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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Bill Smith on December 09, 2006, 06:57:42 PM
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Just got this old kit and had a dum question, is the wing in the super the same as the stock ringmaster?
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Bill,
As far as I know they are the same. The Jr. Flash has the Jr. Ringmaster wing in it making it like a Super Jr. Ringmaster. They changed up the the tail feathers though, so it is a little different.
John
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You found an old Sterling Super Ringmaster?? Wow!! I built 2- 3 Super Ringmasters and Ringmasters as a teenager. As I remember, the wings were the same size and construction was the same. I love the "boxy" lines of the fuselage. The part I didn't like was the method used to attach the cowl.. Clothing snaps, as I remember.
Nick aka
Windwalker
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RSM will be releasing this as a kit very soon. Save the kit, its worth more unbuilt.
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Bill;
Yes the wing on a Ringmaster and Super Ringmaster are an identical build.
Nick you are absolutely right they were clothing snaps that held the cowl down, I never had one blow off but they left a GAP that could be seen for miles.
I still have my last Super Ringmaster,in bare bones, hanging on the celler wall.
Bill Gruby AP^
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I won a kit in a contest. I assembled it as a matter of work ethic.
It flys, but not well. The design is inherently both heavy and nose-heavy.
Still, it's something of an achievement to be able to fly it.
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:o Nice job on the Super Ringmaster!
I had several Ringmasters as a Kid and loved them all. Most of the kits by todays standards were rough though. My favorite at the time was the RM Flash. I think because it was smaller and I wasn't afraid of the motor. I never saw a Super Ringmaster before, is that the stock landing gear? I don't remember but did most of the Ringmasters have a Tail skid like yours?
Thanks for posting the pictures! Terry
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Here is a picture of a one hundred and twenty percent Super Ringmaster built by Mike Garmon being held by Roy Philip. I also built one and I liked the way it flew, lots better then the stock one.
Willis
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I've built several and always really liked the old things. Here are two I built several years apart - same daughter in both pictures.
Both looked like this on the bottom. I was just looking at the scan and the checks really weren't ugly as in the picture. They were straight and looked nice. Must be a problem with the scan.
Herman
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:o Nice job on the Super Ringmaster!
I had several Ringmasters as a Kid and loved them all. Most of the kits by todays standards were rough though. My favorite at the time was the RM Flash. I think because it was smaller and I wasn't afraid of the motor. I never saw a Super Ringmaster before, is that the stock landing gear? I don't remember but did most of the Ringmasters have a Tail skid like yours?
Thanks for posting the pictures! Terry
No, the kit had a bent-wire gear, which I hate. I "ugraded" to a plastic bolt-on gear, much easier to work with. Since the pitcher was taken, I've switched to lighter, sheet metal gear.
The tail skid is also an add-on. Both tail weight (needed) and a stooge attachment point.
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I don't think I will ever build the kit but I was thinking of making templates off of the print wood. I flew my first ringmaster when I was 6 it had a red head 35 and it drug me all over while my dad and uncle laughed they're butts off.
I always wanted to build anouther one, I still have the same engine and u-reely, they're just 48yrs. older now.
PS I didn't wreck the first one.