A friend of mine has one of these on his PA18
https://www.aircraftcovers.com/gener...and-carbon-cub
Bill
A friend of mine has one of these on his PA18
https://www.aircraftcovers.com/gener...and-carbon-cub
Bill
I spoke to the folks at Kennon and they said they don't have a template for the current shape of the CC cowl. (I didn't know there have been changes.) I may stop by on my way home from Yakima to have them fit a blanket for me, although I'm told their production line will be going full blast for a while yet. In the meantime, I'll use the blanket from my PA-18.
Thanks for the comments and advice.
Bill Gillen
Madison, WI
I have a Bruce's Custom Cover. They have the templates for old and new cowls. Works fine. I also have their cockpit & window cover. Nice, too. Mike B
We have mornings below zero not uncommonly here in Northern Montana. I bought two large (but cheap) rectangular sleeping bags at Sam's, costoco, or other discount store. They have three or more inches of loft. With that, I bought about 4 saddle blanket pins and 30 ft. of rope, all of which is useable in a winter emergency. Zip the two bags together down one side to form a larger rectangle, pin the bottom to the top behind the spinner, wrap the rope around the whole thing. It is airtight. I can keep the engine at 60F with one trouble light placed in the exhaust cowl flaring.
The advantage is....it is always at 60F throughout the engine compartment... there are many discussions about using preheaters and if you preheat...you should fly the plane because of differential heating/condensation. With this setup... the plane just thinks it is in southern Florida all winter long. Pretty....it isn't if that bothers you. Ralph
Ralph Rogers
Owner: TheCubWorks
www.TheCubWorks.com
CCSS #142 N123MR
I have always felt the supercub is one thing mankind got right the first time but that there were better materials and methods to build them. CubCrafters products are proof I was right.