The 8th Annual Worldwide Ringmaster Fly-A-Thon...October 3rd, & 4th !

Cool I have still to Maiden my Baby Ring this will be a good time to do so    at least get it off the wall Lol.  Eric

i'm pretty bummed.... was going to make sure i got out for this but, we have a tropical storm/hurricane coming in this weekend and stormy weather from today on. have not been able to make the time to fly since late july...

Trying my best to get my S1 finished for the fly a thon but with work and the weather it's looking kinda bleak bummers
The weather has just been too bad for my micro ring or I would fly it
Oh well there is always next year (the bandit is bummed out)

Kim, it's been mentioned within other threads, but we've neglected to post it as a topic. Many others have probably missed it too, so thanks for the heads up.

The Carolina Gang is holding a Ring fun-fly Sunday at Watt Moore's field in Chester, SC. Ringmasters will be supplied or run whatcha brung! PM me if you can come and need directions.
Rusty

TDbandit wrote:Trying my best to get my S1 finished for the fly a thon but with work and the weather it's looking kinda bleak bummers
The weather has just been too bad for my micro ring or I would fly it
Oh well there is always next year (the bandit is bummed out)

Bandit, open the windows and fly it in the livingroom!
Rusty

RknRusty wrote:

TDbandit wrote:Trying my best to get my S1 finished for the fly a thon but with work and the weather it's looking kinda bleak bummers
The weather has just been too bad for my micro ring or I would fly it
Oh well there is always next year (the bandit is bummed out)

Bandit, open the windows and fly it in the livingroom!
Rusty

Yup I probably could might have to dig me out after I bore a hole through the floor though
(Bandit)

rogermharris wrote:i'm pretty bummed.... was going to make sure i got out for this but, we have a tropical storm/hurricane coming in this weekend and stormy weather from today on. have not been able to make the time to fly since late july...

I hear that! yeah it's been pretty wet here. They are saying that it might rain this weekend for me too O_o
(Bandit)

I just checked weather.com and Sunday looks like a wash here too. But like last weekend, we'll probably give it a try anyway. Somehow each of us might get one flight in. I said I'd never flown a Ring before, but I forgot, I have flown Microflitedude Matt's a couple of times.

I've been trying to get the Oriental ready for a trim flight on Sunday too. I should have a good shop day tomorrow. I'm tired of working on this project.
Rusty

Clear skies, sunshine and 28°-29° C over the weekend, with a little wind forecast. But alas, I have no Ringmaster. Well, I have two but nothing built

Rod, you can put the kit boxes in a sack on a rope and swing them around until you get dizzy.

just blew milk through my nose , Well the weather here has changed and its looking like RAIN for another week Its going to bee tricky to get in some flying winds 10-15 20mph gust Geesh . Ole hurricane whats its name is going to bring it to some our friends up around the coast Eric

well they have pushed the hurricane to Monday Tuesday for us and no rain for Sunday but, 25 to 35 mph winds....

Just about have my S-1 flight ready!
Weather is looking very bad for its maiden though. weather man says rain starting early tomorrow morning and through Sunday with possible severe weather. Keeping my finger crossed that I can get at least one flight in.Wish others a lot of fun with their Rings's!
(Bandit)

I am going to head out tomorrow and fly after many stagnant months. It's going to be a fun day!

Well looks like I have a ringmaster after all lol
Aside running out of wheel collars (Wheels are just slipped on the axles for the pic)
she's ready to go! (Bandit)

Cribbs74 wrote:I am going to head out tomorrow and fly after many stagnant months. It's going to be a fun day!

Good to hear ! Here's to your getting in some great flights!

Son is coming over this afternoon to help me maiden the Rodger Harris beginners RingMaster Bipe. Some day I will actually build a full sized RM S1 or similar variant. This is my first attempt at adding to the Fly A Thon numbers

Using one of the extra days allowed for the Ringmaster Fly-a-Thon, I headed over to our old, beloved ramp at Cairo's airport, packing my Swap Meet Super Ringmaster and it's sibling, a 1/2A Bipe.

The winds were still fairly brisk late in the day, but seemed to be calming, and had gotten really reasonable by the time everything was hauled out and set up.

I got in four flights with the Super Ringmaster, named "Two-Timer" since it's on it's second rebuild, and was packing a little key-fob camera out on it's right wingtip. It survived the four gentle flights with just a few loops and wingovers, with only a bit of inverted stuff.

The 1/2A Bipe got in three flights....closing out the day, and going home still one piece.

Got some video made up, but can't get to my You Tube account right now...so it's photos for now...
























Think I may have to name the 1/2A Bipe "Night Rider" since, like last year's Fly-a-Thon, it seems only to fly at dusk and later!











Anyway, that's it for this year...gonna log these on the Brothers of the Ring site here shortly !

Nice pics man thanks for sharing!
I myself have yet to get my ring maidened (this time work) so I'm going to try this weekend, hopefully i'll get more than one flight in. (Bandit)

Great Pictures Kim , Thanks !! Enjoy seeing them from the plane to the center pics. Eric

Kim, great pictures (again!).  I got vertigo looking at the wing over/ inverted flight pic!
It's kinda nice to know that these places will still fly with "large bumps" on their wings and still fly. Do you notice any difference in flight performance with the camera mounted on the custom camera holder?   Congrats on getting some flights in for the fly a thon!!

Ya .. those onboard flight shots are really cool!!

Thanks a bunch guys !  

I've been amazed at the tolerance model airplanes have for things being bolted or rubberbanded to their carcasses. They DO demand (of course) that their balance is maintained and with that done, seem not to mind the interference of a little added aerodynamic drag.

I measure out some fine lead shot in small zip-lock bags on a postal scale, and just scotch-tape it in a place opposite the camera.



I could tell that the Super Ringmaster was just a bit nose-heavy, but was able to get inverted and back upright OK.

Now, if I could just load the video I crunched from this flight....