Sport Pilot definitely caused a rush to buy older planes that would meet the
category. It was great to see those old classic planes being wanted again. I
have noticed here lately that the price jump is going back to a modest
amount, which is a good thing for us poor pilots ! There is a Ercoupe for
sale here for 14,500 with 24 SMOH , could use a paint job, but all in all
not a bad deal. From what I have seen prices are from 13,000 -18,000 with a
few here and there above or below it.

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech
"xyzzy" wrote in message
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Paul kgyy wrote:

If I took this route, it would probably be driven by price, and I don't
think I would build. If I'm going to invest the time to build
something, I'd rather build something fast like a Velocity. If I could
get a new LSA aircraft for less than $75K, I'd consider a new one,
otherwise probably go with an oldie for which parts were still easily
available - maybe an ERcoupe so I could learn to do crosswind landings
with feet on the floor :-)


I've found Ercoupes fascinating for a long time and have been watching
them, looks like they took about a $5,000+ jump in price when the LSA rule
came out. That's a lot for an airplane that used to sell in the high teens
and low 20's.