Cub

[Mad Baron]

Well I was looking around my shop and decided to work on my GP Cub that I've had for about 10 years. I put an outrunner motor from my sport motor upgrade that I got for my Tcat that wasn't being used and a ESC from my broken Bcat. Took it outside today and ran it up and down the road in front of my house I gave about half throttle and it took to the sky, just did some test hops. I was impressed with the power on this motor. I still have to put the cowl on it after I get it painted.
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[paladin]

did they do a OD version? mine still has the original yellow fabric on it. I just put a turnagy 3548-900 turning a 11x7.5 on it. the old power system was not conducive to slowing it down for scale fly by's (could not pull the nose up and hold it w/o power cause it was nose heavy).

Joe

[Mad Baron]

This was a Great Planes kit not an ARF. I plan on doing a total recovering on it.

[paladin]

mine is hurting, bought it in the 90's and flew it in rain and snow for years and apparently the center layer in the light ply is gone a good inch to 2 inches back from the firewall. I filled it w epoxy as best I can, only time will tell if it holds up. I looked at a new one and it has plastic covering not fabric like this one

my son is building a sig cub, and said the only fabric he has found is from balsa usa. backup is koveral.

that looks like a pretty big motor for a 60in ws. you running 4s?

Joe

[Twowingtj]

paladin Horizon is now carrying Oratex fabric also. I haven't tried the new fabric from Balsa USA yet, but I hear it's pretty good. I've still got a few rolls of Solartex slated for a few kits that are being "aged" .

Mad Baron is that the Great Planes Electri-Cub kit?

[Mad Baron]

mine is hurting, bought it in the 90's and flew it in rain and snow for years and apparently the center layer in the light ply is gone a good inch to 2 inches back from the firewall. I filled it w epoxy as best I can, only time will tell if it holds up. I looked at a new one and it has plastic covering not fabric like this one

my son is building a sig cub, and said the only fabric he has found is from balsa usa. backup is koveral.

that looks like a pretty big motor for a 60in ws. you running 4s?

Joe

I probably get the fabric covering from Balsa USA since the monokote on it now is looking pretty rough. Going to put a few flights on it before I recover it, should make for a nice winter project. I am running a 4000 4s battery and the motor is a 880kv.

[Mad Baron]

paladin Horizon is now carrying Oratex fabric also. I haven't tried the new fabric from Balsa USA yet, but I hear it's pretty good. I've still got a few rolls of Solartex slated for a few kits that are being "aged" .

Mad Baron is that the Great Planes Electri-Cub kit?

It is a Great Planes kit that I converted to electric power.

[paladin]

monokote is dead to me! I covered 8 planes with it in the 90's -00's and all are down for maintenance (uv made the monokote brittle) within 5 years. with everything being made in china the resellers here just buy what they (China) offers, rather than specifies what they want so plastic covering is all hit or miss, I feel balsa USA has the best chance of not being cost reduced?.? for what its worth.

Joe