On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:43:43 -0600, "Danny Deger"
wrote:

Does anyone know which Luscombe models have starter motors? I am looking
for a Sport Aviation airplane with a starter motor and apparently only the
8, 8A, 8B, and 8C are Sport Aviation airplanes.

The 8E was the first to come with the C85 as stock, but I gather there
was a lot of retrofitting. The sentiment seems to be that changing
the engine does not change the model -- the question for LSAs, is:
does it change the gross weight.

Just learn to hand-prop; it it's no big deal.

OTOH, I think the fuselage tank is bad, because it makes you pull carb
heat on takeoff -- to prevent you from pitching up so much that you
uncover the fuel intake port.

Don