| Agreed. The 28K composite kit that goes 200mph on 9 gallons of fuel is missing. We need the 320 rejuvenated. Extend the wing, beef up the landing gear use some of the Legacy inovations but not the legacy prices. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
From: rwolf99@aol.com
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:07:12 -0400
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
Subject: [LML] Hole in the Lancair Lineup
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 |