I flew my Super Ringmaster last night at our club flying session. It is powered by an OS 25 FSR and has my U/Tronics throttle control. I also flew my Ringmaster Trainer with a Blue Bird 25 with U/Tronics. Both planes performed well. Both engines are pulling 10 x 6 props.
We had 4 people flying tonight, Steve Couch who is the current CL FAI Scale champion. Jack Sheeks who gets dizzy easily, flew my Super Ringmaster. Jim Vornholt, 1960 & 1961 NATS Stunt champion, who had not flown a CL model in 35 years until tonight, flew my Ringmaster Trainer. When he would start to get dizzy he would retard the throttle until it passed. His next two flights were on Jack Sheeks Profile Stuka Stunter. By the third flight Jim was doing stunts. Just like riding a bicycle they say. I put up three flights. First on the Ringmaster Trainer to check it out then turned it over to Jim Vornholt to fly. Then My Super Ringmaster, with Little Marvin on the throttle, to check it out. Jack sheeks then flew it and when he got dizzy he did a power on landing just like he used to do in CL Scale. I took it back up and while doing a very low pass caught the weeds at the edge of the parking lot and flipped it over. Broke the stab loose. 5 minutes tomorrow with some CyA glue and it will be as good as new.
Picture Captions:
1. Jim Vornholt holding and me starting the OS 25 FSR in the Super Ringmaster.
2. Me flying the Ringmaster Trainer.
3. Jim Vornholt flying the Ringmaster Trainer. Jim's first flight in 35 years!!
4. Steve Couch flying a 20 year old SIG Bansheek that his daughter built when she was 10 years old.
5. Jack Sheeks flying the Super Ringmaster.
6. Me ready to fly the Super Ringmaster with Jim Vornholt holding.
Topic: Indy CL Club fly Tuesday evening (Read 1314 times)