The stab on Project Cub is fixed. Real easy to do. The frame was slightly broken in three places, but two of the places were right next to some triangular joiners which had worked loose. I have a feeling that's what led to the damage in the first place. The covering on the fuselage is ironed down and looking good, if a bit smudged. I may hit it with Simple Green.

The nylon elevator clevises were brittle, to put it charitably. Some metal Great Planes units await.

I think I can fly this with the .25 which once lived in my Raiden Tech Zero Fighter and which waits for a Great Planes P-40. We shall see. In fact, I have every reason to believe that I can get it in the air in the next day or two less its cowl and landing gear skirts. Even though Sig says it'll fly on a .25, I may yank a .40 from another plane and install it for the time being.

Pictures will be forthcoming. This is just too fun a project not to share.

Yup, the 1/6 scale Cub which I was given was built from a Sig kit and covered with 21st Century simulated cloth covering.

The fuselage cleaned up pretty good with little more than plain water and some paper towels. There's a bit of grunge which will require some more in-depth cleaning.

Last night, I took a moment to epoxy the damaged jury strut back together. Good as new. Next will be the slightly broken horizontal stab.

I honestly think that this thing this'll be flying by next week!

Well, things haven't exactly been going according to the predictions in my last couple of blogs.

The Great Planes Cessna 182 project is on temporary hiatus (I needed two of the new servos I'd bought for it for use in another model and I'm fairly certain the engine is way too large) and I haven't yet ordered an airframe for the O.S. LX 25 which had powered the late and relatively unlamented Raiden Tech Zero Fighter-25.

All hasn't been without some action. I have three reviews for the magazines almost ready to go once I edit the videos. Broadcast quality, yet. My friend the producer who shot the models in action has too much on his plate to edit the raw footage, so I've arranged to edit the footage with help from another production house.

No tricks this Halloween, but I did get an unexpected treat.

I went to the local hobby shop to pick up a new li-po I'd ordered. One of the clerks came from the back room with an old, dusty .40 or .46-sized Cub fuselage and corresponding wing. No decals, no markings, no cowl or engine.

I was told that it was mine.

One of my retired flying buddies works at the store part time. He was given that plane along with several others which had been gathering dust in an attic only Heaven knows where; attics aren't in vogue here in the desert. Nor in Southern California in general, for that matter. I assume it was from an out-of-state seasonal visitor.

In any event, she was a dirty little beast. Well made, though....Continue Reading