Sterling Flying Fool?

Is the Sterling "Flying Fool" OTS legal? Does any one remember this one? What is the wing span/area?

No. It came out in the late '50s.

You don't want to use it, anyway.

Tip of the E Z Just if you placed in any competition (Classic?) with it.

I have a photo of one at a contest in 1967. The first name and the last name says it all. Sterling-blank-fool. It had a wingspan of about 24 inches, and did not fly all that well let alone do anything precision.

>Is the Sterling "Flying Fool" OTS
>legal? Does any one remember
>this one? What is the
>wing span/area?

The Flying Fool is not OT legal. The wingspan is about 32" and it has about 300 sq.in. They are fun to fly, but are a real challenge to get through the whole stunt pattern, but they will do the eights.

Bare

I can remember when I was a kid, a group of us had a ball with a "Fool" intentional setting it rich and doing touch & goes... Not too good for much else though. Only Classic legal, I would also tip my hat to you if you won anything with it.. just a have fun .. sport airplane.

Tom N.

But just for fun flying, if someone wants a biplane that actually flies fairly well, build a Brodak 38 Special. The Atlanta Stunt Conspiracy puts on a biplane stunt event every year, and this was Tom Dixon's answer to the event.

Scracth-build a box side/top/bottom fuselage to save a little weight and improve the looks. It can look "cuter" than the Fool without sacrificing being able to stunt some. But don't expect to earn large points for landings. CL bipes put on the air brakes when the engine shuts down. You have to dive for the ground fast to maintain control.

K.

Anybody tried Brodak's Bi-Slob? It looks interestin'...I may stick one together this winter.

jetjock, first you have to be able to get the kit. I'm under the impression that it hasn't been released yet.

>But just for fun flying, if
>someone wants a biplane that
>actually flies fairly well, build
>a Brodak 38 Special.
>The Atlanta Stunt Conspiracy puts
>on a biplane stunt event
>every year, and this was
>Tom Dixon's answer to the
>event.
>
>Scracth-build a box side/top/bottom fuselage to
>save a little weight and
>improve the looks. It
>can look "cuter" than the
>Fool without sacrificing being able
>to stunt some. But
>don't expect to earn large
>points for landings. CL
>bipes put on the air
>brakes when the engine shuts
>down. You have to
>dive for the ground fast
>to maintain control.
>
>
>K.
>
>*

Yeah, no kidding about the air brakes when the engine quits... I had a profile Spad many years ago and it would just about fall out of the air. How well did that large triplane do that I've seen pictures of here recently?

If you want to punish yourself with a Flying Fool, I'll let you enter any contest I CD for OTS even though it doesn't qualify. Even give you a thirty point bonus!

Al "I'm building a Humongous" K.

I've been messing with a recently obtained "Moitle" biplane which is very nostalgic but doesn't fly worth a darned. Has to go 100mph to work or it stalls like mad. Looks great hanging from the ceiling in my office. I think "Over Easy" works OK and the Jim Hunt Great Lakes biplane is supposed to perform. I've got one of those started with plans to build two.

...and for the Bi-Slob question,
You've never had as much fun 'till you build one of these. Not legal for OTS. Just good, clean, greasy fun. When the kits come out we should organize an all Bi-Slob multi event contest. We did a Bi-Slob freestyle stunt event a number of years ago with about 5 entries. The kit is due any day now.

Can anyone point me towards a web based picture of a "BI-SLOB""
- Thanks - Chubahkah

>Can anyone point me towards a
>web based picture of a
>"BI-SLOB""
>- Thanks - Chubahkah

Try this: Just be aware that the kit hasn't been released yet.

http://www.brodak.com/catalog/kitsdetail.cfm?myindex=CLB-56

Leonard Neumann

Jetjock,
You can also get a copy of the June 1992 Flying Models from Flying Models. (Also the plans) We had a great time putting the article together. Bob Hunt and my son, Craig, and I froze the day we took the flying pictures though. It was about 18 degrees with a 25 mph wind!

Tom Niebuhr

This is a wonderful plane! It flies great! I dont think it would be much good in a competition though it might if you are good enough. I have loved mine to death. It is one of my all time favorites, along with the ringmaster and most other sterling kits.

Floyd: Rare agreement with you. Haven't flown the Slob yet, but I remember Sterling kits going back to the late '50s, when they had decent wood.

The Ring is no Streak, but I like it for some reason. The styling is an acquired taste, certainly. There are a couple of lightish Rings here in the Detroit area that fly quite surprisingly well.