In a previous article, "Lou" said:
You may be right about the LSA being a response to the mircrolights of
Eroupe, but it was my understanding that LSA was to lower the cost and

Look at the max gross weight on LSA. 1320 pounds isn't a very round
number and you might wonder why they chose it, but the Microlight class
was already limited to 600kg and they just converted that to pounds and
rounded down a bit.

figure out. Honda was smart enough to see that an airplane engine alone
was bringing in more money than some of thier cars.

Except they're only looking at jets. People looking for cheap aircraft
aren't looking at jets. Several other car makers have tried aircraft
engine development, and decided it wasn't a money maker. And Continental
and Lycoming will just want to produce smaller versions of their existing
old-technology engines.

As for Cessna's proof of concept. I would be very suprised if it sold
for under $120,000.

I would be very surprised if it wasn't between $90K and $100K, since that
seems to be the competitive price for LSA.

And after they've been on the market a few years, I'll be looking to buy a
used one.

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