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Public Market Survey Effort Complete Yakima, Washington – June 18th, 2020: Following a year-long public Market Survey effort, light aircraft manufacturer CubCrafters has officially decided to certify and offer a nosewheel option for its flagship Part 23 certified aircraft, the CC-19 XCub. “Putting a nosewheel on a modern Cub type aircraft certainly surprised some people,… Read more »
Go flying with CubCrafters VP of Sales & Marketing Brad Damm in a Carbon Cub FX-3 on Clamar composite amphibious floats on an iceberg filled glacial lake in Alaska. The second of a new 4-part short-video series on some of the exciting year-round personal adventure aviation opportunities that await when you own a Carbon… Read more »
Just for fun in the 2020 online Global STOL competition, we did a little video showing a less than 50′ combined takeoff and landing in a nosewheel-variant XCub. The XCub is Part 23 certified, cruises at 150 MPH, and has 1000 lbs. of useful load. It is easily convertible between nosewheel and tailwheel configurations… Read more »
Go flying with CubCrafters VP of Sales & Marketing Brad Damm in a Carbon Cub FX-3 on Summit Aircraft Co. composite wheel skis in the Washington & Idaho backcountry. The first of a new 4-part short-video series that we are working on about on some of the exciting year-round personal adventure aviation opportunities that… Read more »
Today we’re announcing the event schedule for CubFest 2019. Cubfest 2019 will be hosted by CubCrafters from October 11th through 13th, 2019 at McAllister Field Airport (KYKM) in Yakima, Washington. Pilots, tailwheel enthusiasts, and anyone who loves aviation is encouraged to mark their calendar. Please download the full information package for CubFest 2019 here: CUBFEST 2019… Read more »
CubCrafters is upgrading its industry leading personal adventure aircraft, the XCub, with a new firewall forward package, including a much more powerful engine and propeller combination developed in cooperation with key industry partners. FAA certified in 2016, the XCub is lighter, stronger, and faster than any aircraft in its category. Combined with a larger payload… Read more »
CubCrafters has opened a new dedicated Customer Completion Center in order to accommodate growing demand for the company’s line of Light Sport, Experimental, and FAA Certified backcountry aircraft. With plans to manufacture over 100 new airframes in 2019 alone, the company has continued to deliver on its commitment to ramp-up production. CubCrafters’ growth has been… Read more »
CubCrafters’ Carbon Cub is a complete redesign of the iconic Super Cub. This video tells the story of the engineering feat that was achieved to reinvigorate a legend and make it lighter, faster, stronger and safer than ever before. 2019 marks the tenth year of the Carbon Cub’s introduction. Stay tuned for more videos as… Read more »
Red Bull Air Race pilot, Łukasz Czepiela, landed a CubCrafters Carbon Cub EX-2 on the Sopot Pier in Poland. As you might guess, this was a first. Tourists strolling along the beach in Sopot on a Wednesday morning were surprised by the landing of an airplane on the famous pier. As it turned out, it… Read more »
CubCrafters will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Carbon Cub, the company’s most popular airframe series, during 2019. Milestones from the Carbon Cub history will be commemorated throughout the year and will culminate in an open-invitation fly-in & reception in October, dubbed Cubfest 2019, at the company’s factory headquarters in Yakima, Washington. The original Carbon… Read more »
