OK, Del,
Let me give you a little bit more background of where I come from. I
fly a Skylane but I'm planning to move back to China either this year
or next. I need something to fly there. It seems that the rules are
quite loose for ultralight and homebuilts in China. I've alway liked a
bush plan.
I really like to fly 150/152 and it's much cheaper (half the cost).
You might be able to get a good project plane for under $10k and a mid
time o-320 for similar amount. (I'm talking about treating it as a
homebuilt in China.) But it's not a good bush plane. I'm wondering
why.How can we shrink the T/O distance shrink by a factor of two?
Compared with a Cub, I think the wing area is similar. I figure it
must be the gross or the lack of power. So if I get a 150hp at the
front, what will be the T/O at the gross of 1600#?
Jizhong
On 2 Apr 2004 21:51:50 GMT, Del Rawlins
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Dale,
Who's Dale?
It's nice to have a airplane up to the Supercub or even a C180/185.
But for a new comer, I'd like to stay with the less type like a 150HP
150/152 and the rest of those Kitfox class.
Well, the Patrol is designed to work well with smaller engines, not that
it matters if you want to build from a kit. If you are interested in a
certified plane, a 150/152 would be my absolute last choice in a 150hp
plane. They are cramped and don't have a lot of useful load with the
heavier engine. In a certified plane I would want a Citabria, which has
a more comfortable cockpit than the Cub which you didn't like, and is
faster at the cost of a small amount of STOL performance.
I want to have something
that I can build with less than 1000hrs and less than $50k. And
definitely not plan built. 
Understood. Be aware that you may spend more time that that even if you
build from a kit, since build times vary a LOT depending on experience.
I don't know what their prices are like these days, but consider the
Murphy Rebel.
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