I believe it is rated for 1600 Lbs down South but to fit LSA it is 1320 and they took out the back seats.
Bill
Bill
From: Bill Hobson <wrhobson@aol.com>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 7:16 pm
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Solid Trainer Aircraft?
I got a ride in one at Sun N Fun and was very impressed. It fairly LEAPT off the grass runway at South Lakeland with 2 pretty husky guys in it and has a HUGE baggage compartment. (It's about the only plane out there that could accommodate my dog.) It's nicely appointed inside and has yokes (which I prefer).The only down-side I could see was the fact that it's built off-shore. It's hard to identify just how much of the price (new) is devoted to the import duties and transportation costs, but whatever it is the first buyer ends up eating as it's pretty much impossible to get it back on the back-end. I'd be seriously interested if I could find a low-time used one at a good price. Just my two cents.
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From: medicbill@aol.comSent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:03 PMSubject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Solid Trainer Aircraft?
Does anyone have experience with the Paradise P-1. It is made in South America. It has been in use there for many years but was changed to make it an LSA up here in the states. It is also all metal.
Bill Bower
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From: Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@verizon.net >
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups. com
Sent: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 4:28 pm
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Solid Trainer Aircraft?
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:
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