I have an 89 Cub with H.O. Aircraft toe brakes in it. I have years of heel brake experience, more so with toe brakes. I don't have size 14 feet, so it is very difficult to get full rudder and full brake with heel brakes; it is one or the other. I fly in northwest Alaska where a 25 knot plus wind is a normal thing, so there are a great many times when I need full rudder and brake just to taxi; this is most often difficult to accomplish with heel brakes. The first modification on my Cub were H.O. Aircraft toe brakes, I'll never have heel brakes in my airplanes again. Dan White owns H.O. Aircraft, is a first class individual, runs a top notch shop with the best staff anywhere. Dan's products are the best you can get. I am totally satisfied with Dan's first class treatment. To name drop a professional business (such as H.O. Aircraft) in a negative view just to validate your position or opinion without fact, is in extremely poor taste.
In this thread, "hottshot" asked a very specific question about H.O. Aircraft toe brakes; out of all these comments, only "Todd Long" has actually had experience with the toe brakes in question, thank you Todd for your input. Everybody else here has indicated zero experience with H.O. Aircraft toe brakes, and has proven that "opinions are like assholes, everybody has one." Opinions are great, but spoken without benefit of fact, they are most often baseless for the question on hand. It was as if "hottshot" threw some gas on the floor to see what would ignite before actually calling H.O. Aircraft. Only "Stewartb"actually suggested calling H.O. Aircraft for details. It is amazing to see so much speculation here without actually addressing the original question, some of these comments that were supposed to be on H.O. Aircraft toe brakes included:
"How long are your legs.... handle your plane without using the brakes."
"toe brake implementation in Tango Cubs (I have not flow the conversion) are very poor..."
"I believe toe breaks will get you on your nose faster."
"All the cool kids use heel brakes."
"Put Kyler up front, he knows how to work the brakes. You only need them when you are about (the) run off the end of the gravel bar anyway."
"...the 180 leaps off the ground even with the brakes actuated."
In actually referring to the H.O. Aircraft toe brake picture, there was this... "When the pedal is pushed to maximum travel, do you still have full brake travel... my guess is no... it appears there would be no brake available." Amazing... do you actually think the FAA would sign off on an STC so you could sell it as you have observed?
One of my favorite 'related' comments was: "Hey! Where do you guys get that popcorn emoji?"
"... there is no way that there is room for toe brakes."
Then there are the usual "your/you're" misuse, "toe breaks," etc.
It was an amusing read, but my H.O. Aircraft toe brake equipped Cub is actually not related to any of the above comments. With my toe brakes, I can get full rudder and full brake if needed, the engineering of the toe brake kit could not get any better, the quality of materials is the best available, it is nearly maintenance free (no fluid changes with temp, etc), I'm 5'11" and I have never had a leg room issue with my toe brakes, but more importantly, my H.O. Aircraft toe brake purchase/installation and personal interaction with Dan White and his professional staff was the best you can find anywhere. If H.O. Aircraft was closer to my Alaskan location, I would only deal with Dan for all my Cub maintenance requirements.
So, to answer "hottshot's" question, I have H.O. Aircraft toe brakes in my Cub and I would highly recommend it; you will not be dissatisfied. Installation expenses vary with the condition of your Cub, so it is difficult to speak to that concern. The last I checked, my Cub was "real," so I suppose that makes me a "real Cub guy" regardless of brake installation. What's next? Three point/wheel landings? Cub yellow vs. red and white?