A few problems solved.

After crashing the foam ringmaster i built an old Sterling Ringmaster S-1A. this is important as the original Ringmaster kit, designed by Matt Kania, was changed slightly for ease of production hense the "A" designation.The new kit is frowned upon by purists and isn't legal for old time stunt events. As I flew the new plane it exibited similiar traits as the foamy. I got help and advice from the Ringmaster forum and made some progress. Then I remembered that a thin airfoil like the ringmaster needs speed. I turned the engine at 10200 rpm and flew it again. The lap times fell from 5.0 to 4.5 sec. and it flew very well. No loose lines inverted now. Speed equals centrifugal force and that's what was missing. The El Camino has been acting funny too. The carb. seems to be lean and putting the trans. in gear stalls the engine. I took the holley 750 off the hot rod and put it on the El Camino. Instant success. I had made a carb. spacer from a piece of luan plywood and didn't have it on with the other carb. I reinstalled the El Camino carb. without the spacer and it didn't stall either. The spacer is quite porus which suprises me. Anyway I have to get a phenolic or metal spacer to raise the carb. as the throttle arms hit the EGR blocking plate. I cut a set of ribs for a model called the Artic Fox last night. I have to get some 1/4" balsa for the spars and flaps and tail pieces. I hope Lonestar gets going soon. Hobby shop balsa prices are as bad as gasoline prices.

Slack line crash.

I've been having trouble with my foam wing ringmaster, it's scratch built from old plans. It flew great as long as the plane was upright. Inverted loops gave me trouble. I hit the ground several times at the bottom of the loop. Three times in one session. Today I came real close to doing it again but missed somehow. I went higher and tried again but the lines went slack and it lawn darted into the ground. The wing didn't have a scratch though. I cleaned the engine off when I got home and ran it. The ground is soft now. I did a first flight on a new design called the Ringmaster 307. It's a .15 size plane with 307 square inches in the wing. It flew real nice. This was before crashing the other plane. My Twister gave me fits the other day. I forgot to add the spinner and muffler so the c/g was way aft. It jumped all over the place and almost crashed but I saved it. I had it in the car today but didn't want to push my luck. I added all the heavy things and added heavier landing gear to boot. It should fly good like before.Now I have a wing with out a fuselage. But I think the wing was the cause of my problems so I'll let it sit for a while. Maybe make a trainer out of it. I'm planning on visiting the contest at Brodaks in June. It's a big one, 6 days. It's in southwestern PA. and you can't get there from here.

Test flight and power failure