super ringmaster

[Bill Smith]

Just got this old kit and had a dum question, is the wing in the super the same as the stock ringmaster?

[John Paris]

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

[Windwalker]

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

[Bill Morell]

RSM will be releasing this as a kit very soon. Save the kit, its worth more unbuilt.

[Bill Gruby]

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   

[Paul Smith]

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.

[Terry Bolin]

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

[Willis Swindell]

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

[Herman Green]

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

[Paul Smith]

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.

[Bill Smith]

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.