HobbyKing.com New Products Flash Sale
R/C Groups.com   RCCars Crack Roll Flying Giants RC Power The E Zone Lift Zone Our Sponsors
R/C Groups.com


Go Back   RC Groups > Aircraft - Sailplanes > Scale Sailplanes

Reply Post New Thread  Previous Thread Next Thread
 
Thread Tools
Old Nov 04, 2009, 12:25 PM   #1
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 10
Building a scale landing gear for my cub1/6

Hi All!!
I've just finished to build a scale landing gear like "robart" for a 1/6 peper cub, because they don't sell it....
It weights 127gr. I guess if it is a good weight and iif my piper can flight with it attached???.
the motor is a power 32 e-flite with (770kv) with 4s2500 Lipo Batt.

Please send any suggestrions.
KRegards.
Kike
Attached Thumbnails
  • Name: IMAGE_127r.jpg
Views: 52
Size: 134.1 KB
Description: scale Piper cub landing gear 01 scale Piper cub landing gear 01 134.1 KB · Views: 52

  • Name: IMAGE_130r.jpg
Views: 29
Size: 113.9 KB
Description: scale Piper cub landing gear 02 scale Piper cub landing gear 02 113.9 KB · Views: 29

kikesif is offline Find More Posts by kikesif   Reply With Quote
Old Nov 04, 2009, 12:56 PM   #2
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 878
Great looking gear!
DT56 is online now Find More Posts by DT56   Reply With Quote
Old Nov 04, 2009, 03:01 PM   #3
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: New York
Posts: 1,872
Have you brazed the parts together or are they soldered? If soldered, they may not take the stress of landings. One other approach in case you have problems, buy the 1/4 scale Robart gear and modify it to fit you smaller model, usually only requires a minor amount of cutting and re-brazing.

Steve
SteveR is offline Find More Posts by SteveR   Reply With Quote
Old Nov 04, 2009, 05:06 PM   #4
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 10
Hi SteveR,
The joints was made with my soldering iron, rosin core solder and then with fibber-glass and epoxi. The picture in detail are 2 pieces that are not fixed, they slide and this movement is stopped by the o-ring.
Thankss for the tip
Kike.
kikesif is offline Find More Posts by kikesif   Reply With Quote
Old Nov 04, 2009, 05:06 PM   #5
Registered User
 
The SKY MAN's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: uk/england
Posts: 69
sorry for this
but don't know the cub as a sailplane

Joke!
The SKY MAN is offline Find More Posts by The SKY MAN   Reply With Quote
Old Nov 04, 2009, 10:18 PM   #6
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 878
Quote:
Originally Posted by The SKY MAN View Post
sorry for this
but don't know the cub as a sailplane

Joke!

There is the Piper TG8 training glider.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=297590
DT56 is online now Find More Posts by DT56   Reply With Quote
Old Nov 05, 2009, 03:21 PM   #7
Registered User
 
The SKY MAN's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: uk/england
Posts: 69
Couldn't find the words CUB !
The SKY MAN is offline Find More Posts by The SKY MAN   Reply With Quote
Old Nov 05, 2009, 03:53 PM   #8
Electric Airplane Junkie
 
bhchan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: San Mateo, Ca , USA
Posts: 4,407
All planes will be sailplanes when the engine quits! Oh, I am confused the word sailplane with glider....

I don't think copper tubing are not strong enough. The Robart version are made of steel.


Brian, an EAJ
bhchan is offline Find More Posts by bhchan   Reply With Quote
Reply Post New Thread  Previous Thread Next Thread

Castle Creations      DRIVE / FLY / SUPPORT  

Thread Tools

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Discussion Landing gear on my spad gyro grant31781 Auto Gyros 1 Sep 30, 2009 12:03 AM
Sold 1/4 scale Landing Gear for a Scale Glider New gliders Aircraft - Sailplanes (FS/W) 1 Sep 03, 2009 10:52 AM
Sold 1/5 scale Landing Gear for a Scale Glider New gliders Aircraft - Sailplanes (FS/W) 1 Sep 03, 2009 10:51 AM
Discussion E-Flite Sukhoi 480 messed up my landing gear mwilson914 Crash Discussion 1 Aug 27, 2009 01:12 PM
Help! Scale Landing gear for my GWS Spitfire. planelover93 GWS (Grand Wing Servo) 3 Aug 06, 2007 02:59 PM




All RCGroups content copyright 1996 - 2009 by RCGroups.com and Jim Bourke except where otherwise indicated.
Terry the transmitter, the RCGroups name and logo, The E Zone, Lift Zone, and RC Power are all trademarks of RCGroups and Jim Bourke. Please report any misuse of our trademarks using the contact form. Thank you.

Bored? Want to fight?
Join the RCGroups clan!

Powered by vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.