Try $15 to 20k, not including autopilot linked to GPS
Your engine has to be type certificated and since many of these are using Rotax 912ULS, they'd have to switch to 912S which is around $6k more just for the paperwork because there isn't any other difference. TSO'ed and IFR cert instrumentation, mode C or mode S transponder, nav/com and you pay for their liability that just increased as well.
Take an example of Flight Design CT which isn't yet available with IFR cert but will be after the ASTM standard for IFR is blessed completely and I predict at least a $20k plus engagement for IFR on that plane. You should take a look at the ASTM standard for IFR at some point. There is now also a ASTM standard on how a design house should run thanks to our friends in Europe because EASA wants it. Thankfully we in the US don't have to care what they have to do there but its not me making up rules as we go along, its the industry itself ... remember what I said ... shooting ourselves in the foot, we are getting there
Abid
--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Michael Huckle <m230683@...> wrote:
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> > Posted by: "Abid Farooqui" apollonorthamerica@...
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> > Hi Jay,
> > I didn't mean to not answer your question regarding why a private
> > IFR rated pilot should not be flying a LSA - IFR equipped
> > I feel I have already answered this before but I will lay out my opinion here again
> >
> > 1) Its completely opposite of keeping LSA simple, cheaper and safe
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> Where did you get the idea that LSA were obliged to be "simple" and "cheap"?
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> You can't make up the rules as you go along Abid,
> we have enough rules from the FAA,
> let's just stick with those FAA rules.
> (eg; max gross is 1320 etc..)
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> Given that so many of these LSA Airplanes cost over $100k, it seems essential
> to me they should also be good for training more than just Sport Pilots,
> but also Private Pilots, and if possible, which it should be,
> IFR for these pilots when they need/want it.
> How much more would it cost to upgrade an aircraft from "night-ready"
> to IFR-ready?
> I can't imagine it would be cost-prohibitive,
> given the fat pile of cash already invested.
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> Cheers,
> Mike
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