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After building/flying a Lancair 360 and  most of a Lancair IV I've come to
some conclusions.

First, these are nice airplanes to fly compared to certified airplanes.  Our
360 travels between three and five times faster than a car for about sixteen
cents per mile including engine reserve and doesn't depreciate like a car.

Second, after 600 hours TT, if I were to do the 360 again I would get all
the fast build options, extended engine mounts, probably the MKII tail,
definitely add an S-Tec 40-50 autopilot, the "outback" gear or Mike
Campbell's new revised gear, paint the top of the canopy, may or may not
keep the header tank, use the flat panel but trim the bottom off a bit , pad
the armrest, add a pen holder, form a lip inside the cowl sides, use Braided
Stainless for the brake lines to the gear, mount a moving map like the
Skyforce or IIMorrow or Brent's, extend the fuel tank bays and possibly add
Orin's turbo normilizer and inverted fuel and oil system for some simple
acrobatics.

Third, on the IV I would have insisted on using the TIO540 with Brent
Regan's modified Plenum and Doghouse.  (Brent: How did you know the
Continentals would be so much trouble!?).  The firewall forward option is
nice but the fast build wings and fuselage are a must.

What would some of you do differently?



Stu Seffern
Lantzair Flyers
Watertown, WI

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