Building the new Cubby Renegade

[Jean Crous]

We have long wanted to create that really nice home grown Cub iteration that ticks most of the boxes for most folks (it is not possible to tick all the boxes for all the pilots). The Cubby Renegade has a lot of small differences to the original Cubby with the VW derived engine, which was solo flown from the rear seat. It shares a lot with the Cubby MK2, but still has a fair amount of differences to set it aside as a different model.

The Renegade has an electro-mechanichal jackscrew to fully adjust the horizontal stabilizer up and down for trim, it has single slotted flaps, and a baggage door on the RH side of the fuselage for loading baggage. It has a "half door" on the left side of the cockpit opening upwards under the left wing, the entry door on the right is much bigger than the original Cubby. The front cockpit easily accommodates pilots of 6ft5 . It is solo flown from the front seat.

There are a variety of engine options which can be fitted. Rotax 9 series,Jabiru 6cyl, UL Power, and Revmaster.
The Renegade we will use for this thread is fitted with a UL Power 350i of 120hp. It is a flat 4 aircooled direct drive engine.
We hope you will enjoy the build with us.
Jean

[Jean Crous]

Here are some photos of our recent progress, enjoy ! As mentioned this is the installation of the UL Power 350i engine of 120hp.
Jean.

[Goose]

Nou wat mag ons nie nog foto’s sien nie

[Jean Crous]

Nou wat mag ons nie nog foto’s sien nie

Oom Gans.....die "scamdemic" het in die pad gekom, toe ons weer kon werk was daar n heel paar kliente se aeries wat aandag wou he. Ons sal volgende week weer aan die gang wees en fotos opsit soos ons vorder.
Jean.
PS Daai Supercub projek van jou lyk stunning !!

[Jean Crous]

So today we started on a bit of a rework of the rear passenger`s rudder pedals position. This is in order to give a better seat "feel" to the now front seat pilot. As the old Cubby was a rear seat solo aircraft the rear occupant had to have the best seat, so to speak, but now the boot is on the other foot....( or is it Butt on the other seat...) , so the front seat has now got to be the best seat :D Once we are done playing , I will post some photos of our endeavours. The brakes will also be changed from heel-brakes to-toe brakes, with the master cylinders on the front rudder pedals , connected to the toe-brakes.
Jean

[Jean Crous]

Here are some photos to show what exactly we have been up to with this Renegade frame. Basically it is a couple of ergonomic changes to improve pilot comfort. The two "test dummies" are both over 6 foot tall. Joos, the burly one in the front seat is 6ft 2, and Pierre the more slender one in the rear seat is 6ft 1, and has a size 10 shoe, note the position of his feet.
1) The instrument panel has been moved foreward, now tall pilots have more "knee room".
2) The position of the rear occupant`s rudder pedals have been moved away from next to the legs of the front occupant.
3) Toe brakes will be used for both front and rear .
4) The door frame has been made bigger to the front to facilitate those pilots with less "bendy" joints.
5) The front seat frame also got a bit of an adjustment, notice the good headroom for those "grain fed South Africans"

[Jean Crous]

We have an order for a Cubby Maverick (previously dubbed MK2). We are in the final stages of welding the airframe together. This frame will be brought up to the same phase as the Renegade frame, which is ready for assembly, then we will be building the Renegade and the Maverick simultaneously and will post photos as we progress.
Jean

[Goose]

Ons wag in spanning

[Jean Crous]

The Cubby Maverick frame is done welded, we finished painting the frame today. Next week we will start the Renegade and Maverick builds alongside each other, and take "time lapse" photos as we progress.
Jean.

[Jean Crous]

Renegade and Maverick airframes next to each other. During the build of these two aircraft the differences will become quite clear.
Jean.

[Goose]

Lyk ek sal in die een kan pas

[Jean Crous]

Lyk ek sal in die een kan pas

Hans ,....ja daar het al n groot seun in hom geklim en hy pas mooi.
Jean

[Goose]

[Jean Crous]

As promised a few photos of the progress on the Cubby Renegade.
Jean.

The shoert leg is the original Cubby MK1 the middle is the Cubby MK2(now called Maverick), and the long one is the Renegade leg.

The Cubby Renegade will have a tall stance, my nephew is 6ft1inch.

22inch tundra tyres

Main gear legs have been beefed up to take the big tyres.

8 inch pneumatic Matco tailwheel goes well with the big maingear.

[Goose]

Looking good