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Post by renard80 on Apr 6, 2011 23:52:59 GMT 1
So I wonder why HZ go to the trouble and expense of adding that flimsy foam panel with three holes? Surely they must have some purpose.  |
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Post by Dillzio on Apr 7, 2011 8:14:26 GMT 1
well, if they left it open it wouldn't be as aerodynamic, and it would probably look pretty crap. They could probably have made the mold such that that panel was filled in as part of the fuselage, but then you wouldn't be able to access inside the back of the fuselage to install the pushrods, satellite receivers or anything else you wanted to put back there.
In case you're wondering about the three holes, they're there for air flow, air's supposed to go in through the battery door and out through those holes to cool the internals, but I have mine covered over. I see no need for them in my cub since my ESC is in the cowl and I have a switching BEC, so nothing inside my fuselage really gets hot.
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Post by flydiver on Apr 7, 2011 18:40:02 GMT 1
A rule of thumb is the exhaust should be 3X the intake for cooling flow.....and the intake needs to be sufficient for the task. Some planes seem to ignore this and components can get hot, esp. if pushed hard and the outside air temp is high. A lot of planes are nothing more than flying Styrofoam insulators.
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b0r3l
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Post by b0r3l on Apr 28, 2011 6:05:04 GMT 1
Hi Guys I finally finished my cub after months of waiting for the parts to arrived in my country.Built it from parts and covered it with econokote. ;D ![]() [/img] Attachments:
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b0r3l
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Post by b0r3l on Apr 28, 2011 6:07:21 GMT 1
Another pic Attachments:
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Post by renard80 on Apr 29, 2011 0:18:12 GMT 1
Congratulations on a job well done.
Your plane looks great.
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Post by pauliepilot on Apr 29, 2011 12:26:50 GMT 1
Nice cubby..sure hope it stays that sweet :-)
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Post by phatbob02 on Jan 29, 2012 13:53:44 GMT 1
OMG... It looks exactly like my plane!!! hehe;D I added a couple of pics of the Super Cub featured in the Vids. Again, nice work buddy! My cub is also the same as the vids but I'm going a few step further. I chose my scheme seeing a cub I loved on line. I then found your vids and when I got to the end; OMG! It's the same one! ;D I'm going with floats, like the pixs of the real plane and using it for a winter fun fly here in Syracuse NY this coming march. Bob Attachments:
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Post by john66 on Jan 29, 2012 21:25:50 GMT 1
OMG... It looks exactly like my plane!!! hehe;D I added a couple of pics of the Super Cub featured in the Vids. Again, nice work buddy! My cub is also the same as the vids but I'm going a few step further. I chose my scheme seeing a cub I loved on line. I then found your vids and when I got to the end; OMG! It's the same one! ;D I'm going with floats, like the pixs of the real plane and using it for a winter fun fly here in Syracuse NY this coming march. Bob Hahaha, I had to do a double take as I checked this out, thinking thats a very nice jobe you've made of the plexiglas canopy! John |
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Post by ginginho on Jan 31, 2012 10:40:12 GMT 1
My cub is also the same as the vids but I'm going a few step further. I chose my scheme seeing a cub I loved on line. I then found your vids and when I got to the end; OMG! It's the same one! ;D I'm going with floats, like the pixs of the real plane and using it for a winter fun fly here in Syracuse NY this coming march. Bob Hahaha, I had to do a double take as I checked this out, thinking thats a very nice jobe you've made of the plexiglas canopy! John Haha, and a bit of necro'ing an old thread. Lots of names who've been here but no longer post. I recall someone did do a plexyglass conversion to their HZSC, John. You'll find a thread for it somewhere on here. It *may* have been Ellis.....a few years back now...  |
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Post by phatbob02 on Jan 31, 2012 20:52:30 GMT 1
Finished my Cubby! ;D Attachments:
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Post by renard80 on Feb 1, 2012 0:27:29 GMT 1
That is a really splendid result, phatbob.
Your model looks so much like the genuine Cub you were copying.
If she were mine, I would never risk flying her - she is too pretty to crash!
Congratulations on a job well done.
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knadams
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Post by knadams on Feb 14, 2012 23:31:28 GMT 1
i live in auburn and when in the world did you take that photo? we havent had any snow that stays for over a few days!  but i guess that means summers just around th corner! did you order all your parts online or get some from any local hobby stores? and if so which ones as i plan on adding alerions to my cub and maybe paint |
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Post by 007trains on May 9, 2013 15:10:12 GMT 1
Hey i know this is an old thread but i was thinking about making my super cub yellow similar to the one in the first post. I haven't used econokote before but was wondering if its possible to coat the wing tips with yellow econokote and leave the centre of the wing as bare foam rather than covering in white like the youtube videos show. would there be any problems doing it this way or is there an easier way of doing this if i didn't want to coat the entire plane?
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Post by chappyeight on Sept 12, 2013 16:16:17 GMT 1
I don't see why that would be a problem.
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but i guess that means summers just around th corner! did you order all your parts online or get some from any local hobby stores? and if so which ones as i plan on adding alerions to my cub and maybe paint