Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group LSAs with the Best Safety Record, and the Lowest Insurance Cost?

W&B issues? That plane has flown a long time. What's wrong with it? Too many have flown for 70+ yrs? Maybe the same issues that state that you can't fly a J-3 with full fuel 2 people ,floats and what ever you can fit in it and on the spreader bars. People have since the beginning and are still today. All are insurable. I myself have never heard of a scarecoupe not being flown because a person couldn't get insurance.
Dan

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...> wrote:
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> Don, as an Ercoupe guy, perhaps you can answer my long standing
> question. Who owns the type certificate for Ercoupe these days and why
> haven't they put it back into production? 5 years ago I would have laid
> bets that that would have been the very first LSA to go into
> production. Great safety record, easy trainer, wicked crosswind
> capability, and the insurance companies know how to insure it. Yes,
> there's W&B issue but I suepct that you could hang a Rotax on it to take
> care of the weight and shift a few items around to take care of the
> balance issues caused by the lighter Rotax and then have a great, safe,
> and easily insurable plane. Any ideas?
>
> Helen
>
> On 3/13/2010 8:52 PM, Donald wrote:
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> > I chose an Ercoupe. Flying for over 70 years now and still going strong! Spinproof and stallproof, can land in a crosswind that makes others cringe. My insurance reflects that and is quite reasonable - especially for an old geezer with zero previous time in a coupe.
> >
> > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods<Helen_Woods@> wrote:
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> >> The LSA industry is so new that you are probably going to find that
> >> insurance rates are based more on hull value that safety records. You
> >> will of course pay a premium for anything tailwheel, seaplane, or
> >> experimental as with any plane.
> >>
> >> I can't speak for other brands but Tecnam has only ever had one fatal
> >> accident in the USA, that was caused by a mechanic leaving a flashlight
> >> in the tailcone that got snagged in the control linkages. Tecnams are
> >> built with a steel roll cage that makes nearly any accident survivable.
> >> Also, their P92 series is about the closest thing to spin proof that you
> >> can get without being an Ercoupe.
> >>
> >> Helen
> >>
> >> On 3/13/2010 5:46 PM, swferris@ wrote:
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> >>> To all:
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> >>> Which LSAs have the best safety record, and the lowest insurance cost?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Steve
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