EAA Sport Aviation - December 2009

2003, when I started the Cub, I’d made a solid decision to stay LSA with my license, and the Cub was perfect for that. Also, by the time I was done I could say that no one else had touched the airplane except the guy I had build the wing tank and the fuselage tank.”

He says he also owes a lot to his wife of 45 years, Linda. “Without her support, it’s doubtful that any of this would have happened.”

Now that he has it finished, he says it’s everything he dreamed it would be. Fast enough to get him where he wants to go ( 105 mph honest cruise), and it fits his mind-set. Lots of fun, a little different, and something he can point at and proudly say, “I did it all myself.” Something a lot of us wish we could say.

Budd Davisson is an aeronautical engineer, has logged more than 4,000 hours of dual-given in his Pitts, has flown 300 different aircraft types, and has published four books and more than 2,500 articles. He is editor-in-chief of Flight Journal magazine. Visit him on www.AirBum.com.

PERFORMANCE DATA

Make & Model:

Super Cub Sport

Certification:

experimental amateur built

Length: 23 feet, 3inches

Wingspan: 28 feet, 6 inches

Height: 7 feet

Maximum Gross Weight: 1,320 pounds

Empty Weight: 878 pounds

Fuel Capacity: 30 gallons

Seats: 2

Powerplant Make & Model:
Lycoming O-235 L2C

Horsepower: 115

Propeller Make & Type:

Sensenich M74Dm-0-50

Cruise Speed/Fuel Consumption:

105 mph/7 gph

Equipped for: Day VFR

VNE 140 mph
VSO 35 mph
VY 65 mph

Bonnie Kratz

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