Good golly! You do such a fantastic job explaining, teaching and sharing what people need to do. Once again, you guys did a great job! Always fun to watch you solve problems that come up. Thank you
I've watched every single one of your X cub videos start to finish. Were it not for your videos and EXCELLENT explanations I would NEVER have considered taking on a model like this. Thanks to you I now have a running parts spreadsheet and am formulating a game plan. I look forward to your last video finishing everything up and of course...the maiden! Good luck and THANK YOU
Wow thank you so much that means a lot to us!! Glad you are finding the videos helpful! We have the XCub on the bench still waiting to be finished it’s sooooo close we just got behind with work and just life in general hahaha. We are trying to get this plane wrapped up and the last couple videos posted up!! Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words! 🤘🙏🙏🤘
@@UngluedModeler You certainly deserve the praise. May I make a suggestion? As this model is truly enormous I'm sure lots of viewers would love dimensions so we can measure our vehicles. One man claimed he fit it in his Focus hatchback but without any photos. I just can't imagine. Could I really fit this in my Golf without a hammer? Absolute height and width are good but ground to the top of the tail, landing gear width, fuselage width etc., those are numbers nobody has published. Good luck with your next video!
Hello, you made a great video! I like how you assemble, clean and mess-free! I very like the red choke pawl! I wait for the next videeo, beyond part 5 I have not found anything else ... Many greetings to Mary 👋👋👋
Yeah Part 5 is the most recent one for now. We have started filming/building again but as mentioned earlier we both got COVID at the same time and just got way behind in everything. Hoping to get going again soon! Glad you like the videos!! THANKS!!
I have most of the parts ordered now I have ordered a two cylinder saito 4-stroke 60cc that I hope will work great and have a nice scale like sound. I will add that your videos have helped me considerably and I I'm looking forward to seeing your next video in this series number six I believe I hope it doesn't already exist because I can't find it.
Hi, sir, I saw ur video and u have mentioned that u will be epoxying the firewall but I have a suggestion that if u have a lightweight fiberglass cloth u can use it to laminate with the help of epoxy to protect the firewall also it will increase the strength of it, I have done it on my 15cc carbon cub.
I haven't used the cloth, though that does seem a good idea but, except for electric powered models I always brush coat the firewall and any timber exposed to possible fuel or exhaust with thin epoxy just to stop oil soaking in, especially glow fuel models with so much oil in the fuel and so much coming out the exhaust. I will definitely consider your suggestion next time I mount off a firewall though.
Thanks man!!! We’ve had a crazy busy summer with work we got super behind with making videos and we both got stupid COVID at the same time a couple months back and everything got put on hold haha. We’re starting filming again and hope to start putting up some videos real soon!! Thanks again!! 🙏
Not trying to be pick but those short spacers, I'd have taken 2mm off each end since it left very little to support it with such a thin looking edge as it looks on video. You might do better flipping them around so the original thick flange is against the wood where twisting forces are going to be greatest and the thin end directly against the longer extensions, I am always overly concerned with engines mounted out on stalks like that so I am probably being far more paranoid than I need to be about the forces on that very spot where they mount to the timber, just keep an eye on those bolt tensions after a few flights. For shaping timber like those bits you had to do there, the most useful tool I've found for that and any other carving, even on foam is a one eighth router bit for my dremel. You have to be careful on fine work doing it by hand but those tiny, single cutting edged bits are happy at high revs cutting and being small diameter they have plenty of torque and can get into and carve out almost to corners. Honestly, I couldn't imagine doing without having one and a spare just in case I break or damage one on something steel hiding amongst what I'm reshaping. So far I've only ruined one when I had to carve too close to a high tensile steel bolt once and I fully expected it to be ruined which it wasn't but, it did lose it's sharpness and at the cost it's not worth it to me to resharpen it. Those holes you did I could rough out with that in under 10 minutes.
No worries I’ve actually thought of doing exactly what you just described. Flipping the blue spacers around and putting the thicker part on the firewall!
@@UngluedModeler WARNING! Bloody long post. Don't feel obliged to read it. I may be being over cautious but I think that would be wisest, I'd be inclined to put a large flat washer between it and the timber to spread the twisting and bouncing from hard landings too. I do have a habit usually of over engineering things and this great fun hobby has got me fighting my own urges to really strengthen things whilst building or modifying RC planes and I've so far been pretty successful at lightening a lot of models, one that another bloke built from scratch which he hated when he flew it, gave it to me and I managed to reduce it's weight by 300 grams and shift all the heavyish bits toward the centre making it much more responsive to control inputs and it's now my favorite plane. It's actually at my home in the country and I haven't seen it for some time but, I'm pretty sure I did damage it before I had to come up here some years ago but I can't remember what but seem to remember thinking "it's a bit of a toss up whether it's worth the trouble" and I have already repaired it after 2 separate mid air collisions, oddly both with the guy who built it. Jealousy sounds possible but I doubt it since he offered to build me a new one identical if this was destroyed, huge coincidence though. One I lost the rudder completely and the vertical stab barely holding on but landed safely, the second he completely ripped off the left half of the elevator and the remaining half was hanging on by just the last hinge yet still landed safely. I love that model for many reasons and it's proven survivability is one but being hand made from scratch by a friend is another but mostly it's awesome fun to fly. A memory of that model doing a cartwheel down the runway and a vague memory of some major wing damage, mostly to one end came to mind while writing that. I'm definitely not keen on trying to rebuild a longish section of the wing isn't a job I'm looking forward to, it shouldn't be too hard I guess if that is the worst of it though. I just realised, in all the times I've flown it, that is the only damage I've caused to it, all thanks to a gusty cross wind on our east west only strip. Oh hell, sorry for the novel.
haha now worries man! I appreciate the stories and the tips. Gets my brain thinking also! But I was thinking of flipping and reinforcing the blue extensions with a washer.
@@UngluedModeler Oh cool! Great minds think alike they say, so why on earth would you think the same as me lol 🤤. I can't remember for sure that others do anything like a preferably strong spacer type, or rather a high tensile type washer that won't bend easily between them and the timber firewall but they've GOT to start compressing the wood and getting loose frequently just from the compressed wood. I don't know whether it's better to leave them just against the wood and check and tighten them regularly as that way the wood could help absorb some of the vibrations and shocks while if you use a decent washer/spacer it'll be a more rigid structure that may transmit more of the vibrations and shocks through the entire airframe and all servos, connections and all moving parts, I just know a bit over a kilogram stuck out on little stems a fair way out and with the twisting effect of driving the prop, carrying the weight of all that and tolerating the odd harder than intended landing seems like it should really stress those mounting points and I have trouble imagining it surviving well without extra strength compared to just sitting against some plywood. I was very impressed initially with this kit, and mostly still am but, things like that bolt hole arrangement where at most a cross should mark the centre line of the crankshaft then let you drill your own holes makes sense, what they did doesn't. Then there's the very badly thought out throttle servo mounting arrangement. About that, could you maybe mount the servo up near the engine? That would certainly reduce some weight overall by cutting out that heavy thick rod, plus getting it clear of all obstacles maybe.
Yeah this is a love/hate with this plane for sure haha. Overall I really like it. It looks great, it’s HUGE, has some great features but yeah some of the things like the throttle servo make you scratch your head WHY?? Lol 😂
Great videos, waiting for part 6 and maiden flight. Any idea when this will be happening? I am building one too and caught up to where your at except for radio installations. I really like how you do these. Tried to order PMT tires and they are no longer available. The person who created them is no longer with us. Going to try and use 6” Dubros. The wheels I got are different than your Sulivans. They are aluminum foam rubber from China. Absolutely no give and kinda cartoonish looking. Anyway thanks for good build videos and looking forwards to more.
Thanks David! That’s crazy that the person behind PMT wheels passed away also?? I knew about Robert from PR bushwheels passing away. Now another one? Geez these big wheels are near impossible to get ahold of. As far as using the Dubro 6” wheels they are WAY to small for this plane. The Sullivans that come with this plane are 8” and are too small even. The 6” ones just won’t work. Also the plastic hub just won’t hold the weight of the plane. I have the Dubro 6” on my Carbon Cub and they’re barely adequate. We’re trying to finish up this XCub I promise you. It’s on the top of our list. We both work 84 hour work weeks and when we get some time off it’s just playing catch up with Life stuff lol 😂. The XCub is still sitting on our bench waiting to be finished!!! 🤘
@@UngluedModeler sounds good, I may be mistaken about the guy who died with PmT and Bushwheels, all I know is that there no longer available anywhere that I can find other than the Chinese ones with foam rubber. Was going to try and canabalize a Chinese aluminum wheel, with the metal bearing and use the wheel on a Dubro 6” tire. Only concern I have is prop clearance. I fly from a grass field so prop strikes aren’t too bad. I bought and built a Carbon Cub all from watching your videos. The manuals are really not that great and you have been a huge help. I just wish there were more videos on hooking up receivers, optical kill switch wiring and general wiring for gas operated planes. Have searched utube and web and there is hardly anything explaining the wiring. I bought the wing harness that you suggested. Just wish there were more wiring videos. Thanks again for the reply.
Yeah I agree it’s kind of lacking in the wiring Dept area. When we get to the wiring part of the optical kill and all that I’ll try to focus on that or make a separate video of it for other people also! Congrats on the Carbon Cub what a fun plane! I sure wish we had more time to fly and just make videos haha 😂. This damn thing called work and being responsible keeps getting in the way!!! 😂
Hey David have you looked into the air top bushwheels from Espirit? Here is a link. They make some nice big wheel options also! www.espritmodel.com/wheels-large-inflatable-tundra-airtop-w-ball-bearings-5-1-2---8-140---200mm.aspx
Thank you very much for the tire info, I will look into it and thank you for the offer to give more info on the radio installations. You and Mary are awesome!😎
When I build mine I'm just going to saw off the part of the motor mount you're calling the gas tank holder or whatever. It doesn't seem to have any structural benefit and it just gets in your way, so that being said when mine gets here and I look it over a little more carefully if there's no structural benefit to having it I'm just going to saw it off and claim the room for my fuel system.
That’s a great idea it definitely gets in the way haha. The only benefit I see to the design is that you can have a removable “pod” basically. Just undo the four firewall bolts and essentially the engine and gas tank just all slides out. But that trey definitely gets in the way.
Epoxy a servo tray on the side and have the arm swing with the throttle arm. Remember the plane is built for a different engine and thus the throttle arm on the carb is in a different position. For what it’s worth. As stated I have both throttle arm and servo arm on the closest possible plain. Servo arm “should” be roughly the same length then program your throw in the radio. I start at 25% and centered then adjust for idle and full. I’ve never seemed to have a need for a throttle curve.
I’m editing Part 6 as we speak it should be up tomorrow but I have only done a dry fit of the cowl and it fits great. I will only have to cut a very small area on the bottom for the muffler exit. Not bad at all!
Hey man, heads up we just did a test fit of the muffler and at first glance it looked like it was going to work. But...it hits the side of the cowl unfortunately. So we just ordered a Pitts style muffler. The can portion is in the back and has two pipes that exit straight down. Here's the link to what we ordered if you're interested. The black exhaust will look awesome!! amzn.to/3h4lCwf
Because two strokes are awesome. Every single vehicle on the planet should have a two stroke billowing smoke out of it. Heck I wish my Tacoma had a two stroke spewing smoke out the back lol. Seriously though. If you’re implying that a two stroke isn’t “scale” then I have the same argument about why even go through the trouble of building it AT ALL. A real XCub (pretty much any airplane actually) isn’t made of balsa lol. Balsa is so not scale. Oh and you better not use a two cylinder 4 stroke!! The atrocity!! That’s not scale! You need at least four cylinders and a turbo charger to be a scale XCub lol. So yeah…a two stroke in a wooden balsa frame “scale plane”??? Is fine….and pretty awesome.
This is so cool that your wife even shows interest in building and the hobby. To me I wish my wife was involved
Haha yeah she loves it!! Very rare indeed lol. I’m lucky for sure. 😂
Your channel has the production quality of someone with way more subscribers. Keep at it, you deserve a larger fan base!
Thank you so much!! That means a lot. Glad you enjoy the videos
Ur doing great I enjoy watching ur channel
Thank you very much!!
Good golly! You do such a fantastic job explaining, teaching and sharing what people need to do. Once again, you guys did a great job! Always fun to watch you solve problems that come up. Thank you
Thanks! Yeah a lot of planning out for sure hahah
I've watched every single one of your X cub videos start to finish. Were it not for your videos and EXCELLENT explanations I would NEVER have considered taking on a model like this. Thanks to you I now have a running parts spreadsheet and am formulating a game plan. I look forward to your last video finishing everything up and of course...the maiden! Good luck and THANK YOU
Wow thank you so much that means a lot to us!! Glad you are finding the videos helpful! We have the XCub on the bench still waiting to be finished it’s sooooo close we just got behind with work and just life in general hahaha. We are trying to get this plane wrapped up and the last couple videos posted up!! Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words! 🤘🙏🙏🤘
@@UngluedModeler You certainly deserve the praise. May I make a suggestion? As this model is truly enormous I'm sure lots of viewers would love dimensions so we can measure our vehicles. One man claimed he fit it in his Focus hatchback but without any photos. I just can't imagine. Could I really fit this in my Golf without a hammer? Absolute height and width are good but ground to the top of the tail, landing gear width, fuselage width etc., those are numbers nobody has published. Good luck with your next video!
Great suggestion for a video! And yes this plane is gigantic haha. Some numbers would definitely help! I’ll see what we can do!
Love your videos guys and girls. Great plane. Love the room you have in your shop. Nicely laid out. Keep at it your doing great.
Thanks so much!!! We really have hit a wall with delays on this plane. Life scheduling haha. We’ll get it finished soon hopefully!!!
Hello, you made a great video!
I like how you assemble, clean and mess-free!
I very like the red choke pawl!
I wait for the next videeo, beyond part 5 I have not found anything else ...
Many greetings to Mary 👋👋👋
Yeah Part 5 is the most recent one for now. We have started filming/building again but as mentioned earlier we both got COVID at the same time and just got way behind in everything. Hoping to get going again soon! Glad you like the videos!! THANKS!!
Hello, nice video!
I love the red fuel choke pawl !!!
You did a nice assembly! As Alwais! 👍👍👍
Thanks! Yeah the choke came out very cool haha
I have most of the parts ordered now I have ordered a two cylinder saito 4-stroke 60cc that I hope will work great and have a nice scale like sound. I will add that your videos have helped me considerably and I I'm looking forward to seeing your next video in this series number six I believe I hope it doesn't already exist because I can't find it.
Hi, sir, I saw ur video and u have mentioned that u will be epoxying the firewall but I have a suggestion that if u have a lightweight fiberglass cloth u can use it to laminate with the help of epoxy to protect the firewall also it will increase the strength of it, I have done it on my 15cc carbon cub.
Yea that’s a great idea! Makes it very strong.
I haven't used the cloth, though that does seem a good idea but, except for electric powered models I always brush coat the firewall and any timber exposed to possible fuel or exhaust with thin epoxy just to stop oil soaking in, especially glow fuel models with so much oil in the fuel and so much coming out the exhaust. I will definitely consider your suggestion next time I mount off a firewall though.
nearly 1000 Subs.... I was 993 today ... good luck on the push past 1000, 10,000 and beyond..
Thanks man!!! We’ve had a crazy busy summer with work we got super behind with making videos and we both got stupid COVID at the same time a couple months back and everything got put on hold haha. We’re starting filming again and hope to start putting up some videos real soon!! Thanks again!! 🙏
@@UngluedModeler and over 1000 today too... congrats
Yeahhhh buddy!! Thanks!!
Not trying to be pick but those short spacers, I'd have taken 2mm off each end since it left very little to support it with such a thin looking edge as it looks on video. You might do better flipping them around so the original thick flange is against the wood where twisting forces are going to be greatest and the thin end directly against the longer extensions, I am always overly concerned with engines mounted out on stalks like that so I am probably being far more paranoid than I need to be about the forces on that very spot where they mount to the timber, just keep an eye on those bolt tensions after a few flights.
For shaping timber like those bits you had to do there, the most useful tool I've found for that and any other carving, even on foam is a one eighth router bit for my dremel. You have to be careful on fine work doing it by hand but those tiny, single cutting edged bits are happy at high revs cutting and being small diameter they have plenty of torque and can get into and carve out almost to corners. Honestly, I couldn't imagine doing without having one and a spare just in case I break or damage one on something steel hiding amongst what I'm reshaping. So far I've only ruined one when I had to carve too close to a high tensile steel bolt once and I fully expected it to be ruined which it wasn't but, it did lose it's sharpness and at the cost it's not worth it to me to resharpen it. Those holes you did I could rough out with that in under 10 minutes.
No worries I’ve actually thought of doing exactly what you just described. Flipping the blue spacers around and putting the thicker part on the firewall!
@@UngluedModeler WARNING! Bloody long post. Don't feel obliged to read it.
I may be being over cautious but I think that would be wisest, I'd be inclined to put a large flat washer between it and the timber to spread the twisting and bouncing from hard landings too. I do have a habit usually of over engineering things and this great fun hobby has got me fighting my own urges to really strengthen things whilst building or modifying RC planes and I've so far been pretty successful at lightening a lot of models, one that another bloke built from scratch which he hated when he flew it, gave it to me and I managed to reduce it's weight by 300 grams and shift all the heavyish bits toward the centre making it much more responsive to control inputs and it's now my favorite plane. It's actually at my home in the country and I haven't seen it for some time but, I'm pretty sure I did damage it before I had to come up here some years ago but I can't remember what but seem to remember thinking "it's a bit of a toss up whether it's worth the trouble" and I have already repaired it after 2 separate mid air collisions, oddly both with the guy who built it. Jealousy sounds possible but I doubt it since he offered to build me a new one identical if this was destroyed, huge coincidence though. One I lost the rudder completely and the vertical stab barely holding on but landed safely, the second he completely ripped off the left half of the elevator and the remaining half was hanging on by just the last hinge yet still landed safely. I love that model for many reasons and it's proven survivability is one but being hand made from scratch by a friend is another but mostly it's awesome fun to fly.
A memory of that model doing a cartwheel down the runway and a vague memory of some major wing damage, mostly to one end came to mind while writing that. I'm definitely not keen on trying to rebuild a longish section of the wing isn't a job I'm looking forward to, it shouldn't be too hard I guess if that is the worst of it though. I just realised, in all the times I've flown it, that is the only damage I've caused to it, all thanks to a gusty cross wind on our east west only strip.
Oh hell, sorry for the novel.
haha now worries man! I appreciate the stories and the tips. Gets my brain thinking also! But I was thinking of flipping and reinforcing the blue extensions with a washer.
@@UngluedModeler Oh cool! Great minds think alike they say, so why on earth would you think the same as me lol 🤤. I can't remember for sure that others do anything like a preferably strong spacer type, or rather a high tensile type washer that won't bend easily between them and the timber firewall but they've GOT to start compressing the wood and getting loose frequently just from the compressed wood. I don't know whether it's better to leave them just against the wood and check and tighten them regularly as that way the wood could help absorb some of the vibrations and shocks while if you use a decent washer/spacer it'll be a more rigid structure that may transmit more of the vibrations and shocks through the entire airframe and all servos, connections and all moving parts, I just know a bit over a kilogram stuck out on little stems a fair way out and with the twisting effect of driving the prop, carrying the weight of all that and tolerating the odd harder than intended landing seems like it should really stress those mounting points and I have trouble imagining it surviving well without extra strength compared to just sitting against some plywood.
I was very impressed initially with this kit, and mostly still am but, things like that bolt hole arrangement where at most a cross should mark the centre line of the crankshaft then let you drill your own holes makes sense, what they did doesn't. Then there's the very badly thought out throttle servo mounting arrangement. About that, could you maybe mount the servo up near the engine? That would certainly reduce some weight overall by cutting out that heavy thick rod, plus getting it clear of all obstacles maybe.
Yeah this is a love/hate with this plane for sure haha. Overall I really like it. It looks great, it’s HUGE, has some great features but yeah some of the things like the throttle servo make you scratch your head WHY?? Lol 😂
Great videos, waiting for part 6 and maiden flight. Any idea when this will be happening? I am building one too and caught up to where your at except for radio installations. I really like how you do these. Tried to order PMT tires and they are no longer available. The person who created them is no longer with us. Going to try and use 6” Dubros. The wheels I got are different than your Sulivans. They are aluminum foam rubber from China. Absolutely no give and kinda cartoonish looking. Anyway thanks for good build videos and looking forwards to more.
Thanks David! That’s crazy that the person behind PMT wheels passed away also?? I knew about Robert from PR bushwheels passing away. Now another one? Geez these big wheels are near impossible to get ahold of. As far as using the Dubro 6” wheels they are WAY to small for this plane. The Sullivans that come with this plane are 8” and are too small even. The 6” ones just won’t work. Also the plastic hub just won’t hold the weight of the plane. I have the Dubro 6” on my Carbon Cub and they’re barely adequate. We’re trying to finish up this XCub I promise you. It’s on the top of our list. We both work 84 hour work weeks and when we get some time off it’s just playing catch up with Life stuff lol 😂. The XCub is still sitting on our bench waiting to be finished!!! 🤘
@@UngluedModeler sounds good, I may be mistaken about the guy who died with PmT and Bushwheels, all I know is that there no longer available anywhere that I can find other than the Chinese ones with foam rubber. Was going to try and canabalize a Chinese aluminum wheel, with the metal bearing and use the wheel on a Dubro 6” tire. Only concern I have is prop clearance. I fly from a grass field so prop strikes aren’t too bad. I bought and built a Carbon Cub all from watching your videos. The manuals are really not that great and you have been a huge help. I just wish there were more videos on hooking up receivers, optical kill switch wiring and general wiring for gas operated planes. Have searched utube and web and there is hardly anything explaining the wiring. I bought the wing harness that you suggested. Just wish there were more wiring videos. Thanks again for the reply.
Yeah I agree it’s kind of lacking in the wiring Dept area. When we get to the wiring part of the optical kill and all that I’ll try to focus on that or make a separate video of it for other people also! Congrats on the Carbon Cub what a fun plane! I sure wish we had more time to fly and just make videos haha 😂. This damn thing called work and being responsible keeps getting in the way!!! 😂
Hey David have you looked into the air top bushwheels from Espirit? Here is a link. They make some nice big wheel options also!
www.espritmodel.com/wheels-large-inflatable-tundra-airtop-w-ball-bearings-5-1-2---8-140---200mm.aspx
Thank you very much for the tire info, I will look into it and thank you for the offer to give more info on the radio installations. You and Mary are awesome!😎
Were did you get those 20mm standoffs? Also great video, hope to see more from you guys soon.
When I build mine I'm just going to saw off the part of the motor mount you're calling the gas tank holder or whatever. It doesn't seem to have any structural benefit and it just gets in your way, so that being said when mine gets here and I look it over a little more carefully if there's no structural benefit to having it I'm just going to saw it off and claim the room for my fuel system.
That’s a great idea it definitely gets in the way haha. The only benefit I see to the design is that you can have a removable “pod” basically. Just undo the four firewall bolts and essentially the engine and gas tank just all slides out. But that trey definitely gets in the way.
Epoxy a servo tray on the side and have the arm swing with the throttle arm.
Remember the plane is built for a different engine and thus the throttle arm on the carb is in a different position.
For what it’s worth. As stated I have both throttle arm and servo arm on the closest possible plain. Servo arm “should” be roughly the same length then program your throw in the radio. I start at 25% and centered then adjust for idle and full. I’ve never seemed to have a need for a throttle curve.
Would a Dle 55 be enough engine for this airplane?
Pictures with the cowl on? How much of the cowl did you have to cut up?
I’m editing Part 6 as we speak it should be up tomorrow but I have only done a dry fit of the cowl and it fits great. I will only have to cut a very small area on the bottom for the muffler exit. Not bad at all!
@Unglued Modeler Good to hear. Just ordered my DLE 61 today. 84mm for the stand offs? Hope to start mines next week. Great videos.
@@loeschc49707 awesome!! Yeah 84mm is the standoff length that worked for us!! Thanks for the kind words!!
Hey man, heads up we just did a test fit of the muffler and at first glance it looked like it was going to work. But...it hits the side of the cowl unfortunately. So we just ordered a Pitts style muffler. The can portion is in the back and has two pipes that exit straight down. Here's the link to what we ordered if you're interested. The black exhaust will look awesome!!
amzn.to/3h4lCwf
@@UngluedModeler Thanks for the heads up. I have one on the way.
Why build an X-Cub and then fit a two-stroke.??
Because two strokes are awesome. Every single vehicle on the planet should have a two stroke billowing smoke out of it. Heck I wish my Tacoma had a two stroke spewing smoke out the back lol. Seriously though. If you’re implying that a two stroke isn’t “scale” then I have the same argument about why even go through the trouble of building it AT ALL. A real XCub (pretty much any airplane actually) isn’t made of balsa lol. Balsa is so not scale. Oh and you better not use a two cylinder 4 stroke!! The atrocity!! That’s not scale! You need at least four cylinders and a turbo charger to be a scale XCub lol. So yeah…a two stroke in a wooden balsa frame “scale plane”??? Is fine….and pretty awesome.