No they are not using old data plates (they did up until about 4 years
ago). Somehow the FAA is issuing airworthiness certificates, with Cub
Crafters building on the Piper Super Cub design (without owning the
design, and Piper is letting them get away with it). Cub Crafters is
also somehow incorporating a bunch of STC's into the design. Don't ask
me how, but they are doing it. How do you search for AD's on such an
airplane? I dunno. Shows you how much we don't know, and from what I
hear, the FAA doesn't really know either.

One thing, it seems the Piper Super Cub design has become emminent
domain. Anyone can use it. I hear of individuals building Super Cubs
from PMA's Super Cub parts and getting a certified (NOT experimental)
type certificate!

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message .com...
"Doug" wrote in message
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How is it that Cub Crafters is building brand new "Super Cub", yet
don't own the rights? The FAA is issuing airworthiness certificates
for them, somehow.

Do they use old dataplates? If so that is all the FAA cares about. If you
own the dataplate you can build an airplane around it with not one original
part except the data plate.