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I have a bit of time in a few different Bristell’s and while I really like the airplane, the pricing is out of hand and I personally wouldn’t pay $300K even if I had the money. I have a friend who just took delivery of a 915 Bristell that I hope to go up in soon. I would also recommend...

Maybe they’ll be unlocked someday and the term “LSA” will take on a whole new meaning. 36 MPG at 215 MPH sound good?

Yep, the P2008 is very easy as well.

I’ve flown from Lincoln Nebraska to Boise Idaho in a Tecnam P2008 with ease. Got up to 13,800ft to take a closer look at the Grand Teton.

Risen SuperVeloce. Here is the VL3 915.

Don’t forget the owner of Vashon marketing that it has a “real aircraft engine in it.” I’m kind of a Rotax fanboy and am so grateful they’re making modern engines for aviation. The 915 is 145HP on a dyno at 45” and 5800 and the 916 is a 915 with an ECU remap putting out 165HP at 50” with 145HP...

The Zlin Savage Norden has a ton of room and is a factory built SLSA.

The first one for the US should be on its way as we speak in time for Oshkosh.

I don’t think your 39’ wingspan Cub can maneuver like this.

The 915 iS dyno’s at 145/146hp with 45” and 5800 RPM. They are just very conservatively listing it at 141hp. That would put it on equal ground (assuming 3.5% per 1,000ft) with an O-320 at 2,500ft MSL and at an installed weight of around 200 pounds. The 916 will be 165hp at 50” of manifold and...

The 915 is technically 145hp to 15,000ft and can produce just about 130hp to FL290. It’s an amazing engine and would a great replacement for an O-320. Apparently a Lycoming engineer said the 915 is more comparable in power to an O-320. The 916 will be even better. Here’s a screenshot of the VL3...

Well I’m not a salesman, I’m just really excited about this airplane and what it will mean for the future of STOL moving forward. Imagine this wing design scaled up to 35’6”?

They have already delivered one to a customer and five others close to maiden flights. They have sold fifty of them.

They’ve been making airplanes for over twenty years now so hundreds.

Thank you, I appreciate that. The numbers are already out there.

You don’t have to be a fan of lightweight planes, but there’s no reason to knock retractable slats and say the Norden is just another copycat when nothing else like it exists currently. All of the other “slats” are really just slots. Zlin used Carbon Concepts slots on the Shock Cub and those...

I finally got to see a Helio Courier at Sun N’ Fun a few weeks ago and got into a discussion with one of the JAARS pilots about automatic spring vs electric retractable slats. Here is one large issue with spring slats. Power had just been applied here. Maybe not such a big deal on a heavy...

No offense but are you serious? Electric slats only make sense! Do you know what coefficient of lift is? Tell me what this airplane looks like? Where is an all metal wing with electric retractable slats, double slotted flaps, frise ailerons, and carbon drooped tips because I’d love to be made...

Here’s an update from Zlin. 800 lbs (363 kg) Savage Norden with Rotax 915? As we anticipated last February, the prototype has been reworked, to get this empty weight. And we did it. The target was to offer to the market a lighter version of our plane to improve the STOL performances and with...