Denny wrote:
There are many experienced and informed people on this list... But I do
see plaintive pleadings from some with lessor amounts of information at
their disposal... For those who don't understand why we (USA) can't
market a 'cheap' LSA, follow me through... Your lack of business
experience shows... The cost of labor is miniscule compared to the
regulatory costs...

So you want to manufacture the WHiz Bang 4, that you drew up in your
spare time at your real job...
OK, ya gotta have a shop to work in... So go lease a factory
building... BANG, ya got overhead! And you have to feed it every month,
even while you are still trying to put the business together...

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I could go on in great detail for tens of thousands of words, but I
won't applause... Anyway, the point of this for those who have never
actually started a business, is that there is a whole bunch you don't
know about our FREE country...

denny


You're assuming any design has to be done by a brand-new company. There
is no reason why an LSA produced by a major company (Cirrus, Cessna,
etc.) should cost well over $100,000. Again, however, the fear of
lawsuits, and the costs associated with certification, will drive prices
up. It also doesn't help that they try to include all these new fancy
avionics--a basic set of mechanical instruments and handheld GPS should
work just fine for a day-VFR-only aircraft.