Welcome to the main album of my experimental Super Cub project. I will try to keep this project site upated as much as possible while I build.
Visual Status (the more yellow the better!):
Select the individual photo albums on the right to view each component of the project and get the latest status.
Also check out:
Old Time Cub Theater Watch cool old training movies! Building a J-3, 4130 tubing repairs, more to come! All FREE! Designed for broadband Internet users only.
My Stewart Systems Fabric Seminar at Stewart's Hangar
History of the Super Cub
Why am I building a PA-18 Super Cub? The short answer - because I can! The long answer - I always loved the Super Cub and wanted to own one since I started flying at age 15.
Fast foward 23 years later and I am at the point in my life where I can own a plane. The problem is, what once was a $30-50k airplane is now a $150k airplane. Wow! How can a plane cost more than a house? I'll leave this argument for later but I will say that greedy parachute lawyers are mostly to blame. So being the bargain hunter I am, I want to spend a whole lot less. I prefer to have something new and not 50 years old. I love a challenging project and like to build. I've built a plethora of radio control airplanes from scratch. So.... here I am - building an experimental Super Cub.
My budget goal is around $40k for this plane. Think I can do it? As of today, I've spent around $35,000 for the project. I'll update this number as time goes on.
Stay tuned!!
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