Cub wingspan question
06-13-2006, 05:43 PM
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Cub wingspan question
Are there any Cub designs with two piece wings? I want to build a float plane and am thinking that bigger would be better, but I don't have a trailer to haul the typical large wings of these types of airplanes. About 64" is all I can do which would limit me to the GP .20 sized or a clipped wing .40 sized.
06-13-2006, 08:47 PM
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RE: Cub wingspan question
That would be my vote, too. I have one, an awesome plane to fly, and an equally awesome kit, all laser cut, functional wing struts, great scale detail. The wing center section is part of the fuselage, and the wing halves slide on to a wing tube and have a screw inside the cabin, plus the strut mount. Each wing half is 40 inches, and the fuse is 55-1/2 inches long from prop nut to tail. The horizontal tail is 24 inches wide. The Great Planes 40- size floats would be just about perfect for it. With floats, a .65-.72 4 stroke would be perfect also.
I don't have floats on my Sig, but I modified mine and it weighs about 11 pounds, and I fly the heck out of it with a .65 Saito. I also have a Hangar 9 Cub ARF, just a tiny bit smaller (80 inch wing vs. the Sig's 84.5 inch) and I have the GP floats on the H-9 Cub, it weighs 11 pounds also and it has a ton of power with a .72 Saito. Both are plenty big, look great and perform well.
The next larger Cub with 2-piece wing is the 1/4 scale BUSA kit, each wing half is going to be about 50 inches, and the fuse will be about 65-66 inches, plus it will take something in the 1.20 or larger range to fly it with floats (G-26 would be nice, too). The Sig 1/4 scale Cub has a two piece wing, but the wing halves are different lengths. The center section is part of one wing half, and it bolts on like a one-piece wing.
Here's how the wing attach looks on the Sig 1/5 scale, minus the wing tube, but you can see the hole where the tube went. I omitted it in my L-4 conversion for aesthetic and scale reasons.
I don't have floats on my Sig, but I modified mine and it weighs about 11 pounds, and I fly the heck out of it with a .65 Saito. I also have a Hangar 9 Cub ARF, just a tiny bit smaller (80 inch wing vs. the Sig's 84.5 inch) and I have the GP floats on the H-9 Cub, it weighs 11 pounds also and it has a ton of power with a .72 Saito. Both are plenty big, look great and perform well.
The next larger Cub with 2-piece wing is the 1/4 scale BUSA kit, each wing half is going to be about 50 inches, and the fuse will be about 65-66 inches, plus it will take something in the 1.20 or larger range to fly it with floats (G-26 would be nice, too). The Sig 1/4 scale Cub has a two piece wing, but the wing halves are different lengths. The center section is part of one wing half, and it bolts on like a one-piece wing.
Here's how the wing attach looks on the Sig 1/5 scale, minus the wing tube, but you can see the hole where the tube went. I omitted it in my L-4 conversion for aesthetic and scale reasons.
06-13-2006, 11:50 PM
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RE: Cub wingspan question
the hangar nine ARF with an 80 inch wing is 2 piece. there are 3-4 at our field and they fly great. and 2 were at out out float fly this weekend on great planes 60 floats. I have the GP 60 one piece wing 81!QUOT! and is kinda of cumbersome but I manage.
06-14-2006, 08:01 AM
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RE: Cub wingspan question
World Models have a number of Cub Arfs, Clipped wing and normal in sizes from 1/6 through 33%. Great Kits, very scale looking and fun to fly. I have the 1/5 clipped wing and use Magnum 70 FS for power. I have seen this one on floats and it is a good combination. The Wing is 2 piece using an Aluminum tube to join. I have taken it to the field in my son's VW Golf.
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