I happen to have the October 2010 issue of Plane and Pilot magazine, and on the cover was the Carbon Cub. In the article written by Bill Cox with photos by Jessica Ambats the specs are listed along with a very interesting article about the Cub's performance and utility on a trip through the inside passage in Alaska. The photos are very well done also.

 

As for the specs.

 

Base price - $163,000.00

 

Gross Weight (lbs) - 1320 (which by the way is the FAA limit for LSA)

 

Empty Weight (lbs) - 900

 

Useful Load (lbs) - 420

 

Fuel Capacity (gals) - 24

 

Payload (full std. fuel lbs.) - 276

 

Payload, one hr. fuel plus res. (lbs) - 360

 

Performance is listed as follows:

 

Best rate of climb, SL (fpm) - 2100

 

Cruise (mph) - 105 - 110

 

Stall (mph) - 31

 

 

I don't know how these numbers correlate in Flight, except the useful load numbers which Flight ignores much to my enjoyment. It was interesting reading about the evolution of the plane and how carbon fiber contributed to it's impressive stol capabilities. The narrative on the trip through the inside passage with landings on beaches, gravel bars, and small grass strips brought thoughts of Flight to me. I've made that flight several times, but not in the Cub. I recommend that if you are able to find a copy, you should read the article. It may even be available on line. This I don't know though.

 

Their flightplan was Juneau - Ketchikan, Ketchikan - Prince Rupert, Prince Rupert - Bella Bella, Bella Bella - Port Hardy all on the first day.

 

Day two was Port Hardy - Tofino, Tofino - Seattle, with the final leg being from Seattle to LAX aboard a 737.

 

I can just imagine the fun this author had while flying the CC in the wilds of Alaska and the Prince Rupert area and the anti-climax of ending it with a 737 ride.

 

This is a journey we can all repeat in Flight. Hope you will. As soon as I can get some free time, I intend to. Enjoy.

Thanks very much, Rick. Amazing coincidence - I had not seen that article, but I began that exact same flight just 2 days ago.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There isn't much at Prince Rupert, but at least the airport grass is there as well as a bunch of obstruction place-holders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

The altitude mesh starts to degrade very quickly and I imagine that land class and autogen will soon disappear. At the moment, I am in the air destination Bella Bella, but I hope to make it to Vancouver sooner or later. Then, who knows? California, Mexico, across the Gulf Coast, down the Florida coast, and wind up... home here in the Caribbean. :lol:

 

The Carbon Cub POH is available on the Cubcrafters' web site, by the way.

 

Best regards.

Luis

And the link to the article, thanks to Rick for pointing it out.

 

http://www.planeandpilotmag.com/aircraft/pilot-reports/cubcrafters/king-kong-little-cub.html

 

 

Good read.

 

Best regards.

Luis

Luis - Thank you for providing the link. I've been busy and had not had a chance to see if it was available.

For those that have not seen these before. Carbon Cub shots I took at Airventure 2012. With all the water in Alaska and Hawaii floats sure would have been useful and a lot of fun. Oh well. Still a blast to fly.

 

We can all feel fortunate that we got this little gem to play with before things went south!

Great pictures, just lovely.

 

Best regards.

Luis

I chuckle every time I look at the CC head on. It looks like a cartoon character to me. :lol:

I chuckle every time I look at the CC head on. It looks like a cartoon character to me. :lol:

 

Lol ditto it looks so familiar yet I can't for the life of me tell you of what! Does make me smile though

Many years ago when my son was small, we used to watch a PBS program where all the characters were aircraft. One of them had a face like today's CC. Guess that's why it makes me laugh.

Ha, must be this one.

You've got to admit, that's just funny. :LMAO:

 

And back in 2010, you could have had one of these cartoon planes for the mere sum of $163,000.00.