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L-4 Grasshopper? - 2/14/2006 10:41:44 AM   
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Status: offline 		Which ARF has the fabric covering and at least 80-88" wingspan. I'm thinking of kitbashing a cub, spraying olive paint over the yellow of a cub. I know too that there is some rear window work to do.

Any thoughts?

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RE: L-4 Grasshopper? - 2/14/2006 3:02:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		The Dave Patrick Cub has frabric covering but I think the w/s is 106".







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RE: L-4 Grasshopper? - 2/14/2006 6:29:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		Great Planes offers one with fabric. Wingspan is 81".
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RE: L-4 Grasshopper? - 2/14/2006 7:11:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		I've been looking back in my archives and cant seem to find the OD cub that was listed as L-4 but without the green house. I would like to do one of those. But for now, I'm gonna just put some floats on mine.
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RE: L-4 Grasshopper? - 2/14/2006 8:11:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		I think the Great Planes kit will do fine.
Thanks
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Great Planes offers one with fabric. Wingspan is 81".
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RE: L-4 Grasshopper? - 2/14/2006 8:18:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		There were some Cubs that were just quickly painted in the drab paint scheme, I ran into some in a full scale search last summer. I'm just getting around to redreaming this !!! There were Taylors too, I think L-2 designation but it's real fuzzy at the moment.

I like the idea of the L-4 with or without the greenhouse and I bet some of them ended up on floats and or skies as well ( great for around here in New England if so).

I need to look to Great Planes now and see about power etc... I'm thinking off the top of my head , maybe Saito 65 without knowing what the spec sheet is on the Great Planes Cub.

Thanks for the reply,
David
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I've been looking back in my archives and cant seem to find the OD cub that was listed as L-4 but without the green house. I would like to do one of those. But for now, I'm gonna just put some floats on mine.
Edwin


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RE: L-4 Grasshopper? - 2/15/2006 2:54:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		Dont forget the Aeronca Champ, L-3 Grasshopper. You dont have to do a cub, although I dont beleive there is an Aeronca ARF out there. Just wanted to put that in there......now I will go hide in my hole again...........

Edit; Here is a picture of my Bud Nosen 102" Aeronca Champ in the (not real scale) L-3 Grasshopper.

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RE: L-4 Grasshopper? - 2/15/2006 10:10:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		I didn't know the L-3 was an Aeronca ( or Air Knocker as they call them around here). I like yours by the way ! I guess a twin cylinder would make sense in one that large ?

Well, I don't need another full kit for now though, I'd like an ARF and the T-6 is taking up my building space anyway. An ARF I can assemble and go fly meanwhile. seems to me I saw a Taylor ARF someplace that could be bashed into an L-2, maybe.

David

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Dont forget the Aeronca Champ, L-3 Grasshopper. You dont have to do a cub, although I dont beleive there is an Aeronca ARF out there. Just wanted to put that in there......now I will go hide in my hole again...........

Edit; Here is a picture of my Bud Nosen 102" Aeronca Champ in the (not real scale) L-3 Grasshopper.


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RE: L-4 Grasshopper? - 2/15/2006 12:29:12 PM   
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Status: offline 		I agree, an ARF would be easier to convert, just wanted to point out that there are other "Grasshoppers" out there. I beleive that there were three manufactures with the L-3 designation. Aeronca also had the L-16 Grasshopper during the Korean confilct. Thanks for the cudo's on my Grasshopper. I didnt build it, a club member gave it to me last summer before he passed away. He wanted to see it fly again. It really flys great.

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