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Old 05-01-2017 | 06:17 AM
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Bill Diedrich
 
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OK I got the photos that you sent and also the 2 short videos. The aircraft that you have is a very
nice Goldberg Anniversary Edition of the J-3 Piper Cub. The engine in it is at the top of the power
size for the plane so you will probably be flying it at half throttle or less once it is airborne.
Here are a dew other questions:
(1) The 9v battery connector is it connected to the switch that is mounted on the left side of the airplane?
(2) The switch that is on the servo tray inside of the airplane is it connected to anything? (If not it serves
no purpose, I would remove it and save if for a spare.
(3) You have a Futaba Radio system that is on 72 MHz and it could be either AM or FM, what is the
model number of the receiver (commonly referred to as RX).
(4) Is there another power source for the RX, like a 4.8v or 6v rechargeable battery that came with the plane?
And did you get a charger for the transmitter & receiver?

Not to put a damper on your excitement to getting into flying model aircraft, but the J-3 Cub is not a beginners
airplane. I would advise you to find a suitable trainer type of airplane, if you try to fly this one without a competent
pilot at hand and on a buddy box set up you will more than likely destroy the plane on the first flight. Like John said
it is best to seek out a local club and get some help with the set up of the plane and most clubs also have "Club Trainer"
airplanes that they can tutor new students to flying on. Believe it or not most young people that come into this hobby
catch on very quickly and are soloing within a few lessons on a trainer. So please look up your closest club and get in
touch with one of their "Intro Pilot Trainers", you won't regret it, and it is always nice to talk to someone one on one,
face to face and ask questions about anything concerning this hobby. The internet is a wonderful thing but it doesn't
come close to the friendships that can be built being among others that are in this wonderful hobby.

Bill D.
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