Super Cub replica PA-18 Super Cub replica
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.
A PA-18 replica is an amateur-built copy of the Piper Super Cub assembled from one of several kits - Javron, Smith Cub, Backcountry, Dakota Cub - and registered under its builder's name with a 'PA-18 replica' model string; the reference figures here are the certified PA-18-150's: 930 lb empty, 1,750 lb gross, 115 mph on a 150 hp O-320, a 43 mph stall and 960 fpm.
The point of a replica is a new Super Cub without a type certificate: new tubing, a wide-body or stretched fuselage, extended gear, 31-inch tyres, a 180-225 hp engine and a gross weight the builder chose, with owner maintenance and no Piper airworthiness-directive history. The cost is that nothing about it is standard: the kit maker, the engine, the actual empty weight and the declared gross weight all come from the individual aircraft's records, and the certified PA-18 figures above understate what most replicas weigh and carry. Welding, covering and gear attachments are the inspection, and the builder's log is the history. These aircraft are expensive for homebuilts because a factory-fresh Super Cub equivalent is what they are. The owner may maintain it and the condition inspection needs an A&P or the repairman certificate.
Variants of the PA-18 Super Cub replica (kit-built)
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Lycoming O-320 (150 hp reference); O-320/O-360 160-225 hp common |
| Horsepower | 150 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | — |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 100 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 400 nm |
| Service ceiling | 19,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 960 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 37 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 820 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,750 lb |
| Empty weight | 930 lb |
| Usable fuel | — |
| 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 | 120 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 111 |
| Median year built | 2019 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 11 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 2 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 99.11 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 81.082 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 13 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 11.713 |
| Airworthiness directives | 5 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 111 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 111 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 111 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | 1 of 101 |
| Severity | 3.9 of 102 |
| Access | 2.8 of 103 |
| Support | 6.3 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 1.5 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | 15.5 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 7 · scores Sep 30