Hey Bill.
Thanks for the cautionary note re the jury strut attachments. Never a bad thing to get focused on aspects of our pre-flight.
I have to put in my $0.02 worth on the notion that our Carbon Cubs are fragile. I flew my EX for the first time this past January, 2015. Since then I've logged almost 200 hours. I had only 20 tailwheel hours prior to flying my CCEX so this plane has seen me through much of my learning curve.
Over the past 12 months I've landed my CC over 425 times (calling some of those a landing is a stretch ;-). Over half of those landings have been on dirt and grass strips in AZ, UT, ID, MT, NM, CO, NE, SD and Alberta, Canada. The strips in around Johnson Creek, ID and Mack Mesa, CO were amazing and the roughest stuff I've ever set down on. Not saying any of this to feather my cap rather to give a shout out for a tough and durable backcountry aircraft that's taken real good care of me through the most enjoyable year of aviating in my 35 years of flying (without a single broken part or breakdown}.
Happy New Year everyone!
Paul
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