From the Field -- HobbyKing Swiss J3 Cub Assembly & Flight Review | The RC Geek

[@Thercgeek]

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[@PatBALEX]

Looking good Chris.. Can't go wrong with a Cub.. I learned so much flying a Cub.. And it always got me attention..

[@Thercgeek]

Indeed!

[@agrxdrowflow958]

Crazy how fast a straight wing can go.

[@normleonard52]

Nice job Chris.

[@Thercgeek]

Thanks!

[@NICHOLASRGLORIOSO]

Cool lil plane Bro!! 👊👊🤙🤙🤙

[@tructran8783]

Nice. How about portability? Can the wings easily be removed for transport in a mid size car? Thx

[@Thercgeek]

Yep, remove the two bolts that holds the wing and it comes off in a single piece. There’s also a single screw at the landing gear that attaches the wing strut to the fuselage you’ll need to remove also.

[@Jay-zc7iq]

I picked this up not so long ago £50 immaculate condition, had a signal loss the other week lots of bits , but she went back together few battle scars but just waiting on new struts off hobbyking and I’ll be good to go , this is a right sleeper of a plane great fun though

[@Thercgeek]

She is a really fun one for sure. Hopefully they'll get struts back soon for you!

[@Jay-zc7iq]

@@Thercgeek I was actually really surprised worked out for full struts & prop about 15 bucks your money I honestly expected it to be much more , also fitted tundra tyres large they work really great keep thinking about flaps on this thing , I guess if the windy days keep coming she’ll get flaps , 😉, Absolutely love the videos by the way I’m about 9 months in to it now & changed my life , had some bad times no social direction & videos of yours and others inspired me to try , I won’t bore you with the details but it’s changed my life I fly or least have a model in my hands every day , so yea big thanks 🙏 the videos are appreciated

[@jameshunt5549]

Nice video, looks great in the air. Could you tell me what the wheel size is, ie the diameter? Cheers James

[@Thercgeek]

Unfortunately I’m not sure off hand and I’m not able to measure it at the moment.

[@Jay-zc7iq]

I put huge tundra tyres on mine as I have rough fields works great if this thing had flaps it would be off the ground in five ft

[@Air-Jon]

I like that cub!

[@Thercgeek]

It flies great!

[@DadsRCHangar]

So happy they changed the undercarriage, I hoping you can buy separately, cold do with a set for the navy Cub. 👍🏻

[@Thercgeek]

I would hope that would be the case. I’m sure there are a few folks in your shoes out there.

[@winstonsmith7801]

Dad's RC Hangar - I asked that question to Hobbyking and they said there's no reason the updated gear won't work so I bought that part for the Navy version.

[@buckreynolds1779]

their on sale right now....I should buy two of them...bet they get discontinued soon

[@tennriverluver3534]

Ordered one 2 days ago during some kind of good sell HK is having. Don't need anymore planes but you know how that goes lol.

[@Thercgeek]

You can never have too many! 🤣

[@adamcline8041]

ok so since i'm a huge vintage jet nerd, at 2:45, in the way back, is that orange F9F-8 the same as the one on the jet hangar website from wayyy back? curiosity is killing me haha

[@Thercgeek]

Wow, good eye! That is a cougar that my dad built more recently but got stalled on. So, ended up in my shop. 😊 he was painting it in that same scheme.

[@adamcline8041]

@@Thercgeek awesome! I just got my set of A4 wings from your dad and been eyeing his F4 kit for a while, love to buy from you guys, keeping history alive haha. hope to see the cougar fly one day

[@Thercgeek]

I’ll be getting it flying one of these days. Needs a bit of work and tlc, but will be awesome when it’s all done.

[@kenneth7197]

@@adamcline8041 love vintage jets! F9 Panther!!

[@benjaming9835]

Just finished building my j3 Cub, but i had to put 160g of weight in the nose to balance it!?

[@Thercgeek]

Is that at the cg I mentioned? What battery are you using. I didn’t have to add any weight at all into this one.

[@benjaming9835]

@@Thercgeek Well I have a 2300mAh, but when you balanced the plane did you balance the plane to make the horizontal stabilizer level, (i can't tell from the video).

[@Thercgeek]

The airplane was level to slightly nose down.

[@senceralp]

Perfect 🤘🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@dutchloveRC]

she is a nice looking plane

[@Thercgeek]

Agree!