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These so called micro-cracks are not so “micro” ….

Well , both are pretty much the only somewhat affordable 4 seaters ( albeit TSI is more like 3+) , one cruises at 140 kts, the other around 180 with higher gross and more room and so on … different planes for sure but these 2 are pretty much the only options in that category …

I expect Sling TSI ( the only, somewhat comparable, offering to RV 10 ) will sell a lot more kits …

Rotax sold 50 000+ 4 stroke aviation engines so far since the 1980s ... according to wikipedia there were 400 Predator drones built so perhaps a boost in confidence but i am not sure about money … … in their own (marketing) words…

$5.75 100L at C56 ( Bult) and closest ethanol free Mogas 91 ( for my Rotax 912ULS) at KJOT (Joliet ) is at $6.

How this industry can be growing if there are hardly any new piston planes being sold and private ownership revolves around ever dwindling pool of decades old legacy planes ? The only bright spot are experimentals and perhaps new Mosaic based light sports with their proposed 2500 lbs gross and...

Well, 20 engines is certainly pushing it….. as far as i know they max out at 18.

To be fair , that image is often posted by people who advocate for a new system where everything originates from just one entity … but thats a topic for another discussion and another forum ….

And that is the very catch-22 that makes it real hard for wounded companies like them to come back …. who is going to trust them now ?

Does current POTUS know who he is ? I am not so sure .. at least on some days.

It has become imperial presidency with rituals so ridiculous that would put Roman emperors to shame…

http://avsport.org/acft/doc_evss.htm

At this point AI is just a very advanced search, correlation and data interpolation engine. This is not actual intelligence in the sense that it can come up with something unique and brilliant - thats why it needs terabytes of training data - still , very useful for task that are mostly memory...

Starting on Tucano replica with Rotax 915is. https://www.kitplanes.com/flying-legends-tucano-replica/

Really? Not even at altitude ?

And practicability and safety … it is much quicker and safer that way , especially over the Rockies.

80k will get you a lot of Southwest tickets …GA planes are for recreation.

Loved his videos … even though he was discussing mostly deadly accidents , his videos were strangely calming with ”calm professional” demeanor. RIP

I believe there are 2 flight schools at KARR + another one sending their students to practice class D pattern work - stuff like that bound to happen now and then .