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Sterling Ringmaster - 11/3/2005 11:52:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have a NIB Sterling Ringmaster, (plastic canopy). It's been sitting under my bench for years and it's not likely I'll build it. Anybody interested?
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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 11/3/2005 10:14:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Is this the S-1 (solid leading edge) or the S-1a version (sheeted leading edge)?

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 11/4/2005 4:04:46 PM   
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Hmmmm, I'll have to have a look.

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 11/4/2005 10:16:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		It's the sheeted LE. What does this mean?

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 11/5/2005 12:48:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		Usually the term refers to planking from the leading edge up to the spar. On the original Ringmaster there was a spar running through the center of the wing and all of the bays were just covered in your choice of fabric. On a wing with a sheeted leading edge there is usually an upper and lower spar at the high-point of the airfoil and the sheeting will run from the leading edge and butt up against the spar forming a C or D tube wing depending on whether or not there is vertical planking between the spars.

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 11/5/2005 1:55:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		I'm interested, I'll send you a PM.

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 11/6/2005 3:20:04 PM   
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ORIGINAL: CB36

It's the sheeted LE. What does this mean?

It means Sterling updated the wing construction of this 54 year old design in the 1980s. The sheeted leading edge version (yellow box kit S-1a) flies slightly better than the older solid LE (white box kit S-1) but is not legal for competition in the Old Time Stunt contests.

If you're not a purist and don't intend to compete in OTS, the S-1a version is just fine. I like mine.

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 12/2/2005 4:18:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		CB36, is the Ringmaster S-1A, still available?

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 12/3/2005 4:02:54 AM   
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Status: offline 		Estes, of rocket fame, bought the Ringmasters when Sterling went under. As far as I can tell, Estes isn't making any Ringmaster kits any more. The Estes and Sterling kits are fairly easy to find on eBay and the like (at eBay prices!). But the kits aren't very good. RSM Distribution has a top drawer laser kit of the classic legal Ring.

http://rsmdistribution.com/kits.htm

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 12/14/2005 3:08:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Personal opinion here... just looking at the number of folks that have looked at this string... Estes is missing the boat by not ARFing the Ringmaster. The S1 would be nice but even the later one would sell as well or better than most of the other ARFs out there... too many of us old guys remember them fondly. Sterling claimed something like a million of the kits sold.
Bob Furr

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 12/14/2005 2:36:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		If you build an S-1, make sure you make good strong joints where the wing halves are connected. That was a weak point and many of the old Sterling kit Ringmasters folded their wings. Don't know if the S-1A was improved there.
My S-1 has adjustable leadouts and tip weight. Pic has tank removed.

George

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 12/14/2005 5:08:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi everybody;
Thanks for all the replys. Yes I still have the kit if anybody's interested. $50 + ship.

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 12/18/2005 3:38:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		They may have folded the wings in a verticle landing, but, they were easy to put back together. I have had both versions of the Ringmaster and could not see a difference in flying. It would be nice if an ARF was produced correctly(Attention Tower Hobbies). Later, DOC Holliday

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 12/18/2005 3:54:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		I just want a full scale plan.

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 12/18/2005 5:28:03 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Tom Nied
I just want a full scale plan.


Barry Baxter has a CAD OTS legal plan for $13.
http://www.controllineplans.com/index.htm

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 12/18/2005 4:58:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		If you look at those plans closely, you will see that the airfoil has a slight "polywog" to it. That is, if you draw a line from the trailing edge to the widest point on the airfoil, you will find that it goes slightly concave. When covering you need to address covering a concave 'foil or the covering will lift off the ribs.

Almost everybody likes a Ringmaster.

George

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RE: Sterling Ringmaster - 1/6/2006 8:04:40 PM