Well said Rob and I agree, I am glad I built mine when I did, as you said there is now way today I could afford one, I would most likely be building an RV. Gary Martin LNC2
rwolf99@aol.com wrote: The piston Evolution may be a nice airplane, but it is not filling the hole in the Lancair lineup. That humongous chasm is at the low end of the spectrum -- right smack where the 235 and 320 used to be. The 360 kits were $20-30K and the finished costs probably average $100K.
Today the lowest price Lancair is the Legacy FG, right? Kit cost alone is $42K and the finished cost is projected by the factory at $130-250K.
How is a normal guy with an income of $50-100K (a typical professional, a senior blue-collar guy, but not a CEO/COO/CFO or a doctor/lawyer) supposed to build one of
these? Well, they are not. That's why there are so many more Van's airplanes than Lancairs.
I made this argument to Bob Fair many years ago, and it fell on deaf ears. Seems like the new management is making the same call.
I'm glad I got in when I did. Ther's no way I could afford it today.
- Rob Wolf
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