My wife and I are advance planning our next project (within the next 2-3 years) and I've seen several comments on this forums of the benefits of the "Light Cubs" i.e. PA-18-95, or "flap-less wonders".
We want to go experimental, and my gut tells me to build an O-320 powered PA-18 replica as the way to go, but I'm wondering what advantages an O-200 powered "light cub" might be. We won't be doing a lot of really rough off-airport work, though we'd like to do a little mountain flying. We'd like 100 kts cruise or thereabouts and the most payload will probably be a 50 pound suitcase.
It seems to me that for the builders' dollar, you'd get more value with an O-320 powered machine, with flaps. I look forward to any and all comments relevant to this.
We want to go experimental, and my gut tells me to build an O-320 powered PA-18 replica as the way to go, but I'm wondering what advantages an O-200 powered "light cub" might be. We won't be doing a lot of really rough off-airport work, though we'd like to do a little mountain flying. We'd like 100 kts cruise or thereabouts and the most payload will probably be a 50 pound suitcase.
It seems to me that for the builders' dollar, you'd get more value with an O-320 powered machine, with flaps. I look forward to any and all comments relevant to this.