micro_builder
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I havent built a lot of high wing planes (prefer low and fast!), but the Simple Cub seemed like a good candidate. 12" span, all balsa construction, AR6410L brick RX, 2g HK rotary servo, 7mm motor/gearbox.
Due to the length of the videos, I've sped them up to 16x speed so its more a time lapse build, but you get the idea.
First video is fairly boring, just cutting out the parts. I've tried temporarily gluing the paper to the balsa and cutting the parts that way, but always had a bit of an issue with glue sticking to the balsa afterwards, so I just cut it all out separately. I can only post 5 videos per post, so this video was removed from this post, but its still on my channel
Second video is assembling the fuselage, installing the RX, and getting the push rods set up.
Third video, making and installing the control horns and z-bends for the rudder and elevator, main wing ribs installed, aileron servo wired and installed, pull threads for bomb release glued in place.
4th video, doing the ailerons and wing, and realizing one of the servos was junk and having to remove the RX brick and replace it with a working one, while inside the fuselage...what a pain!
Last build video! Assembling the landing gear and floats.
Maiden flight
Nick
more pics a few posts down
Due to the length of the videos, I've sped them up to 16x speed so its more a time lapse build, but you get the idea.
First video is fairly boring, just cutting out the parts. I've tried temporarily gluing the paper to the balsa and cutting the parts that way, but always had a bit of an issue with glue sticking to the balsa afterwards, so I just cut it all out separately. I can only post 5 videos per post, so this video was removed from this post, but its still on my channel
Second video is assembling the fuselage, installing the RX, and getting the push rods set up.
Third video, making and installing the control horns and z-bends for the rudder and elevator, main wing ribs installed, aileron servo wired and installed, pull threads for bomb release glued in place.
4th video, doing the ailerons and wing, and realizing one of the servos was junk and having to remove the RX brick and replace it with a working one, while inside the fuselage...what a pain!
Last build video! Assembling the landing gear and floats.
Maiden flight
Nick
more pics a few posts down
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