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Memphisflier

11-02-2013 06:37 AM

GP 40-sized J-3 Cub - Clipped or full-scale?

Hey everyone. I'm building my first Cub. I have the Great Planes 40-sized Cub with an OS 70 Surpass. In the instructions, they recommend for scale flight the full wing and a small 4 stroke. And for aerobatics, they recommend the clipped wing and the OS 70 4 stroke. The catch is...I want to put this on floats next summer. Does anyone have any experience with a clipped-wing Cub on floats? Will the airplane still slow down enough with the clipped wing and floats? Thoughts?

mgnostic

11-03-2013 01:45 PM

A scale Cub actually has a pretty long wing. Clipping the wing brings it down to the same proportions as a lot of sport models. I had one of these with a clipped wing and .61 four stroke. It was a fun everyday flyer.

TFF	11-03-2013 07:21 PM

Buy a second wing kit and have both.

David Bathe

11-06-2013 05:44 AM

I had (still have) one with clipped wings and .46 2 stroke powered. Way to much, even in clipped mode.
Full wing... it'll fly with a .25!

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