Bright Yellow

[patmatgal]

Got a Super Cub built! Figured that I wanted a little better stuff in a Super Cub and since a90% of what comes in an RTF can't be swapped out this is what I came up with. Ordered a fuselage, wing and tail feathers from Hobby Zone to start with.

For the power train I decided to go with an e flite 450 brushless motor, an aluminum motor mount from e Bay, an e flite 25 amp ESC and the recommended 10 X 8e prop.

For the Finish I wanted a yellow plane, nothing sticks out better than a bright yellow plane in the air! I got a bottle of bright yellow acryllic paint at the local Michaels Craft Store and ended up applying it with a paint roller (the small home touch up ones from Home Depot) since I never had any luck with the spray cans. Put 2 layers of yellow 3/4 inch electrical tape on the wing tips (again from H.D.) for those inadvertent wing drags. And a set of decals to make the thing look official, well mostly it was for the windshield decal but the rest of the decals are Ok too. Of course there is the obligatory packing tape along the leading edge of the wing, can't forget that.

Got it all done by late this morning, balanced it with COG smack dab between 2 1/4 and 2 1/2 inches behind the leading edge of the wing. Ended up taping a 3/4 oz lead weight to the engine mount and that has me concerned but I'll give it a try. Well this is what I ended up with...

And this is another shot...

... with my DX6 radio sitting on the camel saddle in the background. This last picture is looking down from the wing opening and out the battery bay door. When I had the battery box out I cut the entire back wall of it so I could fit a 2200 mah Li Po in there, and added the velcro strip to hold the battery (hope it will hold but I kind of doubt it).

Well, that's it for this build, wish I had taken more pictures but got caught up in the build. Will maiden it this Friday after work when a friend will be able to video it. Weather forecast is calling for a chance of showers so maybe it'll have to moved up a day or two. Can't wait.
Oh, and thanks so much to everyone here and all the other forums (but mostly here) who provided so much input and shared their knowledge. Without it I would still be saying Dubro what?
Happy and safe flying to all...

[SCC]

Hi Pat.
Nice job on the paint work

I would put the esc up front under the motor against the firewall. This will keep the esc nice and cool plus you might be able to get rid of the lead. You may have to make an extension power cable between esc and lipo for this.

Anyway she looks and will fly great as she is. Hope you get some vid

[patmatgal]

Bone headed move on my part. This is the picture that shows the finishing items. Got too caught up in it all.
Happy and safe flying to all..

[patmatgal]

Oh Yea! Was a beautiful week of flying weather but I wanted to hold off until Fri. morning so a friend from work could video my maiden flight. And now there are 10 mph gusts! Cancelled the maiden so at least I was walking away with an intact plane in my hand rather than a bag of foam in my hand. But on the way home I passed another flying field (big park) and figured just a teensey little bit of flying should be OK. Put a 1300 mah Li Po in there to feed the 450 brushless and that female dog screamed into the sky! Woah Noah! Totally awsome! Doing loops and double loops, fighting that wind: What a blast! And every time I got up there and in trouble I told myself that if I got it down OK I wouldn`t do it again (lasted all of about 30 seconds on the ground before doing another ROG) In all I did 5 or 6 short flights, all ROGs and the plane came home without a scratch. Oh, and I was able to recover a stock Super Cub I lost in a tree there last week. The tip about using a slingshot, lead weight and fishing line to recover a plane from a tree: worked like a charm. Thanks to the flyer who posted it and to all the people here who posted all kinds of useful information.