So many designs...so little time

Model Airplane News, Mar 2000 by Chianelli, Chris

All right; let's face the facts. We all want more models than we'd ever have time to build for ourselves. So why not let someone else build a few of them for us? Especially if they're built like Great Planes' new, IMAA-legal J-3 Cub. It's (obviously) a scale subject, all of its major assemblies are constructed of wood, and it's covered with woven cloth fabric. Add a fiberglass cowl and exposed engine cylinders, and you've finished. Many of us would like to add a Cub to our flying stable, and now we can have one in a couple of days instead of a couple of months! This also leaves us more time to work on that built-up, must-have Mustang. Great Planes has done the hard part already, and they've done it in exactly the way you would have-if you had the time. The Cub is finished with Coverite's 21st Century fabric, and you can use the supplied decals to make authentic "N" numbers, or just leave it "plane." Oh, yes; come spring, check out the Great Planes float kit for the Cub. Specifications: wingspan-81 inches; wing area-984 square inches; weight-8.5 pounds; radio-4-channel with five servos; engine-.40 to .46 2-stroke, or.48 to .70 4-stroke.

Great Planes Model Distributors, P.O. Box 9021, Champaign, IL 61826-9021; (217) 3986300; fax (217) 398-110.