Some years ago, I started building Ringmasters for a few folks and it soon bloomed to where quite a few folks wanted one. The problem was that building the crates and shipping costs got to be pretty expensive and to boot, my back was beginning to bother me really bad so I had to quit. What I was doing was building the plane to the point where all the customer had to do was cover it, put an engine and tank on it and go fly. I did everything else. These were the days when electric power was still in its infancy.
Today, RSM has a great Take Apart Electric Ringmaster kit you can buy very reasonably. Eric and I had a long conversation last night about the market for pre built planes for folks who either dont have the time or just do not want to build but want to fly. The ARF market is controlled by the Chinese and I have built and flown a couple of them in the past. The problem was, that I had to strip them and rebuild them anyway before I would trust putting them in the air. I found out in doing this that they were using a hot glue gun to glue the things together. (SHUDDER). What I am going to do in no way resembles an ARF put together by some 13 year old girl in a slave factory in China.
Since I feel better now since having three spinal fusions, I am going to again offer a pre built Ringmaster. Here is how it will come out of the box.
Wing will be completely built and sanded with bellcrank and leadouts installed. Ready to go into the fuselage.
The fuselage will be assembled and ready to accept the wing and tail feathers
Stab and elevator will be hinged and ready to be applied as well as the rudder.
Remember, this is a TAKE APART and there are only five 4-40 bolts to install to assemble the entire plane. I also will install the blind nuts to screw the bolts into.
All you have to do is some final sanding, cover the wing, paint and install the electric power system of your choice.
I will post pictures and pricing in the Wings On Strings section of Vendors Corner...
Here is the link to the Ringmaster site.
http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=32293.msg320572#msg320572Thanks
Mike
Topic: Pre Built Component Take Apart Electric Ringmaster (Laser Cut) (Read 1018 times)
