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Post by will on Mar 4, 2011 1:15:56 GMT 1
I finally bought a SC LP and it came in today. I'm really pumped! But, how the heck is the battery supposed to fit inside? Anybody have a photo? I've been searching all over and haven't had any luck. It shouldn't be that hard. Obviously I'm missing something. ;D I haven't had an operational plane for about 10 years, so I figured I'd start off again with something easy. The RTF looks like it works pretty well. I scored the RTF, float kit, and spare battery for about $225. Seems like a good deal...if only I could get the battery to fit in the plane.  |
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Post by will on Mar 4, 2011 2:22:14 GMT 1
Pulled the battery box. It's not going to fit without modification. What's up with that?  I also had to modify the tail wheel for it to work correctly. Hmm... |
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Post by cubcruncher on Mar 4, 2011 12:31:53 GMT 1
Hi Will To start, welcome to the forum, you should not have had to modify the tail wheel to get it to fit, mmmmmmmm did you get the hobby zone introductory dvd with your Cub, on that it shows how to fit it correctly? Next the battery just fits in the battery box diagonally, I mean just, the battery box size is a throw back to when the Cub used Nickle metal batteries. There is a mod watch this video www.youtube.com/user/NeCubFlyer#p/u/35/NdQPSxyUl58Beware his Battery is bigger! |
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Post by will on Mar 4, 2011 13:45:45 GMT 1
Ahhh, they didn't change it for the LP. That makes sense.
Thanks for the link. I did something similar to that.
As far as the tail wheel goes, I had it right, but it was binding near center-stick. The servo would have burned up. It was that bad. Maybe it got bent during shipping. Sorted out now.
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Post by will on Mar 7, 2011 17:15:40 GMT 1
First flight was a success. Actually, I wasn't intending to fly it.
There's not many good fields near me but there is a big lake where I live. I put the floats on last night so that I could just drive around on the water and see how it works. (Now I see why people add rudders to the floats. ) I was on a creek that feeds the lake, which was no more than 75yds wide with tall trees on each side, right in a 90degree bend. Not a good spot for actual flying.
The wind died down a little so I ran at about 1/3 throttle past where I was standing. The wind picked up quickly, and so did the plane. Luckily it was going straight into the wind. I hit full throttle just before it stalled, climbed to about 30', made a 180, flew for 100yds, quick 180 back into the wind, cut throttle, near-perfect landing. I got lucky. Very lucky.
That said, I really think it might be easier to fly the plane than taxi in the water, especially if there's any wind. It took forever to get it back to the dock. I think my next flight will be from a boat in the middle of the lake, far away from anything.
(Disclaimer: I started flying when I was about 12 with a 3-ch CMI Cessna 172. I crashed that plane every time I flew it. Literally. It held up until I was about 15. Since then I have been doing other RC stuff, mostly crawlers, but I've been playing with various simulators. It's been 10 years. So you could call me an advanced newbie.)
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Post by toff on Mar 7, 2011 20:50:43 GMT 1
(Disclaimer: I started flying when I was about 12 with a 3-ch CMI Cessna 172. I crashed that plane every time I flew it. Literally. It held up until I was about 15. Since then I have been doing other RC stuff, mostly crawlers, but I've been playing with various simulators. It's been 10 years. So you could call me an advanced newbie.) Ha! Beat you on that one. Started at 16, didn't actually fly until last year (38 years old). So on and off thats 22 years just trying to get it right. Thank god for the HZ supercub! |
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Post by cubcruncher on Mar 7, 2011 22:26:52 GMT 1
Hi Will
Nice to hear about your first flight, brave man who puts on floats for there first flight,well done!
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Post by will on Mar 12, 2011 15:32:00 GMT 1
I mounted my camera in the battery lid, reinforced it a bit, and gave it a shot.  The video turned out nice. I'll post it eventually. |
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Post by mebillica on Mar 12, 2011 15:51:48 GMT 1
Nice pic, can't wait to see the vid!
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Post by cubcruncher on Mar 12, 2011 22:41:24 GMT 1
Yes nice Pic, different prospective :-)
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Post by will on Mar 13, 2011 2:47:22 GMT 1
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Post by will on Mar 18, 2011 2:41:50 GMT 1
Nice to hear about your first flight, brave man who puts on floats for there first flight,well done! Brave? More like stupid. ;D I'll be flying off of the water most of the time so it seemed like a good idea. Now that I think about it, I'd rather replace the stock electronics (when they die from a water crash) than replace the wing or fuse when I hit a tree. There aren't many good fields nearby. 12 flights in, so far, so good. I noticed a good bit of servo jitter in my last video so there may be an issue. It tests fine on the ground. It flew fine yesterday but I didn't have the camera on to see/hear if the jitter was still there. I guess it's time to take a good look at the circuit board. |
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