Tue, May 24, 2011
Information Will Appear On FAA Website Often Searched By
Potential Builders
CubCrafters received notification last month from the FAA that
their National Kit Evaluation Team had completed its evaluation of
CubCrafters’ Carbon Cub EX amateur-built aircraft kit.
Completion of this process means the FAA has evaluated the
Carbon Cub EX and that the aircraft has been added to the list of
eligible Amateur-Built Aircraft Kits on the FAA website. The list
is provided as a service to prospective builders researching kit
options. “This was really good news,” says Mitch
Travis, Kit Program Manager at CubCrafters. “While we have to
be careful not to interpret or represent this as some form of
official certification, it does officially substantiate that the
majority of the fabrication and assembly of the Carbon Cub EX kit
is undertaken by the owner – in essence that it conforms to
the ‘51% rule’.”
The Carbon Cub EX is the kit version of the world’s most
powerful Light Sport Aircraft, the Carbon Cub SS. It features an
extraordinary power-to-weight ratio, thanks to the extensive use of
lightweight and strong carbon fiber, coupled with a 180-horsepower
engine. The result is phenomenal Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL)
performance, along with exceptional agility and ease of
piloting.
The Carbon Cub EX kit takes advantage of the technology in the
company’s highly refined and popular production aircraft, the
Carbon Cub SS. The kit version can be certified at a gross weight
of 1,320 pounds for Sport Pilot operation, or at its fully tested
gross weight of 1,865 pounds by private pilot and above certificate
holders.
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