Every single airplane enthusiast who has so much as DREAMED of building their own aircraft has got to be drooling over the tools and dies featured in this video.......
You'll spend 15 years at it off and on, waste a lot of money and time, it will take over a lot of your mind, you'll never fly, and in the end it just ends up as junk taking up space forever in your garage until it's sold off in an estate sale to a scraper. Or Choppergirl, who buys it for $38 off ebay. It still will never fly.
Hello where are the safety glasses, hard hats, uniforms, earplugs, gloves and the rest of the crappie regulations imposed by the smart people to raise the price of an aircraft , so out of this world, than very few can afford it. Saludos
Mercerization is a process applied to cotton - to increase luster. it was found that the process also had secondary benefits: the mercerized fibers were able to absorb more water, and absorb more dye, The difference is dramatic: mercerization increases the absorption of dyestuffs by as much as 25%
WOW, this is a treasure trove on info. Thanks for posing this! Crome molly welding, jigs and nibblers, rib forming, rag work. This is the kind of thing I hoped youtube would be. Added to my favorites.
This is a great find. Thanks for posting this. I'm a fractional owner of a J3C-65 built in 1946. It's good to see what went into the construction. In two weeks it's getting an annual inspection and some maintenance. With around 300 hours of flight in Tricycle aircraft I'm 6.5 hours and about 25 landings in my "new" cub, which is only one year younger than me. :-)
Thank you Mr. Sturm. I thoroughly enjoy your uploads. I must say, reading the first few comments, that there are many contributors who are obtuse about what they think they know.
Great to see a movie like this preserved. Nice insight into the good old days! First airplane I ever saw on the ground was a J3 all alone on a grass field.
I bet you I’ve watched this video 20 times over the past three years of restoring my Grandaddys 1946 J-3 Cub (NC87933) 😁👍🏼
Every single airplane enthusiast who has so much as DREAMED of building their own aircraft has got to be drooling over the tools and dies featured in this video.......
You'll spend 15 years at it off and on, waste a lot of money and time, it will take over a lot of your mind, you'll never fly, and in the end it just ends up as junk taking up space forever in your garage until it's sold off in an estate sale to a scraper. Or Choppergirl, who buys it for $38 off ebay. It still will never fly.
Hello where are the safety glasses, hard hats, uniforms, earplugs, gloves and the rest of the crappie regulations imposed by the smart people to raise the price of an aircraft , so out of this world, than very few can afford it. Saludos
An era when all parts were manufactured in America, not in china.
That model is a work of art. I wonder what ever became of it.
This was one of the most enjoyable videos I have seen. Simple aircraft back then, No avionics to give you a headache.
The Cub, they never forgot her.
"A short quick run and the airplane leaves the ground and climbs rapidly..." I don't think a cub does anything rapidly.
Mercerization is a process applied to cotton - to increase luster. it was found that the process also had secondary benefits: the mercerized fibers were able to absorb more water, and absorb more dye, The difference is dramatic: mercerization increases the absorption of dyestuffs by as much as 25%
WOW, this is a treasure trove on info. Thanks for posing this! Crome molly welding, jigs and nibblers, rib forming, rag work. This is the kind of thing I hoped youtube would be. Added to my favorites.
This makes me want to start building my RC Piper Cub kit right now. That model shown in the film is awesome.
This is a great find. Thanks for posting this. I'm a fractional owner of a J3C-65 built in 1946. It's good to see what went into the construction. In two weeks it's getting an annual inspection and some maintenance. With around 300 hours of flight in Tricycle aircraft I'm 6.5 hours and about 25 landings in my "new" cub, which is only one year younger than me. :-)
I absolutely love these old vids,I wish I could find more like this,I like most how they narrate the whole process
Thank you Mr. Sturm. I thoroughly enjoy your uploads. I must say, reading the first few comments, that there are many contributors who are obtuse about what they think they know.
Glad to see that there is filmed construction on this aircraft. Thanks for sharing this with everyone...
Wow. This is a real jewel !
I still so impressed with the tools they have and they made in 1943.
Extraordinary
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for putting this up .
Just like a model airplane only bigger scale, love these old videos when the world was Young and innocent..😎
Great to see a movie like this preserved. Nice insight into the good old days! First airplane I ever saw on the ground was a J3 all alone on a grass field.