I have a hangar neighbor with an Oshkosh workmanship awarded Javron cub with XO-370 (200hp) and Catto prop. It is an amazing airplane. Great flyer with phenomenal performance. Full G3X Touch with autopilot and all the options. It smokes my 200hp constant-speed prop Husky in the climb. No so much in the cruise (prop differences). On take off I can hold the stick back in my belly and firewall it and it jumps off the ground (at 6,000' density altitude). This Javron is also faster than any Super Cub I have flown with the same control harmony that has endeared the type from the 1940's through today. He's got it up for sale so I am trying to get a few more flights in it before it's gone.
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RV-8
(a few more airplanes too)
".... I am looking seriously at the Javron Super Cub as an alternative, but would gladly wait for a Van's rendition if I knew for sure it was at least on the drawing board. ...."
Another data point listing right-now-demand for a 'RV Super Cub'. CC models were the second largest pie slice in this 12/9/2020 article which had a section on what was completed in 2019. Jump straight to the pie chart.
(Re: completions in 2019). “As one would expect, Van’s Aircraft led the way: 199 of the new aircraft were RVs. The RV-7 took the lead, with 51 examples. Second place was a surprise—in more ways than one. CubCrafters...
...it’s interesting when you consider that the Carbon Cub kit costs about twice that of a quickbuild RV-7."
Demand?
Yup.
Who would build an RV Super Cub?
I would.
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Doug Reeves (your host)
Full time: VansAirForce.net since '07 (started it in '96).
Typed in the EMB-505 (Phenom 300). Available for contract work. (resume).
I'm build a Carbon Cub now and the kit is just amazing. They aren't kidding when they say "everything" is included in the kit, they even send you storage bins with all the hardware pre-organized with easy re-order QR codes.
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