Rotax engines- LSA's hope, or curse?

My local FBO has a J-3 cub that they wanted to rent out to light sport
pilots. They found it impossible to find insurance that permitted them to
do that. The only company they could find that would insure a tail dragger
for rental, required all pilots to have regular private licenses with
current medicals.

This FBO is now acquiring a ROTAX 912 powered Flight Design CTSW light sport
aircraft. I just got check out in this plane this week. It's absolutely
gorgeous. Being a tricycle gear, insurance is not an issue.

Mike Schumann

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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"Helen" wrote in message
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Dave Stadt wrote:
American Champion is re-introducing the Champ with brand new O-200s.
All dolled up it looks to be $84K. It knock the socks off the plastic,
god awful ugly LSAs I have seen.

You sure about that? When I met the owner of the company a few years
back he was gung-ho on putting the Champ in production with a Jabaru. At
the time, his hold up was finding a prop that would match the engine and
not over speed. If he went with the O-200 I'm betting it was because of
the prop problem, not a concern with the Jabaru.

One advantage that the "the plastic, god awful ugly LSAs" do have over
the Champ is the insurance. Check out the article in this month's Sport
Pilot magazine about the problems insuring an LSA taildragger.

Helen

Trust me I saw it a couple of weeks ago. My guess is he realized they
would be easier to sell with the Continental. Can't see why a Champ would
be any more expensive to insure as an LSA than they are now. A new one
would obviously be more as the hull value is much more.