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