On 2008-01-04, Gig601XLBuilder wrote:
I'm building an XL and have flown in three different 601s including the
Zenith demonstrator. It is a fun plane to fly with enough speed to be
used X-C travel. You don't mention where you are but there are several
601XLs being used as trainers at various FBOs. Look into that for your
dual and that should help you make your decision.

I'm in Fairmont, MN (FRM), 120 miles southwest of Minneapolis. The closest
school using the Zodiac appears to be in Holland, MI, a long day's drive
away. I suspect I'll be getting transition training from or through the
folks at AMD.

As far as the medical goes remember if you try for an fail to get your
special issuance you are grounded as far as LSA is concerned. So, if all
of your flying is going to fall under the LSA rules you might want to
think about not taking the chance of screwing that up. As a PPL sans
medical the only privileges you will be giving up are night and higher
than 10K feet.

This is why I'm going with an SLSA. I'll worry about the medical later, and
only if I know I'll get it. If I do, then I want whatever aircraft I get to
be able to serve me well with the upgraded privileges, which is why I'm
looking at the XLi. I don't want to have to sell the aircraft in order to
take advantage of the medical.
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