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J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby ozzy72 » Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:59 am

For those of us who love tail-draggers I found this interesting, informative and rather amusing guide to flying the Cub. Well worth a read ;D
http://www1.drive.net/evird.acgi$pass*1 ... 3-Cub.html
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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby Rifleman » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:11 pm

I never read it yet Mark, but does it start with "never exceed 80 on the ASI" ?   ;)
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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby ozzy72 » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:16 pm

This is really everything from propping to landing via the taxi. It is really interesting, the guy wrote it for his brother and made it quite funny so he'd read it. I've nearly finished and it is still making me chuckle ;D
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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby Rifleman » Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:30 pm

I did glance in and find it to be exactly what it's claimed to be.........for the totally uninnitiated in the realm of aviation........ ;)


Quite fun to read the perspective ........... 8-)
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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby FridayChild » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:18 pm

Thanks for posting this! Other than being funny, that read has actually helped me to manage taxiing and taking off in FS2004 with the default Cub!  :)
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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby ozzy72 » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:28 pm

Great stuff. The Cub is a lovely little kite, you should also try the Super Cub we've got here at SimV! She is a joy to fly ;)
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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby Fozzer » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:28 pm

Fantastic find, Mark...

I'm going to get my Trusty Ink-Jet Printer out, print all the pages, bind them, and take them to bed for a good-old, enjoyable read.... ;)...!

...(not much else to do in bed these days)... :'(...!

LOL... ;D...!

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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby C » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:31 pm

Interesting. A tailwheel conversion is the first thing to do on my list once I have a civil licence (be it a PPL if the CAA decide I'm experienced enough and might manage a circuit in a C152 ::) :P) or jump straight in with a bigger licence (or both, as I'm sure they rob me of as much cash as they can)...
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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby beaky » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:28 pm

Fantastic find, Mark...

I'm going to get my Trusty Ink-Jet Printer out, print all the pages, bind them, and take them to bed for a good-old, enjoyable read.... ;)...!

...(not much else to do in bed these days)... :'(...!

LOL... ;D...!

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Ditto, on all counts... I still get goosebumps remembering my brief time flying a J-3. Just a sweet, capable  aviator's airplane.  ;D
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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby FridayChild » Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:35 pm

I'm really getting Cub'd!
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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby ozzy72 » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:49 am

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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby beaky » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:08 am

Thanks for posting this! Other than being funny, that read has actually helped me to manage taxiing and taking off in FS2004 with the default Cub!  :)


Imagine that. ;)

Although I will say the FS9 cub is a lot harder to taxi... it's a little too "tippy".
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Re: J-3 Cub flying guide

Postby G-Fire25 » Tue May 01, 2007 11:10 am

I'm flying a cub Coast to Coast US from Morristown, New Jersey to San Diego, California. Im in Texas! It requires your attention at all time. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves long, very long, Cross Country Flights. Taxiing is hard because I have my realism settings all the way up. So maybe this could help me :)
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