[2] On the early PA-11s, the fuselage was painted with a metallic blue on the lower half the rest being Lock Haven Yellow.

Although its original design is intended to be a tail-dragger, a modification was created to mount a nose wheel.

Cables run underneath the belly directly from fixtures on the rudder pedals to the nose wheel shaft.

This gave the ability to steer by pivoting the nose wheel shaft with the rudder pedals.

[citation needed] A number of Cub Specials have been converted for flight operation using floats.