Backcountry Super Cubs Supercruiser

The Backcountry Super Cubs Supercruiser is an American amateur-built aircraft, designed and produced by Backcountry Super Cubs of Douglas, Wyoming. The aircraft is based upon the design of the Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser and is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.

Design and development
The Supercruiser features a strut-braced high wing, a three-seat 36 in wide enclosed cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration. The aircraft seats the pilot in front and two passengers in the rear on a bench seat.

The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing, with the wings constructed of aluminum sheet, all covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its 38.1 ft span wing has an area of 170 sqft, is supported by "V" struts with jury struts and mounts flaps. The aircraft's recommended engine power range is 180 to 240 hp and standard engines used include the 180 hp Lycoming O-360 four-stroke powerplant. Construction time from the supplied kit is 1200 hours.

Operational history
By December 2011, 140 examples had been reported as completed and flown.