CubCrafters Carbon Cub EX-2 1865
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 Carbon Cub EX-2 is CubCrafters' kit version of the Carbon Cub, a Super Cub-shaped tandem two-seater with a carbon-fibre-reinforced structure and a purpose-built 180 hp Titan CC340, flown at up to 1,865 lb gross or, built light, at the 1,320 lb light-sport limit. CubCrafters quotes 110 mph cruise, a 36 mph stall, 2,000 fpm and 883 lb of useful load.
What a buyer gets is the Carbon Cub SS's performance without the S-LSA weight cap, at the cost of building it, or paying someone to: the kit is designed for a 1,000-hour build and many were finished under builder-assist programmes, so the standard of workmanship and who actually did it are the first questions. The figures above describe a factory-equipped demonstrator; a kit-built example's empty weight depends on the panel, tyres, baggage options and tanks fitted, and the useful load follows from the weight-and-balance in its logbooks rather than from this row. Choosing to operate it at 1,320 lb for sport-pilot privileges gives up more than 500 lb of useful load, so check which gross weight the airworthiness paperwork and operating limitations carry. Parts and factory support are strong because the design remains in production.
Variants of the CubCrafters Sport Cub and Carbon Cub
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Titan CC340 (180 hp) |
| 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 | 39 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 | 159 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 153 |
| Median year built | 2018 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 18 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 3 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 117.651 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 117.652 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 31 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 20.263 |
| 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 153 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 153 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 153 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 0.3 of 101 |
| Severity | 4.2 of 102 |
| Access | 4.1 of 103 |
| Support | 7.3 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 5.1 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 21 out of 506 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- 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