I just watched a "B" grade movie with Melanie Griffith called Cherry 2000. Near the end she was flying a yellow tandem plane with big bush tires. The cylinder heads did not stick out of the cowl, so I don't think it was a Cub.

If someone else will actually admit to seeing this movie and knows what the plane was and what size tires were they running I'd be curious to know. I'd guess the tires were 28 or 30 inches.

It was pretty neat to see the suspension working on the bumps of the sand dunes. Also, one turn was especially steep.

tom

I just missed that last night, it used to be one of my fav's when I was a kid. I will see if it is still in my video section...

I remember that cheasy movie. Been awhile sense I've seen it but I belive the plane they used was a Super Cub. Cawling and door give it away. Tires likely 31"BW.

Super Cub: Small, cramped, uncomfortable little plane manufactured originally by Piper, most have been remanufactured several times by various other people.

Piper took the light weight, trainer/sport plane and put a larger engine on it and the "Super" badge, thus making a bush plane. The Super cub is the best STOL certified plane out there, it's about the worst plane in every other category.

Piper wisely put low cross braces on the top of the cockpit to discourage large pilots. I say wisely because the flap lever is positioned in front of the left edge of the seat, preventing large pilots from using left aileron with flaps extended.

Super Cubs are also notorious for inspiring stupidity in their pilots. They apparently create an overwhelming urge to try landing on tiny ridge tops or stream beds. This frequently results in the Cub demonstrating it's ability to land and park inverted. The Cub then tries to beat some sense into it's pilot by rapping his noggin on the afore mentioned cross braces. However, this typically fails and the pilot just compounds his stupidity by adding longer gear, bigger tires, VG's, bigger engines and various other devices to increase the planes weight and capacity to inspire stupidity.

This also results in a high rate of AIDS (Airplane Induced Divorce Syndrome) among Super Cub owners, since the house has to be mortgaged to pay for remanufacturing and modifying the Super Cub.

You get the picture.

Phil

Oops! thought the topic said "WHAT is a Super Cub".

Phil

Damn Phil,
Tell us about how you really feel. Did a SC driver steal your girlfriend?

a64pilot wrote:Damn Phil,
Tell us about how you really feel. Did a SC driver steal your girlfriend?

Naw, I just love watching how defensive they get when I suggest the Stuper Cub isn't the ultimate aircraft.
Show a Cub owner an F-15 and I swear 9 times out of 10 the response will be "Yeah, but I can take off shorter!"

Phil

Phil,
I don't see anyone talkin bad about cessnas they way you talk about Super Cubs. I don't understand why you have to publicly announce how much you dislike Super Cubs. Now unless a Super Cub single handedly crashed into your house, why cant you just think about how lucky we are to have airplanes, no matter how short they land, how fast they cruise or whos flying it. Because i know for a fact that there are alot of people that all they care about is getting to fly. Even if they do need help getting into the cock pit.

No hard feeings just something to think about.

-Looks like someone forgot to take their happy pills-

The airplane in that movie is an Aeronca Champ.


Jason

Pacer160, please don't take anything I say about Cubs too seriously. Several of my friends fly them. It was intended with tongue planted firmly in cheek. Guess I need to use more smilies

But living in Alaska, I have so many people, usually non-pilots , tell me I NEED a Super Cub that it's become something of a joke to me.

Besides, you proved my point by getting defensive about it
And is a Pacer really a Cub?

No hard feelings.

Phil

Anticub needs to get a life! Was it a bad childhood experience? Maybe a bad experience with a low flying cub? Let it out man! We'll all feel better for it . By the way, does that thing you fly have a nosewheel? Does the C150 still shake and rattle when you pull the mixture and kill the engine? Just fork out the money and buy yourself a SuperCub.

IdahoSupercub

I'm not saying that my airplane is a cub. to be completely honest your 150 prolly outperforms my pacer. I'm not trying to take sides here, just trying to figure out why you cant be just a little bit more open minded when it comes to airplanes.

Super Cubs are also notorious for inspiring stupidity in their pilots. They apparently create an overwhelming urge to try landing on tiny ridge tops or stream beds. This frequently results in the Cub demonstrating it's ability to land and park inverted. The Cub then tries to beat some sense into it's pilot by rapping his noggin on the afore mentioned cross braces. However, this typically fails and the pilot just compounds his stupidity by adding longer gear, bigger tires, VG's, bigger engines and various other devices to increase the planes weight and capacity to inspire stupidity.

This also results in a high rate of AIDS (Airplane Induced Divorce Syndrome) among Super Cub owners, since the house has to be mortgaged to pay for remanufacturing and modifying the Super Cub.

Didn't you steal this from one of the Maule threads and just change "Maule" to "Cub" ?
Just wondering.

What I hate most about super cubs is that I can't afford one. I'm not sure I'd buy one even if I could, but I'd like to have the option. The smucking things should cost about $50k in mint condition, not $150k.

There does some to be a certain sense of snobbery among some Super Cub owners. It's almost as if, since they coughed up the money for the "best" shortfield backcountry airplane, that part of their charter is to remind everyone around them how great it is at any opportunity. Now that says nothing about the airplane, just some owners. Same goes for some members of the Skywagon club... I guess some people just think their sh*t don't stink and everybody else needs to know about it!

Ka-ching, ka-ching! Now, now, I'm just defending myself You can say the same thing about Harley owners, an old trusted technology motorcycle that still remains desirable regardless of new modern designs.

IdahoSuperCub

Buy a Harley buy the best, ride it a mile and push it the rest.

Idaho SuperCub wrote:You can say the same thing about Harley owners, an old trusted technology motorcycle that still remains desirable regardless of new modern designs.

Harley: 99% image, 1% reliable transportation

Amazingly enough, Harley makes more money on merchandise then on the bikes themselves.

Idaho SuperCub

Amazingly enough, Harley makes more money on merchandise then on the bikes themselves.

Harley: 99% image, 1% reliable transportation

Pretty much says the same thing, doesn't it? Harley's are just like a good old hound dog...they love to ride in the back of a pick-up truck. At least when a super cub crashes it's not because the tie down strap broke and it fell out the back of a f250.