HobbyKing® Piper J3 Cub Balsa / Ply 2312mm (Almost Ready to Fly)

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Oct 13, 2015

arrived in good packaging.

Good quality very well covered.

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Oct 04, 2015

Now the build is nearly finished, and it took much more time as expected due to some major issues. Had to replace the pushrod mantles to make the pushrods work smooth. The covering on the fuselage is applied... well... just really bad on the edges. The wings and rudders are covered really good. The doors couldnt be closed due to a to big fuselage former and bad building, had to do much work to correct this. Much small parts were missing, so i took them from my L-4, that has much more issues and needs a complete rebuild. This J-3 looked fine on the first look, but finishing it showed too much quality issues. The "best" issue is a missing wood brace for the fuselage former that blocked the doors. Be careful when installing the struts, the given holes in the wings for the small struts are placed wrong. The wheels run not smooth on the axles and have much play, spinning them sounds ugly so i`ll give them slide baerings to fix that. Overall, this plane isn`t an easy build, you need experience building balsa planes to finish it correct. Overall, i can`t recommend this plane to non-expert builders.

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Aug 06, 2015

Received it yesterday, and after a check most things are good. The colour of the front windshield and the cowling doesnt match the covering, but its ok. Not ok is that the tail wheel assembly is missing completely. On the good side: the elevator pushrods are much more straight than on the L-4 version i got earlier. The covering is nicely applied and there are no cuts in it. The landing gear moves free, so the suspension should work nice. And it looks like all of the small parts are there, except for the tail wheel assembly. Looks like an easy build, will use the same setup as in my L-4 version, Turnigy SK3 - 5055 430 KV with a 15x7 prop, Turnigy 6S 5000 mAh 20C lipo battery and the SS Series 90-100A ESC.

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Jul 10, 2015

Product arrived free of damage and very prompt. First impressions are very good, just hope it flies as well :)

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May 05, 2015

Pour le J3 en cours de montage :
Acheter :
-1: 3 x HXT 10kg Servo (metal gear) 55g / 10kg / .16sec (EU warehouse)
pour la direction et la profondeur. Ils sont parfaits pour cette utilisation.
-2; 2 x Turnigy TGY-4409MD Metal Gear Digital Servo 9.45kg / 0.11sec / 44g (EU Warehouse) pour les ailerons. Ils sont parfaits, en terme de dimension.
(les HXT 10 Kg sont bons galement mais ncessiteraient des modifications de montage, la construction).

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Apr 20, 2015

Aprs inventaire complet (j'ai pas encore compt les vis), la roulette de queue tait manquante, et la couleur jaune cub sur les bords du pare-brise ne tient pas bien.

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Apr 16, 2015

J'avais oubli d'crire que l'emballage de l'avion, pour la livraison, tait parfait. J'engage ceux qui veulent acheter cet avion, que je leur recommande, faire une commande unique pour l'avion.
Acheter l'lectronique, le moteur et les servos par une autre commande, afin qu'ils ne soient pas mis dans la mme grande bote, et qu'ils ne risquent pas d'abmer l'avion pendant le transport. Moi, je possdais dj un moteur, un contrleur et un UBEC.
Je vais commander les servos par une autre commande.

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Certified Buyer Rated

Apr 16, 2015

Command le 12/04/2015 vers 15h heure Belge EU Warehouse. Arriv en excellent tat le 15/04/2015 13h41 heure Belge. Bravo ! il faut cependant remarquer que les livreurs GLS ne permettent pas de vrifier le matriel livr en leur prsence. 1er inventaire du matriel semble parfait. Je remonterai 5 stars quand j'aurai tout vrifi. Destin voler avec un turnigy SK3 5055 320kv (HK) un contrleur super brain 100A Turnigy (HK) et un UBEC 15A Turnigy (HK).

Je vous tiendrai au courant du montage, des essais et des vols.

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Feb 24, 2015

Well, this plane arrived well pack and assembly went very well, except for fuselage tail been twisted which I corrected without any problem (heat gun and covering iron) I also modify the landing gear to accept springs instead of rubber band, and install a glow engine Saito 100 twin, flying weight come at 5.6 Kg not 3.6 kg as stated with 3300ma 2S battery pack for glow drive and servos power thru a 8A UBEC. The test flight went well and take off at 3/4 throttle, gentle climb and well mannered few clicks of ailerons and elevator trims needed landing with a little speed will help for a perfect landing. I have had five flights with this plane and it perform well.

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Sep 21, 2014

Great plane for the money. Goes together well, plenty of hardware in plastic bags. Double boxed and well protected. Arrived no damage. Using a SK3 5055, 420 kv, 16x8 prop. 8s (2x4s) Flies really nicely when trimmed out. Needed nose weight and flies better slightly nose heavy. The finish on some parts of the covering was a bit rough but for the price no complaints. Great presence in the air