It was parked at the Wexford County Airport (CAD) in Cadillac, MI. A gentleman I spoke with said that it was a kit plane and that it has an ultra-light engine. Not sure if that is true but that is what he said. Doesn’t seem like an ultra-light engine would have enough power to get that thing off the ground.
I am offering to post a couple of similies and a thank you to the person/persons that can help me identify this plane.
I’d have guessed it was a J3 Cub too, but I’m certainly no expert. I found THIS IMAGE of a J3, which at first glance APPEARS to be the same plane. Paint job is identical, and wing struts look similar too - as does the curvature of the rear windows. Looking at the window frames on “my image” (not really mine), they are black, whereas they’re yellow on the OP’s image. Wheel hubs are different too. The exhaust pipe hanging from under the engine in the OP’s image does not appear in “mine”.
Searching THUMBNAIL IMAGES, looks like some have cylinder heads sticking out of the cowling, and some don’t - but NONE of them have that big honkin’ exhaust pipe hanging below the engine cowling that the OP’s image shows.
From all of the husky images I’ve seen, the rear window is straight, whereas the Cub’s rear window and the OP’s plane’s rear window is rounded. Aside from that, the Husky had me scratchin’ my head! Everything else about it looks “cubby” to me.
I don’t think a Cub expert would fault anyone for calling the OP’s plane a Cub. The only thing throwin’ me about it is the exhaust pipe hangin’ down. Some sort of engine conversion?
…mmmm, definitely not a Husky, and not a real Cub…no exposed cylinder heads, for one thing… Looks like some sort of ultralight Cub replica…note the smallish prop, the air filter on the side of the cowl, the wheel forging, the single seat, and…no registration…which I don’t believe is required for ultralights.
My guess is a homebuilt Cub. Not sure about the OP’s source regarding the ultra light engine. Maybe somebody told him it was a very small engine and he then called it an ultra light. I emailed the pic to my instructor who builds custom Cubs. Will report back when I hear.
I don’t know about the exhaust on that plane. My club 172 has a tuned exhaust which hangs way back like that. It adds about 20hp on top of the 160hp engine. It’s a rocket!
