Looked at the manual...that wing idea should work great.

Hey how much are these going for?

Have a buddy going through a rough time trying to keep his business open with all these stupid politicians in Washington trying to kill small business, and sold his planes to pay some bills.

Did you try it out yet? How did it work?

I had the same problem with my Great Planes Cub with the one piece 81" wing. It was such a pain to haul around, that I hardly ever flew it anymore and I almost sold the plane as a result.

SO....Last winter I decided to "CLIP" the wings and I am sure glad I did. Now the wing is still one piece but only 68" long. I can now haul it with ease and it still flies fantastic and is way more aerobatic to boot.

I removed 2 bays from each wingtip to accomplish this but still used the original wingtips.
It was an easy one day mod and I am exstatic with the results.
Where there is a will.... there is a way!!

Good luck
Curt

Hey Curt,

Thanks for the pic's and it looks good! If I do decide to clip it, I'm going to do it the way you did. But I think I'm still going to keep it two piece either way. By the way, which engine are you using? I'm going with a four stroke in mine but not sure if I should put a 54 or 75 in it. I'm sure the 54 would be fine but I would like to have some extra power and I'm wondering if the 75 will just be overkill and mostly wasted....????

And Cowboylifersaver, no, I haven't touched it yet....I have a few more projects I want to get done before I start on it.

Thanks!
Mark

FWIW, I have a Great Planes version. When I was deciding on power, I was thinking of how it might fly on floats? I went with an Enya 80 I had because of that. A little bit much for normal flying (flies great using no more than 1/2), but absolutely perfect choice when on floats.....

Five years ago when I bought this plane new, I had a NIB OS .46AX 2 stroke laying around so that is what is in there along with a Pitts muffler. It had tons of power when it was an 81", but now that I clipped the wings, I find myself wanting just a little more power for some extreme non-scale aerobatics (trying to make a 3D machine out of it.. ha ha). The .46AX still flies it fine though but I do have an OS .61 4 stroke that I have been pondering putting in the Cub for a little more grunt and better sound. I also have a TT .91 4 stroke but that may be a little extreme for my Cubby.

I would probably go with a 72 size 4 stroke. It would be a great combo for that airframe and would work well with floats. A .91 is slight overkill... but hey... whatever floats your boat!!

Cheers
Curt

Perfect time to consider a "Clipped Wing" modification like mentioned above.