Hi Bill. Not sure on weight just yet as I'm still adding little things here and there. The sheeting is only 1/16" thick. The whole wing feels light though. The leading edge sheeting on the tips is super delicate though. I keep forgetting and I am constantly cracked the sheeting on the tips because I keep moving it on the table and grabbing it by the ends. Why they didn't just go with a solid piece of wood in just those areas is beyond me. I'm really thinking about cutting them out and replacing them with solid balsa.

I hear ya about the breaking balsa thing!! I'm building a Dumas Standard J-1 right now and I've busted 6 of the fuse stringers in the last week, easy to fix, but makes you feel selly every time you break one...

Bill

Originally Posted by Bill Smudge

I hear ya about the breaking balsa thing!! I'm building a Dumas Standard J-1 right now and I've busted 6 of the fuse stringers in the last week, easy to fix, but makes you feel selly every time you break one...

Bill

Are you logging your build here on RCG?

Looking good! just got back from a day at the field with my Cub, spent most of the day practicing touch and goes in a strong crosswind, very challenging but lots of fun

Originally Posted by SkylineFlyer

Are you logging your build here on RCG?

Yep Sky it's here:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1586067

Originally Posted by rupert the bear

Looking good! just got back from a day at the field with my Cub, spent most of the day practicing touch and goes in a strong crosswind, very challenging but lots of fun

You must be good, or brave. Taking off and landing are my favorites, but not in crosswinds. That gets my blood pressure up way to much, especially on a high wing plane.

Originally Posted by SkylineFlyer

You must be good, or brave. Taking off and landing are my favorites, but not in crosswinds. That gets my blood pressure up way to much, especially on a high wing plane.

Or just plain stupid! It's a great way to practice rudder control, although i was frequently running out of rudder

Hiya SkylineFlyer- about the aileron servo mounts... yep... I'm easily confused! For the wingtips put sheeting on bottom surface. It's a lot easier to patch covering when it gets 'cut' dragging a wingtip on asphalt runways (Sawyer's) plus it'll strengthen it. Your wing looks good, BTW!

Originally Posted by SkylineFlyer

You must be good, or brave. Taking off and landing are my favorites, but not in crosswinds. That gets my blood pressure up way to much, especially on a high wing plane.

Yup!!

Oh no! Is that my kit? Did that happen recent? Cartwheel?

Originally Posted by ARUP

Hiya SkylineFlyer- about the aileron servo mounts... yep... I'm easily confused! For the wingtips put sheeting on bottom surface. It's a lot easier to patch covering when it gets 'cut' dragging a wingtip on asphalt runways (Sawyer's) plus it'll strengthen it. Your wing looks good, BTW!

Thanks. I looked at this as you've suggested it before. I'm just not sure on how to do it.

Originally Posted by SkylineFlyer

Oh no! Is that my kit? Did that happen recent? Cartwheel?

That's the same kit you have. That happened quite a while ago, It was SO windy I should have never flown. Check my blog for the rebuild pictures.

Your build is looking good. Great craftsmanship.

I saw your blog. Nice job on the rebuild. Where did you keep your battery pack. It sounds like the exact same setup I'll be running.

Battery pack was right where the fuel tank would go, about 3" behind the firewall. You'll have to cut out bottom crossmember from a former, but there is no compromise in strength.. Attach with Velcro on the floor, you can get it in through the missing window and plug it in if you make a 6" ESC extension cable.
Even though i crashed on the (electric) maiden, the Power46 and 4S 4900 proved to be a great combo. WOT takeoff was about 4 plane lengths. The rebuild is pretty much done, but the power system from it is now in a P51. When that crashes I'll put it back in the Cub lol.

Since you're starting from scratch, you can possibly put in better battery access from the bottom with a hatch. Mine was a glow conversion and I didn't want to do much extra cutting at the time. Here's the same model back when it was 45 glow powered.