I enthusiastically said yes to the idea of a R.I. Simply because I never had one, always thought it was neat as a kid, could not afford one at any price, and yes it was a heavy slug.
But it really was a neat looking thing, probably the most interesting Ringmaster of the bunch.I wouldn't care if it could fly the modern pattern and quite frankly I think that it would not be anybodys first choice for that.
So with that said I had bought Pat Johnsons plans for the plane courtesy of our host and while I don't have the origional plans the P.J plans are very well done< as always> and would make a very good model
It's 52.5 inches with 620 sq/in area wt is 40/50 oz not an unrealistic figure and he shows a DS40 on it, personally I'd use a Brodak 40.
Center rib less sheeting is 1 3/4 in in height ,tip rib is 1 and 11/16 high, it is short coupled at 8 3/16" from trailing edge of wing to l/e of stab and yes the wing is 13 in the center and goes to 10 at the tip.I'd never mount the motor inverted and change the looks of this classic.
So for reasons stated in the first paragraph my order is in for the Ringmaster Imperial and hopefully Walt will make it see the light of day. I like to have models that remind me of more carefree times and this is a really good candidate for that purpose.
Dennis
