I also concur. The RV is filling the low to mid-range portion, while
Lancair caters to the mid to upper end of the market. Although I was
planning to build a Legacy, for the low amount of time that I fly my plane, I
cannot realistically justify stepping up from what I have now. I am having
second thoughts.
Gary Edwards
LNC2
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 10:07
AM
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