Tiny Stunters

Not to be outdone by Tom Lay and his TD 010 Ringmaster, here is my scaled-down Ron Prentice "Small Fry" for the Russian Elfin replica at .020 cuin.

Shouldn't that be "Small Fly"? How well does it do? Can it actually do the pattern? Brings new meaning to the term "Back Yard Flyer"! Maybe, living room flyer?

Glen. Ron Prentice designed "Small Fry" in 1948 and won the All Herts Rally (London) with it. He later scaled it up to "Big Fry". "Tiny Fry" was my idea, and when I sent a photo of it to Ron, he replied with a photo of approximately the same sized plane powered with a CO2 engine. He remarked that "great minds seem to travel in the same rut."

I think that rut goes by here! I built an 020 Lil Satan once...wow was that thing fast!

>Glen. Ron Prentice designed "Small Fry" in 1948 and won the All Herts Rally (London) with it. He later scaled it up to "Big Fry". "Tiny Fry" was my idea, and when I sent a photo of it to Ron, he replied with a photo of approximately the same sized plane powered with a CO2 engine. He remarked that "great minds seem to travel in the same rut." >
>Floyd

Floyd,
For a size/power comparison, didn't the "Small Fry" use a Mills 1.3 (.08 ci?) diesel?

Yes, small fry did use a Mills 1.3 an unorthodox choice of engine fro a stunt ship but there again the Small Fry was an unorthodox lightweight stick and tissue airframe.

Vernon
proud builder and owner of a Big Fry

>Shouldn't that be "Small Fly"? How well does it do? Can it
>actually do the pattern? Brings new meaning to the term
>"Back Yard Flyer"! Maybe, living room flyer?

Larry Scarinzi's Bullseye saucer was flown on a balcony outside the MAN offices high above the streets below in the heart of NYC.
He also flew his dinky "Queen Bee" biplane for a crowd in the local high school's theater- doing stunts out over the orchestra pit.

bob reeves built and flew a .010 ringmaster in attic back in 1975.put a nail in the floor and flew it on a teather line we flew a hole tank throught it and it landed.

Ya, that was when we were crazy.. Remember flying that thing in my back yard on 15 foot lines, would do the entire stunt pattern but you had to be quick. Can't remember why we decided to try it in the attic. Must have been a long winter

Tom Lay likes to carry his little Ringmaster around in his shirt pocket. Now, with a spool of sewing thread and an ounce of glo fuel in the other pocket, Tom is ready for a flyng session.