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Rick Pellicciotti wrote:
Montblack wrote: ("Rick Pellicciotti" wrote) Following the conventions of this group, I won't mention the airplane I sell or the prices. If you are interested, email me off the group and I will send you details. It's not spam (IMHO) if the post is requested ...it's hangar talk. g Post your plane's link and tell us what's special about it - and don't forget those prices ($$$$$). Many interested people here. Be prepared for some, um, feedback :-) Will it, and you, be at Oshkosh? Montblack Sorry to take so long to respond to your post. I have been in Romania, at the factory, taking delivery of our first two aircraft. Yes, we will be at Airventure, display #39 and we will also have an airplane in the "Light Sport Aircraft Mall". Our airplane is the "Festival", manufactured by Aerostar S.A. of Romania. Aerostar is the same company that builds the famous Yak52 that I am sure many of you have seen at airshows and aerobatic competitions. Festival is all-metal, and has side-by-side seating for two people. The cockpit is 42" wide. The standard engine is the Rotax 912ULS, 100hp. The airplane has a lot of small features that we think are important to the owner such as locking gas caps and canopy, seats that adjust easily and a large baggage compartment. The airplane has built-in, structural roll-over protection. A lot of airplanes with canopies do not have that. The biggest thing that we have done is that we have worked with Aerostar to "americanize" the airplane. All parts that are subject to wearing out or breaking such as brakes, wheels , tires, instruments and avionics are all of American manufacture and can be sourced readily from the usual places. Aerostar is JAR21 and ISO9000 certified. They do sub-contract work for Boeing and Airbus. They have about 2100 employees. Absolutley great to work with and they build great airplanes. In the course of doing the structural tests as required by the ASTM standards, they actually tested one airframe to destruction. The standard requires 150% load at 4g's. The airplane did 182%. More details on our website at http://www.lightsportflying.com Constructive suggestions are more than welcome. Rick Will you be offering a model for initial sport pilot training ? -- Mark Smith Tri-State Kite Sales 1121 N Locust St Mt Vernon, IN 47620 1-812-838-6351 http://www.trikite.com |
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Jim,
I appreciate your comments. Obviously, we think the airplane is a winner or we would have bought a different one. Would you mind expanding on your comment a bit? I don't have any experience with the Jabaru but I have flown a lot of airplanes with the 4-stroke, Rotax. In one form, it is a FAR33 certified engine. I hear people make comments like yours and I wonder what the reasoning is behind it. I have found the 912 to be a good engine. What engine would you prefer? We could put a O-200-LS in the airplane but it would cost about $6,000.00 more and your useful load would drop to 460 pounds. Fuel consumption would go up about a gallon per hour. In 1600 hours of personal flying, the only in-flight engine failure I ever experienced was on a Continental engine. Regards, Rick Pellicciotti Belle Aire Aviation LightSportFlying.com |
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Mark,
We think Festival will make an excellent trainer. The landing gear is very rugged. The visibility is great. I have flown the airplane from both seats and it is easy to fly. The airplane is quiet enough that you can talk between each other without headsets. We even offer an optional, left-hand throttle for the pilot position. This allows both the pilot and instructor to fly with their left hand on the throttle and right hand on the stick. Flight schools will like the airplane because it is easy to inspect and maintain. All consumable items are available off the shelf from US suppliers. We would love to have you and other flight schools that are interested in the airplane to come down to Memphis and see it once it gets here. We will be at Airventure, display #39. Regards, Rick Pellicciotti Belle Aire Aviation LightSportFlying.com |
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Dylan Smith wrote:
In article , Lakeview Bill wrote: Just out of curiosity, why do you dislike the Rotax? I would suspect lack of support from local GA facilities - the 4 stroke Rotaxes and the Jabiru are not particularly common in the US so few mechanics will be familiar with them. Other than that, they are decent reliable engines. Those engines seem to have a bad reputation in the U.S. They are seen as cheapo engines for people who can't afford "real" engines from cont or lyc. One flight school I know of had diamond katanas with Rotax engines and only got 900 hours out of them despite regular use. I don't know how typical that is, but you often hear stories like that. Maybe it's the Avgas we use over here (it certainly isn't good for small continentals either, but like you said those can be fixed by just about anyone). Not having owned or maintained an engine myself I don't know but I do know their reputation is not good here. For example one of the new companies (I think it was Liberty) was initially going to use a Rotax and got no interest, changed to a Continental and now are taken more seriously. |
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rpellicciotti wrote:
Mark, We think Festival will make an excellent trainer. The landing gear is very rugged. The visibility is great. I have flown the airplane from both seats and it is easy to fly. The airplane is quiet enough that you can talk between each other without headsets. We even offer an optional, left-hand throttle for the pilot position. This allows both the pilot and instructor to fly with their left hand on the throttle and right hand on the stick. Flight schools will like the airplane because it is easy to inspect and maintain. All consumable items are available off the shelf from US suppliers. We would love to have you and other flight schools that are interested in the airplane to come down to Memphis and see it once it gets here. We will be at Airventure, display #39. Regards, Rick Pellicciotti Belle Aire Aviation LightSportFlying.com It's just that it flies too fast for basic sprot training,,,,,,,, 87 knots is the max flat out speed for a trainer. a sign off after you are sprot certified may be obtained for the faster plane,,,,, -- Mark Smith Tri-State Kite Sales 1121 N Locust St Mt Vernon, IN 47620 1-812-838-6351 http://www.trikite.com |
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Mark,
You have two options here. You can ground adjust the prop to limit the speed or you can simply endorse your student for the required higher speed training prior to solo. At least that is what I am told by the folks I have talked with at EAA and FAA. Regards, Rick Pellicciotti Belle Aire Aviation LightSportFlying.com |
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"Mark Smith" wrote in message ... rpellicciotti wrote: Mark, We think Festival will make an excellent trainer. The landing gear is very rugged. The visibility is great. I have flown the airplane from both seats and it is easy to fly. The airplane is quiet enough that you can talk between each other without headsets. We even offer an optional, left-hand throttle for the pilot position. This allows both the pilot and instructor to fly with their left hand on the throttle and right hand on the stick. Flight schools will like the airplane because it is easy to inspect and maintain. All consumable items are available off the shelf from US suppliers. We would love to have you and other flight schools that are interested in the airplane to come down to Memphis and see it once it gets here. We will be at Airventure, display #39. Regards, Rick Pellicciotti Belle Aire Aviation LightSportFlying.com It's just that it flies too fast for basic sprot training,,,,,,,, 87 knots is the max flat out speed for a trainer. a sign off after you are sprot certified may be obtained for the faster plane,,,,, -- Mark Smith Tri-State Kite Sales 1121 N Locust St Mt Vernon, IN 47620 1-812-838-6351 http://www.trikite.com Mark what are you talking about? Where exactly is that in the regs? |
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Gig 601,
Check out FAR 61.327 , you will find it there. Of course if you are trining in a plane already faster, it's really no big deal. I think maybe it was put in there to keep ultralighters from just hopping in a Luscombe Patrick student SPL aircraft structural mech "Gig 601XL Builder" wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote in message news:GRone.21384$DC2.15030@okepread01... Mark what are you talking about? Where exactly is that in the regs? |
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"Lakeview Bill" wrote in message . .. Just out of curiosity, why do you dislike the Rotax? How shall I count the ways? They require their oil, their oil filters, their everything. You pay dearly for this. They always have seemed to be temperamental. Everything has to be just right, to be even close to reliable. See above. If everything is not just right, they are not reliable. I know the 912 and 914's are not 2 strokes, but what pieces the 2 strokes are. I know, some will testify that they have never had a minute's problem, but there are more out there that have. My gut, and my but says to not trust them. I don't and I won't. Gut means a llot, to me. They don't sound "manly" enough. Kinda like a sewing machine, compared to a Harley. Airplanes are supposed to be "cool", and they aren't. :-) -- Jim in NC |
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"rpellicciotti" wrote in message Jim, I appreciate your comments. Obviously, we think the airplane is a winner or we would have bought a different one. Would you mind expanding on your comment a bit? See my post, and the other posts from other people. They all raise (or most, anyway) some good points. As far as the 6 thousand, I could live with that. The useful load is a problem, but that is tolerable, too. -- Jim in NC |
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