ROCKY1405

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Hi John: I've never bothered to weight my Cub because with the g-23 being such a nice flying combination. I'm personally not a big 4-stroke fan in model airplanes. I like them simple and easy to run and 2-strokers fit the bill for me. I love dumping the flaps on final and seeing it float over the trees on those all too rare, sweet summer nights here on the MN Tundra. We sure don't get enough of those!
Best Wishes,
Rocky1405

John_M_

Thanks Rocky... I hear you, when you got a combination that works why mess with it... I just luv the sound of a four stroke... single cylinders are as reliable as a 2 stroke... the only maintenance is keeping the valves adjusted, and using a good quality after-run oil... if you use the right % of oil in the fuel and don't run them too lean the valves hardly need attention.

Sounds like our summers out here in California... parks and recreations closes the access gate to out field at sun set, so no dusk or night flying unless you hop the fence; and I hear the fine is pretty steep.




John M,

ROCKY1405

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I understand liking the 4-cycle sound. In a Cub that does add the icing on the cake for sure. 8-)

John_M_

Yep, the big 2 stroke gassers have a good sound to them as well when you come off full throttle... I remember the days when converted chain saw engines were the rage, everyone ooo'd and aaah'd over the sound of those.

Another thing I like about the four strokes, with the right prop selection, keeps the airspeed down to a realistic speed with plenty of pull when you need it... both types of engines have their pro's & con's... it really boils down to personal preference; just as long as it gets you in the air !


John M,

ROCKY1405

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I couldn't agree more - its all fun!

mnemennth

To my knowledge, all of them have run or can be set up to run from the displays with little effort. There are notes on each engine on the webpage; some of them have a very interesting history, and some are based on real engines.


mnem
*Round & Round*

Cub Man

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This is what we need. https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/15794235@N06/2181063216/

John_M_

Nice find Cub Man... actually runs on gasoline and1/4 scale to boot... I know what I would do if I had his talents; amazing things!... you would certainly wins some marks at Top Gun with that in the nose of your cub... gorgeous work that's for sure.

stevegauth30

That is soooo cool.

Cub Man

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I know several years back someone made one for i think the 1/3 scale cub as I have seen it referenced in the Balsa USA cub manual

FlyerInOKC

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I'll bet that was some airplane!

Hcdunson

What engine upgrade are you guys running on the J-3 cub? I have a G20ei and it flys very scale. My flying field has trees and power lines everywhere which makes mistakes very costly particularly on windy days. looking for a little more recovery power.

thanks for any advise

Super08

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I guess I need to update my sig.

mnemennth

Of course it would be YOU who found that one... I was wondering if I was going to have to post a link.


mnem
*ZoomZoom*

cubcrasher

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Here's a museum piece for you guys. Whipped up this baby in about an hour & half. I'm thinking of removing
the plastic dummy engine and adding this one. I will call it the Magnum 180's twin.

FlyerInOKC

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Looks cool but I think I would have made it to match the engine's cylinder size.

cubcrasher

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I think it might be the camera angle. I measured the real one and made it the same. Maby I
should have held it up to the real one.

John_M_

Well you have a couple of options... first you can try a different propeller with more pitch and see if you get enough performance improvement to help you out of trouble.... the next 2 stroke engine size up would be a DLE 30 http://www.dle-engines.com/ ; Output: 3.7 hp... or if you want a 4 stroke, go with the O.S. GF40; Output: 3.75 hp , but be prepared to shell out some bucks for the o.s.


ssssush, don't tell anyone, but I understand, I'm getting quite the fathers day present; H9 super cub and a GF40, ssssush; I'm not suppose to know :giggles:

Nice work cubcrasher... I would get another cowl and keep the finished one just in case..

cubcrasher

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Good idea on that cowl John. Nice fathers day gift you are getting there. Makes me wish I had some kids.

John_M_

Well I overheard something I shouldn't have... I haven't anything to fly while I'm refurbishing my sig cub except my sport flyer 40, and its a bit too small for my aging eye sight.. I want to take my time detailing this cub out; and I think my brother inlaw is getting tired of me stealing his stick time, so they are all pitching in on something for fathers day... of course I left some subtle innuendos in the form of "looks at this" "would be nice " and open pages of catalogues left on the work bench... nothing too obvious, lol ... of course, if they do something that extravagant, I will certainly counter it by hidden surprises left for them to find here and there... I'm simi retired, so its a bit steep form me get something like that in one swoop, but I can give back a bit here and there without them knowing where it came from.


John M,

FlyerInOKC

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Good luck John I hope whatever it is you enjoy the heck out of it!

mnemennth

My wife said the same thing to me when she told me she was pregnant with our son...


mnem
Yeah, I have a strange marriage.

FlyerInOKC

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Reminds me what my father in-law told me after the last boy when my wife wanted a girl. "You had the perfect working model right in front of you and you still screwed it up!"

darren4

I like going vertical and os 55 ax is sreaming............

mnemennth

LOL... I WANTED a "Daddy's Little Grrl" to have me wrapped around her little finger... I GOT a TOTAL mnem Jr. You'd swear it was HIM in my childhood photographs, and he is EVERY BIT as aggravating as my mother told me I was at his age... and I love him every bit as ferociously as my mother loved me.

As my reward, my goddess gave me my "Daddy's Little Grrl", only a couple years later. And you KNOW she can do no wrong, even when she's beating the stuffing out of her big brother; no wait... ESPECIALLY then.

I am the luckiest man on earth.


mnem
"A little wrangler is born;
See him squirm in the saddle; all wet and warm.
Such a changeable form in his very first year..."