Express Aircraft of Olympia WA quits

"Marc J. Zeitlin" wrote in message
news:5Zo6d.278681$Fg5.151748@attbi_s53...
Kyle Boatright wrote:

The Expres may be a wonderful aircraft, but Vans' RV-10 is going to
capture
the 4 seat/ 160-170 knot market due to lower pricing and a better
company
reputation.

Yes - that market, the RV-10 will own, for those folks that don't mind
burning 13 gal/hr. to get it.

......Whatever market there was for the Express shrunk considerably
when RV-10 was announced.

I'm not sure about that - the Express is a lot faster, IIRC - I'm not
sure they're the same market.

According the CAFE report, the fastest observed speed was 195 mph at 11 gph.
Maybe the RV will burn a little more gas, but you can buy a lot of avgas for
the difference in the kit cost.

http://www.cafefoundation.org/aprs/W...ress%20APR.pdf



.....I'm sure the Velocity and Cozy guys are feeling the bite too.

I don't know about the Velocity, but COZY plans are still selling at the
same rate that they were prior to the RV-10's announcement. Those two
planes are really NOT the same market, due to speed, fuel consumption,
and load capacity. So far, the RV-10 and COZY are orthogonal, not
competing.

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Marc J. Zeitlin
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