Hi guys,
this summer I am getting quite a few plane, then I will stop building CL planes.

I am going to get the

Oriental
profile oriental
super clown
tanager
original nobler
accentor

all of them are from Brodak.

Which engines would you guys recommend for them, the price of them aren`t a problem.

If you have a personnal experience with one and the engine set up I will gladly take your opinion

Thanks

LeBlanc

I am very pleased with the Brodak 40. Mine is a little dinged up right now. The others is the OS LA line of engines. I have the 25 and 40 right now and love them both. The LA 25 helped grandaughter get one of her trophies this past weekend. I know this is bad coming from a die hard Fox man. DOC Holliday

PS:Setup is uniflo systems on suction. No pressure.

OS LA 40 or 46s in all except for the clown. The clown likes a 25. Its near pefect for it. My accentor has a OS LA 46 and also a good combination. Brodak 40 works great too.

What do you guys think of the irvine 36 on them, not all of them of course, but ya

Thanks

LeBlanc

I'd hazard that the Irvine, set up for RC, will likely be a fair amount of trouble to get a good CL run from. There are a lot of others I would use first that are ready to go for CL.

At low prices, the OS FPs and LAs can be used with good success. The Brodak 40 is excellent, but does require some time to break in.

For a little more money, I have a couple of OS 40s set up by Len Neumann at Stuka Stunt Works and they are terrific, as is his 35 FP. Randy Smith also does some ++ work on OS engines.

Randy's AeroTiger 36 is a killer motor in 35-45 size airframes, as is his new PA 40 light. The PAs and RoJetts run to the expensive end of the spectrum but are fabulous engines.

You can choose a sport motor, a modified sport motor, or an all-out stunt machine in the 35-40 sizes.

Hey Guys,...

Since we're talking about engines, I was hoping you could help me locate an engine for my Sterling Ringmaster Jr. Recently I picked up a Ringmaster Jr. kit from Ebay; however, until now the only control line experience I had is with 1/2A stuff. I wanted something a little bigger to give better line pull and hopefully improve my C/L Stunt skills.

The instructions call for a .19 size engine; however I am unaware of any manufacture that produces a .19 displacement engine. Does OS offer a Stunt version of their 20FP? Or would I have to go to the .25 FP??

Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You!!
Signed,
Steve T.
Monson, Massachusetts

Hi Steve,
I can relate some personal experience with the RM Jr. When I started back into CL after 25+ uears off, I bought the RM Jr kit and an OS FP20. In the meantime, though, engine output had gone through the roof. So the 20 was way too much power and waayyy too much weight. I had a real pig on my hands. A fast pig, but a pig, nonetheless. The smallest loop it would do was about a foot larger than the lines were able to keep out of the ground. The RM Jr was designed around something like the McCoy 19 RH or Fox 15X. An OS FP 10 puts out about as much power now.

The FP20 can fly an ARF Flite Streak or Skyray 35 through the stunt pattern and not even break a sweat. These are quite a bit larger than the RM.

Anyway, the thing to do is keep it light. Replace any really heavy parts in the kit with lighter contest grade balsa. (The Estes/Sterling kits are not famous for their wood quality.) Keep the finish light, too. Use an OS LA 15 or Magnum 15 with a tongue mufler and start with an 8-4 prop, maybe an APC. One and a half or two ounce uniflow tank and 50-52 foot .012 lines and have a ball.

BTW, the FP series has been replaced by the LAs, and the 20 size has disappeared. If you want to go to a 25, get an LA 25 and a Flite Streak or Skyray, something in the 350-400 square inch area. SIG is working on an ARF Primary Force that will fly great on trhe 25, I expect.

I really enjoy the medium size planes for just futzing around.
Kelvin

Steve, I have an Enya .09 in mine. Additionally, I built it with the full span shown on the plans. Note that the instructions show two individual wings with a gap between them, I just filled-in the gap.
I would suggest nothing larger than a .15. Note in the text that they installed a Fox .25 schnuerle. I assume they intended to support some kind of racing event. With that heavy engine, I would guess it would only go round and round.

George