The Cub Crafters CC11-100 Sport Cub S2 is a high-wing, tandem-seat,
conventional landing gear
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–equipped,
tube-and-fabric
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light-sport aircraft
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built by
Cub Crafters
Cub Crafters, Inc. (often styled CubCrafters) is an aircraft manufacturer based in Yakima, Washington. Founded in 1980, by Jim Richmond, to build parts and supplementary type certificate (STC) modifications for the Piper PA-18 Super Cub, its ...
. The aircraft certified to ATSM standards for the FAA's Light Sport Category and is in production as of 2010. The S2 was introduced in 2007 as an improvement to the Sport Cub of 2005.
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Design and development
Cub Crafters started business as a heavy
maintenance
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and overhaul shop for classic Piper aircraft. In 1998, Cub Crafters started production of all-new aircraft leading to the Sport Cub built to meet the FAA's Light Sport requirements.
The aircraft follows the same basic design and shape as the
Piper Cub
The Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good low-speed handling properties and short-field performance. The Cub is Pi ...
.
Notable exceptions are a fully cowled Teledyne Continental engine, an electrical system and a modified USA 35b
airfoil
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from the SuperCub.
Operational history
In 2007, Scott Carson, CEO of
Boeing
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, purchased an S2 for his own personal use.
Variants
;CC11-100 Sport Cub
:Base model.
;
Super Sport Cub
:Uses engine components from a
Lycoming O-340
The Lycoming O-340 is a family of four-cylinder Flat engine, horizontally opposed, carburetor-equipped aircraft engines, that was manufactured by Lycoming Engines in the mid-1950s.
Design and development
The O-340 was designed by Lycoming specif ...
engine capable of , and derated to .
Specifications (CC11-100 Sport Cub S2)
See also
References
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