Tower Hobbies J-3 Cub In Depth Review | HobbyView

If you goose it ever so slightly just before touch down the bounce will largely disappear.

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I deleted the post because I am embarrased by it.

Terrible pilot. It doesn't get any easier than that

Truth is my sword, honor is my shield, and the Lord is my Savior. It is 0200 as I lay in bed with stage 4 lung cancer which has spread through my spinal cord.

Wing struts are weak and will fail

Tower Hobbys, bá! Quanto tempo que não tenho contato. Saudades e Congratulações

Hope anyone know some tips to modify the main gear for the plane not bounce a lot like the origonal

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I have the same plane and engine... 👍

I have one. I had to build all of it from a drawing/print

Is this a good beginner plane?

Great Video!

buenas cual es el valor de J3 CUB PARA COLOMBIA

Donde lo puedo comprar?

LOL...you have the servo grommets installed incorrectly. They push up from below.

This is an amazing plane

Dude, the inkpad! what a great idea!

Years ago, I read a story about a pilot who had a job delivering aircraft to customers. This story was about a brand new built Cub to be delivered. Not having all of modern navigating and other electronics....The pilot had to use maps, flying by following railroad tracks and maps. Flew at low enough altitude to keep asharp eye on his route. LOW AND SLOW flying. I always held a dream of being able this o that. Thanks for this video

I worked at a seaplane base in FL during highschool that had four J3 floatplanes. Part of me misses that job.

Dear sir,
I can order this flight kit?
How much total cost of this?

Needs a 4 stroke 😁

Many years ago I flew a Cub at Aboyne in Royal Deeside, (Scotland). It was a glider tug. I also got my 5 hour Silver 'C' at Aboyne in a K8 glider towed by a Cub. Any chance of seeing you toe your club gliding members? Lovely airplane, great view and a strong tug.

Come in slower they can land in very short space mine it much bigger and heavier with a zenoah 26 motor and lands short try dead stick landings to get the hang of it well done

Holy cow. Im so glad we have bnf and foamies. If nit this would impossible with 4 little kids under 5. Cant wait to build one again soon

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I had the earlier version that was convered in fabric, probably about ten years ago. Only major issue was the wing strut mount points failing in flight.

I love this model, simple but reliable and powerful

Tower Hobbies was bought by Horizon Hobbies and shut down as well as Great Planes. Sadly, so now Hanger9 builds these kits for a cost around $350 as a ARF.

Loved the views from the cockpit during flight. Great job all around: build with tips, flying, editing, and narration!

Nice work and good flying, try to hold the wheels off the runway as long as possible until it drops, it cant bounce if its below stall speed when the wheels touch the ground.

I find this amazing, my Dad had lots of balsa and monocoat nitro models when I was young, but we've only used electric and foam recently since it's more economical and easy, but something about balsa and nitro seems so much more real and amazing. I just bought a used Fox 0.25 and a 48 inch balsa trainer, can't wait to try it out this summer.

I am really too proud that it is a black who does this kind of thing, in my country I would already have prejudged kid's treatment, ect ...

If it’s not a trainer what is it? Newbie here. I got a piper cub. Not the same model however, not sure what model it is. Was made by Carl Goldberg or man forgot last name. Has a few areas where the balsa needs some repair work, and to be recovered. Pulled a nice O.S 61 off it that was not stored for long term correctly. So it will sit until i gain enough experience so I can re-store it. I do believe scratch building is a must for Beginners, like myself. If anyone wants to throw me some pointers, or has the original plans and willing to email/fax them to me I would be super appreciative. Msg me for further contact info. Cheers.

Love the trick for locating where the cut out should go on the cowl. I want to add a J3 to my stash and was contemplating building from kit but the ARF looks nice and it saves a lot of work too.

At least one flaw in the build; you did not remove the tail covering before gluing as you did w the rudder.
Always ca glue the holes, and any others, control hinges holes.
Its ok the two stroke, but c'mmon, on a J3, four stroke is the norm.

Great!

I'd like to see a phoenix tiger moth

You might want to seal that firewall or it will be fuel soaked and then it will become weak and you wont be able to save it

Love your build videos! Keep them coming please.

Great review!!! I think you just sold me on this !!

Anyone who can fly this Cub reliably, could fly a Seagull Tiger Moth biplane (sigplanes) or a Maxford Models Nieuport 28 (68" WWI fighter). They both fly like trainers.

I don't like the tradition of describing these Cubs as 40 size or 60 size. The wing span and full up weight is a much better way to describe them. And wing loading in ounces per square foot. I think that this is the 80" 50" 8.5 lb Cub with a 20 oz wing loading. With this much wing, it's possible to put a 15cc gas 2-stroke or a Saito 4-stroke methanol engine with the same displacement on it, and have plenty of wing to fly the engine. A little more weight on the plane will help it to fly in wind.

Note that this 80" cub is on sale for Black Friday (2017), for $134 shipped!!! All sorts of fliers at your local AMA flying club, can help you build the plane, and fly it to get it trimmed out. This Cub has so much wing, that it will fly all sorts of engines. I'm looking to try a 2 lb gas engine or 4-stroke nitro engine, run with an ignition unit from CH-Ignition. I want a big sound, but low rpms for calm flight. Excellent video. Just make sure that you can fit the 80" 1-piece wing in your car. You will probably need back seats that fold down.

This was a superb review and a great build.

Great Job, from ALs vintage helicopters, we used to pylon race the birdie kaoseee

I wish every review would be like yours, short and informative!

Could a beginner fly this plane?

alcohol engine?

Espectacular muy bueno 😃👍👍.