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I talk about the mods I have and the order of importance. Hard choices for the hardcore off airport machines we fly.
I have to go home eventually and someday's it is more difficult then I like. This day it is rain, most days's it is wind. The other morning I was blinded by the sun in my eye's... I wished I had a longer runway! Or maybe an Easy button :))
Excellent video & explanation of the mods you have & why you chose them. Even better to see them in person, and in action recently. That’s one heck of a cub Greg!
Good to see you and the Cub back at it! I’ve been missing Ole’ Bumble Bee! 🤠 I still say the STOL competition people should give you an award for just using your home strip! Maybe it should be a qualifier 😂
Yes I have really missed flying the Ole' Bumble Bee too!
Always a joy to see the mods, and especially hear the explanations as to why!👍
What an awesome flying machine! I’m lusting after this beauty. Thanks for sharing your very well thought out mods with us.
My pleasure!
Awesome video Greg! I’m a local guy, so it has been fun watching your SW WA videos highlight my back yard. I hope everything is going well with you.
No bullshit down to earth straight shooting. Love it. Thanks for sharing
Hey Greg, after being canceled twice due to weather I finally got my check-ride done on May 15th. It was raining and I had 10-15knot crosswinds at my home strip, but I wasn’t going to back down unless the DPE forced me to. I felt good about myself until I watched this haha. I’ve been flying off of nothing but grass since the ride, and hopefully I’ll start catching up to you in a couple thousand hours! Great video as always, I appreciate all the work you put in, your videos are what kept me motivated through training.
Congratulations, now just keep buying gas!
In spite of the rough and reckless flying conditions your Cub had to cope with, this is a clean, neat and superb airplane, that looks like just getting out the factory ! I really appreciate the conception, the machining and the feed back about the mods you've done, great job !
I laughed when you called out missionary bush pilot! Baaaaahahahahaha
Love your videos
Love Missionary Bush Pilot! Yeah, I’m sure it’s just a piece of cake! 😂
I’m building a carbon cub and am on the fence about 35’s. They recommend 31’s max for structural reasons, I think it might've had to do with a 9G drop test in which the weight of the 35’s damaged the gear but I'm not sure. Being experimental I can still run 35’s if I want though, you make a solid case for 35’s!
Yeah lots of people run 35's on Carbon Cubs. Cory Robin, Kevin Quinn are the first two making videos that come to mind.
It's not the weight difference, it's the leverage on the axle.
@@davids.682 Good to know, thanks. Would you stick with 31's on the CC or risk 35's if you aspired to do stuff that Greg does except maybe ~50% as challenging?
Good mods. Good stuff. As usual, your impeccable attention to detail shines brightly.
A lot of folks forget about the prop and it’s relation to takeoff distance when they talk wing mods. A good prop makes a difference in the entire STOL system…not just for takeoff, but when arresting sinkers on final.
Too bad you don’t have bleed air. You could use it for windshield rain removal like the DC-8. Worked really well when adjusted properly.
Propellers are the best way to gain what feels like more HP. Hard to beat a Borer Prop
@@mauleguy Or an MT 3-blade on a 185.
Wow that rainy landing - I think I'd want to homebrew a LED torch PAPI light array near the trees at the approach end to at least make sure you are above the g/s to clear the wires.
Blank them off with a baffle board to obscure them if you are below a safe g/s
(use a drone on the approach g/s to align them, use a screw thread and locknut to adjust angle and make permanent)
Anyone else hear that humming when he crossed over the transmission wires at 16:30?
That’s the best one yet. Love it. You did a good job explaining everything. People need to know this stuff. It’s good that I don’t live near you. I’d be over all the time! :)
I’d be over all the time! :) LOL :))
nice fabric job....
I'm impressed that when you pulled into your hanger none of that stuff went flying through the prop. lol
Good one. I kill it before I get to close and push it the rest.
That landing was insane
Moose hunting in Alaska. That would keep me motivated too. Best of luck Greg.
Yeah, it is less then 3 months away.
@@mauleguy yeah I’m always looking forward to moose season, but moose season means summer flying is quickly coming to an end....
Awesomely thought out and built bird. What w/all the thought put into it however, I'm amazed that the gear legs aren't faired. Round tubing is significantly more draggy than faired tubing as you well know.
35" bushwheels pretty much kill anything you can gain. It would be interesting to see if it did make a difference by covering the legs. My guess it would be so slight it would barely register in mph
One word: Rain-x!!! 👍🏼
I used to use Lemon Pledge. It seems to work just as well and a lot cheaper....
New subscriber here, your video just popped up in my feed and I am glad it did! Enjoyed your video! Talk about living the dream! Flying out of your front yard!! Scary landing tho! Even when clear it would be but then I'm not a pilot and it's not looking like it's likely to be in this life. I live in Oregon, something about your videos has me thinking you may too. Or perhaps it was another of your recent posts as I think I saw one other by you recently! Keep living the dream and sharing it with those of us like myself where it is just a dream! Blue Sky's and happy flying!
Thanks Don C, I live in La Center WA. and fly a lot in Oregon and Washington State
@@mauleguy Thank you Mauleguy! That explains why many of the areas look familiar to me! Whenever I've driven up that way I always remember seeing a very small, but paved airfield off to the right of I-5. The closest I can get to flying in there will be with my MSFS 2020 Simulator, I'll have to try that. Thank you for taking the time to answer me!
Mods to your Cub are great. Glad to see you back. I was going through withdrawals! Thanks for another interesting and informative video.
Thanks Anthony
Fill those wheels up with Helium and get rid of the wings.
😂😂😂😂👍👍👍👍
What a nice bird!
Nice one Greg. Those flaps look good. Haven't noticed you had audio from the cockpit before. Got used to your voice reviews over your videos. I like that tail clean out cover at the rear. That's a mod I would like to get to the jack screw.
Yes, I have had the ability for awhile to do cockpit audio, received the set up from Nflight. I think I will use it a little more now, it is easier then doing lots of voice over's. There are things that come to my mind when I am flying and I forget about them by the time I make a video.
This is an awesome walkthrough of your mods. I have an experimental super cub kit on the way and I hope to build it as fast as you built this but I’d bargain it’ll take me twice as long! Haha
excellent, just work on it everyday and you will be done before you think
Cheap Rain-X, put dishwashing liquid on windshield, let dry, buff shiny. You’ll have to do it a few times when you clean your windshield, but it will eventually condition the windscreen. You’ll probably never see a drop again after 2 or 3 times.
thanks I will give it a try
I love it!! I even heard the same music that I have on my intro! I chuckled when I heard the shoutout to @Missionary Bush Pilot. That landing in the rain was just about as sketchy as it gets. I wonder if @Trent Palmer could do it in the freedomfox?
Sweet Greg! I was just thinking yesterday I haven't seen a GM video in a bit. Love the PSTOL's ...I recently watched the testing video Airframes Alaska did on them and if I remember right they decreased the speed over stock flaps by 4 mph, but I think they were bringing the nose up and getting it as slow as possible stock. Pretty impressive the result was a shallow deck angle wheel landing and they still got slower with the PSTOL's. They are perfect for the way you land in the back country. I like the name "Bumble Bee"...just as much as "Playtime". Have you thought any more about naming it?
Bombus was what my daughter called it.
@@mauleguy I like that too!
"Missionary bush pilot, your stuff's easy."
Okay I should retract that statement, I just have watched it and never thought wow that is crazy hard.
@@mauleguy No, I think you nailed it.
Haha nice!
Really enjoyed that as always. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Just yesterday I was thinking.. hmm it's been a while since Greg posted a video. Wish granted.
Super!!!
Scariest part for me was looking at that stuff in the roof of the hangar and expecting it to fall into the prop.
:))
Another great vid as always Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice cub
Hey Greg can you tell us a little about the cub that has the exposed fuselage tubing in your intro sometime?
Sure
Your videos, are awesome and make me want to practice. On Goat Island, if you landed just a little longer it wont be so rough. The end of the rough stuff has 2x4s with the tips painted orange 😁
Never noticed the 2X4s with orange. Hundreds of places to land between KVUO and KKLS. I look for the rough ones, smooth does not teach you anything.
@@mauleguy That is my goal eventually, for now until I get the skill, I’m looking for the smoother side of rough. 😂
Nice job , cheers from Canada
Thank you! Cheers!
Love all those mods. The next one should be a wiper hehe
I will need to strap you to the top of my cub with a squeegee Bobino "best BoB mod ever"
@@mauleguy Hold my beer!
I like both of your planes, I would have a hard time choosing which one if both were for sale and in my price range.
Yes, they both serve me well.
@@mauleguy what is the reverse dog leg??
G, day from Sydney, Australia.
* Mate, great adventure flying videos, with pure natural beauty.
Q1. Why wasn't the prop wash clearing the rain of the windshield?
Have fun.
🌏🇭🇲
It is just kind of a dead zone I think. Might have something to do with the slant of the windscreen. My other airplane does a better job but it is a different shape (Maule) windscreen.
What bottom cowl piece w/ the air intake are you using with the vetterman exhaust ? Did you make it or did it come from Javron?
Fucking badass build man
17:25 music should have been “I can see clearly now the rain is gone”
Yes Yes
Is the acme gear extended? I’m looking at at putting on bush wheels and wondering about putting on extended gear as well.
Haha listened to the end and you answered. Cheers
Mayyyybe in the NEXT life…THIS would be MY choice, $ permitting of course.
How do you know the wind speed and direction above the trees when you take off from your home strip? Thanks for sharing another entertaining and informative video!!
The prevailing winds are typically out of the west (head wind for take off). I can tell a lot just by the trees themselves. I usually come back to my home strip light on fuel so that I have plenty of extra margin for take off next time I am going somewhere. If I do have to take off with an East wind I am pretty cautious, take off early in the morning before the wind is up, or move gear to an alternate strip to pick up. Leave fuel behind is another option. I have two 15 gallon poly tanks for that.
Hi Greg. For the Javron 3” lading gear and wide body fuselage, what version of Atlee safety cables do you recommend? Thanks Damian
Probably best to contact Atlee for that question. They should know the length.
@@mauleguy thanks Greg
love the vid thank you.Whats your location?
La Center, WA.
You said that the gear "came with the kit." What kit is that? I have plans (dreams at this point) of rebuilding a supercub so learning all I can about the options. Thanks for continuing to post. keeps me motivated. Meanwhile flying my stock MX7-180 and enjoying it.
Javron kit, they have a pretty complete kit available.
How long did it take you to build that puppy? If you were to build another would you go with Javron?
Why do u have a cub and a Maule? Is the cub much better at something than the other aircraft?
Bushwacker (experimental maule) is the more versatile of the two. The Super Cub for playing is the more fun of the two. One of them will get sold soon, I never intended on keeping both long term.
Do you do any instruction ? I understand completely getting out in front of the airplane
Thanks
Love that cub
Me too
Bad to the bone. Man the pucker factor is tighter than two coats of paint in the rain.
Yes Sir
Nice Landing
Thanks!
Do you carry a dial indicator to check the run out on the prop flange after you have straightened the propeller?
Yeah it is in my 38 pound tool kit. The answer is no, but I would check tracking and once I got it close I would do a run up and if the vibration was acceptable fly it home or nearest airport. Once home I would pull the propeller off for either overhaul (propeller overhaul or replacement). Then I would check propeller flange with dial indicator. Unless you hit hard rarely is the flange bent if you just go over on your nose.
I appreciate your videos but man o man you home strip is scary in the rain.
I’d like to know the costs of your mods but it’s most probably something that’s private to you.
When you land I know it’s the video but it looks like your flying into the trees.
Amazing 👍🏻
35" tires 4K, Borer Prop 5.4K, wheels 2.5k, struts 3.6K, Pstol flaps 6.6K, Acme shocks 4K. Baby Bushwheel and 3200 2K Total: 28K give or take...
I never added them up before, hopefully the wife does not get wind of this thread.
Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
‘Her in doors’ would be rather miffed if she knew $$$
Hi Greg. Any hydrophobic treatment like rain-X you can put on the windscreen to help clear the rain?
going to give rain x for plastic a try
@@mauleguy let me know. I need something for my scooter and faceshield
Are the gear legs made by Acme as well or by Javron? Are they 3x3?
Sorry-i asked & then I saw you say Javron. Apologies
Javron , just 3" extended
Greg, I see your helmet there. What helmet are you using?
Gallet LH 050 with single internal visor
Good Morning Greg. Love the mods, she looks great! Your home strip sure has serious pucker factor. What is the clearance left to right, between the trees is that? The GoPro lens makes it look so tight.
I cleared it out recently because it was growing over. I think I have around 10-12 feet now at the tightest point.
@@mauleguy Must be a typo, your wingspan is wider than that. Right?
@@dwdjr6937 The width of the narrow part of the runway is probably around 55 feet. Not counting the overhanging tree. The wing span is 36 feet.
@@mauleguy Thank you Greg! I would definitely be sucking up some seat cushion on that approach. You are a real "Flying Cowboy'!
Bit of a pucker factor there at 16:24
Hi bud. Will the LW 35's wheels come out at about 5 k? So about 5-8 kg's or more? Ok how about one large wiper blade. Serriously just for short finals!!
Not sure on the pricing.
What’s your empty weight? I wish you could do a vlog on the Catto vs bore props. Thanks
1091 without the belly pod now and double slotted flaps
Easy in a cub with fancy mods not in a cessna 208 full of hungry cannibals big difference
Go I pray those aren’t bsu colors…..x)
Does the Javron kit have the wider fuselage?
You can get it in wide body or standard (narrow)
I’ve started using this product for cleaning my windshield. It absolutely helps shed water in the rain: www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/plexiclear.php. I think using it regularly helps build up a coating, so I used it even when I’m not expecting to be in the rain.
Have not tried that one, this is the one I use
www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/cspages/plexus.php
It fills in scratches and bugs come off easy but not much help in the rain.
@@mauleguy that’s what I used to use as well. Flying up here in Seattle I wanted something better I’m the rain. I know that rainx makes a product too, but I like that this stuff cleans and is hydrophobic.
Did you install the doubler with the flap I didn’t see it
No I did not, not required on the experimental. If you are smart and don't yank them on at high speeds you don't need that beef up kit. Slow the airplane down then pull them on (below 70 mph, I use 60 to start bringing them on).
What is the weight difference between the ULW 35s vs the current (available) 35s? Are those your own wheels too like on Bushwhacker, or are those ABIs?
Yeah might have confused people with that. The tires are just the standard light 35's they make (44-45 pounds each).
The wheels are what I was referring too. They have a Ultra Light Weight wheel in the works. Should be through the STC process very soon. It has completed testing and passed.
@@mauleguy Thanks for the clarification. I assume the ULW wheels are 10" diameter for 1.5" axles still? How about some details on your awesome calipers and rotors? Standard caliper or...? Standard rotor that you turned down then cross drilled? Thanks for the awesome videos!
@@dgallant0x007 i am using Airframes double puck calipers that are set-up for the 3 rivet brake pads. They are the lighter of the two calipers machined and sold by Airframes Alaska. My rotors are some old ones that I had that I thinned them up to .236 (6mm) wide and then cross drilled them with a program in my CNC Mill. The difference in weight between the heavy rotors that would be used with the 2 rivet brake pads and heavy caliper and my rotors is around 3 pounds for the pair of rotors.
That does not include the difference in weight between the heavy and light caliper just the rotors. I am not sure the difference in weight between calipers but it should be pretty significant as well
@@mauleguy 3 pounds is HUGE! Great work!
I don't see VG's?
What is the specs on your cub?? Useful load, fuel capacity, fuel burn, cruise speed, take off and landing, light weight and max weight. Thanks.
1091 empty now that I added the PSTOL flaps, 2000 lb. gross, 36 gallons fuel, 8.0 gph planned fuel burn (probably a little less), cruise speed 90 mph, landing speed 38-39 mph light at sea level. Take off light 100 feet, landing light 150 feet. Take off at gross probably 300-400 feet on a standard day (59 degrees). Landing at gross probably 300-400 feet. Lots of variables in the take off and landing that have to be given consideration every time. This is just a rough idea for you.
@@mauleguy thanks, that's great.
@@mauleguy 2000lb gross? I thought the airframes Alaska lightweight struts brought the gross down to around 1800lb or so.
Rain-X is your friend.
Which cub kit is that?
Javron
Maybe some Rain-X would help ?
I should try it, I am sure they have one for plexiglass.
What is a "reverse dog leg"?
It is a mod to the fuselage for easier access to extended baggage area. Any new fuselage would already have it but older fuselages usually need it done along with other mods (X brace overhead, seat belt tabs, tail beef up are a few others)
you couldn't show flaps extension positions?
I could, just did not want to put a camera on outside in the rain that day. Another day I will, after I make the new flap ratchet. I will put some tape on the fuselage with degree indications and go out and film so you can see the reflex. This video was shot pretty much on the fly, I actually was not going to do anything and then figured I better put something up since it had been a few weeks.
@@mauleguy I don't mean if flight. I meant while you were describing it.
@@Tadrjbs Yeah could have but it is a little deceiving because on the ground you don't see the reflex but I get your point now. I will do a more in depth video on them. This was a short, hey look what I have now!
I’m the first hehehe
Lol
Yes you get the prize this week:))