Wanted: RTF or builder-assist Rotax sportplane
Here are my qualifications:
- Two-seat
- Either RTF or the type of on-site builder assist where the aircraft is
flyable in under a month!
- Rotax 912 powered (no other modern aircraft engine has impressed me enough
with its reliability).
- IFR capable - a must.
- Glass cockpit of some sort (prefer GRT).
- Under a $100K or thereabouts all-up.
I hold a PPL-IA and instrument capability for light IFR is a must for me.
Currently own an IFR 152 which will be sold along, with, alas, my RV-9A QB
kit. Building is just not in the cards for me at this time.
After a few years of maintaining a Lycoming, I want to fly behind a Rotax -
it's about that simple. I also want something a bit faster than 90 knots
and getting experience with a glass cockpit is something I'm looking to do.
So, it can be a "LSA" or an experimental - I don't care. It just needs to
be flyable within a very short time after its purchase, with my help or
without.
The Aveo Phantom I saw yesterday at OSH (well, not the plane) is the
front-runner, but as yet unproven. Am interested in pursuing all leads and
would love suggestions on aircraft to explore.
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