Skycam41

I just received my October Flyrc magazine and really like the Dave Patrick designed J3 Cub pull out plans. I have never scratch built a plane but have many kits under my belt. If anyone is in the process of building or thinking about it let me know.

Cheers

Mike

mhs2008

I liked that design too and was planning on building it. I have never built a plane from scratch but have built a few kits. Any tips on making my own parts etc. (Im in the process of building the GP Piper Cub .40)

Skycam41

You and I will both be figuring it out! I am not sure what it means on the plans when it says 1/8" sheet outline with an arrow pointing to the top of the rudder. Hopefully some scratch builders out there can give us some hints/tips!
Mike

mhs2008

I guess we will be figuring this out ourselves..[]
I think the 1/8" sheet outline is just the thickness of the balsa he used on the rudder.
Next time I think about it I'm gonna have to run the plan into my local Kinkos and have it enlarged. Where did that cowling come from because that definitely is not built with balsa?
BTW heres a good site for scratch building [link=http://www.airfieldmodels.com/index.htm]Airfield Models[/link]

Skycam41

Thanks for the info...on the plans it says that the fibreglass cowl came from Dave Patrick Models although after checking his site I did not find it.