Real Stick & Rudder Flying, No Instruments, No Problem... The Piper J3 Cub
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Sometimes the best way to fly the Cub is just by keeping your head outside and listening to what the plane is telling you, The sound of the Slipstream, the sound of the engine, the vibration, the feedback in the stick etc. With modern aircraft having more gauges than hair on my head, it's nice to just get back to basics and just FLY!
My first 16 hrs were in a cub. An idiot instructor, a hurricane and life intervened and I’ve spent the last few months contemplating buying a cub and finding an instructor. Watching you fly, early in the morning.reminds me of those days many years ago. Nothing like pushing the throttle forward and seeing the air condensing behind the prop, the smell of 100ll, smooth air and slips. Tons of slips. I’m tired of watching someone else having fun! Thanks though!
one of my favorite little planes. my grandpa was a pilot in Korea and he fixed one of these up one summer and he would take me flying in it whenever we were up at his cottage.
They really are great little planes
ATP here 67 years old OMG i love this vid ! Working on my medical.
Couldn't agree more ..grass roots flying at its best!
There's a great discussion of this in chapter 4 of Stick and Rudder, where Langewiesche lists the pure sensory cues to angle of attack and speed. These include the sound of the airstream, longitudinal stick position, buffeting, how sensitive the aircraft is to small pitch and roll inputs, sensitivity to gusts, and even whether you can smell exhaust from the engine.
On a cub you just know something is up when the bottom door starts to float up
I was a CFI, & had my students fly with cover instruments also. Instead of using tape, try using those round rubber soap holders that you have on the sink that has suction cups on them, they fit perfectly on your instruments.
Learned to fly in a J3 back in 1969 and after fifty five years of flying I've gone full circle but now I'm in a Champ. Way more comfortable and half the price.
I remember when i started flying my dad covered up the instruments with a towel to learn to feel the plane and not stare at the insrtuments, wehad a 47 chief which was really nice but the champ had more room, my 182 is in annual right now cant wait to get it back, thanks joe for a fun video,,,dan
Chief video coming shortly! such fun airplanes for just putting around and much cheaper to own than your 182 I bet, lol
Thanks for the great season! Can’t wait to see your flying videos in the spring!
You’re welcome! Can’t wait for warmer weather
Love it Joe! You are a huge help for my tailwheel instruction! best content and a true cub believer!
Thanks Robert! Really appreciate that!
@@Bananasssssssss Going to be doing my first solo soon in the J-3! Thanks to you! Hope to see you at 9N1 in the future!
That's awesome! just wait until you go full throttle without another person, completely different plane!, so much more fun!! @@robertwaite837
@@Bananasssssssss looking forward! Keep up the incredible content! ✨
Outstanding video, great teaching method. I can actually "feel" you flying the Cub. I particularly like the video from the back seat. I think you've painted or done something similar to see the front seat rudder pedal moving during takeoff and landing. I notice your positioning of the throtal during various periods of flight. Talking about the Cub Noise and the stall incidator (lower part of door) all fit myexperiences and I only have about 30 hours so far. A 77 year old airplane always seems to require some form of Maintenance. I'm in the process of resurrecting the original brakes, handle for run-ups and parking, You may or may not realize that "brakes" were an accessory when the Cubs were being purchased in the 40s. I still have had the opportunity to fly with JC3 brakes of any type. Keep the Cub flying and straight down the grass runway until it stops. So far I have never flown a cub with brakes. I had about 350 hours in tricycle SEL before the Cub.
Thank you!! I do remember reading that about the brakes. You’ll love em for making those tight swing the tail around type turns
I'm a new Private PIlot but I've always wanted to fly a cub! I can't wait to get my tailwheel endorsement and start flying the old fashioned way!
That’s some nice flying. Well done.
Thanks 👍
I realize that one of the coolest thing about flying a Cub is being able to do so with the door ( stall warning ) being open but it looks very cold where you are
Yeah, desperate for spring, lol
i love the Cub have 12 hrs in it my friend have one he use to charge me 25 a lesson it was my first pactice emg land ing in a Farmers field field it was fun i live in Columbia CT in the country
I have yet to solo the club’s Cub (not enough hours in type for the insurance company), so I am keenly aware of what you said about the front seat being occupied. Can’t see any of the instruments anyway! Every time I log hours in the Cub, my next flight in anything else (mostly Skyhawks) feels much more solid on short final. Happy New Year!
Thanks, you too!
Great video joe. I’d love to see more of the chief. It would be interesting if you could do a video with the exact same prop on both airplanes to get a true representation of how they compare. A lot of the propellers made for these aircraft are certified for both airframes.
Just flew the Chief for an hour and half. Take off and landings one after the other, lol. I will get that video up this week!
Great video. Cubs are just a great little simple plane. A buddy of mine has one and he has me fly from the back seat when we go flying. Coming into land I ask him what speed to be at, he says just feel the plane and go off of that. One thing I've never done is go by altitude for base or final. I've always just done it by how I feel. I do tend to come in a bit high to give some room in case of an engine failure on final. That way I know I will make the runway. Thank you for the great information in this video.
Thanks! and good point. always easier to lose altitude than Gain it with no engine!
@@Bananasssssssss and you know how to lose altitude very quickly. Enjoy watching your forward slips in for landing. They are very well performed.
Great vid thanks Joe! HNY to you & yours!
Thank you!, you as well
Nice flying Joe. Happy New Year.
Thanks, you too!
Lost everything in my Fly Baby once...the sound of the wind in the wires was an aid in assuring I was at the right speed in the pattern!.
I hope someday that I’m as comfortable flying as you are . Great video.
Thanks but it took me a while to get like this in the J3. I flew the Chief this morning and it's very uncomfortable for me, lol. I am fast on every approach, my rollouts are sloppy, so it's been kind of fun to "re-learn" another airplane.
Very informative! Just wondering, how much different are the cues you refer to when you are flying with the door closed?
Thanks!. With the door closed I don't hear of feel the slipstream as much but the rattling of the doors/windows is more pronounced so that helps a lot.
Wow - you fly the Airbus and light tail draggers - I’d ride with you at the controls any time, sir.
2500 TT 30 years ago ATP CFll etc excellent instruction.
good landing ever
Good video
Nice work
Thanks!
This is good stuff!
Thanks!
Love your wheelpants. I have some fiberglass ones that came with the plane, but no attachment hardware. Where/how did you get yours, or did it come with the plane?
Came just like yours! Wag Aero has a general type bracket for em
Awesome vid, looking to do my tailwheel soon. Also where did you get your jacket??
Thanks!! Wife got it for me, lol
Another wonderful video. Very informative. Good Ol' Stick and Rudder Skills!
Thanks again!
I have three rules when I fly a cub.... we fly low, slow, and with the door open. With that said it looks cold there! 😂
Joe, what suction mount are you using for your stratus? Happy with it?
I actually had a RAM Suction cup mount but got tired of it falling on my head/lap/ and almost out of the Cub, lol (when it was cooler out and suction cup would lose its grip). I recently modified it to attach to a C-Clamp RAM mount and it's Much much better. I'll get a pic for you
nothing worse than Karen moving in next to an established airport and then complaining about the Aircraft noise.
Agreed. Always makes me laugh when they act like they weren’t aware
My flying club ran into this very problem about a year and a half ago. The club has owned the land that our airport sits on since the 70s. A male Karen bought property right under our traffic pattern and started harassing us about "flying over his property." We wound up getting a visit from the FSDO, and (surprise, surprise) we were doing everything legally. But that didn't stop the complaints and harassment. The club's governing board decided to switch to a right-hand pattern, which stopped the complaints--for now.
@@MemphisBBQ640 that's what's wrong with this country. We keep giving in to these Liberal fucks. Stand your ground and put the traffic pattern back to the left. What happens next when someone in the right pattern starts complaining? Go on the offensive and file a harassment suit against him. BTW who is he complaining to?
Once the decision is made to allow an airport to be built… the surrounding area should automatically be zoned “non residential” so the issue never arises.
Government “planners” simply fail miserably at their job.
Airports should be surrounded in “layers”… airport, industrial, commercial, and ONLY THEN (outside of that), residential.
Off Subject but have you ever flown a PA-14? Basically a widened fuselage J-3 to make 4 seats. Dual stick control up front. I believe 115 hp which means not a true 4 place but I may be able to buy one that needs work. I am a retired A&P current. Question, will it fly like a J-3?
I have not (yet)
My flight school manager told me to do this , i thought they were crazy.
Where did you get your piper cub mug?
Piper Museum
If the neighbors don't like it tell them to buy a Cub. Or give them a ride!
I assume you feel a bit more drag with the door and window open
I don't feel it per se, but I do see a decrease in cruise speed for sure.
Fly by feeeeeel.....fly by sound...the cub is a flying JEEP lol
Is the best way to lose airspeed keep nose up trim ??
I like to keep it pretty neutral. Gives me a better feel for what the wing is doing