.40 cub
 

Would a .40 cub be a good first kit?

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NO! The cub is unforgiving... if you modified the wing with more dihedral it would be ok, but i would say no. Get a trainer and this would be a good second plane.

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sorry, I didn't mean as my first plane, I've been flying for a few years. I just haven't built any kits yet and want to try.

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It's not the best, but if you want a Cub, there are far worse kits to build.

Personally, I think the Goldberg Anniversary Cub is not a bad build and with the clipped wing it's one of my all-time favorite fliers.

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Where can you get Goldberg planes now?

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Tower Hobbies - $110
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...LXYXF6&P=7

Ken

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Thanks

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Order the Sig 1/5 Cub Kit! It is laser cut and goes together easily. I have built many planes and can honestly say the Sig kit was one of the best. Here is a link to the thread I started about my Cub.

http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38812

SunDevilPilot

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I built the sig 1/6 scale kit as my first kit. Not a good move. Instructions were poor but I was lucky that I had a colleague (and RCU) to help. I would not recommend it as a frst kit - but I feel that I can build anything now:D

Goldberg anniversary or Sig 1/5 would both be good choices, we have one of each at our club.

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What company sells Sig planes? Do you have to buy directly from Sig?

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Right now Tower is not carrying Sig products. You can order directly from Sig, or Advantage Hobby who also carry Sig products.

Ken

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Thanks. You said "Right now", do you think tower is gonna start selling Sig products again?

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I wouldn't hold my breath

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I built my first kit last year, a GP 40 Piper Cub. What a joy to build and fly. It went together fairly fast and taught me a lot of great techniques that I am now using on a TF P-47. I say go for it. You can go to Towers website and thumb through the manuel as well[sm=49_49.gif]
Red

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When I got back into the hobby 3 years ago, I built
a GP Cub. It was my first kit since the mid 80's.
It was enjoyable except for the MK covering (JMO)

Bob

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I have built the Great Planes Cub and a couple of the Carl Goldberg Cubs. Both are good builds, but like Minn, I really enjoy the Goldberg better. Just follow the instructions to the letter and you should be just fine. Good Luck, Dave

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I have a Goldberg in the box, what makes it better in your opinion? I was thinking of building a clipped wing out of it.
Red

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Thanks everyone, I'm gonna get the sig.

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I built a .40 GP cub 15 years ago that i crashed 2 weeks ago and it was great to build. It held up very well to the crash as well. It is a clipped wing with a O.S. 61 fx, too much power for the plane but in a way taught me a lot about control and helped with basic acrobatics.

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I found the GP cub the easier build but I like the CG plane better, it's just a stronger wing. Any of them are a good build and fly about the same. Laser cutting is a good thing too. Can't go wrong with any of them.

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I have never met a Cub I didn't like - here's two of mine, one's slightly modified - and one I got in and flew