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Post by hookednewbie on Jan 26, 2012 4:26:32 GMT 1
Hello new on here and just recently bought a sc and have had a few flights, first couple went badly due to ACT, then turned that off and have had three great flights, but it was too windy on the last one and it blew me into the trees and broke the fuselage. But i live in northern alberta canad and was wondering about skiis as well so i can fly in the winter so far i have just been hand launching and have receiving minimal damage on landings due to it nosing over the float idea seems great, i also wonder if there is a minimum temperature i should be flying at? Did anyone ever figure out a way to reinforce the floats for snow use? would it be possible to use expanding foam through a hole drilled into the floats somewhere?  |
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Post by gagallagher04401 on Feb 5, 2012 17:38:59 GMT 1
Well I am in Maine, and I fly in all weather, if I can stand it, and want to fly, I fly. I also fly on floats in the winter. I have no problems what so ever. I also made my self a set of ski's from plexi glass which work well also.
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Post by tattooist on Feb 9, 2012 9:38:12 GMT 1
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Post by SussexFlyer on Jan 20, 2013 10:25:45 GMT 1
 That is a lovely cub! The addition of roundels, floats and nav lights transforms it and without the added weight of any paint. |
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Post by rltkktlr on Sept 14, 2013 21:30:02 GMT 1
The lights are awesome! Where did you get them and stuff? Thanks.
Bob
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Post by iandhunt on Sept 18, 2013 18:24:42 GMT 1
I didn't see it mentioned in the post earlier. There are numerous types of lights you can purchase for your SuperCub on ebay or hobbyking. They vary in price considerably. I know that the ones on ebay are $29 and the ones on hobbyking from China are about 10 or 11 dollars depending on what country you are shipping too. hooking it up is relatively easy. Just plug it into an available slots on your receiver. Be aware though, that having too much plug into a receiver is never a good idea and can lead to a brown out.
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Post by coupe1942 on Sept 18, 2013 19:04:14 GMT 1
I have spoken to a few folk with floats on their Cubs. My first question was in trying to find out about the use of such by newbies, as at various sites I had seen some conflicting information in promoting the use of such instead of starting out with the landing gear and wheels instead. The nice folk who pm'd me from the various sites had some independent views and it was helpful for me to decide just what I wanted to do with my Cub. I purchased the floats and the rudder so I can at least have them handy if I go that route. It was tempting to start out with them, but the more I read in breaking-in the motor and all, I ultimately decided I'll go through a few battery uses/runs and break-in/wear-in the motor in that process with my wheels instead of the floats. The time on the ground should also let me practice a bit with my tail and rudder controls, plus getting used to the TX functions/sticks. Just a plan for me, so the floats will wait a bit, but I do plan to add them later, for sure. The LEDs look really nice on the plane shown.
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Post by glitcheffect7 on Feb 6, 2014 2:10:45 GMT 1
Well I am in Maine, and I fly in all weather, if I can stand it, and want to fly, I fly. I also fly on floats in the winter. I have no problems what so ever. I also made my self a set of ski's from plexi glass which work well also. Where in maine? I'm up in the Bangor area with a supercub and champ (soon the add a flyzone beaver). |
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