"Fieseler" Cub!

[pantherv]

Hey all,
Nice to see an SC community over here. I thought I might share my SC, of which I'm mighty proud... Yes, its painted up like a luftwaffe Fieseler Cub with a two-tone splinter camo and 6 Balkenkreuz crosses. Swastika omitted for ethical reasons, what with flying this bird around schools etc. No major mods, although I fly without the spinner or landing gear spats. I've added a wing saddle and custom cowl meshing. After some crashes a long time ago, some components were replaced, like gear box, lipo, prop and cowl; No more crashes since though! ;D The next step is adding ailerons, which I hope to have done in the future.
I hope you all like her. I'm not brilliant painter by any means, but I thought this would be a unique way of finishing the paintscheme of an SC.






I'll post better pictures as they come from the field!
Regards,
Mike.

[toff]

Very nice! Much nicer than my attempt way back.
supercubclub.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=pantng&action=display&thread=3195

Thanks for the post!

[pantherv]

Cheers toff! Good to see another Luftwaffe SC out there!
I really like the realistic paintscheme (mine's stolen from a Bf-110C/4) but I especially love the Storch-style landing gear! How did you go about making that? Any loss in aerodynamics?
~Mike

[toff]

I think I used drinking straws with carbon fiber tubes inside, held in place with hot glue. Didn't really affect the flight performance ( I was using 3s lipos to power it, although it was at the time still brushed) However, within a few 'rough' landings, the hotglue had dislodged, and the tubes were literally flapping in the wind. I scrapped the LG after that.
I re painted it in a tiger scheme, which did work really well, but also added quite a bit of weight.
after yet another re paint, my cub is now on the porky side, and Is at the moment on my list of things to do........

[pantherv]

Ah, with that in mind I might keep the gear as is. Good thing is the acrylic paint I used is light and easy to scrape off, so if I ever want a re-paint (Doubt it) I can easily do it without adding weight.
I flew the SC today, achieved 5 consecutive loops without let-up, inverted flight and three touch and goes. I really put her through her paces! I'll put up some photos from the field later, none in-flight yet but soon hopefully.
~Mike