Scale BUSA Super Cub

[TonyHallo]

Spent most of today gluing in the side windows. Using .040" polycarbonate (Lexan) sheet. Much stiffer and more scratch resistant to PETG sheet. Using 560 canopy glue. The right side is already completed. Fuel tanks and batteries are next and I can put the plane on it's front paws and hind leg. Right now it is on saw horses. Might get it in the air for September. I really can't wait to start laying up the Cherokee mold.

 

[TonyHallo]

The AR remote switch worked a few times then quit. I opened the fab and found the 27A 12v battery at 8 volts. Amazon delivered this today. Never heard of this size battery before, half the size of a AAA.

 

[TonyHallo]

Aero Graphics cut the NO STEP, DO NOT PUSH, and NO HOLD graphics from their standard set of exterior graphics for the Super Cub. I know where the NO STEP goes, anyone have an idea where the rest belong? Only exterior I found on the Super Cub drawing site were for a military PA18.

 

[BalsaDust]

No hold I'm not sure about but Do not push I could see being on the elevator.

 

[TonyHallo]

Have the engine installed and just about ready to fire it up. Working on the tail brace wires now. The initial weight and balance indicated a tail heavy condition so I decided to replace the stainless steel tail brace wires with titanium TIG filler wire. The wires on the top are the original SS wires, the bottom wire is a piece of 3/32" titanium filler wire. This is my first exposure to titanium, in machines and threads well. Putting 2-56 threads on the wire after reducing the diameter by .005". The total weight savings will be about 16 grams which leads to 2 ounces less nose weight or a total weight saving of 2 1/2 ounces. Two wires are completed, two to go.