YAKIMA, Washington — CubCrafters, a designer and manufacturer of Part 23 Certified, Light-Sport, and Experimental backcountry aircraft, has acquired Summit Aircraft Skis, including the company’s design and manufacturing assets, patents, and related intellectual property, from the Summit Aircraft Corporation of Sandpoint, Idaho.
According to CubCrafters’ officials, Summit Aircraft Skis are favored by Carbon Cub owners and preferred by the owners of many other types of backcountry aircraft.
“The unique ski design allows pilots to quickly and easily configure their aircraft to fly to many remote and primitive areas that would otherwise be inaccessible in winter when runways are not maintained,” officials noted.
Mike Custard, founder of Summit Aircraft Corporation, observed that the Summit Ski design utilizes a patented bolt-on attachment bracket that eliminates the need to weld skis to the landing gear and attachments. The ski design offers lower weight and lower profile aerodynamics than other skis, he added.
Manufacturing of skis has already begun in Yakima, CubCrafters officials reported.
“Going forward, Summit Skis will continue to be available on both CubCrafters aircraft and aircraft from other manufacturers as well,” officials said.
For more information: CubCrafters.com, SummitAircraft.com.
Congrats to Mike for his well deserved profit off his innovative design. Excited to see CubCrafter’s manufacturing might put behind the skis… though let’s see where the prices go!