I just bought this plane. I've never flown before & don't know anyone that does. But I'm looking forward to teaching myself. I bought it RTF, just waiting on the weather & my spare time. Thanks for the video, I can use all the info I can get.
@@stevenarmer8245 Take off into the wind and land into the wind. Fly in large rectangular pattern's like the edge of a football field in your head but up in the sky...lol . understand, you will somtimes crash, it will happen accept it but DO NOT let that stop you! You will get the hang of it! Try to start off in no more than a calm day. Godd luck and fair skies!! ohh and welcome to the best hobby out there!!!!!!!
Nice flight, thank you for the tips. I'm just returning to the hobby and purchased this model, and the SS 2.1. I'm impressed with your honesty, and tip with the skirts. These are the only 2 planes I've acquired so far in a months time, and something is constantly falling off of each of them when I fly them.
I got the gps to try out as a club instructor. It’s good for a rank at-home-beginner if they can figure it out each time they swap batteries as it resets every time in the virtual field mode I needed. BUT… it’s a pita for general use. My gps quit working one day and killed a day of training as it refused to boot up so out it came and I never missed it! Beginners: stick with SAFE until comfortable and enjoy it without the extra doohickeys!
I have this plane and it is incredibly user friendly! I was nervous early on but the plane self corrected when I made a turn on a windy day and rather than roll onto its back when the gust grabbed under the wing, it simply refused to go all the way over. So far, I’m in rookie mode so the led is green. It’s peace of mind knowing short of hitting an object or a tornado I can go have fun and bring it home. I don’t have the flaps yet I am amazed at how slow this thing can fly and remain stable! The only thing I struggled with was bringing it home on a day too windy to fly (when you get flipped over on the runway before you touch the radio it might be a good day to abort.). Flying an oval or square pattern the plane reached the downwind leg and took lots of throttle to make it home. The problem was that in rookie mode you don’t get much down elevator so when I applied throttle it dutifully climbed. Eventually I was able to tack it home like a sailboat so it all worked out.
Start practicing without rookie mode on Almeria days, trust the wing more. Get to the point to where you only need rookie mode on landings, you will have to risk it at some point and land without rookie mode. Don't give up no matter what. It is worth the crashes and setbacks when you make that first greaser landing!!!!
Thanks for the encouragement ! First flight with led in blue mode (green is rookie, this is the next click). I was not expecting what happened. I waited for zero wind before making the switch. As soon as I made the change the tail sank down and I had to make corrections. Afterwards I checked out my plane carefully as I have experienced hard landings and recently had my first straight down dive to the ground. I had to rotate the pushrod connector up to 5 turns to get perfectly horizontal control surfaces…. After that it flew like brand new again. On to bringing some of the old balsa fleet into the air (circa 1984-88). Being able to turn the gyro on or off gives me a shot at bringing them into the sky for more than a moment😊 Great channel! Thanks for explaining safe mode as well!
Hi, I'm new to the hobby, flying a Carbon Cub S2 as well, what mode (Beginner, Int, Adv) do you use when landing? when landing in Beg or Int my plane would not nose down unless I apply throttle, are you experiencing this? thanks
I learned to fly on the S+ version. Without a doubt one the most fun planes I've owned. As you are saying it's very forgiving while learning and then it's just pure fun to do stunts with. Just got my hands on an unbuilt Hangar 9 Carbon Cub. Do hope some of the character from the foam version will be present in the large balsa version aswell.
No reason why i should not be. The physics are the same. With the big balsa plane the maneuvers will be crisper and a little less forgiving since the wood won't flex like the foam will. Other than that it is a cub! They fly great just don't turn to slow or they stall with a dropped wing.
man I bought one of these like 3 years ago and due to life changes never got to fly it. Now that things are settling down and I have time to have hobbies again I need to go fly this. Just moved to a great area for flying. we'll be getting snow soon, it would be fun to put skis on it. thanks for the landing gear tip don't want those popping off in flight, that thing can really go! Your videos always make me wanna go fly again, thanks.
Hi, really enjoyed the video! Just bought me one ( already crashed it😂) and one of the silver wing skirts broke off, do they make any difference to flight quality or can I run it without em? Thanks! Great video!
Nice video. How big is the area with the fence on from the GPS? I am new to this and feel the GPS would help me and especially so with the auto landing feature. It seems like it would lessen the cost of replacement parts for a novice. Thanks, Rich
Buddy gave me 1 of these. HE flew it every time WE went. Thot he wore it out. I got it, did flaps, then mildly molded flaps to full span ailerons. I use a 11x5.5 propeller, get 7 minute flights.
I'm 50yo aussie and the new tech in rc planes gets me angry, it used to be easy to use one set of electronics in all your models, but now you need $$$ in good transmitter, and seperate crap for every model and then they change everything again! Phuk
This is my second favorite plane behind the Eflite Timber Turbo EVO!!
Only thing about it is that the engine a little underpowered
I just bought this plane. I've never flown before & don't know anyone that does. But I'm looking forward to teaching myself. I bought it RTF, just waiting on the weather & my spare time. Thanks for the video, I can use all the info I can get.
@@stevenarmer8245 Take off into the wind and land into the wind. Fly in large rectangular pattern's like the edge of a football field in your head but up in the sky...lol . understand, you will somtimes crash, it will happen accept it but DO NOT let that stop you! You will get the hang of it! Try to start off in no more than a calm day. Godd luck and fair skies!!
ohh and welcome to the best hobby out there!!!!!!!
@@FatGuyFliesRC thank you, & I look forward to learning curve lol. I'm sure I will crash it, glue or tape it back together & try, try again
Nice flight, thank you for the tips.
I'm just returning to the hobby and purchased this model, and the SS 2.1.
I'm impressed with your honesty, and tip with the skirts.
These are the only 2 planes I've acquired so far in a months time, and something is constantly falling off of each of them when I fly them.
stick with it and learn to trust the air frame,
I got the gps to try out as a club instructor. It’s good for a rank at-home-beginner if they can figure it out each time they swap batteries as it resets every time in the virtual field mode I needed. BUT… it’s a pita for general use. My gps quit working one day and killed a day of training as it refused to boot up so out it came and I never missed it!
Beginners: stick with SAFE until comfortable and enjoy it without the extra doohickeys!
Well safe to me is like training wheels, once not needed you never want it again.
I have this plane and it is incredibly user friendly! I was nervous early on but the plane self corrected when I made a turn on a windy day and rather than roll onto its back when the gust grabbed under the wing, it simply refused to go all the way over. So far, I’m in rookie mode so the led is green. It’s peace of mind knowing short of hitting an object or a tornado I can go have fun and bring it home. I don’t have the flaps yet I am amazed at how slow this thing can fly and remain stable! The only thing I struggled with was bringing it home on a day too windy to fly (when you get flipped over on the runway before you touch the radio it might be a good day to abort.). Flying an oval or square pattern the plane reached the downwind leg and took lots of throttle to make it home. The problem was that in rookie mode you don’t get much down elevator so when I applied throttle it dutifully climbed. Eventually I was able to tack it home like a sailboat so it all worked out.
Start practicing without rookie mode on Almeria days, trust the wing more. Get to the point to where you only need rookie mode on landings, you will have to risk it at some point and land without rookie mode. Don't give up no matter what. It is worth the crashes and setbacks when you make that first greaser landing!!!!
Thanks for the encouragement ! First flight with led in blue mode (green is rookie, this is the next click). I was not expecting what happened. I waited for zero wind before making the switch. As soon as I made the change the tail sank down and I had to make corrections. Afterwards I checked out my plane carefully as I have experienced hard landings and recently had my first straight down dive to the ground. I had to rotate the pushrod connector up to 5 turns to get perfectly horizontal control surfaces…. After that it flew like brand new again.
On to bringing some of the old balsa fleet into the air (circa 1984-88). Being able to turn the gyro on or off gives me a shot at bringing them into the sky for more than a moment😊
Great channel! Thanks for explaining safe mode as well!
Hi, I'm new to the hobby, flying a Carbon Cub S2 as well, what mode (Beginner, Int, Adv) do you use when landing? when landing in Beg or Int my plane would not nose down unless I apply throttle, are you experiencing this? thanks
I learned to fly on the S+ version. Without a doubt one the most fun planes I've owned.
As you are saying it's very forgiving while learning and then it's just pure fun to do stunts with.
Just got my hands on an unbuilt Hangar 9 Carbon Cub. Do hope some of the character from the foam version will be present in the large balsa version aswell.
No reason why i should not be. The physics are the same. With the big balsa plane the maneuvers will be crisper and a little less forgiving since the wood won't flex like the foam will. Other than that it is a cub! They fly great just don't turn to slow or they stall with a dropped wing.
This is my new favorite youtube channel
Well thanks! That is great to hear! I hope my channel helps you in your rc journey!
Thanks for the video! I'm doing research to possibly buy one of these baby's! Subbed!
Awesome! Thank you!
man I bought one of these like 3 years ago and due to life changes never got to fly it. Now that things are settling down and I have time to have hobbies again I need to go fly this. Just moved to a great area for flying. we'll be getting snow soon, it would be fun to put skis on it. thanks for the landing gear tip don't want those popping off in flight, that thing can really go! Your videos always make me wanna go fly again, thanks.
Thanks for sharing Please post your flights once you get back to flying!
The uncle every young kid needs 😂
lol thanks
Beautiful plane getting ready to get one.
I really recommend it!
Nice flying. I fly my cub and I always turn off the geo fence and the gps.
Same here but all I fly in anymore is AS3X or nothing at all.
Expert flying.
What is the stall speed and characteristic of stall?
if you get to slow in an aileron turn she will drop the inside wing quick , A little rudder and a little speed in you turns are needed.
Hi, really enjoyed the video! Just bought me one ( already crashed it😂) and one of the silver wing skirts broke off, do they make any difference to flight quality or can I run it without em? Thanks! Great video!
The skirts are just for looks. You can zip tie then on.
Nice video. How big is the area with the fence on from the GPS? I am new to this and feel the GPS would help me and especially so with the auto landing feature. It seems like it would lessen the cost of replacement parts for a novice. Thanks, Rich
I am very sorry Mr Donahue I do not know the answer to that. I never had the that feature with mine.
Thanks for the info. Keep the training videos going. It was great. Rich
Is the fuselage made in 2 halves like the sport cub or is it all one part
All 1
so it is not a stock plane and you mentioned twice using the rudder to control ground loop did you mean elevator
Stock in frame and motor and esc. The receiver is an older spektrum ar36a with as3x only. yes.
What one do you like better this or the or the ts?
This one.
When i go that slow my plane just wants to nose dive, not sure if i messed up while building it or what
It takes time and prctice make sure you cg is right and not to heavy a battery. Try a 1800 3s or a 2200 3s.
what is flight time?
Up to 10 minutes if you take it easy with a 2200 3s
Buddy gave me 1 of these. HE flew it every time WE went. Thot he wore it out. I got it, did flaps, then mildly molded flaps to full span ailerons. I use a 11x5.5 propeller, get 7 minute flights.
On a 4s 2200 smart batteries
Yeah it is a blast to fly for sure!
Runway runs east/west, and he departs north/south....lol
i make my own runway...lol
I'm 50yo aussie and the new tech in rc planes gets me angry, it used to be easy to use one set of electronics in all your models, but now you need $$$ in good transmitter, and seperate crap for every model and then they change everything again! Phuk
Fair enough.
Thats a good plane, but bottom feeder no. I will take my tundra every time over the carbon cub.
Fair enough!
what's a tundra?