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Posted: December/06/2022 at 1:49pm  Quote
 
Hello, builders.  I'm a lifelong modeler, starting with a Cox J-3 control line model that I got for my 9th birthday.  When it wore out I bought a Sterling Ringmaster Jr. (IIRC), built it and put the .049 from the J-3 on it.  I've been building and flying ever since; now I'm retired and spend most of my time in the shop or at the RC field.  Current projects include a restoration of a 1/4 scale Balsa USA L-4 that might have been easier if I had started with a new kit.  It's about ready to cover and I'm trying to make it a reasonably scale looking plane.  Other scale builds that are almost ready to cover are a SIG 1/4 scale J-3 and a 1/4 scale Bridi Rearwin Speedster.  I have an IMP P-47 in the box; trying to find a source for the instructions for it as they're missing after a move.

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Posted: December/06/2022 at 8:40pm  Quote
 
Welcome -- We like pictures.

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Posted: December/06/2022 at 10:56pm  Quote
 
Hi DAvid welcome to RCSB.... Minor point but things you will learn is that we have people who have vast experience in all fields.
For instance, the .049 powered ringmaster was called a Baby Ringmaster the Jr. Ringmaster was a .15 powered control line plane.
I've had them all including the Ringmaster Imperial which had a full depth fuse.
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Posted: December/06/2022 at 11:49pm  Quote
 
David,

I join the rest of our distinguished (ahem) fellow members & welcome you to our site. I agree with Sparky, there are members who possess degrees in aerodynamics & whip out numbers on various points of an airfoil & calculate the lift component with the center of gravity shifting as fuel is consumed. No joke.

I’m just kind of hanging on with my finger nails trying to keep up with these guys. Yet, despite all this, everyone is down to earth & treat each other with respect regardless of building skills.

Welcome, sir.

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Posted: December/07/2022 at 7:23am  Quote
 
David2011

Welcome to the site! You are going to find a great bunch of guy's here that all have one thing in common and that is the building and flying of scale RC models. All levels of experience can be found here and nobody is put down here if he chooses to build a scale "Air-knocker" of some sort, or the lastest in a "come close to breaking the sound barrier" type of turbine jet model. We have all been able to learn from each other, help solve each others problems within a project, and are able to steer someone to a new type of product and where it can be found.

Welcome aboard,

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Posted: December/08/2022 at 11:03am  Quote
 
Hi David,

Fellow southern here... Welcome to RCSB! 

To take full advantage of RCSB please take a moment and read about our Site Supporter subscription and why we have it.


In a nutshell we are a community funded site and a yearly subscription helps to keep the site going. Here are a few of the benefits you get when you subscribe.

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Posted: December/17/2022 at 3:14am  Quote
 
Thanks for the welcomes.  Sparky, thanks for the correction.  It was almost 60 years ago that I built the Baby Ringmaster.  I agree, there is a big bucket of knowledge here.  I learned a lot about building scale aircraft when I worked on full sized tube and fabric aerobatic aircraft for a while.  Did you know that it takes 91 yards of fabric and 400 yards of rib stitching lacing to cover a Stearman?  Learned that one the hard way!  That's what you get when bomber designers invent a basic trainer!

David

 
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Posted: December/17/2022 at 3:35am  Quote
 
Welcome David. Yeah, I remember the Ringmaster as well as a few other oldies but goodies from those days. As with you, I started in U/C and that whet my appetite for R/C. Fortunately for me I had a dad that mentored and encouraged me and so participated and bankrolled my first ever RC built plane which was a Midwest Esquire with an Enya .15, single channel, Bonner escapement, Kraft receiver and a long castor soaked rubber band for "servo" power.
You'll fit right in here....


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