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
 
 
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