J3 Piper Cub by Steve 12345 - FINISHED - 1/4 scale

[Steve 12345]

 

 

 

 

Hello all ive been away for a while from ship building as rc plane building has sparked my interest i thought i would show you all what to expect from a balsa plane kit 

and how i got on with my first build ,the build itself was quite quick built over the course of a couple of months and very satisfying to see a large airframe come together over the first few weeks ,at about half way into the build i joined a local flying club and knowing what i know now i 100 percent would not have succesfully flown her without there help ,over the course of the past year i have scaled her out a bit and now enjoy flying on a regular basis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[lmagna]

Nice build Steve. If she flies as good as she looks, (and I suspect she does) you will get a lot of good enjoyment out of flying her. Congratulations.

[alde]

Beautiful Piper Cub. Thanks for posting your pictures.

[mtaylor]

Lovely work, Steve.  Since you didn't mention any of these, we'll assume there were no shunts, hard landings, etc.  Any other aircraft in your future?  

[hof00]

Nice work Chap!!

Need to ask the challenge if you "Cream" the Cub....

(You can't cream a ship model.)

As I said many months ago, I used to do this stuff some years ago, but, the piloting skills left much to be desired.

 

A lovely model, I hope that you will get some great flying time!!

 

(Also hope that you'll get some time back into Ships/Cabinets soonish!!)

 

Cheers and Regards to all!!

 

(I guess the four stroke sounds great!!)

 

Harry (HOF)

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

the Piper looks sweet!   you did a superb job on her!     big plane.....I like that!  I've only done the Guillow's rubber powered planes....along with a few by Comet {old company}.   hope your getting some glorious fly time   

[Steve 12345]

Thanks for the comments guys the cub is an absolute buety to fly but only after a lot and I mean a lot of experience I started by flying a foamie orientation was my first hurtle (what way up was it ) after concurring that I soon discovered I'm short sighted (others seemed to fly far away and I thought how can they even see that) after a trip the opiction I purchased some glasses solely for flying later I purchased some ready made almost ready to fly balsa planes the acro wot being one of them people from the uk will be familiar with this plane such a buetifull flyer I later purchased the acro wot xl and hey that thing is the best flyer I have then it was time to maiden the cub ,what a relaxing flight and lands like a dream everyone in my flying club adores seeing the big bird which has a good number of successful flight under her belt such a joy to fly