CUBBY - pro's and con's

[arnold]

I am thinking of buying a cubby. Any advise / comments from present or previous owners Thanks

[Morph]

Lovely little plane. I just found them difficult to get into, especially the back seat. Secondly, when flying solo how can you change the QNH setting on the ALT. I know they have a remote option on the radio.

[RV4ker (RIP)]

I have one. It is cheap simple flying (<R200hr). They are strong and easy to fly. Handeling on ground is a bit in the tailwheeler esp in X wind...

Reaching the dash is a bit of a pain in the ass, but flying low and slow with door open at sundown is awesome. Mine has over 600 triaining hrs on it. Couple bent props, bent tailwheels etc, but repairs are cheap, easy and can mostly be done in field.

Does not have a great reputation so resale is a problem. There was one in Junk Mail for R140K neg & one sold on Avcom for R145K I think. I bought it as I could not get a tailwheel rating anywhere in Jhb for less than R1000/hr which is rediculous...

Will be back in air sometime in Nov if you want to go for a flip, ese Parys flying school has one for training and there are a couple at Heidelburg as well. . Until advent of Oribi, it was possibly the cheapest 3 axis aerie around...