CubCrafters XCub
Target for the CubCrafters XCub
Up to 50fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 50 fpm, and no note for a soft touchdown: a feather-light arrival is the right technique here.
- Vref reference
- 52ktat 1,043 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 12°the category's
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 30 to 150mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
The XCub is the modern interpretation of the Piper Cub, fabric on tubular steel, big tires, and tailwheel handling that rewards good rudder discipline. It's the most popular MSFS bush-flying platform and the airframe most likely to humble a tricycle-gear pilot trying tailwheel for the first time.
Landing technique.
Approach at 60 KIAS, slowing to 50 over the threshold. Wheel landings can be flown faster; 3-point landings need precise stall awareness.
Wheel landing: hold the aircraft level, fly the mains onto the runway, ease the stick forward as the wheels touch. Then hold the tail up as long as practical.
3-point landing: full stall just above the runway, all three wheels touch together. The tailwheel-up moment is brief; commit to it.
Crosswind: wing-down technique only. Slip into the wind with opposite rudder, touch the upwind main first, then settle the downwind main, then the tailwheel.
Use rudder aggressively after touchdown, the XCub will weathervane into any crosswind and you need rudder to keep it tracking.
Common mistakes.
Loss of directional control after touchdown. Most common tailwheel accident in any aircraft. Stay on the rudder until you're stopped.
Bouncing a wheel landing by holding back too much elevator after the wheels touch, push forward as they touch.
Approaching too fast and floating, the XCub wants to slow down to land.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- CubCrafters
- Model
- XCub
- Variant
- XCub CC19-180 (180 hp)
- FAA approach category
- A
- MTOW
- 1,043 kg (2,299 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Default Std
- Category
- Tailwheel / Aerobatic
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