Hello; there are so many cubs around here that I decided early in my flying career not to own or fly a cub. As my duties as club instructor I have been able to fly 5 or 6 new cubs a year since then. I still haven't built or owned a cub, although I have developed a respect for them. I was given a 1/3 scale Pilot cub and 10 yards of 'CUB' Yellow to cover it with a few years ago, but I just haven't got around to it yet. I have flown every kind of cub known to man (except a full scale one) and find all of them quite similar in all sizes, smaller ones are snappier, bigger ones are gentler. The most popular cubs around here are the Great Planes 60 size ones, we hae three of them around here, all new and all great flyers, second would be the Goldberg anniversary cub, with three of them also. There's not too much to choose between them, as far as flying is concerned, both are great floaty reliable and visible planes. The GP version uses less plywood, and (I hear) a little easier to build. I guess I would go with the best deal I could find.

On another note, a veteran builder/flyer recently built a cub using the GP cub 40 size outline, He used his own building methods, and only used the plans for the outline. I have flown the plane and it is a delightful float flyer. The thing that sets it apart from most cubs is that he uses a Surpass 26 for power. It takes off as quick as any other cub and flies just fine on the little 26 four stroke. I'm sure that it is quite a bit lighter then Great Planes had planned on, so the potential is there, and the design is well proven.