Comparing the Easy Raider and Super Cub, and I've a reasonable number of hours in each. Construction is similar, the Easy Raider is the better short field aeroplane
Are you genuinely comparing like with like? Will an Easy Raider at gross perform as well as a PA18 and, if so, how do the useful loads compare? The PA18 one-up, half tanks, no bags, is a different aircraft to one at gross, although even then it's performance is excellent. The PA18 is a true bush aircraft, a load hauler with the strength to get in and out of some very rough, very short strips. This is short field:
http://www.supercub.org/copper/displ...tup&cat=&pos=4
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