[1] The Carbon Cub EX features a strut-braced high-wing, a two-seats-in-tandem enclosed cockpit that is 24 in (61 cm) wide and accessed via a door, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.

The design is related to the company's CubCrafters Carbon Cub SS light-sport aircraft, but adapted to the US experimental amateur-built category.

Construction time from the supplied kit ranges from 700 to 1100 hours (Depending on builder experience).

[1] In August 2022, a new engine option was introduced, the 186 hp (139 kW) CC363i F/P, equipped with a constant-speed propeller.

[2] By December 2016 four examples had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration and six with Transport Canada.