Cub for L-4 version

I'm almost done with a goldberg 40 size cub, and I'm impressed with i

for being an old die-cut kit. Went together quickly and easily, now need to join the wings and cover it. I plan on doing an L-4 scheme a well (saw it on the goldberg box), keep me updated with your progress. Chri

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I've noticed that the L-4 had a lot more window area than the Cub, especially behind the wing. How do you plan to model that? Some have suggested using brass or CF tubing / rod to do the frames behind the wing. This is going to be my first scale project. Although I have no delusions about competing in Top Gun with it, I'd like to try to get it as right as I can.

Morris

There is an easier way. Prior to World War II, there were military Cubs that did not have the extra windows. They were not L-4s, they were O-59s. Basically a standard Cub painted OD, with prewar insignia. The Peter Bowers book "Piper Cubs" has a couple of pictures. I recovered my Goldberg Cub as an O-59

Ray

I did a Goldber Anniversary Cub with that scheme, as per the box. I think I'll take it to the field tomorrow and fly a little bit of observation!

Dan

I have built the Goldberg Cub considerably lighter and using a 40 4S for scale-like power. A lot of the weight reduction was done by enlarging the die cut holes in the lite ply. It was also rigged for flaperons, but they were mushy in response.

My Fieseler Storch project has a huge greenhouse problem in which I am trying bamboo eating sticks + epoxy. It seems to work.

Glenn

It has been my experience that you must double the chord dimension of ailerons and flaps in most smaller models for those surfaces to have much authority. Yes, it is not scale in appearance, but they do actually work in the larger sizes.

Ed Cregger