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Old 07-19-2003 | 03:17 AM
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Default J-3 cub engine direction

BR

I think as you mature into the Sport/hobby of RC flight that you will come to realize that in the case of some aircraft such as the cub what may work well in the full scale world for a given task is not necessarily the case in miniature. In fact Cubs for RC of literally hundreds of designs, most have been somewhat challenging to fly and make rather poor trainers for this reason.

This is due in part to the fact that it is a high wing, high drag aircraft with a high aspect ratio wing and large barn door ailerons that provide considerable adverse yaw that must be corrected for in flight to keep that airplane from wallowing around like a sick whale. To fly an RC cub well requires considerable skill. The fact that you have flown a full scale cub will in no way prepare you to fly an RC cub. As a matter of fact The mechanics of flying any RC aircraft (I am not talking about Wx, regs or navigation) is more of a challenge than learning to fly full scale.

John