Question Buying a Carbon Cub SS

[Meconiates]

Hi all, so a lot has happened over the last week. I am now under contact to buy a used Carbon Cub SS. I expect to close on it over the next couple weeks and then I need to ferry it back from the Pacific Northwest to NYC. My plan to do this ferry with a CFI and to use a southern route to maximize day VFR conditions. Unfortunately the plane I am buying only has standard tanks for I really can’t plan legs greater than 250nm. Route attached - open to feedback.

Also, I want to set-up an iPhone mount. Will the attached equipment work? Is the small size base correct with the medium arm?

Finally, I am buying a 2016 - can anyone confirm that this year came with LEMO plugs ?

 

[Neal]

I moved this out of the tailwheel training thread to a new thread. Congrats on your purchase. I don't know when LEMO plugs started, they are nice to have so I don't have to deal with batteries.

There are some YouTube videos on camera mounts such as @Cubonaut875 recently posted. I use a clamp and ram arm and just clamp to any of the tubes which I think are 1 inch in diameter.

Amazon.com: RAM Mounts RAP-B-400U Tough-Claw Small Clamp Base with Ball with B Size 1" Ball for Rails 0.625" to 1.14" in Diameter : Electronics

Amazon.com: RAM Mounts RAP-B-400U Tough-Claw Small Clamp Base with Ball with B Size 1" Ball for Rails 0.625" to 1.14" in Diameter : Electronics

www.amazon.com

I use the mag safe phone mount with a C clamp like this:

Amazon.com

I think I use a medium arm for both, one of my cameras uses a short arm. I'm never showing my drawer of ram mounts and parts and other mounts. Embarrassing

Consider planning a north route and southern route. I did both from Yakima to Virginia. I hated the southern route, love the northern route. All just depends on weather. You may have seen my video of flying a cub across the country and that will give the route I took, let me find it for you. The weather was amazing!!! (October 2023)

 

[Meconiates]

Thanks Neal - on the RAM base mount that you linked from Amazon - is the base small, medium or large? From what I can tell it’s related to the diameter of the pipe you are clamping onto:

Small - Clamp Range: .375" - .625" diameter
Medium - Clamp Range: .75" - 1" diameter
Large - Clamp Range 1.125" - 1.5" diameter

I don’t know the diameter of the pipe on the carbon cub…

 

[Neal]

The one I linked is .625 to 1.14. Maybe others know but I think many of the tubes are 1 inch OD???

I attach my phone to the small area below the key where the tube is exposed using the clamp I linked with the U clamp and screws.

 

[Cactus Charlie]

Should be obvious but don't fly with any CFI. One who does not have recent back seat time in an aircraft similar to yours may be more of a liability than a help if he feels the need to take control.

 

[Meconiates]

Should be obvious but don't fly with any CFI. One who does not have recent back seat time in an aircraft similar to yours may be more of a liability than a help if he feels the need to take control.

Understood. The CFI I am using just did a cross country ferry in a Carbon Cub SS as a back seater last month…