Quote Originally Posted by Wullie View Post
LOTS of 'em out there from J-3's up to PA-18's ( Super Cubs ). They ain't cheap. ( even though they ought to be ) They are fun and you can do a LOT with one IF you have your ducks in a row.

Last Cub I flew was originally built in 1943 for Bevo Howard. It stared life with a 65HP engine, now it has a 350HP hot rodded Lycoming, clipped wings with a Taylorcraft airfoil ( because CUB wings have flat bottom airfoil and don't do well flying inverted), full aerobatic oil and fuel system, a smoke system, and "bass boat" seats. It would get airborne in about three or four plane lengths and climb nearly straight up. It would also put you to sleep quicker than any damn plane I ever sat in when you started pulling serious G's. Something about being wadded up and folded in half just sit in it I think.
i live a few min away from the old piper plant my grandfather was lead paint man on the production line for the cubs from what all the old timers tell me they are the best plane ever, id love to fly but cant afford it and the airforce wont take me as a pilot because of my vision once a year we have a fly in and man i must say its soo cool to see 100 piper cubs coming home and talking to all the guys and hearing there flight stories.