Recently purchased a Baby Ringmaster on e-b*y for 12 bucks , needs recovering and some glue,  been hanging in a barn a long time. Is this a classic stunter i should take some time with and try to restore or just patch and try to fly?  What engine would best suit it, black widow , cub a or norvel or maybe .09?  Just looking for some advice from the experts. Thanks, Ray

Ray:

I have not flown my Baby Ringmaster for a few years, but when it was in operation in flew very well on 42' .008 cables with a Black Widow.  When I first flew it I tried it on 35' lines, but, even though I had increased the wing span by about 4" with modified wing tips, the lap times were far too fast to be enjoyable.  It was capable of doing a whole lot more than I could.  I'm sure that you will enjoy the little beastie.

Peter Hess
Canton, CT

If the lap times are too fast a sure cure would be to put a prop of the same diameter with less pitch. This would slow things down some yet not sacrifice the motor's power.
Should that prove not quite slow enough, stick a prop with one size larger diameter and one less pitch number and you, should be good to go!

Robert

Or just put the prop on backwards... it works!