Hi guys,
I am looking at buying a GP Cub ARF, and have a question about the covering. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the fabric covering? Is it easy to repair? clean? I have no experience with this covering , opinions please..

Looks good, more "scale", since Cub is fabric covered, not much different to repair than any other prefinished material. I always think of fabrics as more durable than other covers, but don't really have anything to back up that opinion.. All my planes that aren't "skinned" have fabric covers, either Koverall or 21st Century fabric.

I have one. The covering takes a bit to get used to, for me anyway as it's my first fabric plane. The covering came in perfect shape out of the box. but after the construction process it loosened up a lot. I used my heat gun and shrinked it up again. Two days later it was even worse than before. I think I need to use an iron on the seams and hopefully that should do the trick. My opinion of this plane is positive thus far. I've only flown it only once for its maiden flight. It flys nice and slow and lands even slower. Taking off is a bit tricky, just don't go to full throttle instantly off the line and you should be ok. It does like to get kicked around by the wind so be cautious of that. I didn't the foams wheels that it came with stock, so I quickly upgraded them to rubber. I also didn't like how the landing gear wire and braces were designed. The braces are attached to the gear wire with a rubber band. I didn't like that at all and did my own modifications to it by using simple clamps and screws. It worked perfect.

Good luck.

Also replace the wing strut "CA" mounts with a "Pinned" style hinge---They will break, I promise, & in the air leave you in BIG trouble!

The covering looks great, but is sensitive to temperature changes... seems to need a lot of attention to keep it tight... Agree about the wing struts - have been a few threads here about improvements on this otherwise great ARF...

Cheers!

Jim

I would agree with the guys who posted before me and 1 more thing you may want to change, the wire landing gear change to durell style gear...I think I spelled that wrong (Durell)....JW