Leading Edge Cuff

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cub_driver

Registered User

Big Lake AK

• Jan 19, 2005

• #151

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akrockhound

Registered User

Fairbanks, Alaska

• Jan 19, 2005

• #152

crosswind cuff

Excellent thread......I installed the cuff on my 14 and have been flying it for about 5 months.

I had heard some good and bad stories about the cuff before I did the install.

With the cuff the stall is very gently (really gentle), with a fairly steep attitude. I have not experienced any bad flight characteristics.

I would recommend it to anyone who is recovering their wing.

 

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ksecub

Registered User

Portland, OR

• Jan 31, 2005

• #153

When installing the x-winds cuff, do they provide a new landing light lens to fit the new leading edge profile? Do most people install the tip spill plates or just modify their tips to fit the new leading edge profile (assuming squared off tips not round wing tips)? How thick of metal do they use on the cuff (.016, .020, or .025)?

 

akrockhound

Registered User

Fairbanks, Alaska

• Jan 31, 2005

• #154

They do supply the landing light lense. We ended the cuff at the inboard edge of my drooped tips so no other tip modification was tequired.

Off hand I can't say what thickness the edge is.

 

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reliableflyer

Registered User

Seldovia, Alaska

• Jul 11, 2019

• #155

I had a 12 for 43 years. First 12 years with a standard 12 wing with flaps. The next 31 years
I had 18 wings with Charly’s cuff on the same aircraft. I liked the cuff. It improved low speed
performance and I had no additional issues with ice with the cuff than without it.

 

tcraft128

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St. Marys GA; GA36

• Feb 25, 2021

• #156

Hmmmmm.....I love digging into the past on this stuff.

 

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bubb2

Registered User

Eagle River, AK

• Feb 26, 2021

• #157

Curious how many of those frosted wing test pilots are still alive today.