Greetings and Happy National Aviation Day!
My name is Larry, and I have been a Cub fan most of my life, but I have never learned to fly. As a kid in Colorado, I flew in the back of a Super Cub flown by my father as he took his turn towing at his soaring club. I have had the bug since then, and now I am 47 years old.
Along the way I took some glider lessons at Boulder Muni at age 15, and learned to build and fly RC planes and gliders, but then left for California to go to college. After school I resumed flying RC gliders, slope soaring on the bluffs overlooking Marina Del Rey. I also took some hang glider lessons, but stopped at the point where you are required to buy your own glider.
Since then I have fed the bug by building a nice home flight sim, flying RC just about every weekend, and going on demo flights out of Chino here and there, always knowing that one day...
After finding the Carbon Cub through my RC world, I started paying attention, bought the 80" electric RC version, and then figured out who CubCrafters was, and now I'm here. I want one so bad it hurts. I am envious of you all, and thank you to every one of you that have posted stories and pictures, I think I have read just about every thread...You all have given me so much enjoyment and have fueled my dreams.
I have contacted Ben at California Cubs, and I will be heading his way as soon as I have a few hours under my belt. It took me over a month, 5 airports, and 6 schools to find someone willing to teach me to fly a taildragger from hour one. But as of 6pm yesterday, I have .9 hours in a beautifully restored 1952 Cessna 170, flew out of KCCB yesterday late afternoon with my new CFI. They got me, hook line and sinker...What a blast.
I was trying to think what I could add back to this community, as a total noob, and I don't have much...I am an semi-expert at Microsoft FSX flight simulator (flying, changing color schemes, flight tuning, general knowledge), if you ever have a question, feel free to PM me. I am coloring and flight tuning my own FSX Top Cub Ranger, when it is done I will share my color and tune for free of course, but you must purchase the model "Super Cub Extreme" from Flight Replicas for about $20.00 (I have no affiliation, and the flight dynamics and color schemes can be shared, the model must be first purchased by you), and I can email the scheme and flight tune.
Also, if you happen to fly or have flown the real one, I'm going by gut and would appreciate feedback from a fellow sim pilot. I have yet to find a FS model for the Carbon Cub, and I do not have the skills to develop a 3D model for the sim, but I do know a few folks who could, I just need to persuade them...I know it is nothing like the real thing, but maybe rainy day sim flying? Here it is parked at VS1, overflying the hangar at VS1, and yes, it can skim the water in the channel, or any river or lake in the sim. How 'bout them 35s, eh?
So, I have a journey ahead of me...Please take very good care of your Carbon Cub, you may want to upgrade one day and I know someone who will be in the market in just a few years
Larry.