Ever since Randy Powell posted pictures of his first RMD I knew I was going to build one. It was the coolest profile I had ever seen. I ordered plans and laser ribset from Pat Johston, but was busy with other projects and put it on the back burner. Randy lost his first bird to a failed bellcrank and promptly built a second RMD. When I saw that, it relit the fires. Everything else I had going at the time was shoved to the back burners. I started this project the last week of July, finished it yesterday. There is a construction thread on the "BrotherHood of the Ring" site with lots of pictures showing the build process. Couple of unique features, the gear is a custom lamination from purplehart veneers, the elevator pushrod is in a tunnel inside the fuse, transparent finish using Pete Petersens methods that were published in StuntNews about a year ago. The weight of the finish was about 4.1 oz (normally 10+ for me on a bird this size). Total weight 48.6 oz, area 615", wing loading 11.3. AeroTiger36 and Randy's 40 size pipe. I am off to Baton Rouge for the contest this weekend, may put it up for the first flight at the practice session this afternoon. Big thanks to Randy Powell for sharing his design and help with the build process...