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root · 07-25-2008, 06:30 PM

Hey Bounty Hunter, I flew the Clipped Cub today (I beat you) . It needed a few clicks of down elevator and that's with 3 washers behind the engine mount and the CG spot on at 3-3/4's behind the leading edge along side the fuse. Otherwise not a tad bit of rudder or aileron trim was needed in order to run straight and true. Quite a bit of rudder is needed on take off but once the tail is up, it tracks pretty straight. I had to use a few clicks above idle in order to land smoothly.I found this out on the second landing attempt where I tip stalled but rescued it at the last moment. Loops are really smooth and very wide if you want them to be and rolls are quite scale with the ailerons set at 3/4 inch up and 3/4 down for low rates. Elevator was set to 1 inch for both directions because of others reporting the factory setting of 1-1/2 too much. Rudder at 1-1/2 instead of 2.3 factory and was very effective at slip and slide flat turns. The plane feels almost like your on a simulator most of the time. My Saito 82A w/ 14x6 APC at full throttle doesn't really pull the plane as non-scale as one might think. Maybe you just can't GO that fast because of the aerodynamics of a Cub - even a Clipped Wing version. The only thing I did when I got home was put on a Dubro chrome covered Brass spinner hub to give it a little more nose weight to compensate for the down elevator that I had to dial in. We'll see how that goes t'morrow. All in all I would recommend this plane to anybody with intermediate skills that wants a relaxing yet slightly challenging model.

07-25-2008, 06:30 PM	#19
root Flyin' Around Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 18	Re: World Model 1/5 Scale J3 Cub? Hey Bounty Hunter, I flew the Clipped Cub today (I beat you) . It needed a few clicks of down elevator and that's with 3 washers behind the engine mount and the CG spot on at 3-3/4's behind the leading edge along side the fuse. Otherwise not a tad bit of rudder or aileron trim was needed in order to run straight and true. Quite a bit of rudder is needed on take off but once the tail is up, it tracks pretty straight. I had to use a few clicks above idle in order to land smoothly.I found this out on the second landing attempt where I tip stalled but rescued it at the last moment. Loops are really smooth and very wide if you want them to be and rolls are quite scale with the ailerons set at 3/4 inch up and 3/4 down for low rates. Elevator was set to 1 inch for both directions because of others reporting the factory setting of 1-1/2 too much. Rudder at 1-1/2 instead of 2.3 factory and was very effective at slip and slide flat turns. The plane feels almost like your on a simulator most of the time. My Saito 82A w/ 14x6 APC at full throttle doesn't really pull the plane as non-scale as one might think. Maybe you just can't GO that fast because of the aerodynamics of a Cub - even a Clipped Wing version. The only thing I did when I got home was put on a Dubro chrome covered Brass spinner hub to give it a little more nose weight to compensate for the down elevator that I had to dial in. We'll see how that goes t'morrow. All in all I would recommend this plane to anybody with intermediate skills that wants a relaxing yet slightly challenging model.