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

Great question Helen, and I don't have all the answers. Univair owns the certificate for Ercoupe, I would suspect that deep pockets not being in abundance is the reason why they are not produced. As you say, someone missed out on the LSA boom there.
The longer I own one (it has been all of four months now) the more I am impressed with the safety that was built into them. Bet you did not know that you can taxi at 100 mph and it will not take off unless you pull back on the yoke? (and who really cares?)
Weight and ballance issues? Again, it is almost physically impossible to imbalance one, I have yet to even calculate a W&B since the book says basically if you can cram it in, it will fly! But above and beyone all that, you can fly with the windows down!

--- 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?
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> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> Steve
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