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The
"hole" in their lineup has essentially been ceded to the RV
series.
While
it may suck for us, being fair it seems like a good business
decision.
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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