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Post subject: CarbonCub Club  Posted: 17 May 2012, 17:57 |
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Ok, I just got the approval to be a Service Center for Cubcrafters so now all you BT'ers that get Carboncubs so you can engage in mass Fly-in into Jim's place have a place to bring them for service.
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Post subject: Re: CarbonCub Club Posted: 17 May 2012, 18:28 |
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Username Protected wrote: Ok, I just got the approval to be a Service Center for Cubcrafters so now all you BT'ers that get Carboncubs so you can engage in mass Fly-in into Jim's place have a place to bring them for service. Any on Floats?
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Post subject: Re: CarbonCub Club Posted: 17 May 2012, 18:34 |
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Username Protected wrote: Ok, I just got the approval to be a Service Center for Cubcrafters so now all you BT'ers that get Carboncubs so you can engage in mass Fly-in into Jim's place have a place to bring them for service. Any on Floats?
You can get a Top Cub with floats, don't think floats are an option for the Carbon Cub, but I'll check and let you know.
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Post subject: Re: CarbonCub Club Posted: 17 May 2012, 21:23 |
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Username Protected wrote: Floats are absolutely an option for the Carbon Cubs...both Sport and SS. Amphibs for both.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQzGGRHt348Jim Cool. There you go Rick. What color CC do you want? The sooner you get your order in the sooner you and Jim can do some formation flights.
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Post subject: Re: CarbonCub Club Posted: 18 May 2012, 07:58 |
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Username Protected wrote: They are very nice. 200 k? Really? Starting price is somewhere around $165K. However, if you add very many bells and whistles (as I did) you can get up to $200K easily. But for that you get a brand spanking new airplane with better performance than the Super Cub. You get the best power-to-weight ratio available in pretty much anything but the most exotic piston powered airplanes (7.3 pounds per horsepower). You get an airplane, which when operated per the placard) generally runs on 5-6 gallons per hour and is both amazingly fun to fly and affordable for just poking around the local strip on a pleasant evening. Or you can pack in enough for some very rustic camping...and get into pretty much any strip (or sandbar) you want to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHZinkRA ... ure=relmfuOh, yeah...the fit and finish take second place to nothing I've ever seen in the aviation world. So, $200K? Really! Show me another _brand new airplane_ that's close, bang for the buck! Oh, and I mean that with no grumpiness or defensiveness...I made the choice and am increasingly pleased with it...call it cognitive dissonance or just plain joy.  Jim
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Post subject: Re: CarbonCub Club Posted: 18 May 2012, 08:42 |
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Post subject: Re: CarbonCub Club Posted: 18 May 2012, 08:57 |
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Username Protected wrote: One thing for sure. It looks like $200K worth of fun and utility. 1+ I couldn't agree more! So how much are the floats, skis, and extra set of small tires with wheel pants? I'm thinking we can up this 200k by a whole bunch!
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Post subject: Re: CarbonCub Club Posted: 18 May 2012, 09:18 |
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Username Protected wrote: One thing for sure. It looks like $200K worth of fun and utility. 1+ I couldn't agree more! So how much are the floats, skis, and extra set of small tires with wheel pants? I'm thinking we can up this 200k by a whole bunch!
Oh yeah, Matt, you are absolutely right! Coolest thing (and this is coming from someone who knows very little about the bush flying world) the airplane has two stainless steel lifting points next to the fuel caps on top of the wing. So if one wants to change to floats/skis/bigger or smaller tires, one just hooks a winch to those two lift points, hoist the <1000 pound airplane up and make the change. The attach points are already there for floats or skis.
And add to the cost the $70K hangar and around $20K runway on my property and the cost goes up even further...
Altho, walking out to the hangar and taking off from my property...Priceless!
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Post subject: Re: CarbonCub Club Posted: 18 May 2012, 09:21 |
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Username Protected wrote: Jim The bitterness of poor quality remians long after the sweetness of a cheap price has past. Thank you David. As previously related, I agonized over the $200K price for a while...until I actually flew the demo airplane. I wish I had it to do over again to take some more pictures of the aileron hinges, flap hinges, detail after detail...just purty and fine. It is, after all, only money. August comes rapidly! Jim
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