Fly The Super Decathlon 8KCAB
The Super Decathlon lets you experience basic aerobatics, perfect for those that want to keep there thrills on the milder side.
If you aren’t quite ready to step up to an Extra, you might want to try our Super Decathlon. While not quite as gnarly as the Extra, the Super D can do basic and some intermediate aerobatic maneuvers.
The Super Decathlon (8KCAB) entered production in the United States in 1970 as a more powerful and stronger complement to the American Champion Citabria line of aircraft. The Super Decathlon was designed with aerobatics in mind it features several features that make it excel. Some of these include fuel injection, a symmetrical airfoil, a constant speed unit (CSU) and inverted oil and fuel system’s.
The 8KCAB Decathlon and Super Decathlon are two-seat fixed conventional gear light airplanes designed for flight training and personal use and capable of sustaining aerobatic stresses (+6/-5g). The Decathlon entered production in the United States in 1970 as a more powerful and stronger complement to the Citabria line of aircraft.
The Decathlon was designed by the Champion Aircraft Corporation, and is a derivative of the 7-series Citabrias. While the Citabria designs were and remain successful, and the introduction of the 7KCAB variant of the Citabria had added limited inverted flight capability, the Citabrias are not capable of “outside” maneuvers, those requiring significant negative -“g” loads. Pilots wanted an aircraft capable of more maneuvers, and Champion introduced the 8KCAB Decathlon in response to this demand.
Though the Decathlon went out of production within a decade of its introduction, this was not due to any fault in the design but rather to the slump in general aviation in the United States at the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s. Since its reintroduction, the Super Decathlon has sold steadily. Decathlons and Super Decathlons remain popular as aerobatic trainers, as beginning and intermediate aerobatic aircraft, and as personal aircraft.
OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY
All SCA flights are instructional in nature conducted by certified flight instructors in accordance with federal aviation regulations under 14 CFR Part 61 of the United States Code. Instruction will be provided during ground and flight portions for all flights.