Clip the wing!
Clip the wing!
Clip the wing!
Clip the wing!
Clip the wing!
Did I mention that you should Clip the wing?

Ok, here's the deal...

When the Cub was designed back in the dark ages, it had a squrrel on a treadmill for an engine. It needed a HUGE wing to generate enough lift to get off the ground.

This was not seen as a drawback since the original conception was that the cub would become the "Volkswagon" of airplanes - meaning that anyone could afford to fly such a cheap plane, and that it would only be used for flying from point "A" to point "B" without much maneuvering in between.

Well, most people prefered not to fly to work, so that idea went bust.

But then some Cub owners discovered that buy putting a real engine on it and clipping the wing to a more appropriate size, they had one heluva nice airplane!

A common misconcepton of clipping the Cub's wing is that it will make it fast and hairy -Not true! With a Full Wing, it is slow and cumbersome (And has a LOT of Adverse Yaw - not a desirable thing)

With the Clipped wing, the cub still floats like a dream, but now it is capable of being wrung out like a pro!

All in all, it's a much more fun plane to fly

So if you want to use a small engine and just Putt-Putt around the sky with an original scale apperance, go with the full wing.

But if you want what is one of MY All-Time favorite airplanes, put a 70 4-stroke (or a Good 46 2-stroke) in it and clip the wing.

Enjoy!