CubCrafters CC19 XCub
Aircraft Description
The CubCrafters CC19 XCub is an American light aircraft, designed and produced by CubCrafters of Yakima, Washington, introduced in June 2016. The aircraft is supplied complete and ready-to-fly
The aircraft features a V-strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit accessed via doors, fixed aluminium sprung conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from welded CNC-milled 4130 steel tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 34.3 ft (10.5 m) span wing has an area of 174.8 sq ft (16.24 m2) and mounts flaps. The controls are driven by torque tubes, instead of cables, with the aileron tubes running inside the V-struts. The standard engine available is the 180 hp (134 kW) Lycoming O-360-C1 (CC363i) four-stroke powerplant, driving a Hartzell Trailblazer composite, constant speed propeller. In July 2019 a 215 hp (160 kW) version powered by a Lycoming IO-390 (CC393i) engine and a Hartzell Pathfinder three-bladed propeller was introduced as the CC19-215. The new powerplant requires a new cowling and baffles.
The aircraft has an empty weight of 1,216 lb (552 kg) and a gross weight of 2,300 lb (1,000 kg), giving a useful load of 1,084 lb (492 kg).The take-off and landing distance required at maximum gross weight has been demonstrated as 170 ft (52 m). In 2020 the manufacturer certified a new version of the design, the NXCub, (Nosewheel XCub) with tricycle landing gear, only available with the Lycoming IO-390 (CC393i) engine. With additional parts, an XCub or NXCub can be readily converted between conventional and tricycle landing gear configurations, with NXCub simply being the model designation for aircraft factory-built with tricycle landing gear. The task of converting an aircraft requires two people and takes around four hours. An XCub or NXCub can also be fitted with floats.
