Helo pilot
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I'm just finishing my cub crafters wing kit. I don't get the fuselage until Sept. I still think my Super Decathlon is the best.
My Cub Crafters build
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Bob Turner
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Well, I own three Cubs and a Decathlon. The Cubs are my favorite.
The Decathlon is a better aircraft for X-C, and of course way, way better inverted, but the Cub is an order of magnitude more fun in the pattern.
Plus, crosswinds are great fun in the Cub, and far less satisfying in the ACA products.
As to the Super part - when my engine wears out I am thinking about a field approval for a 160 c/s.
The Decathlon is a better aircraft for X-C, and of course way, way better inverted, but the Cub is an order of magnitude more fun in the pattern.
Plus, crosswinds are great fun in the Cub, and far less satisfying in the ACA products.
As to the Super part - when my engine wears out I am thinking about a field approval for a 160 c/s.
Hiperbiper
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I've heard the kits are really nice. Is that the Cub that has the optional door on both sides?
Chris
aftCG
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Let's see some pics! Details on the build?
Helo pilot
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aftCG
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Did you do anything to those aluminum parts for corrosion protection or did you just go for it? I'm asking because I have etched and alodined every aluminum part. Some Kitfox builders slosh epoxy inside the tube spars and brush it on the outsides (looks like s*** but it gets covered up).
I have not primered my spars and don't plan to. My argument is based on peaking inside my 55 year old Citabria and becoming far more worried about the wood parts than the aluminum. So my wood ribs have three coats of Polyfiber epoxy varnish. They look like the surface of a bowling alley.
I have not primered my spars and don't plan to. My argument is based on peaking inside my 55 year old Citabria and becoming far more worried about the wood parts than the aluminum. So my wood ribs have three coats of Polyfiber epoxy varnish. They look like the surface of a bowling alley.