Tim McKay | Guillow Piper Cub RC Conversion Step by Step @TimMcKay56 | Uploaded 3 years ago | Updated 16 minutes ago
Guillow Piper Cub RC Conversion Step by Step
The Guillow Piper Cub is a popular stick and tissue balsa airplane kit that makes for an interesting conversion to radio control flight. In this video I will show you step by step how to make this conversion to RC of the Guillows balsa wood plane, with a focus on how to easily install the ultra-micro ParkZone RC equipment.
A video on where to buy the ParkZone RC unit is here:
youtu.be/Erxv9bqzZDw
The Guillows model airplanes follow a similar build process with the wing, fuselage and tail surfaces. I use light weight 1/16" balsa for the tail surfaces, and try to keep the final weight to around 2.5 ounces.
I also used ParkLite iron-on covering for the Guillows model airplane conversion. The covering goes on well, is light weight and looks good.
This is a link to a follow-on video for the Cub with some modifications for better flight:
youtu.be/Bvvs2RfU_NA
This is my 8th Guillow conversion to RC flight, good luck with yours!
Here is a link to my YouTube Channel:
youtube.com/c/TimMcKay56
Many thanks in advance for a post of this video on Facebook, it truly helps the channel a lot!
Regards,
Tim
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Kit unbox
03:14 - Park Zone electronics
06:18 - Wing construction
07:49 - Fuselage construction
08:36 - Park Zone installation
19:46 - Finished fuselage
22:00 - Covering
22:54 - Completed model
25:21 - Test flights
Guillow Piper Cub RC Conversion Step by Step
The Guillow Piper Cub is a popular stick and tissue balsa airplane kit that makes for an interesting conversion to radio control flight. In this video I will show you step by step how to make this conversion to RC of the Guillows balsa wood plane, with a focus on how to easily install the ultra-micro ParkZone RC equipment.
A video on where to buy the ParkZone RC unit is here:
youtu.be/Erxv9bqzZDw
The Guillows model airplanes follow a similar build process with the wing, fuselage and tail surfaces. I use light weight 1/16" balsa for the tail surfaces, and try to keep the final weight to around 2.5 ounces.
I also used ParkLite iron-on covering for the Guillows model airplane conversion. The covering goes on well, is light weight and looks good.
This is a link to a follow-on video for the Cub with some modifications for better flight:
youtu.be/Bvvs2RfU_NA
This is my 8th Guillow conversion to RC flight, good luck with yours!
Here is a link to my YouTube Channel:
youtube.com/c/TimMcKay56
Many thanks in advance for a post of this video on Facebook, it truly helps the channel a lot!
Regards,
Tim
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:36 - Kit unbox
03:14 - Park Zone electronics
06:18 - Wing construction
07:49 - Fuselage construction
08:36 - Park Zone installation
19:46 - Finished fuselage
22:00 - Covering
22:54 - Completed model
25:21 - Test flights
