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Title: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: James Strickland on March 27, 2012, 08:02:09 PM: Hi All,
I've been looking forever it seems, and am dying to find someone that would sell me an old 1/2A Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit, I could get by with plans, but really need the one piece nylon engine/ landing gear moint too, and also plans would need to have full size parts patterns, something Sterling wasn't noted for. Is there anyone that can help me with this please? Thanks in advance.

James
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: Larry Lindburg on March 27, 2012, 09:45:40 PM: Try PDK in the Vendors Corner. PDK is Pat King, and he has both a Baby Ringmaster Bipe kit and a Beginner's Ringmaster Bipe kit. The kits have full size plans, and the wood is laser cut. The nylon mount for the landing gear and engine is available from Brodak.
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: Paul Smith on March 28, 2012, 07:39:30 AM: A plywood and balsa engine mount is a half hour job and a lot better in the end.
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: Larry Renger on March 28, 2012, 09:18:40 AM: Brodak sells the engine mount you need, and it is way better than the one Sterling used.
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: James Strickland on March 28, 2012, 09:23:53 PM: Oh hey, thanks so much to everybody for thier info on this. Take care all.

James
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: James Strickland on March 29, 2012, 07:41:08 PM: Larry, can you give me a more specific link, I can't find anything called vendors corner or PDK on her at all.

Thanks,
James
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: Larry Renger on March 30, 2012, 08:03:32 AM: you want to go to http://brodak.com/
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: Larry Lindburg on March 30, 2012, 08:52:15 AM: Vendors Corner is a subtitle on this forum. Go to the Home Page here and scroll down.
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: Bill Little on March 30, 2012, 03:09:06 PM: http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?board=75.0

That should take you to Pat's shop in the Vendor's Corner.

Bill
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: James Strickland on March 31, 2012, 12:49:16 AM: Hey thank ya'll very much, that did it.
James
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: Vince Mankowski on July 06, 2012, 07:37:54 AM: Vendors Corner is more like a laundromat-bulletin-board. Sorta a pile of messages about products, not how to locate/purchase those products.
When you are interested in ...... Say 'PDK Laser Cut Kits'.....( that by the way, doesn't even "Google" )
How do you find inventories, prices of what is available, information a tad more "current?"
Recently "followed a link" to someone's "shop" only to be lead to the ubiquitous laundromat-style bulletin board.
There has been some success. For example finding some companies like Black Hawk Models via the old "Google" method.
But not all venders in the corner show on a web-search. Perhaps they are simply email addresses and sell via word-of-mouth?
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: john e. holliday on July 06, 2012, 08:19:14 AM: Most of the vendors still have the PM or E-mail icon for contact. I know for sure PDK has a list of his kits on the BoR site.(Brotherhood of the Ring). H^^
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: John Cralley on July 06, 2012, 10:07:24 AM: Well if it is Pat King kits that you are interested in (PDK Laser cut kits), just email him at:
patdk@aol.com (ftp://patdk@aol.com)

He will get back to you.

His is a Cottage Based operation and he is not trying to make a living selling kits. He does want to supply kits for control line models that are not usually available elsewhere. His kits are cut by Eric Rule (think RSM models) and you can be sure that they have good wood and accurate cuts -- at reasonable prices.
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: kenneth cook on July 08, 2012, 04:44:00 AM: One major problem with the Sterling Bipe is the wing attachment. The struts holding the top wing to fuse will certainly fail. It's in my honest opinion, that you should use lightweight fiberglass strips from the strut to the fuse. The struts more of less butt the fuse and are glued directly to the top of the fuse. I've changed that design and made the struts longer to attach to the sides of the fuse pinning one to the other with a bb-q skewer. The strut to the wing has never failed me. It actually should've due to the cutout Sterling made in the top wing. They cut the hole extremely larger so the strut can be angled to the fuse. This results in a larger hole around the fitment of the strut and needs to be filled with glue. It never broke on me like I said and I've built 3 of these. I've also had problems with the top wing cupping. I believe it's due to the lack of support it has. There really isn't much of a footprint from the struts to give it adequate stability. It works but I certainly believe there could be some simple changes that would make it that much better for longevity. Ken
Title: Re: Sterling Ringmaster Bipe kit
Post by: nathan Metzner on July 08, 2012, 11:20:35 PM: I have wrecked and patched my sterling bipe to the point that I really need to start over. The wings break, it's not that big of a deal cause a little CA goes a long way. The struts on the fuse make it little difficult to mount remote tank to it but you know what the thing is a blast to fly.