Chuck and Ryan's Build Tips

[aeroaddict]

Epic car then and now!

[ceslaw]

Review

Now that the Cub is flying it may be worthwhile to see if the various modifications and upgrades documented in this thread were worth the trouble.

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1. Rear seat. Constructing a frame for a Cubcrafters rear seat was a big project, but worth it. The passenger sits about three inches higher and more upright than with the sling seat. Looking to the side of the pilot, one can see out the front of the windscreen. One’s head is just a couple of inches below the fabric headliner panel.

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2. Belly camera. This was added to provide a good view of potential landing areas, but as it turns out, the best use to date is assuring the plane is perfectly aligned on the parking “T”. Other pilots will be impressed, if they don’t know about the camera.

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3. Glare shield fans. The fans were added to assure air movement from behind the instrument panel to keep the windscreen clear and draw heat away from the electronics. The fans work well providing a gentle flow of air and their position causes no glare on the windscreen whatsoever.

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4. Acme Aero struts. What can I say? Having flown several years with the ASOS we have a good basis for comparison. The ‘bounce’ on landing is improved. This is a HUGE improvement and should be the standard system on the Carbon Cub.

5. Relocating the ELT. One benefit of moving the ELT to the extended baggage compartment is the addition of space below the seat for one’s wallet, phone, or other items that are hard to conveniently store in an accessible location while flying. It also makes the ELT more accessible and the antenna feed line shorter. As noted in the prior discussions, it improved the ability of the ELT to receive a GPS signal which means the plane can be located in literally minutes rather than hours.

[AspenKOMA]

Three people with similar misalignment problems for the stab drive system. Did anyone tell CubCrafters about this and, if so, what was the answer?

Good question. I'm having the same issue on my 2014 SS.

[ceslaw]

Good question. I'm having the same issue on my 2014 SS.

https://forum.cubcrafters.com/showth...ll=1#post27469

You may be the fourth documented case.

Just a guess, but I wonder if CC considers the motor assembly as capable of so much torque that a bit of tension in the set up isn't an issue? Indeed the motor was able to overcome the 'stiffness' in three planes I built, but a bit of fine tuning helped the 'stiffest' of the three.

[ps9711]

Great information. You are correct that it is basically an industrial gear driven 12V motor.

My experience (EX-2) was little different but similar. I tested motor after install a cuple of times, everything was good. Then after covering, the motor didn't work! CC's sent me a new motor.

Removing the roll pins after covering was very difficult. Then match drilling the motor shaft to the sleve was another challange. Not much room to work in after covering and the drill angles are impossible.

After I finally got everything lined up and working, I decided to install a shear pin that is cotter pinned as opposed to another roll pin (not sure how I could install a roll pin anyways). I did this in case the motor was to failed again. 200+ hours and no issues or wear on the shear pin.

Just something to consider when installing the trim motor.

Dan I have to replace my trim motor any tips on match drilling for pin?

[aeroaddict]

If I recall correctly I used an 90 or a 45 degree (pneumatic) angle drill. Might try an undersized bit to check alignment of shaft to sleeve before final drill size??

Sorry not much help.