freeonthree

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Oh come on... I can fly my Cub, or any Cub, or any plane i've ever flown, and never use the rudder in the air. Dennis

GaryHarris

I do electric to.

freeonthree

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Thats looks real nice. I love biplanes ! Real airplanes have two wings and round engines. Dennis

PS: We have the same flooring in our dining room. I put it in a couple of years ago. Unless that is real wood im looking at, ours isn't, and it went down super easy in a few hours. Nice stuff.

JH313

Look at the Great Planes Escapade. Goes together in a few hours, tops. I went up to that right after my trainer and had so much fun with it. I put a Magnum 70 in it, although a 52 could work also.

JeffinTD

The Rascal has been around as a kit for many years, and more recently as an ARF.

I have the 110" version powered by 30cc gas. Construction quality is excellent.

The 40 size is much sportier handling, to the point I'd consider it more of a high wing aerobat than just a trainer. Really fun to fly.

I wouldn't let these guys discourage you from going glow, if that is what you want, especially if you already have an engine.

bladebender

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go to a club near you and look at some of the trainers and talk to some of the instuctors, Somebody should have a buddie box and fly it .Clubs here have a trainer nite and your welcome to fly.I would vote for a stick greatplane makes a nice one If you lived around here I would talk to you about my world models super stunt good luck ,Remember to use the runway in front of you not behind ya

biam

Great planes .40 size cub and the engine you have is a great combination! I have a kit built one and hardly ever go to the field with out it, also have an arf of the same thing,just in case, got a good deal on it on fleabay. Just remember to ease in to the throttle and practice your rudder skills, dont slam the throttle home and horse it off the ground, the most common mistake I have seen with fledgling cub pilots. Try it you'll like it!

hugger-4641

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You might get it up and back down again on a calm day, buy you won't fly my 72" J-3 or most other cubs very well without using rudder in the air. You're welcome to come fly with me on a typical day around here with winds 7 to 15mph and prove me wrong. You will replace my plane of course if you don't succeed.

THERCAV8R

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Try a Piper cub. I Don't understand the bad comments about a cub. I have flown many different cubs of many different sizes i have had no problems, in the air or on the ground. If you can handle a 4 Star then a cub is no problem.

freeonthree

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Well, I havn't crashed in several years, and I just started learning rudder turns a couple of weeks ago. Maybe I just fly Cubs faster than you do. Mine have always turned just fine without rudder. Dennis

freeonthree

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I totally agree. I like Cubs for training because they have an excellant glide ratio, and can land really slow. They also look like a real airplane. Any plane that floats well like a Cub is a good trainer in my opinion.
When I learned to fly in 2002, I learned on an Avistar. It had tricycle landing gear, and steered like a car on the ground. It flew beautifully, and turned out to me my favorite heavy wind beater plane. The biggest problem I had, was learning how to touch down on the main wheels first. I kept knocking the nose wheel out of alignment, and bending it back, Grrrr... Then there was the bouncing issue, Grrr... hahaha !
I think I would have learned faster on a taildragger, buit who knows. Some say tricycle gear is the better trainer... Dennis

gmeyer-RCU

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hanger 9 Pulse xt 40 it's a bolt on low wing EASY to assemble and fly. Greg

HoundDog

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Get a Sig Kadet senior with a 40 or 46 tie off the alerions to netural and keep the Rudder on the lsft stick and learn to fly 3 channel then when transtioning to 4 channel U will automatically use rudder to corradinate the turnd and keep it stright on landing ... Watch the number of your friends that don't use the rudder except on the ground .... Let me know your experiance if U use this methode. Futher more the reason to use the Kadet is it's big and slow ...easy to see and gives U as a student tie to think .... Best of luck to U RC is a great hobby. Enjoy.

GaryHarris

I think were getting off course here guys. I don't think I need a buddy box, or to duct tape ailerons to turn a 4 channel into a 3 channel. I think I'm leaning towards a Cub to improve, or work on my rudder coordinated input control. Scale and Warbirds is my end goal and I think it's important these coordinations become natural and it seems the Cub is the best choice for this transition.

hugger-4641

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A Cub is never a bad choice! I happen to be a big fan of them. I own several from small electrics up to my 110" Balsa Usa, plus a couple .40 and .60 sized J-3's. Regardless what some others have said here, with a Cub, you will be forced to learn how to use the rudder both in the air and on the ground.

HoundDog

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So long it's not one of those little "LECTRIC" peices of junk get a 40 or 60 size to start Electric or glow doesn't mater ... but with out a buddy box and a good instructor ... ecpect to do a lot of repair ...

eddieC

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on_your_six

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The cub is a most enjoyable airplane to fly on the road to warbirds. It will teach you a lot, but it will bite you in a crosswind takeoff. Look up "Ground Loop" or just watch your first efforts at taking off. I think that a cub should be part of every model pilots knowledge. I can fly the cub very well, to say that I have mastered it would be a falsehood. Every once in a while, it will get my adrenalin going.

I will always own a cub and refuse to sell the one I have now, until I can replace it.

HoundDog

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Ya ever realize how the Neofites ask for advice but then say they know it all,   and do what they wanted to do in the first place ... That's the nice thing about this hobby we let U CRASH and BURN all U can afford ... Just do it Safely PLZ

fly24-7

+1 on the Rascal. I'd think the OP would enjoy the plane.

Not so sure about the Tango. It's basically a high-wing Twist. The Twist has really nasty adverse yaw when doing any rudder maneuvers. Try driving a Twist around with the rudder only and you'll see what I mean. You couldn't do a clean stall turn with that plane to save your life.

HoundDog

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Had 10 of them till i changed to U=CAN-DO's Not one of the Twists flew alike with the same Radio and program even. Some I could get to do Inverted Flat Spins one would even climb in an Inverted flat spin till one day it snapped the opposit way and would not come ont hit the ground real slow but broke in half OH well just 1 of 10. still have 2 and a bunch of spare parts ...

JeffinTD

The U Can Do is a great, fun plane.

I don't think the OP is a completely new flier...

HoundDog

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Probbly Not just Screwing with people ... OH Well!

JH313

Hate to start a war, but read his original post:
He clearly said that he has experience, enough to do a 4 Star. I would guess it means he is on his second or third plane. He also says that he wants something forgiving. A cub is perfect for this. He says forgiving. Nowhere does he ask for a first plane or trainer.
Not trying to start anything, just trying to clear things up.

GaryHarris

Sorry for the confusion, but I thought I made myself clear at least twice. I am NOT new to planes or flying. I have built over 60 kits over 21 years and I just don't know much about ARFs. Although not pretty, I have flown a Yak 54. Loops, rolls, inverted with a 4 Star is fairly easy for me, so I guess I'm ready for the next step, but 3D and stuff like that doesn't interest me. I'm more into scale, low and slow. Like warbirds. WW1 planes and eventually WW2 birds like the P47D. For what I am asking here might, or might not be a cool easy flying plane just for relaxing days where something like the LT40 has already bored me. A so to say, "Transitional" plane to move from planes like 4 Stars that can get me ready for warbirds with confidence. I am not naive or dumb enough to think I'm ready for a Corsair with retracts, flaps and smoke.

From yalls input and after thinking about it, I think a Cub fits the bill.