Ringmaster Fly-A-Thon 2022 ????

[John Rist]

Does any one know if the Ringmaster Fly-A-Thon 2022 is good to go ?   All the info I can find (Face Book) is for 2021.

[john e. holliday]

Well the Ringmaster forum is dead I think.  Myself I have no participated for several years because of physical problems.

[Motorman]

seems to come to life closer to the date.

[PerttiMe]

Maybe ask at https://www.facebook.com/groups/RingmasterFlyAThon/ The page seems to be active.

[GERALD WIMMER]

Hello I'm sure there will be a 2022 Fly-a-thon in October and John Cralley will announce it closer to the time. Seems like nearly every control line pilot I fly with has at least one Ringmaster now!

Regards Gerald

[john e. holliday]

Maybe ask at https://www.facebook.com/groups/RingmasterFlyAThon/ The page seems to be active.

I feel like a forgotten  control liner.   Nobody told me of this site.  Don't know if I can make it this year (2022) as car keys have been taken away.  Have several Ringmasters to fly.  Even some variants.  One set up with throttle so I can slow it down once air borne.   If smooth surface can land and take off without, hopefully having to restart engine.

[John Rist]

I feel like a forgotten  control liner.   Nobody told me of this site.  Don't know if I can make it this year (2022) as car keys have been taken away.  Have several Ringmasters to fly.  Even some variants.  One set up with throttle so I can slow it down once air borne.   If smooth surface can land and take off without, hopefully having to restart engine.

John,  My main Ringmaster for the Fly-A-Thon is an Electric 576 Ringmaster.  I have removed the timer an installed a 2.4 Gz  radio throttle.  We get 5 to 6  flights per battery.  Take off, fly 5 laps, kill power land and roll to a stop.  Bring the power back up and go again.  It's a blast.  It's the plane next to my name in the photo below.

[GallopingGhostler]

As far as I know, it is still active. Last year, they garnered more flights worldwide than other years. It is usually around the first weekend in October, subject to officially announced dates.

I believe that the owners of the Brotherhood of the Ring discontinued the forum because traffic and posts to the forum dropped down to almost nothing two years ago. It seems that I and may be another two were the only posters. It is difficult to justify server costs with such little participation. Sadly, it is no more as was with Stuka Stunt. 

I am not an FB member, so I rely on other announcements (like in this forum) for dates.

All Ringmasters and variants qualifying as Ringmaster (for example, the fuselage from another say, scale or other plane with flying surfaces (wing, stabilizer/elevator, rudder) following Ringmaster outlines, are eligible. Doc Holliday has (or had, was crashed last time) a Ringmaster canard C/L. For an example, some years back, I made a half-A Ringmaster Gee Bee Z with Gilbert .074 Thunderhead.

[Peter in Fairfax, VA]

October 1-2

[GallopingGhostler]

Thanks, Pete for the official announcement, so it is Oct. 1 (Sat.) and 2 (Sun.) 

[PerttiMe]

... and 8 and 9 October as backup days, in case anything makes the previous weekend too nasty.

[GallopingGhostler]

... and 8 and 9 October as backup days, in case anything makes the previous weekend too nasty.

Thanks, PerttiMe. I remember a few years back, some locations worldwide were rained out and could not fly. That is when John Cralley announced alternate dates.

Just got word that S.M.A.L.L. AMA event in Arkansas ended abruptly yesterday. The private field they were using had torrential downpours, banks of the river nearby overflowed and they had to evacuate the camping area. This event sponsored small R/C, free flight and control line aircraft.