CubCrafters Carbon Cub EX-2 / FX-2 (FAA model CCX-2000)
These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
The CCX-2000 is CubCrafters' designation for the experimental Carbon Cub, sold either as the EX-2 kit or as the FX-2, which the owner fabricates over a week at the factory and CubCrafters then assembles under its builder-assist programme. With the 180 hp CC340 it cruises at 96 knots, climbs at 2,000 fpm, stalls at 31 knots, carries 44 gallons for about 550 nm and has an 883 lb useful load at an 1,865 lb gross weight.
It is the backcountry Cub without the light sport weight cap, bought for the loads and the fields it can use. It is an unusually consistent amateur-built type, because the kit is prescriptive and every FX was assembled in the factory's own hangar, but the paperwork still varies in a way that matters: some were certified at 1,320 lb (1,430 lb on floats) to stay flyable on a sport pilot certificate, which cuts the useful load from around 900 lb to under 400 lb, and only the operating limitations of the individual aircraft say which. The EX-2 and FX-2 carry the CC340; the 186 hp fuel-injected CC363i and 2,000 lb gross belong to the EX-3 and FX-3, so an aircraft registered as a CCX-2000 with one should have the paperwork to explain it, and tyres, floats, panel and interior remain the builder's choices, with the builder's workmanship and logbooks the buyer's primary evidence. It is a tailwheel aircraft with light controls and a benign stall, and buyers without tailwheel time train for it first. An FX builder is eligible for the repairman certificate in principle, but CubCrafters actively discourages applying for it, so expect most examples to be inspected annually by an A&P with the owner doing everything else. These are expensive: a new FX-2 started at $296,000 in early 2026, and a used 2022 example was asking $349,900.
Variants of the CubCrafters Sport Cub and Carbon Cub
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- Carbon Cub EX-2 / FX-2 (FAA model CCX-2000) · 226 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Titan/Continental CC340 |
| Horsepower | 180 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 96 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 549 nm |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 2,000 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 31 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 883 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,865 lb |
| Empty weight | 982 lb |
| Usable fuel | 44 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | — |
|---|---|
| Price, high | — |
| Prices as of | — |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 235 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 226 |
| Median year built | 2021.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 25 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 110.621 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 101.772 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 56 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 24.783 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 226 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 226 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 226 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 0.1 of 101 |
| Severity | 8.4 of 102 |
| Access | 4.4 of 103 |
| Support | 7.7 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 7.3 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 27.9 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 31.56 · 197 models in class.
- Severity: class median 10.
- Access: class median 1,000.75.
- Support: class median 89.
- Liquidity: class median 19.74.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30