Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Are LSA impractical?

Hi,
I should clarify my statement further:
"Otherwise its wishful thinking that you will be doing long XC's all the time. As someone said -- "time to spare, go by air".

You can do XC's all the time with LSAs or any GA airplanes. Just the fact that in bad weather you will be sitting it out at the FBO instead of flying and hence the saying: "time to spare, go by air".

To me the XC done in a LSA like airplane or trike with the mentality of adventure is a whole lot more fun and recreational than getting into a V-Tail Bonanza with a doctor and run into IFR (with a doctor). Nope. Thanks.

Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "apollonorthamerica" <apollonorthamerica@...> wrote:
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> Those instructors need to learn and respect lighter aircraft because their ATP certs are no good when they flare from 25 feet and smack the crap out of the aircraft because they don't know what the heck energy management is for lighter aircraft.
> If your 172 is practical so are many of the higher end LSA's because their speeds are hardly different in reality. May be you will land 5 minutes later over a 300 mile jaunt compared to your friend flying the 172. Good. Let him find out if the bathrooms are cleans before you use them at that FBO.
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> Practical XC -- in reality for that you better have an IFR ticket with currency and a good IFR airplane. Otherwise its wishful thinking that you will be doing long XC's all the time. As someone said -- "time to spare, go by air".
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> > > Seriously, is the wing loading too light to use an LSA for travel? I like the Technam Sierra, Czech Sportcruiser, FK Polaris, or Arion Lightning style crafts. The instructors I deal with don't like LSAs much because they're "extremely touchy" or "aren't much use on windy days" or "are very unforgiving". They tell me LSA will "beat you to death". So...are they impractical to rely on for travel?
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