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Old 01-08-2013 | 06:36 AM
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GerKonig
 
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Default RE: Piper Cub engine question.


ORIGINAL: mniesen89

Thanks guys, do you really think a .46 will really be that under powered? Think I should step it up a notch?
Cubs fly on the wing, you do not need more than that to power it. You will need to move your batteries forward and add some lead. Do not worry, that model will not know you added weight. My OS was sideways, and had a pitts style muffler. Remember always to stick a bit of a paper towel in each of the exhausts of the pitts muffler. Otherwise you will have oil dripping out of the muffler when you move or store the model:-) I gave up slime power many years ago, and only use gas and big electrics now.

Good luck with the Cub, it is a sweet model. You will learn soon enough to coordinate ailerons and rudder:-) (or you will chicken out and go the easy way, mixing aileron and rudder in your radio...)


Gerry