FMS - Piper J-3 Cub - 1.4m - Maiden Flights + Crashes + Repairs + Final Adjustments 

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Excellent! So glad you enjoyed the video! Megan was not so sure about the welding, but I was 100% sure ;) LOL

Thanks so much, and we have footage for the dam build ;) and we'll share it at some point, but they ARE back, and should be showing up for their 3rd day back at work. My excavator and his son are working for about 2-3 weeks and they're supposed to be DONE...but we'll see. To the novice, like me, it seems like there's so much to be done, but good-lordy-lord, they can get a lotta dirt moved in 6-7 hours of actual work!!! Can't wait to share. We WILL. Don't worry ;)

Thank you Mike! Coolbreaz - you aren't a PPG'er are you??????????? ;) That's a brand that sells PPG equipment, fyi, if not. Spelled (yeah, I speeled this word wrong at first - LOL) a bit different too, but even still. Glad you're along for ride, and bummed we won't see you at Nall. Maybe some year?

Happy to help! Don't forget welding your foamies - that's WHERE IT'S AT!

That's awesome! My uncle used to do similar "free flights" with his gas and pulse jet-powered planes back in the 50's and 60's.

@@JustPlaneNutzRC good times

That's CRAZY AWESOME!

Glad you enjoyed it - I knew someone would remember that...the NOSE gear on the T28 Trojan 1.2m - I still have that plane, and the SUPER disgusting ugly nose gear ;) LOL LOL LOL ...maybe I need to do a re-visit on it with newly RE-WELDED gear ;)

I KNEW someone was gonna love that spot...I came into the office, all weld shop'ed up and the camera crew's eyes rolled HARD...she knew what I wanted, but she still made me ask for it ;) "Film me in this helmet" It was so hot...the welder. Good night

I'm just glad you speak our "secret" language now ;)

I know, I killed it so many times! And yet, she lives to see another day...all you need is a welder, and a few hours to randomly stumble into a strange solution.

Pretty please, do the mixes!!! Make it on the switch, and you'll see almost immediately what I'm talking about when you turn then OFF.

Glad you like it - Thanks!

I would love to make just such a video, but we don't have an AL37, or a relationship with MotionRC, but maybe I'll reach out to RC-Castle again and see if they would like to work with us.

yep

yes, differential is a way of doing this, but you have to separate each aileron to their own channel, thus you'd be using up another channel. It CAN help too, so might be worth trying, and it's easy to do IF you don't mind giving up the channel. If you want to try it out, we've used differential before, but it's usually not a big deal...although, admittedly, this plane NEEDED some attention to get it flying, and the way I suggested correcting for the terrible coupling tendencies is pretty easy and radially available on most Transmitter systems, not necessarily JUST on Spektrum ;) Also, if you separate out the Ailerons, you can setup flapperons, and/or spoilerons. If you're curious, keep watching, can't spend the time to explain it here on a comment, but we've talked extensively for hours and hours about this too, if you're curious. Watching our Unbox, Build, Radio Setup is where it's at for a newer or returning to the hobby, pilot...so we're glad to help!

GOOD, now I don't feel so bad. Let me know if my "fix" takes care of your issues too. It was WAY worse than I would have every expected, and I felt like I "took the plane from the grave" with this little TINY fix. Thanks for the feedback, and hope to hear from you soon as to what you figure out.

@@BrianPhillipsRC I am a private pilot with an instrument rating and owned a Piper Cherokee for almost 20 years. I no longer fly full scale. I started the rc hobby during Covid and this will be my 4th year. To be honest I fly in SAFE mode all the time because I have not felt comfortable not. I agree with how you felt the plane should be an amazing flyer and beat up on myself when things went badly. I damaged everything you did with the exception of the prop shaft and landing gear. After I removed the reflex, I couldn’t take off with getting into trouble! LOL! Now I know! Thank you again. 😎

Yeah, there's a few differences ;) bprc.me/CarbonCubS2 - very nice ;) bprc.me/CZ_Cub - Extra, very nice!

Me too. The PA-18 1.7m is AMAZING. I wonder why mine was so dang wonky??? I had another guy report his was that way too. Wonder if there's a weird TWIST in the wing or something else strange?

@@BrianPhillipsRC Maybe just maybe it can be gyro related. I set mine up with a Spektrum gyro receiver and didn't use the Reflex gyro. Mostly to do a cleaner wiring setup.

I did it in this video, so hope you'll see what I did and emulate it closely to get back in the air. If you over-bend it, it may break, and it has to be pretty dang close to perfect, so take your time. If you have to dismount the motor to make the correction, put the shat into a drill chuck and spin it to see if it's straight before going through the trouble of remounting the motor. Good luck! P.S. that 750mm Volantex Mustang is HARD TO FLY. I would highly encourage you to consider a 1.2m P-51 Mustang from Eflite - you will be AMAZED at how much better a plane it is. If you need SMALL, but want a BIG plane feel, get the UMX P-51 - you will LOVE it compared to that 750mm, nearly impossible to fly disaster. I know from experience. I've flown a number of the 750mm P-51's and all of them sucked BADDDDDD. bprc.me/P51

Thanks!

I haven't and didn't want to waste the channel to split out the Ailerons, BUT we could do that - Good point. That being said, given this is fixed gear AND ailerons only, it wouldn't be hard to setup. Should have enough channels. Biggest issue with needing differential, is that you don't KNOW you need it until it's all setup and working poorly...our mix can be added after the build is done, and you've come to the realization there might be an issue.

I wonder why they don't engineer that Frise Ailerons into this wing? This model is super similar in quality to the PA-18 of both 1.3m and 1.7m sizes, but the PA-18 comes out of the box wanting to fly amazing...this one, at least in our experience, not so much...which weirded me out to no end! I think you're onto something with the higher than expected wing loading. That's maybe why the smaller 1300mAh 3S made such a big difference, then the mixes really REFINED it back into good flying behaviors. Another commenter suggested adding DIFFERENTIAL, which I hadn't considered, since I don't want to waste the channel, BUT it would be pretty easy to change over to that configuration. We have the channels, but if I want to make mods, I'd want to also plop in some inboard flaps. I just love SLOWING down planes. Especially these ones that you KNOW would be just creeping by in real life...I know, it's weird that I LOVE slow in RC planes. I want slow so you can look and see everything working. I want slow, since it's easier to fly. I want slow to savor it as I fly by. I want slow for extra greasy landings. I want slow for better gear performance and easier on the air frame... I'm always amazed how many people aren't into slow - but then I see professional pilots... at or near 100% throttle the whole flight. It showcases most planes nicely, but I want slow ;)

@BrianPhillipsRC Thanks so much for your reply. I totally get where youre coming from. Slow is fun and I think you learn more from it too, as you can really see how the aircraft responds to inputs. When its fast, you can barely see whats going on. Thats why the majority of my models are balsa unlimited aerobatic ones. My favourite is my Precision Aerobatics Extra 260. Runs on 3S 2200mA. They have super light wing loading and love to float and glide. Much more like a full sized manned aircraft (well, at least my cub lol). They are also generally very well behaved and respond very precisely to inputs without much coupling or weird yaw.

thanks

That would be awesome too!

I wonder if you could just wrap a few rolls thick, then use the CHUCK to straighten it???

@@BrianPhillipsRC i have no idea. ill give it a try with a long screw. i forgot to say in this comment, thank you for showing how to fix my bent shaft. ill let you know how the chuck does if you dont already try it.

thanks!

But, it could tow one up ;)

It is WAY easier to fly. bprc.me/CarbonCubS2 (I assume you mean THIS one...not the CZ Cub?) bprc.me/CZ_Cub

@@BrianPhillipsRC yes carbon cub s2

I've tried other Tx'es in the past, but just NOT sure I'm ready to dive into another Tx right now.

@@BrianPhillipsRC Ok no problem

The back seat would be correct, right? ;) LOL - exactly!!!

I think you're onto something there ;) bprc.me/CarbonCubS2 bprc.me/CZ_Cub

Very interesting! Glad you enjoyed it.

congrats

Can't rush perfection, son.

@@meazy451 🤣 I know, but I am retired and you just don’t know how long you got left!

Can listen to Brian for hours to each there own.