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Post by bearcat on Nov 5, 2009 10:49:59 GMT -5
...From Banana Hobby. This one is a variation on a J3 Piper Cub, it's a military version. Looks like a nice trainer. I'll order it this week. The only thing I wouldn't mind doing is getting larger balloon wheels, because landing in Gavilan Field will send it head over heals with these tiny wheels.  |
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Post by Lt Swiss on Nov 5, 2009 15:35:31 GMT -5
Love the Jaguar...
I always watch a video or two of any planes I want to buy and love the look of this one for sure. Seeing the real plane makes it all cooler somehow for my imagination factor.
WWII Military Piper Cubs
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Post by bearcat on Dec 26, 2009 10:45:31 GMT -5
Turned out to be a disappointment. It weighed a whopping 23.5 ounces on a mere 36" wingspan with narrow airfoil and had a brushed motor that barely made enough power to fly at this altitude. I thought all it needed was more power and lighter weight, so I converted it to a 125 watt outrunner running on a 3-cell lipo. This time, it had the power to launch itself right out of my hands, but didn't seem to have enough vertical stabilizer nor rudder to cure the yaw instability. It was extremely unstable and almost impossible to steer. Both myself and my trainer had great difficulty bringing it back to the field and it had a fatal crash, crushing the front of the fuselage almost beyond repair. The brand new outrunner makes a screaching noise now when it first starts up, which makes me wonder if it's compromised.
I feel like I wasted 90 dollars on this POS from China, and you shouldn't have to modify an ARF that extensively just to get it to fly marginally. Very poor choice of a trainer, when initially it looked like a very good choice.
But I wonder if I can make a sweet-flying airplane using the parts of this failed project. Strongest wing I've ever seen. I think I can modify the tail and rebuild the fuselage and perhaps end up with a plane that will actually fly fairly well.
I think the R&RRC planes would have been a much better choice. Except that they seem to fly more on the motor, when a sailplane will teach you to fly more dynamically, on the wing.
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Post by Lt Swiss on Dec 26, 2009 13:47:30 GMT -5
If you glue that thing back together, I would love to show you that it will fly awesome with that big motor. I wish I would have flown it when you asked, things would have gone different for sure.  |
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Post by bearcat on Dec 26, 2009 15:46:29 GMT -5
Okay, maybe I will.
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