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Chris & D.A.'s/Denny's Super Cub

Tom Ford sent me this link and I thought I would update. Bought theirs project from Good Karl and brought it to Maine. This is what 810DM looks like currently. Fun to see and read the history of it!

Andy
 

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Breather hose extended to cabane

The breather hose is extended to the cabane to keep the belly oil free and pops off to be your oil drain tube. A piece of 5/8 garden hose has been on my cub since 1979. Just slides over the alum. breather tube(no clamp) and through a loop of duct tape on the cabane.






skywagon8a said:
D.A.,
The long hose which is tied to the landing gear "V" indicates that there may be excessive blow by from the engine. It gives the impression of a band-aid fix to a more serious problem.
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Such a sad ending to a great airplane. I guess the upside is it’s flying again. Would have been great to see it as it was
 

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RaisedByWolves said:
Such a sad ending to a great airplane. I guess the upside is it’s flying again. Would have been great to see it as it was
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That’s a ridiculous statement. Tons of cubs just sitting that will never fly again. At least this thing is back in the air. Looks better now than it ever did.
 
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I get what Ford is saying. If our niche STOL game was a fraction of the size of other motor sports, nascar ect., we’d have a museum showing the evolution of the sport. This plane along with several others we all recognize would be in this museum. That is not how it works however. These airplanes are tools and recreational devices and very few care about their former life……The more airplanes that are out there being used and not sitting in the corner of a hangar the better off we all are.
 
I totally get the piece of history and the incredible start his plane was to the stol world that we all benefit from today! Means even more to me to have this. BTW it is only 1076# on 3x3 gear and still a beast!
 
At some point you’ve got to ask yourself if the STOL fad has helped or hurt the good old PA18. If you like that kind of stuff go buy a highlander.
 
Citabrialaska said:
At some point you’ve got to ask yourself if the STOL fad has helped or hurt the good old PA18. If you like that kind of stuff go buy a highlander.
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You might want to rethink that thought. Guys like Jerry Burr have spent thousands of hours figuring out how to make a cub take off shorter, fly slower and land shorter. Doing all that at a contest is icing on the cake. For guys operating a cub everyday, it’s the difference between tearing one up or getting home. I’d say the trickle down from the STOL innovators have created a safer and more capable airplane.
 
KevinJ said:
You might want to rethink that thought. Guys like Jerry Burr have spent thousands of hours figuring out how to make a cub take off shorter, fly slower and land shorter. Doing all that at a contest is icing on the cake. For guys operating a cub everyday, it’s the difference between tearing one up or getting home. I’d say the trickle down from the STOL innovators have created a safer and more capable airplane.
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If that’s true how come it’s rare to see a certified cub at a stol competition anymore? If you look around at the working cubs here in AK they look nothing like what 810DM used to.
 
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I couldn’t agree more with wanting to see more certified cubs entering competitions.
The rules have changed however putting certified cubs at a disadvantage.

The two different formatted competitions I have entered in the past, National STOL and Arkanstol, group Experimental and Certified cubs in the same class. Not much incentive for a guy to bring out a “mostly” legal certified cub unless you are just doing it for fun and have little aspiration of winning 1st.

The competitions in AK still have a certified bush class incentivizing your old -18s to come play.

As for the working cubs you see on the flight line up there, I bet you see a lot of them with VGs, plastic props, Keller flaps and better suspension. All trickle down from the STOL innovators.
 
Valdez had a single certified cub this year.

As for having all the latest mods I think you would be surprised at how little some of these cubs are modified. 35s and a borer prop? Sure! $10k flaps? Not so much.

Since you guys seem to dislike the standard cub so much I’d like to throw it out there that I’ll be in the market for one soon. Any of you want to sell one for a good deal to a young guy who’s been working hard and putting away money for several years?
 
Citabrialaska said:
Valdez had a single certified cub this year.

As for having all the latest mods I think you would be surprised at how little some of these cubs are modified. 35s and a borer prop? Sure! $10k flaps? Not so much.

Since you guys seem to dislike the standard cub so much I’d like to throw it out there that I’ll be in the market for one soon. Any of you want to sell one for a good deal to a young guy who’s been working hard and putting away money for several years?
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only 1 showed up due to weather. I know more that were headed there and had to turn around due to the weather.
Still cracks me up that a 172 kicks the crap out of just about every other plane that shows up there including highly modified experimental birds.
The lack of wind at Valdez this year shows a better picture of what the planes can actually do in the real world. A stock cub in the hands of the right guy will still kick the crap out of a $$$$$$ cub in the hands of the wrong guy. Just cause guys spend stupid money on mods doesn't mean they can even come close to using them to the full potential.
 
You guys have convinced me. Since the only goal is to land as slow and short as possible I’m just going to keep saving my money and buy a EVTOL. Hopefully AKF&G won’t outlaw them for hunting🤞
 
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Certified cubs are awesome, I miss mine. But my experimental will be even better (for me). It is crazy that just the FWF now cost more than I sold my 1963 cub for (15 years ago and it was basically 'new' with replaced fuselage etc.).
 
Only one certified super cub at Valdez but it did hold its own very well against all the experimental.
My working cub is very basic- there is no better cub than the stock wing --
— for all around performance in all the conditions we encounter through the seasons.
In Mods I only look to enhance the basic design without loosing what is so close to perfect.
 
Citabrialaska said:
At some point you’ve got to ask yourself if the STOL fad has helped or hurt the good old PA18. If you like that kind of stuff go buy a highlander.
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Perhaps they are more popular elsewhere, but I rarely see a highlander doing anything, aside from Steve Henry’s race plane.
The one guy that sometimes shows at events in the northeast doesn’t place and complains about the speed getting anywhere. 🤷‍♂️
 
D.A. said:
Oh man, I finished the most horrendous job on the Cub so far, removing the floorboards with the fuselage covered and the bootcowl in place. I really hope I have the opportunity to NEVER do that job EVER again - EVER. However, the tubing under the floors looks spotless, perfect condition, good to know. Also, it looks like the floor/gear area was beefed up when the airplane was built.
I did searches for master cylinder booster and it looks like there are a few different parties offering them. There are no markings on mine, does anyone know who made it? I'd like to get rebuild kits for them. On the other hand, is a booster on the old Scott base the way to go? Is there a more powerful M/C out there that's enough more powerful to warrant the change?
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I am doing the same thing ! It's seem to be impossible, how you loose al the nuts from the front pedals without taking the bootcowl off??
 
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