"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote:
Denny wrote:
The best way to bring in the new pilots, etc., is to have an LSA,
certified and ready to go, for $45K out the door... At that price
break there will be a fresh market...

Technically, LSA can include the heavier powered parachutes and you
can already buy them "ready-to-fly" for under US$45k:
http://www.steelbreeze.ca/pricing_CDN.htm

But no doubt you mean traditional fixed-wing aircraft - which gets
tougher. Here are a couple of the lowest cost ready-to-fly models I
know of at US $65k:
http://www.skykits.com/KitsandpricingUS.060107.htm
(Main web page http://www.skykits.com/ )


I does reduce the cost when you steal the design.

You're right - except for the different wings (the Savannah has 3
variations available and the wing is longer than the 701), different
fuselage (the Savannah cabin is slightly larger, skins are corrugated, and
the two planes have different lengths and heights), and different empennage
(Savannah has a conventional horizontal stabilizer and conventional 2-piece
vertical tail while the 701 has an inverted horizontal stabilizer and a
single piece full-flying vertical tail/rudder), they are EXACTLY THE SAME!

Seriously though - which parts are you saying they stole? The high-wing
STOL concept itself? Use of pulled rivets? Or the ugly boxy shape?