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Old 02-11-2010 | 01:35 PM
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Fizzyo
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Default RE: Modeltech Super Cub

Hey Terry
Thanks for all the nice comments. I have been in the hobbie for 30 years, so I have built alot of planes. You pick up a few things along the way. One of the reason's I ran all my wires out of the way was to make room for a cock pit and pilot. A buddy of mine that I fly with has the H9 Piper cub same size as the super. When I was looking for a cub I did not what to get the same one he has. His cub has a barbie (cut in half) as a pilot and I though had cool it looked with a pilot. I dont think I am going with a barbie though
The wires I ran up to the wing are just long enough to stay connected with out any tension on them, but also do not have any slop. Because I have to take the wing off to get to the battery,I didnt want to tape or hot glue the wires to the bottom of the wing. It works out really well I dont even have to disconnect the wires while I am changing the battery. After I ran them down the side of the fuse, I didnt like the way they were exposed so thats why I put them behind the angle stock. Then I put all the exposed wire in side the tubing to keep it nice and clean inside the fuse. This plane is as stable as they come, If you have aligned all your controll surfaces straight and you have the CG correct the cub will fly it'self. The only thing I would give you a heads up on is the ground handling. With a wing this big it is very sensitive to wind so make sure you are heading straight into the wind on take off and landing. I am going to add either some more monocoat or some kind of hard plastic to the wing tips. I dont think I have had but 3 landings that the wing tips didn't make contact with the ground, after landing. The link below is of my buddies cub on RCG look for post 516 his name is AKU
Hope your weather clear up soon so you can fly
Fizzy
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...654825&page=35