Helen, since your operation has used different manufactures of aircraft, which are holding up better to the training environment?
Are there any manufacturers of S-LSA that are starting to earn a reputation for building airplanes that are good for trainers? and are providing good support to the owners/operations?
While doing research I am using $6,000 a year for insurance in all my cost calculations. Hopefully that is realistic. I am only in the beginning stages of research right now. If I continue to move forward I will definitely get actual quotes.
All insights and experiences into the topic of LSA training operations is very much appreciated.
Thank you,
Sean
--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@...> wrote:
>
> More than that. You can get some quotes from Denise:
>
> Denise Porter
> Aviation West Insurance Brokers, LLC
> P.O. Box 1509
> Vista, CA 92085-1509
> T. (760) 727-7444
> F. (760) 727-7555
>
> Be prepared for sticker shock (especially if you plan to let people solo
> it) but remember while the fatality rat for SLSAs is the same, the
> accident rate for SLSA is twice as high as for GA planes. Beleive it or
> not though, that's not your biggest deciding factor when hundting for a
> plane though. I actually co-wrote an article for Mentor about how to buy
> a flight school LSA. I've dropped it on my web site to take a look at:
>
> http://www.helenshangar.com/articles/woods-lsa.pdf
>
> Helen
>
> On 8/22/2011 11:35 PM, Lyle Cox wrote:
> >
> >
> > From past experience, you need to settle on something that will rent
> > very steadily. You'll pay out the nose for insurance for a rental
> > Light Sport. I had a 152 in a flight school and with ony $28,000 hull
> > value, it was still $4000 per year to insure it. Takes a lot of hours
> > to pay just the fixed costs. It can be done and I hope to not
> > discourage you, but if you settle on an airplane because of price, it
> > might not be what your potential market wants to rent. For example,
> > the 152 was renting quite regularly....but still only about 25 hours
> > per month. The replacement...didn't have the curb appeal and almost
> > immediately my rental hours plunged to 10. My break even at the time
> > was 20 hours, so that didn't last long.
> >
> > I would expect, and Helen can chime in, that the insurance will be
> > more likely to be around $5 or $6K per year. Don't be afraid to price
> > the airplane where you need to be to make some money, but then be
> > ready for the lurkers here to pounce on you for gouging the sport
> > pilot...lol. The sport aircraft around here rent for over $100 per
> > hour and they seem to fly a fair amount.
> >
> > *From:* Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *a
> > *Sent:* Sunday, August 21, 2011 7:29 PM
> > *To:* Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > *Subject:* Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Lower cost S-LSA airplanes
> >
> > Research is being done with the thought of instruct/rent.
> >
> > Looking at lower cost new vs used S-LSA that originally cost 100k+ new.
> >
> > Sean
> >
> > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:Sport_Aircraft%40yahoogroups.com>, "fishmaster232"
> > <fishmaster232@> wrote:
> > >
> > > CGS Hawk, Quicksilver, M-Squared
> > >
> > > all in the 30's I believe
> > >
> > > Are you going to instruct or rent it ?
> > >
> > > Rod
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:Sport_Aircraft%40yahoogroups.com>, "a" <ajoys27@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I was looking at the AeroTrek and was wondering, do you know of
> > any other lower cost S-LSA airplanes?
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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