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Grove: Better Brakes for Cubs

Piper Cubs are known for a lot of things, but good brakes arent among them, at least if were talking OEM equipment. Our pre-war Cub had the original expander tube brakes that, although rebuilt and we'll maintained, worked sporadically we'll at best.

Paul Bertorelli
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Piper Cubs are known for a lot of things, but good brakes arent among them, at least if were talking OEM equipment. Our pre-war Cub had the original expander tube brakes that, although rebuilt and we’ll maintained, worked sporadically we’ll at best.

Paul Bertorelli

Paul Bertorelli is Aviation Consumer’s Editor at Large. In addition to his valued contributions to Aviation Consumer, his in-depth video productions on sister publication AVweb cover a wide variety of topics that greatly contribute to safety, operation and aircraft ownership. When Paul isn’t writing or filming, he’s out flying his J3 Cub.