Which plane will you fly/buy once MOSAIC is passed???

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If passed as the NPRM exists, which aircraft are you finally going to get to fly or buy that you've been waiting on?

Any you are REALLY hoping get included if the stall speed is increased or changed to VS0?

Personally, I am so used to flying low wing 2-seaters (and I am 6'3") that flying a C172 seems less appealing to me but the increased HP here at altitude would be welcomed. I am really hoping somehow PA-28-150/160/180 or Archer ii/iii/LX/TX make it in.
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RyanShort1 said:
I'm more interested in seeing some of the current LSA's move up slightly in weight and payload and also hopefully be available for aerial work.
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Me, too! hoping for a few hundred pounds more MTOW and Rotax 916 for some that only run with 912's now. Is that unrealistic? I am sure the Bristells will have an easy time accomplishing the increased MTOW and already have > 912s. I am thinking Evektor, Sling, SportCruiser.
I would love to learn tailwheel and fly a Husky or CubCrafters.
 
I'm not holding my breath for a 912iS all metal high wing tailwheel in my lifetime, so I'll probably keep the heavy sport 140 and fly it under SP rules. Or get a 170. Or a pony.
 
Michael Gallagher said:
Any you are REALLY hoping get included if the stall speed is increased or changed to VS0?
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I ran a trade study a few months back, computing how many single-engine Standard category aircraft would qualify, based on the final decision on stall speed.
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The total includes the ~10,000 Standard category aircraft that currently qualify under Light Sport.

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MOSAIC won’t change anything for me, except price me out of the four-seat market if I don’t find a plane really soon. Maybe I should just switch to an LSA, since their value may well fall.
 
With the prices of Cessna 172s and 182s going through the roof and the proposed Piper spar ADs, I guess I'll go for a cheap Mooney or Bonanza.
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I had thought about moving up to a Cherokee 150-180 (soloed in a 140 back in 1966) because it is something I can afford. But I am really loving my Ercoupe for the kind of flying I/we like to do. I can handle crosswinds that keep the C-150/172 guys tied down or in their hangars. I true out at nearly 100 MPH and burn 4.5 gallons per hour. What's not to like about that? Most missions are low and slow along the shore - with the occasional 200+/- mile trip thrown in.
 
AV8R_87 said:
With the prices of Cessna 172s and 182s going through the roof and the proposed Piper spar ADs, I guess I'll go for a cheap Mooney or Bonanza.
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That weighed into my buying of a C35 NOW vs in a year or two. The fact that it climbs like an ape with with IO470 cylinders is just a side affect. Stall speeds pretty low. :)
 
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I’m staying with my Cessna 150. The insurance companies will have a say in what you can fly.
 
The Piper 180 Cherokee won't be MOSAIC if the rules don't change. The stall speed is like 2 or 3 knots higher than the limit. So I'm happy with my cherokee. Even with MOSAIC, nothing would change for me.
 
Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise I'll fly the same plane I've flown for the last twelve years ...
 
AFAIK my Decathlon would qualify. It stalls at 46 kts. MOSAIC also removes limits on weight, max speed, and CS props. I recently had some events that might complicate my next Class 3 medical, so I was considering Basic Med. Sport Pilot provides another fallback path to keep flying. Cool to know I might be able to do it with my current airplane. Would that change the certification status of the aircraft?
 
Beachy said:
I had thought about moving up to a Cherokee 150-180 (soloed in a 140 back in 1966) because it is something I can afford. But I am really loving my Ercoupe for the kind of flying I/we like to do. I can handle crosswinds that keep the C-150/172 guys tied down or in their hangars. I true out at nearly 100 MPH and burn 4.5 gallons per hour. What's not to like about that? Most missions are low and slow along the shore - with the occasional 200+/- mile trip thrown in.
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I have a few hours in an Ercoupe. They’re slow, don’t climb very quickly, aren’t nimble aerobats, and are an absolutely wonderful little blast to fly. Top down, 1,000 feet and 100 MPH, elbow hanging over the window sill, how cool is that? Just straight up fun, plus they’re a classic. If my mission didn’t include some out-state travel, I’d grab a ‘coupe in a heartbeat.

Our airpark has 60 homes and six Ercoupes. It started with one, and then he let any pilot who wanted fly it, and folks were buying them.
 
ateamer said:
I have a few hours in an Ercoupe. They’re slow, don’t climb very quickly, aren’t nimble aerobats, and are an absolutely wonderful little blast to fly. Top down, 1,000 feet and 100 MPH, elbow hanging over the window sill, how cool is that? Just straight up fun, plus they’re a classic. If my mission didn’t include some out-state travel, I’d grab a ‘coupe in a heartbeat.

Our airpark has 60 homes and six Ercoupes. It started with one, and then he let any pilot who wanted fly it, and folks were buying them.
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That's a pretty good endorsement - 6 'Coupes for 60 homes in an airpark.

Yup, flying with the canopy open (able to open/close while in flight) is one of the really cool features of flying my airplane. As you said, "an absolutely wonderful little blast to fly." WooHoo! 4.5 GPH ain't too bad either.
 
If the MOSAIC NPRM becomes rule as is then I'm not likely to purchase any other aircraft until the manufacturers catch up and then I may age out by that time. I would really like something like the RV-15 (if it's offered as a kit), the Sling High Wing or the Sling TSi. But right now I don't think any numbers are published for the RV-15 and the Slings' don't make the Vs cutoff. I would be tempted to fly my Skyhawk until I hang it up or I can't find an AI for annuals, but with the Air Plains Max Gross STC it now misses the Vs cutoff by 1 KT...
 
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