2021 Piper Cub Build Challenge!
Taildragger
Legendary member
Oh yeah, I like the way this is going
Bo123
Elite member
OH YEAH. Thats amazing.
Ligbaer
50 Percenter
Nice! Mine is in the entire opposite direction
Taildragger
Legendary member
simple is great. I love my mini simple scout
Ligbaer
50 Percenter
same. Also should I go big tire on this cub? it would be cool but impracticalsimple is great. I love my mini simple scout
Taildragger
Legendary member
do what U want!
FlamingRCAirplanes
Elite member
UHaul
FlamingRCAirplanes
Elite member
ULoad UBuild UFly UCrash
Taildragger
Legendary member
trUth
Ligbaer
50 Percenter
Ur mom
Matthewdupreez
Legendary member
gUys Uspeak rUbbish
Taildragger
Legendary member
and U dont speak rUbbish?
Matthewdupreez
Legendary member
cUrrect
BlockerAviation
Legendary member
Finished and flown! It's absolutely ballistic with the os 70. I think it's going to be able to hover but I don't know yet since I couldn't get the engine to perform in the cold
cyclone3350
Master member
OMG! that OS sounds great. A FB with a nice shiny covering and a glow. Nice job! U have me convinced that I made the right decision of going OS on my next one. Of course mine won't have no where near the power to weight ratio. Just slow scale.
BlockerAviation
Legendary member
Thanks! My plan was to put an os 40 in it and make it scale but I thought that It'd be on the heavy side and possibly be a Trainwreck of a build so I just went full @SquirrelTail status and overpowered the hell out of it and clipped the wings to just make it a crazy cub
synjin
Elite member
Done. I didn’t get pictures of it through the entire build process, but I did get a lot more than I usually do. It’s built pretty much like an FT Mini Scout, and there are some of the things that you would do with the Simple Cub build. You’ve got to put some braces in for the back of the power pod since the nose is tapered. I used a deck inside the nose to help to define the taper and to give the power pod 4° downward tilt.
Under camber wing like the Mini Scout.
(Foam board airplanes are so much easier to construct than RC truck kits.)
Here’s the motor deck. It also helps define the nose taper. I also hope that it adds strength to the nose as the last version was a little delicate and easily bent out of shape.
I cut the slot for the rudder pushrod on the wrong side, so I covered it up with hot glue and cut a new slot.
Tail skid. ‘Nough said.
Here you can see the back braces for the power pod and popsicle stick reinforcements for the landing gear. This is looking down from the top.
Finished product. 1806 2300kV motor, 6x4.5 bullnose prop. The wheels are oversized, but unless I change out for skis these wheels are better for flying off a snowy field (Fresh snow tonight.). It balances with a 2S 900 maH battery. Depending on the weather, and other things that I might have to do, I hope to maiden this plane tomorrow.
The original would sometimes drop a nose down and to the left in slow flight when turning to the right. I think this is because the rudder would lose airflow with the nose pitched so far up, but there might be another reason for that. Otherwise, it took off quickly, was easy to fly, and didn’t take a lot to land.
Version 1
I’m using my new go to TX, the Jumper T Lite for the Cubbish, seen here. (Okay, so it’s the Makerfire version.) I have a lot of FlySky receivers, and this transmitter can handle 50 or so different receiver protocols, and it uses OpenTX. $80 well spent. Still not sure I like the silicone cover. It feels kind of slippery in the hand.
I’m not sure I can get my camera girl to video me flying the Cubbish in the cold weather (It’s supposed to be 8° tomorrow.). It’s hard to talk her into videoing in the summertime, let alone winter (Still, 30 years and she’s still my girl!). I’ll get some sort of video of it flying. Should Version 2 fly well I will paint it.
I cut the slot for the rudder pushrod on the wrong side, so I covered it up with hot glue and cut a new slot.
Tail skid. ‘Nough said.
Finished product. 1806 2300kV motor, 6x4.5 bullnose prop. The wheels are oversized, but unless I change out for skis these wheels are better for flying off a snowy field (Fresh snow tonight.). It balances with a 2S 900 maH battery. Depending on the weather, and other things that I might have to do, I hope to maiden this plane tomorrow.
The original would sometimes drop a nose down and to the left in slow flight when turning to the right. I think this is because the rudder would lose airflow with the nose pitched so far up, but there might be another reason for that. Otherwise, it took off quickly, was easy to fly, and didn’t take a lot to land.
I’m using my new go to TX, the Jumper T Lite for the Cubbish, seen here. (Okay, so it’s the Makerfire version.) I have a lot of FlySky receivers, and this transmitter can handle 50 or so different receiver protocols, and it uses OpenTX. $80 well spent. Still not sure I like the silicone cover. It feels kind of slippery in the hand.
I’m not sure I can get my camera girl to video me flying the Cubbish in the cold weather (It’s supposed to be 8° tomorrow.). It’s hard to talk her into videoing in the summertime, let alone winter (Still, 30 years and she’s still my girl!). I’ll get some sort of video of it flying. Should Version 2 fly well I will paint it.
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