xplayer930

well i have not decided to ge the u can do. An have thought about getting the GP piper j-3 .20. It has a flat bottom wing and a big wing for such small size motor, and its a high wing. I have masterd my electric glider. An spend an hour on the sim each day. With the aid of my instructer will i be fine with this plane??

SENZA

I purchased the hanger 9 j3 80" for my second plane,I fitted it with a saito 56 4 stroke its a gentle plane and it floats alot like a glider when you put it up in the thermals, i allways bring it with me and my trainer.it dosent like a stiff breeze though it will dart all over the place, get ready to use alot of rudder with this stile plane. I flew my first low wing the other day and im afraid im going to have to put cubby away for a while.no but realy the cubs are alot of fun to fly you will injoy it...good luck

PlagueWielder

I have the GP Piper Cub J3 40 kit. We maidened it last week with an OS 40FX. Its a great plane, files very steadily and the engine is way too much for it. Its pretty easy to build too.
I think you should get the 40 or the 60 just because then you will have an engine for your next plane after it.

ksechler

Despite the high wing and slow flight characteristics, the Cub can still be a challenge. I have the GP .20 Cub. It requires coordination of the rudder and aileron to turn and ground loops pretty easily. It is a slow plane and flies well. I think you could pull it off, but I would still STRONGLY recommend a trainer. Why spend all the time building to lose it on the first flight?

DBCherry

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I'm going to go against the grain here, but as long a you have an instructor's help, and you eventually want the U Can Do anyway, I'd go with that.

If you decide on a Cub, get a larger one. A 20 size Cub will (in my opinion) be harder to take off and land than the U Can Do. Do to it's small size, it will also be a real handful in any kind of wind.

Just set up the control throws on the mild side for the U Can Do, and I think you'll pick it up quickly.
Dennis-

nilo

I have the piper cub 48 below. Just flew once, but I'm already in love with her!
I found it even easier to fly than my trainner, after trimming it up.

Nilo

CrashBurn69

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Nilo, did that come ARF or did you do the skin job. If you did, it looks great and I like the color scheme, I think you did a good job.

nilo

ARF from Airborne Models.

Thanks,

Nilo

xplayer930

well i did it i ended up buying the piper cub. But i bought the .40 arf version. Hop to have it flying by sunday. I plane on workin on it all night and all day 2morrow. Ill update everyone on the progress.

jessh1969

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Good luck! My cub is very easy to fly and land, but you had better watch those take offs

1) use up elevator to hold the tail wheel on the ground (pull elevator toward you)
2) slowly advance throttle (too much too soon and it will jump into the air and roll left *splat*)
3) Feed in rudder to keep the plane going straight
4) Ease off the elevator (tail should pop up)
*note DO NOT HOLD the elevator too long or *splat*
5) If the takeoff gets squirrelly then back off and line up for another try!

Be sure to get the idle nice and low. Cubs like to float...



Jess

nilo

Good advise and just to add, when landing, right after you touch down and loose some speed, also pull the elevador stick down (elevador up in the plane), to keep the tail down.
I ended fliping over the plane many times until I learned how to manage the elevador when landing after touch down.
Since the engine is forward of the front wheels and the tail is relatively light, when it touch down and the wheels get some friction to the groud or find some small holes in the grass, the engine inertia bend the plane forward and flips it forward.


Nilo

xplayer930

She will be ready to fly by sunday morning. Nearly completed. After those SAT's its off to building just have to epoxy in tail surface and set up controls.

crashland 73

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I have this plane too. Keep us informed on how it does. I still have a wase to go. I am powering mine with a Saito 72. I have also been told to beef up your wing strut hinges with like plastic or metal or the such.

forestroke

Why not get the World Models Piper Cub .26. I love mine. It has an O.S. 30 forestroke and flies and sounds nice and scale. But like everyone says, beware of the wretched ground handling. I always seems to be able to get her down nice and easy but somewhere on roll out, it will always scrape an wing or two before coming back to me :-) And it does need coordinated turns if you want it to look nice.

xplayer930

well as i had told every body in a diffrent thread. I flew her on sunday for the first time. Flew excilent on that os 4 stroke. landing was very hairy had to give her full up elevator when main wheels toouched down not to bad considering i have only flown electric gliders before.

crashland 73

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do you have any pics?