Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group LSA

Unfortunately if you want a reliable light aircraft engine (which allows for a realistic useful load in the LSA), you really do not have much of a choice.
Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, dallas hewett <dallash@...> wrote:
>
> Yeah, but they're using that pesky Rotax engine in them. 
> There you go with them D@*m European parts again.....
>
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> ________________________________
> From: ed <rans_tech@...>
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wed, December 22, 2010 8:13:03 AM
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group LSA
>
>  
> RANS is making LSA's in the USA for $99k to $135k depending on model and
> options. www.rans.com
>
>
> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "mikehuckle" <m230683@> wrote:
> >
> >
> > "Rick" <lightflyer@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Personally, I think it's a great pity that Cessna is not
> > > > providing an "All American" LSA.
> > > > (and I believe at the price they asking, they could have)
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Mike
> > >
> > > Hehehe... saying you believe it doesn't make it so!
> > > I believe they can't, or they would have done it.
> > >
> > > I would estimate that there is probably more than 1000 hours of labor per
> >airplane. That includes the fabricater, assemblers, riggers, avionics techs,
> >machinists, painters, cafeteria workers, and janitors. I'm sure I missed a few
> >;)
> > > I think you posted a message the other day saying that Cessna saved $71,000
> >per aircraft by building offshore. That number sounds realistic.
> >
> > > Cessna pays their union workers around $25 an hour in wages, that would
> >translate into $100 an hour when you add up the overhead (wages, retirement,
> >health insurance, supervision, parking lot repaveing, training, loss from theft,
> >etc...)
> >
> > > A LOT more goes into the production cost than just the $25 an hour the
> >assemblers make. When I was building airplanes as a memeber of the same union
> >(IAMAW) the company paid me ~$30/hr and charged the customer ~$150/hr for my
> >services.
> >
> > > Rick
> >
> >
> > Thanks for setting me straight.
> > I imagined it would be possible to make LSAs in USA,
> > selling them at 120k, and making 10k to 20k profit.
> > If we can't do that, we'll need to be grateful
> > to the Chinese Folk for helping us out.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Mike
> >
>

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