Christian Sturm's Experimental Super Cub Project
Links, Resources, and more
Read about the history of the Super Cub

OTHER CUB BUILDERS
(If you know of any other builder web sites, please email me)

Charles Aaron's Photo Album- Good photos, scratch built PA-18, Spraker fuselage. He's flying!
Taliaferro Super Cub- The ultimate Super Cub restoration project.
Cubus Maximus Photo Album- Over 1000 photos of entire Smith Kit PA-18 project. Now flying.
Jr. CubBuilder's - scratch building, nice photos.
Planenut's Photo Album - More good photos.
RJohnson's Photo Album - More good photos.
Clyde Barker's Photo Album - More good photos. Scratch building PA-18-95 (flapless).
TJ Hinkle's Photo Album - Building leading edge slats.
Marty Feehan's Project - Building Wag Aero 2+2. Good photos.
Rick Davis "Davis Special" - Awesome "Producer" style aircraft with D&E Riblet wing. Finished and flying!
Smith Aviation Super Cub Builder photos - These are the photos that used to be on the Smith Aviation site before sold to Turbine Cubs.

SUPER CUB WEB SITES
SuperCub.org - if you haven't been here, you are really missing out. Tons of helpful people and information. Lots of photos.
Piper Cub Builders Yahoo Group
The Cub Club - blueprints, drawings, technical info. Requires membership.
Cubs Unlimited - Cub restoration services.

SUPPLIERS
CubFrames - where I bought my tack welded PA-18 fuselage.
Calumetcub.net (Larry Bauer) - Awesome experimental Super Cub parts (airbox, suspension, sight gauges, brake pedals, etc)
Aircraft Spruce - everything under the sun for homebuilt aircraft.
OnlineMetals.com - Good supplier of various metals, sheet, tubing, bar, flat, etc... Small orders welcome. I like the accurate shipping quote. Orders over $100 get an additional 10% off.
US Tool  - sign up for their club and get 10% off and free shipping all the time. That has paid off several times for me. Sometimes I just order one drill bit.
Northland Aircraft - order all the PA-18 Super Cub drawings on a CD-ROM. I have this CD and it is the backbone of my project.
D & E Aircraft - experimental Cub wings, wing parts.  My wing kit.
Univair - expensive certified parts
Dakota Cub - more expensive certified parts. Some great online technical drawings as well.
Air Frames, Inc - certified parts.
Wag Aero - Cub parts, aircraft hardware. Where I bought my tail kit.
Wicks Aircraft - another great source for aircraft hardware. Very reasonable shipping.

OTHER
EAA Chapter 79 - My local EAA chapter in Spokane, WA.
Erik Newton's Bearhawk Site - Awesome construction log of a Bearhawk. I visit frequently to check his progress and learn construction techniques.
Colin Potter's STOL King Project - Very cool Fiesler Storch style airplane. Excellent construction photos.
Capt. Al's Skybolt Project - Awesome site with many great insights and techniques applicable to Cub construction as well.
Tube Cutting Calculator - Very nifty online tube cutting application. Miter and fishmouth your tubes perfectly!
Flymls.com - Get your seaplane rating in North Idaho! - I recently added my single engine seaplane SES rating to my ticket. Mike Kincaid's program in N. Idaho is first class!
AC 41.13-1B - FAA's Acceptable Methods, Techiques, and Practices for aircraft building and repair.

FILE DOWNLOADS
PA-18 Parts Catalog - Super Cub parts catalog (Download Adobe Reader PDF 25mb)
PA-18 Manual - Super Cub owner's manual, weight & balance, rigging, etc. (Download Adobe Reader PDF 4.7mb)
L-21 Erection & Maintenance Handbook - For PA-18-135 observer or Super Cub (Download Adobe Reader PDF 5.5mb)

Piper Hinge Jig - Template I made for welding your Piper style hinges (see tail photos for usage). Also includes bonus tube centerline finder. When printing, make sure you have "zoom" or auto-fit turned off so the scale is correct. (Download Adobe Reader PDF 80kb)
All Kinds of PA-18 Brackets - More templates for the majority of all the brackets and many more items you need for the Cub fuselage, door, controls, etc. When printing, make sure you have "zoom" or auto-fit turned off so the scale is correct. (Download Adobe Reader PDF 258kb)
12944 Piper Floorboard Reinforcement - Full size template. (Download Adobe Reader PDF 32kb)
10134 Brake Unit Support - Full size template. (Download Adobe Reader PDF 25kb)
Weld On Float Fittings (Atlee style) - Full size template. (Download Adobe Reader PDF 62kb)
Engine mount brackets and templates. (Download Adobe Reader PDF 50kb)

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