Dave Stadt wrote:
American Champion is re-introducing the Champ with brand new O-200s. All
dolled up it looks to be $84K. It knock the socks off the plastic, god
awful ugly LSAs I have seen.

You sure about that? When I met the owner of the company a few years
back he was gung-ho on putting the Champ in production with a Jabaru.
At the time, his hold up was finding a prop that would match the engine
and not over speed. If he went with the O-200 I'm betting it was
because of the prop problem, not a concern with the Jabaru.

One advantage that the "the plastic, god awful ugly LSAs" do have over
the Champ is the insurance. Check out the article in this month's Sport
Pilot magazine about the problems insuring an LSA taildragger.

Helen