Boost in STOL Performance Comes Courtesy of Small, Instant Propulsion
Cubcrafters showed off a new engineering trick with a bank of leading edge, electric motors and slats for increased short takeoff performance, saying that the system boosts lift by 1.5 to 4 times over a stock Cub. The Electric Lift Augmenting Slats (ELAS) system won't necessarily join the CubCrafters option catalog overnight, though, being more of a prototype to prove the concept out. While it can be retrofitted to existing Cubs, CubCrafters is conspicuously mum about promising a production run just yet.
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