CubCrafters Carbon Cub SS
| CubCrafters Carbon Cub SS | |
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| Carbon Cub SS | |
| Role | Light-sport aircraft |
| National origin | United States of America |
| Manufacturer | CubCrafters |
| Introduction | 2007 Alaska State Aviation Trade Show and Conference |
| Unit cost |
From $172,990 (2012)[1] |
| Developed from | CubCrafters CC11-100 Sport Cub S2, Piper Cub. |
The CubCrafters CC11-160 Carbon Cub SS is an ASTM certified light-sport aircraft based on the Piper Cub. It is modernized, with light-weight carbon fiber components and a 180 hp engine.
In January 2016 the Carbon Cub was named AVweb's "Airplane of the Year" for 2015.[2]
Development
The Carbon Cub SS was originally named the "CubCrafters Super Sport Cub".[3] In order to maintain certification under American Light Sport Aircraft limitations the maximum takeoff power is limited to five minutes.
Design
The Carbon Cub SS uses a carbon fiber spinner and air-induction scoop. The Carbon Cub weighs 300 lbs less than a Piper Super Cub.[4] The carbon cowling weighs six pounds.[5] The fuselage is welded 4130 tube steel with fabric covering. The wings are fitted with vortex generators for low-speed flight control. Some models use a partial color on silver base coat paint job that weighs 11 lbs less than an all-color paint job.
The CC340 engine is a Lycoming O-360 based engine developed with Eci using dual electronic ignition and Eci O-320 cylinders.[5] The engine is rated at 5 gallons per hour at the 80 hp cruise setting.
Variants
- CubCrafters CC11-100 Sport Cub S2
- An O-200 powered LSA variant [6]
- CubCrafters Carbon Cub EX
- An experimental kit variant of the Carbon Cub SS with a gross weight of 1,865 lb (846 kg).[7]
Specifications (Carbon Cub SS)
Data from Flying
General characteristics
- Capacity: 2
- Length: 22.75 ft (6.93 m)
- Wingspan: 34.25 ft (10.44 m)
- Height: 9.25 ft (2.82 m)
- Wing area: 171.9 sq ft (15.97 m2)
- Aspect ratio: 5.2-1
- Airfoil: USA35(B)
- Empty weight: 896 lb (406 kg)
- Gross weight: 1,320 lb (599 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 24 gallons
- Powerplant: 1 × CC340 Horizontally opposed piston engine., 180 hp (130 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed CATTO composite propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 123 kn; 227 km/h (141 mph)
- Cruise speed: 104 kn; 193 km/h (120 mph)
- Stall speed: 27 kn; 50 km/h (31 mph)
- Service ceiling: 17,999 ft (5,486 m)
- Rate of climb: 2,100 ft/min (11 m/s)
- Wing loading: 7.37 lb/sq ft (36.0 kg/m2)
- Thrust/weight: 7.33 per hp
References
- ↑ http://www.cubcrafters.com/aircraft
- ↑ "AVweb's Stuff of the Year". avweb.com. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ↑ "CubCrafters Super Sport Cub Becomes Carbon Cub SS". Retrieved January 20, 2011.
- ↑ "King Kong "Little" Cub". Plane and Pilot. August 2010.
- 1 2 "The Carbon Cub SS". Flying. October 2010.
- ↑ autopilot. December 2010. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 49. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
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