"Tim Wescott" <tim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I'm contemplating building a model of the Aeronca LA, LB or LC. This
> critter has a 9:1 aspect ratio and a 70HP engine, so it's more or less a
> Cub pretending to be a low-wing s****t plane.
>
> I'd be putting an OS MAX .25 in it, or an equivalent electric motor. For
> scale-like slow flying, I keep circling back to a 1/6 scale, 4-5 pound
> aircraft with a 6' wingspan (and about 4 square feet of wing area).
This
> seems BIG for a .25, yet I know that the SIG 1/6 scale cub comes with a
> recommended .25-.40 engine range -- and there's something silly about a
> Cub model flying rings around a big heavy P-51.
>
> So, what Cub (or other light plane) models have you flown, how big were
> they, how heavy were they, what engine did you use, and (most im****tant)
> how did you like flying the thing?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
>
> Tim Wescott
Your proposed model sounds just right for a .40 four-stroke/.25
two-stroke.
I flew the old M.E.N. Trainer 20 for a while in the early Eighties. It was
first powered by a Fox .19 R/C engine that went through connecting rods
like
I go through popcorn. It was the old plain bearing version. It had plenty
of
power and would even R.O.G. I then switched to a Super Tigre G20/15, just
for kicks. Had to hand launch it then, but once airborne it flew just
fine.
Replaced that engine with a direct bolt-in ST G21/23. Oddly enough, it
flew
identically to the ST G20/15. No improvement whatsoever.
Used to fly an original kit built Falcon 56 with a Fox .25. Later went to
an
OS .35 so it would take off without a hand launch. I liked the .35 much
better, even though it was throttled back to just a couple of clicks above
idle most of the time while flying.
One of the most fun models I've ever flown with a .28 - .32 sized engine
was
the Florio Stunt Wagon. Yeah, you could raise hell with it, but you could
also throttle back and relax with it (750 square inches of wing area @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
4
lbs.). Put the surfaces on low rate and you could teach a newbie how to
fly
with it - 4" chord ailerons and all. An amazingly fun model to fly for
just
about any occasion. It wouldn't have been too difficult to do it up in
1930's blue and yellow color scheme and the big round Army Air Corps
insignias on the wing, just to give it a legitimate scalish look.
Now you have me thinking of building another Stunt Wagon. I really miss
that
model. It would fit whatever mood I was in when I finally arrived at the
field. It would do outstanding maneuvers low to the ground, or you could
shoot touch and goes all day long using just throttle and rudder for
control, once trimmed. I think I have one of those kits downstairs. Pardon
me while I go rummaging...<G>
Ed Cregger
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