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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 12/31/2007 7:56:49 PM   
sedne


 

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From: Palmer, AK, USA
Status: offline 		I fly in Alaska, it was 11*F just the other day and my lipos did fine. I keep my batts warm in the car just before I fly also. Although i don't keep them by the defroster, they go from the house to car to field, no problems. I have the park flyer skis on two of my planes, Hobbico Superstar EP, Parkzone J-3, but I don't have them on my Flyzone J-3 yet. They work great, it makes flying in the winter waaaay better!!

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 12/31/2007 8:56:23 PM   
Cougar-RCU



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Status: offline 		OK ,OK ,you guys, I WILL Fly it for the first time in the snow! I will let you know how she does!
Maybe this week!
Jeff

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 1/3/2008 12:23:33 AM   
derek2005


 

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Status: offline 		I just purchased the flyzone cub to practice flying with ailerons. There is very little aileron throw. Something like 3/16ths up and down. Does this need to be increased to give the ailerons more authority? Are there any other issues I should try to address before flying this model? Other than the normal flight checks, CG, and so on.

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 1/3/2008 7:47:34 AM   
sedne


 

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Status: offline 		I would recommend flying it with the ailerons like they are and see how it does. You can alway give it more throw later if you need to. Just my 2 cents.

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 2/2/2008 2:26:15 AM   
derek2005


 

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From: Rolla, MO, USA
Status: offline 		I had my first successful flight today! My very first attempt ended with a shattered cowl, broken prop, bend shaft, broken wing, broken fuselage, and bent landing gear. Didn't phase me though. Just figured out what I did wrong, glued it back together and waited until the wind stopped blowing. The hardest part was the waiting almost a month for the wind to not be blowing 15-20 mph.

Last night we had three-four inches of snow, but the wind was light this morning, so I took my cub out to a huge field and tried again. Gave it a nice toss slightly up and watched in amazement as it actually flew and more than that, flew where I wanted it to. There was a slight wind which was great for the landing. I didn't have skis on it so I floated the plane in, flared and squatted it in the fluffy snow. It did sit up on the nose a little in the snow, but no damage at all. After the first attemp I was amazed at how well it flew. The ailerons are not authoritative, but they are effective enough to learn on. Nice and tame. The rudder and elevator are very authoritative and I had to keep their movement small and smooth. I am happy enough with this plane that I am actually going to replace the cowl and some other beat up pieces. I was going to leave these on the plane thinking I would be crashing more than flying, but that isn't going to be the case, although I'm sure I will crash again. From what I read, that just goes with the territory.

I am surprized there aren't more people flying this plane. If they are, they aren't talking about it. If anyone out there is enjoying this model, please post and share your experiences.


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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 2/2/2008 2:48:18 AM   
mike early



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From: Ashland, KY, USA
Status: offline 		Congrats on the first successful flight. The first day I flew my cub was in october and I had permagrin I couldn't believe how great it was. But there were many crashes after that....many. A lot of fluffy snow would have helped minimize the damage in a lot of my crashes. So you have an advantage there.

I could not believe how the rudder would totally get this plane bent out of shape immediately. I altered it again and again till finally it is more realistic in flight. Same for the rudder. I did increase the throws of the ailerons but I put the back to stock throws...that's plenty for me.

I have a few more planes now, but I still fly the cub when the wind is down. I have three batteries and have converted it to a cheap but way more powerful brushless motor and I still love the low fly-bys.

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 2/2/2008 4:15:20 AM   
derek2005


 

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Status: offline 		I'm sure brushless would help this plane along and out of trouble. My first crash was due to a bad stall and more power would have helped me get out of it. I wanted this plane just to learn the basics of flying until I get my slow poke sport 40 up in the air this spring. I think I am going to put a reciever for my JR radio in it. The tactic wasn't glitchy, I just don't trust it. I have had some glitches on the bench so I am a bit worried about it. Curious, what brushless motors/esc's would be a good fit for this plane?

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 2/2/2008 4:39:43 AM   
mike early



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Status: offline 		http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=4709

Is the motor I ended up using. I didn't know about the combo at the time so i bought the ESC separately with one of the programming cards. But you can see how cheap the stuff is....

I am using the stock batteries and get 8 minute flights with throttle control or about 6 minutes full throttle.

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 2/2/2008 1:45:37 PM   
derek2005


 

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From: Rolla, MO, USA
Status: offline 		Mike Early,

Did you have to do any mounting modifications with that motor. Thanks for the link, that is cheap and almost every review is very positive. I think I will order one of these.

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 2/2/2008 5:32:24 PM   
mike early



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From: Ashland, KY, USA
Status: offline 		I am using the stock motor mount...but with the engine "cup" cut off and the motor mount that comes with the motor bolted onto the flat part of the stock firewall. If that makes any sense. The result is the thrust angle that is incorporated into the firewall and the stock motor mount is applied to the new motor mount

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 2/2/2008 6:16:43 PM   
derek2005


 

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From: Rolla, MO, USA
Status: offline 		Thanks!

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 2/2/2008 6:40:05 PM   
mike early



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From: Ashland, KY, USA
Status: offline 		Hmm, after reading my post I am not sure it even makes sense. I will try to draw a photo, since my digital camera is currently misplaced

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 2/2/2008 6:58:17 PM   
mike early



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Status: offline 		well scratch that too. too frustrating for a Saturday trying to learn to draw on particular programs... gl

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 2/3/2008 6:36:15 PM   
derek2005


 

Posts: 114
Joined: 12/11/2005
From: Rolla, MO, USA
Status: offline 		What type of aerobatics can this plane do? I know it won't do much. How about loops? I haven't attempted anything other than flying in circles and figure eighths, oh yeah and crashing.

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RE: Hobbico FlyZone® Piper J-3 Cub RTF - 2/3/2008 7:31:46 PM   
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