Light Sport Aircraft survey

Paul kgyy wrote:

If I took this route, it would probably be driven by price, and I don't
think I would build. If I'm going to invest the time to build
something, I'd rather build something fast like a Velocity. If I could
get a new LSA aircraft for less than $75K, I'd consider a new one,
otherwise probably go with an oldie for which parts were still easily
available - maybe an ERcoupe so I could learn to do crosswind landings
with feet on the floor :-)



Paul,
You can certainly get a new LSA aircraft for that price. There are
several out there in that range. At the moment, I think thare are 3
types that are actually certified, more coming every week or so.

Following the conventions of this group, I won't mention the airplane I
sell or the prices. If you are interested, email me off the group and I
will send you details.

Regards,

Rick Pellicciotti
http://www.lightsportflying.com

("Rick Pellicciotti" wrote)
Following the conventions of this group, I won't mention the airplane I
sell or the prices. If you are interested, email me off the group and I
will send you details.


It's not spam (IMHO) if the post is requested ...it's hangar talk. g

Post your plane's link and tell us what's special about it - and don't
forget those prices ($$$$$). Many interested people here. Be prepared for
some, um, feedback :-)

Will it, and you, be at Oshkosh?


Montblack

"Montblack" wrote in message
...
("Rick Pellicciotti" wrote)
Following the conventions of this group, I won't mention the airplane I
sell or the prices. If you are interested, email me off the group and I
will send you details.


It's not spam (IMHO) if the post is requested ...it's hangar talk. g

Post your plane's link and tell us what's special about it - and don't
forget those prices ($$$$$). Many interested people here. Be prepared for
some, um, feedback :-)


Uh, I think he did in the original post.

("Allen" wrote)
Uh, I think he did in the original post.


You are correct.

I clicked his sig link the first time around and thought it was just an
industry info page - didn't investigate any further.

This time I went in: "Our subsidiary, LightSportFlying.com" ---- now I get
it.


Montblack

Montblack wrote:

("Rick Pellicciotti" wrote)

Following the conventions of this group, I won't mention the airplane
I sell or the prices. If you are interested, email me off the group
and I will send you details.



It's not spam (IMHO) if the post is requested ...it's hangar talk. g

Post your plane's link and tell us what's special about it - and don't
forget those prices ($$$$$). Many interested people here. Be prepared
for some, um, feedback :-)

Will it, and you, be at Oshkosh?


Montblack

Sorry to take so long to respond to your post. I have been in Romania,
at the factory, taking delivery of our first two aircraft. Yes, we will
be at Airventure, display #39 and we will also have an airplane in the
"Light Sport Aircraft Mall".

Our airplane is the "Festival", manufactured by Aerostar S.A. of
Romania. Aerostar is the same company that builds the famous Yak52 that
I am sure many of you have seen at airshows and aerobatic competitions.

Festival is all-metal, and has side-by-side seating for two people. The
cockpit is 42" wide. The standard engine is the Rotax 912ULS, 100hp.
The airplane has a lot of small features that we think are important to
the owner such as locking gas caps and canopy, seats that adjust easily
and a large baggage compartment. The airplane has built-in, structural
roll-over protection. A lot of airplanes with canopies do not have
that. The biggest thing that we have done is that we have worked with
Aerostar to "americanize" the airplane. All parts that are subject to
wearing out or breaking such as brakes, wheels , tires, instruments and
avionics are all of American manufacture and can be sourced readily from
the usual places.

Aerostar is JAR21 and ISO9000 certified. They do sub-contract work for
Boeing and Airbus. They have about 2100 employees. Absolutley great to
work with and they build great airplanes. In the course of doing the
structural tests as required by the ASTM standards, they actually tested
one airframe to destruction. The standard requires 150% load at 4g's.
The airplane did 182%.

More details on our website at http://www.lightsportflying.com
Constructive suggestions are more than welcome.

Rick

"Rick Pellicciotti" wrote

More details on our website at http://www.lightsportflying.com
Constructive suggestions are more than welcome.

Good looking plane. It should do well.

Want a suggestion? Offer it with something other than a Rotax or Jabaru,
even if it costs more. I'm just one person, but I won't buy anything with
either of those choices.
--
Jim in NC

"Rick Pellicciotti" wrote

More details on our website at http://www.lightsportflying.com
Constructive suggestions are more than welcome.

Rick, have the planes indeed received their FAA Special Light Sport
certification? They're not included on the May 25th news release on the EAA
Sport Pilot Page.

http://www.sportpilot.org/

Ron Wanttaja

Ron,
First of all, let me say that I really enjoy your writings. I have
found them most informative over the years.

The airplanes have just completed certification in Romania and they
will be here in a couple of weeks. At that time, our local FSDO along
with our DAR will work on finishing up the S-LSA certification. We
haven't quite gotten it done but we expect to have the certification in
hand in time for Airventure.

We would have it done by now because we had built the airplane for the
proposed 1232 pound weight limit. When the final rule came out, we
made the business decision to re-engineer the airplane for 1350 pounds
and we had to build new prototypes for testing. We finished testing
the new prototypes last week (one was tested to destruction) and the
first two production airplanes have flown. Hopefully, it won't be long
now.

I realize that the website says it is a Special Light Sport Aircraft,
sold ready to fly. That is our intent. We put it on the web site that
way so that people could easily understand that it is not a kit.
Having been around since the BD-5 debacle, we haven't taken anyone's
money and we won't until the certification is done. We have allowed a
couple of people that wanted to be at the head of the line to setup
escrow accounts at their own banks and put deposits in them that they
control. In return, we have reserved production spots for them.

Regards,

Rick Pellicciotti
Belle Aire Aviation
LightSportFlying.com

("rpellicciotti" wrote)
We would have it done by now because we had built the airplane for the
proposed 1232 pound weight limit. When the final rule came out, we
made the business decision to re-engineer the airplane for 1350 pounds
and we had to build new prototypes for testing.


Is there a market for a single seat production plane?

One seat (S)LSA: Now you have (maybe) 150#'s extra to play with. Diesel!

Crotch-rocket motorcycle, single person jet-ski, single person hang-glider,
single person glider, single person kayak, ....single person plane. Where do
I sign up? Also, no need to insure that second seat!!! Plus low purchase
price = lower hull insurance.

Wings that remove, or fold back, for a (max) width of 7-ft. Plane not longer
than 22-ft (20-ft would be better). Prop rests at 9-3 so plane can be towed
backwards - home to the garage. (Plane up on a trailer can't clear the
garage door - never tried g)

Anyone have something like that on the drawing board? Small, certified,
production (RV-3 type? Or a high wing?) single seater LSA ...that I can tow
home? Under $45K? Oh, 2 miles per minute in cruise would be nice :-)


Montblack

Just out of curiosity, why do you dislike the Rotax?


"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Rick Pellicciotti" wrote

More details on our website at http://www.lightsportflying.com
Constructive suggestions are more than welcome.

Good looking plane. It should do well.

Want a suggestion? Offer it with something other than a Rotax or Jabaru,
even if it costs more. I'm just one person, but I won't buy anything
with
either of those choices.
--
Jim in NC