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2011 Cessna 182
2011 Cessna 182 Base Price: $432,800 Engine make/model: 235 hp Lycoming TIO-540AK1A Propellor: McCauley three-blade CS Gross weight (lbs.): 3100 Max landing weight: 2950 Empty weight.std. (lbs.): 2023 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 1077 Usable fuel, std. (gals./lbs.): 87/522 Payload. full std. fuel (lbs.): 555 Wingspan (ft.): 36 Overall length (ft.): 29 Overall height: 9 ft. […]
Making The Most Of Your Aircraft Asset
Aircraft leasebacks can lower the cost of ownership
Kitfox Super Sport
Kitfox Super Sport Price $84,495; $99,000 (as flown with Dynon SkyView) Engine make/model: 100 hp Rotax 912 ULS Max takeoff weight (lbs.): 1320 Empty weight (lbs.): 768 Wingspan (ft.): 30.7 Wing area (sq. ft.): 128 Cabin width (in.): 43 Length, wings folded (ft.): 22.25 PERFORMANCE Max cruise speed (kts.) 105 Vs (kts.): 42 Vso (kts.): […]
Of Amphibs and Aircars
Two of the best-promoted and most interesting LSA projects – and two of the most delayed getting to market – are back in the news. Icon Aircraft, a startup company created to produce the sexy composite A5 amphibian, just snagged $25 million in funding to help complete remaining design issues, tool up for production and begin […]
The Range of LSA is Wide as the USA
Plenty of folks think LSA are mainly carbon fiber speedsters with autopilots and huge computer screen instrumentation. No doubt, we have some beauties that are equipped like luxury sport planes. If you’ve got the budget, the Light-Sport industry has the aircraft. Yet not everyone can afford those birds and not everyone wants one. *** FAA […]
What Does It Take to Develop a SLSA? $25+ Million?
Most of the 118 Special Light-Sport Aircraft have been developed on a very modest budget… not that there’s anything wrong with that, of course. By far, the highest figure I’ve heard was about $2 million to create a new SLSA model. Yet that number doesn’t include starting a company from scratch and going all the […]
Diamond DA40 XLS: Premier Edition
Premier Aircraft of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has created its own ultra version of the Diamond DA40 XLS
Diamond DA40 XLS
Diamond DA40 XLS Base Price: $344,950 Engine 180 hp Lycoming IO-360-M1A Max takeoff weight (lbs.): 2645 Max landing weight (lbs.): 2407 Empty weight (lbs.): 1785 Useful load, std. (lbs.): 860 Usable fuel, opt. (gals./lbs.): 50/300 Payload, full fuel (lbs.): 560 Wingspan: 39 ft. 6 in. Overall length: 26 ft. 5 in. Overall height: 6 ft. […]
