Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Solid Trainer Aircraft?

Thanks for explaining that Helen, it was much appreciated. Made me do some research on composite planes in general. Apparently the life span expectations vary widely between makers too. Looks like a wide open field for makers that don't expect to be in business very long anyway.

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...> wrote:
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> 1. When they crash, they shatter. (By comparison, we had a student
> cartwheel a Tecnam down the runway and the only thing that broke off was
> the gear. Student walked away without a scratch.)
> 2. Even a little bit of damage is expensive and time consuming to fix.
> (A wing ding cost several thousand to fix.)
> 3. There is no A&P in the entire state of Maryland willing and capable
> of doing composite structural work on an LSA.
>
> We have three composite planes all of which have required composite
> work, all which we've had to ship out of state, all of which were down
> for approximately a year during repairs, all of which cost a small
> fortune to repair. Composite LSAs are not suitable in my opinion for
> primary training for these reasons. By contrast, on our metal Tecnams,
> even the worst bang ups (excluding the aforementioned cartwheel which
> was totaled by the insurance company) are fixed in a matter of days.
>
> That being said, we're putting a composite hulled SeaRey on the line. I
> think composites are fine for rated and proficient pilots and especially
> seaplanes, just not primary training.
>
> Helen
>
>
> dongeneda2000 wrote:
> > And you consider that to be a BAD thing because?
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