CubCrafters Carbon Cub

If you want a fun airplane, the Carbon Cub by CubCrafters provides it in spades. It’s the best-selling Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) in America and editor John T. Kounis takes readers into the cockpit. Its powerful 180-horsepower, 340-cubic-inch engine yields an incredible power-to-weight ratio of 7.33 pounds per horsepower, and the ability to take off or land in extremely short distances. In fact, in a competition in Valdez, Alaska, a Carbon Cub took off in only 19 feet, which is several feet less than its own length.

Click below to read a reprint of the Carbon Cub review that appeared in the November/December 2012 issue.