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2008 - Super Cub by JR

Balsa USA 1/3 Scale Super Cub

Project started July 2006

First Flight - first warm day - Spring 2008

Scale landing gear with working bungee cords

Working landing and navigation lights (switched - see interior photo) powered by two nine volt batteries

Pull-pull rudder cables

Elevator servo mounted in rear above stab

Interior has thin aluminum plates covered in black vinyl for side panels. Dash and left side controls are scale.  Knob labeled "pull to choke" is actual choke knob for Fuji 64 gas engine.

Two servos for ailerons and two servos for flaps.

Waiting to install floor and seats which are being covered in black vinyl.  1/3 scale pilot is painted but has no clothes.

Covered in Solartex fabric with pinking tape and rib stitching.  Sprayed with Randolph aircraft dope