Wow, Gazoo, that's a very nice looking Cubby. I think you can't go wrong with a bigger motor. You don't have to use all of it.
Thanks. I'm pretty sure I had a ski jacket in the '70s with those same colors.
Mine flew nose heavy. I pushed the battery as far back as possible until it bumps against the landing gear tab. It can stand a little tail weight so maybe a steerable tail wheel is in order.
I thought I saw someplace where someone dropped a C-pack or equivalent in a Simple Cub. I'm thinking that the nose weight would be a little much. Even with the slightly larger motor that I'm using, it is a bit nose heavy. Has anyone used a bigger motor? Please report.
Came home from FFE17 with a FT Simple Cub.
Weather permitting I'll get to fly it this weekend.
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Here is my attempt at the FT Simple Cub. Fairly easy build and things went together well.
I noticed others complaining about the back of the wing folding and added some 3-D printed braces hot glued in place in the problem area. Seems to be holding up well and that part of the wing is very solid now. Also, I added some rubber band protection in the form of C-shaped pieces that cover the back edge of the wing.
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Which is the best way to get a waterproof "boat" for the fuselage? Is it better with the water-resistant foamboard, or is it better to waterproof the regular foamboard with the water based polyurethane treatment?
I posed this question some time go. Instinctively, I have surmised that a hybrid approach might be best. WBPU and kraft paper for the hull, with water resistant foamboard for the rest of the plane.
I don't have water resistant foamboard, but I am going to make my Cub floats with the WBPU and kraft paper technique.
OK Gang,
I didn't add the DTF landing gear skirts because I fly off of a grass field. And being a newbie I've had a some "hard landings" and this has resulted in the wire landing gear getting abused (i.e. BENT! :black_eyed
So I bend it back but even with that "fix" I've been having a bit of a hard time taking off. So I'm probably going to make a new set of gear. But this time I wanted to add a set of bracing that would help to keep the gear more forward. They tend to bend back after a couple of landings (controlled crashes).
Now I realize that beefing up the landing gear will cause that energy from a crash to go somewhere else. I don't want to beef them up as much as stabilize them. That's why I was thinking of adding a set of braces made from wire and secured to the main gear via thread soaked in CA glue. I figured it'd be one piece and would be formed so that it would loop up and over a bbq skewer at the base of the fuse.
I was wondering if anyone else has done that.
I've looked through this thread and saw a couple of landing gear mods. But not exactly what I was talking about.