These are not YOUR airplanes - Was: High Cost of Sportplanes

We were talking about an enclosed aircraft with a fiberglass or aluminum
body, 4 stroke engine, and 2 seats with a cruse of ~100 knots.

We were? In that case, forget it. You can't sell that for under $60K
and make a profit in anything less than quanities of 10,000. Anyway,
what's the purpose of that speed? You can't go anywhere anyway. You
are limited to daytime flying only, and only in good weather. That's
not a practical traveling machine, that's a toy.

Er, I just bought mine & even my radio cost ~1k.

Portable aviation radios start at $200. And they're not required
anyway.

See, what we've got here is a mismatch in expectations. LSA's are not
supposed to be C-150 lookalikes/workalikes. There's a reason the C-150
and similar modern 2-seat trainers don't fit into the LSA category -
they're not supposed to. These are not supposed to be planes that
provide utility. They're supposed to be sport aircraft - stuff you fly
for the fun of flying.

We're not talking aerial Mercedes here - we're talking aerial Harley.
So where are they? Where are the UL's and UL trainers being sold as
LSA's? When we can make one that sells new for what a Harley costs,
we'll be getting somewhere.

Michael