fellow circle-turners.

He also had an .020 Pee Wee-powered Ringmaster that, in spite of suffering a broken back, still managed to log two flights.

I had my well-traveled Super Ringmaster (that spent the first two hours under a tarp as the rain increased) and my Go Pro-packing Bird of Time R/C sailplane that I hoped to use as a drone to get a few photos from above the circle.

Billy's two buds, Leo Edler, and Darryl Wilson arrived as the rains tapered off and the planes were fired up.  Leo had never flown a Ringmaster, though he's flown a lot of control line, including a Goldberg Voo Doo combat wing and Bi-Slob he brought out..  Leo would tie with Billy, each getting 7 official flights on the hard-working S-1.

Darryl would log two official flight on the S-1.

We ordered up some pizza and had us proper feast under the club's spacious shelter...just about as good a time as it gets.  Lots of stories and laughs about past adventures...successful and otherwise!

Brian Dudenbosiel would log an official flight on the .020 Ringmaster after several attempts, with Billy logging one flight on his fast turning little plane thanks to a deft application of some CA to it's broken spine.

I got in a couple flights with my Super Ringmaster, along with launching the B.O.T. to get some video.   Later in the day, Leo and I would team up to fly my Super and Billy's beloved S-1 in the same circle.   Billy sure is a trusting soul!

We managed to get in two flights with neither plane getting any prop marks!  We were all getting a bit tired, but Billy logged a couple more flights and Leo took a turn at demonstrating the Bi-Slob's playful antics and blasting his Voo Doo around the circle.

The rain really rolled in around 4pm, so we packed it in. Gonna join the Breezy Hill R/C Flyers and, for sure, will be heading back up to spend some time with this great bunch of guys.

The event was covered by Pete Spitler, Managing Editor of the local Randolph County Herald Tribune.

I was pretty tired the next day, and so, opted to put in some flights with my Ringmaster Beginner's Bipe in the front yard.  Got four flights in, bringing our weekend total to 25.

'Til Next Year Kim Stricker

Great pictures Kim, I really like the one looking up the lines during the tandem flight!

Kim wrote:

Yum, pizza flavored with castor oil & nitro
Hope you boys washed yer hands.

Cribbs74 wrote:Great pictures Kim, I really like the one looking up the lines during the tandem flight!

Thanks Ron,

Billy was saying he wasn't worried about us using his newly acquired S-1, but I had to wonder!

I was happy to just make laps, but Leo  got a little frisky, pulling Billy's Ringmaster up behind mine as we passed.  I was sort of absorbed in NOT smacking Billy's plane, so the video I shot is just a bunch of whirling trees and clouds, with a few guest appearances by the planes.  I wish I'd richened it up a bit so we would've had closer speeds, but betting we'll do this again.

A good time.