Jag vill ha något att göra i min hobbyverkstad under vintern och tänkte att en byggsats skulle bli lagom jobb. Men det var inte så lätt att hitta byggsatser, det säljs nästan bara ARF från Kina. Jag hittade dock SIG Mfg i USA och frågade om de kunde leverera en Clipped Wing Cub byggsats till Sverige. Javisst, det går bra, men frakten kostar 340 USD. Det var dyrt! Kan jag köpa bara ritningar? Javisst, det går bra.
Så jag köpte ritningar och betalade tull och moms på det. Under tiden jag väntade så laddade jag ned manualen, och den börjar med historien bakom Clipped Wing Cub, så jag börjar denna tråd med att återge historien som står i manualen till byggsatsen. Det finns flera bilder på planet, men det går inte att kopiera bilderna, jag kan bara kopiera texten. Men jag kopierade en annan bild.
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The Clipped Wing Cub Story
The classic Piper J-3 Cub has been America's favorite light plane for over 40 years. More than 20,000 of them were built between 1937 and 1947 for both civilian and military use. By 1980, the number of still airworthy J-3's in the U.S. had declined to approximately 3,600. One of these bears registration N32629 and is recognized worldwide as Hazel Sig's Clipped Wing Cub. N32629 was manufactured in 1941 at the Piper factory in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania as a standard Piper J-3C-65 Cub, serial number 5498. Not much is known about the first 12 years of its life. The first logged entry was made on February 12, 1953 by a flier in Frederick, Oklahoma. He said; "The previous owner did not comply with CAR. 43·22 on the maintenance of aircraft records. The aircraft log, if maintained, has been lost or destroyed. From known information, the aircraft has been estimated to have approximately 4000 hours total time". With that many hours of flight time accumulated in just 12 years, it's pretty safe to assume that N32629 was used for flight training during the 1940's. The Cub was sold in 1955 to an A & E mechanic who moved it to Mount Pleasant, Iowa. It remained in Iowa through the 1960's, being used by several different owners for pleasure flying.
Jag gör ett avbrott här eftersom man inte kan ladda ner mer än 10000 tecken.
Så jag köpte ritningar och betalade tull och moms på det. Under tiden jag väntade så laddade jag ned manualen, och den börjar med historien bakom Clipped Wing Cub, så jag börjar denna tråd med att återge historien som står i manualen till byggsatsen. Det finns flera bilder på planet, men det går inte att kopiera bilderna, jag kan bara kopiera texten. Men jag kopierade en annan bild.
The Clipped Wing Cub Story
The classic Piper J-3 Cub has been America's favorite light plane for over 40 years. More than 20,000 of them were built between 1937 and 1947 for both civilian and military use. By 1980, the number of still airworthy J-3's in the U.S. had declined to approximately 3,600. One of these bears registration N32629 and is recognized worldwide as Hazel Sig's Clipped Wing Cub. N32629 was manufactured in 1941 at the Piper factory in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania as a standard Piper J-3C-65 Cub, serial number 5498. Not much is known about the first 12 years of its life. The first logged entry was made on February 12, 1953 by a flier in Frederick, Oklahoma. He said; "The previous owner did not comply with CAR. 43·22 on the maintenance of aircraft records. The aircraft log, if maintained, has been lost or destroyed. From known information, the aircraft has been estimated to have approximately 4000 hours total time". With that many hours of flight time accumulated in just 12 years, it's pretty safe to assume that N32629 was used for flight training during the 1940's. The Cub was sold in 1955 to an A & E mechanic who moved it to Mount Pleasant, Iowa. It remained in Iowa through the 1960's, being used by several different owners for pleasure flying.
Jag gör ett avbrott här eftersom man inte kan ladda ner mer än 10000 tecken.
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