LJackson
Registered User
Hi All-
I am building a plans-built experimental Cub with a C-85 Stroker. This is my first post here on SuperCub.org, though I have been reading the posts here for quite some time. I have been a regular participant on both J3-Cub.com and Yahoo/piper-cub-builders; and I see familiar names here from those other sites. I just uploaded some photos here of my project.
My plans-built fuselage and fuselage components are complete and am final assembling the fuselage for cover. I am currently assembling my wings. I fabricated new spruce spars and all new metal parts per original J3 Piper drawings. I am using Carlson ribs and assembling per original Piper J3 drawings.
Currently I am trying to decide how to approach the building of my ailerons. I have followed Bugs as he built his D&E ailerons, and aware that Marty57 successfully built his out of wood.
I like the simplicity of construction of the D&E ailerons, and the kit price is within the budget, though I am concerned about reports that the D&E components are heavy in weight. I am endeavoring to build this Cub to be as light as practical, as it will have a gross weight of 1320. A question I have is how much do the D&E ailerons weigh in comparison to stock Piper style ailerons?
I am also interested in wood ailerons; I am guessing they are light weight. I wonder how much work is involved in building them. I do want to move this portion of the project forward without reinventing anything, as I’ve been working on this project for a long time now and want to get it flying.
The only other aileron kit option I know of besides the D&E is the Wag-Aero Aileron Fabricated Parts Kit; however the Wag Kit is more than twice money of the D&E kit. I know of no one who has assembled ailerons from the Wag kit, so I don’t know how good their kit is.
I want the ailerons to count toward my 51% points, so utilizing existing used piper parts is not an option. Can anyone comment on any other aileron options I might consider?
LJackson
I am building a plans-built experimental Cub with a C-85 Stroker. This is my first post here on SuperCub.org, though I have been reading the posts here for quite some time. I have been a regular participant on both J3-Cub.com and Yahoo/piper-cub-builders; and I see familiar names here from those other sites. I just uploaded some photos here of my project.
My plans-built fuselage and fuselage components are complete and am final assembling the fuselage for cover. I am currently assembling my wings. I fabricated new spruce spars and all new metal parts per original J3 Piper drawings. I am using Carlson ribs and assembling per original Piper J3 drawings.
Currently I am trying to decide how to approach the building of my ailerons. I have followed Bugs as he built his D&E ailerons, and aware that Marty57 successfully built his out of wood.
I like the simplicity of construction of the D&E ailerons, and the kit price is within the budget, though I am concerned about reports that the D&E components are heavy in weight. I am endeavoring to build this Cub to be as light as practical, as it will have a gross weight of 1320. A question I have is how much do the D&E ailerons weigh in comparison to stock Piper style ailerons?
I am also interested in wood ailerons; I am guessing they are light weight. I wonder how much work is involved in building them. I do want to move this portion of the project forward without reinventing anything, as I’ve been working on this project for a long time now and want to get it flying.
The only other aileron kit option I know of besides the D&E is the Wag-Aero Aileron Fabricated Parts Kit; however the Wag Kit is more than twice money of the D&E kit. I know of no one who has assembled ailerons from the Wag kit, so I don’t know how good their kit is.
I want the ailerons to count toward my 51% points, so utilizing existing used piper parts is not an option. Can anyone comment on any other aileron options I might consider?
LJackson