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I was talking about their legal system - the fact that GA is practically dead over there is for other reasons ( think FAA silliness but x 10 ) but it is not because of lawyers …

Nah , just something a bit more sane like .. is don’t know Europe ? Normally I don’t bring Europe as an example since I left that place for a reason but in some cases they they do manage it a bit better and this is one of them.

Thats exact why am I bitching about it :) … together with politicians ( majority of whom started out as lawyers anyway ) they have created a system so complicated that it is dangerous to make any decision without a team of lawyers checking and re-checking everything. And no , I am not talking...

Exactly , this supposedly “free” market is struggling and frankly slowly dying due to circumstances that are not too dissimilar to whats ailing Cuban automotive ( and just about all other ) “markets”

But thats like claiming that automotive markets in places like Cuba are basically healthy with just about everyone driving increasingly older and junkier 50 years old cars with just a few folks being able to afford new models - after all demand is being met in both markets …

No wonder they sell maybe a few hundred total … what used to be a product that was somewhat affordable to upper middle class and professionals is now pretty much entirely reserved for multimillionaires …

Rotax 915/916 modded to 180 HP with 160 hp continuous. There are a few LSA manufacturers in Europe who started offering this one as an option. https://shop.edgeperformance.no/produkt/aviation-engines/ep-boxer-motorer/ep917ti-180hp-turbo-efi-fadec

The problem really is not with insurance companies but with the system where just about every potential mishap, often regardless of circumstances, can represent a potential liability and thus needs to be insured and included in the overall cost/risk assessment. It makes everyday life very...

Yeah… when the revolution finally comes ( left , right , does not matter from which side ) lawyers will be right there in front of the line for the gallows , right behind politicians :) … they and the system they have crated makes everything more painful and expensive , even flying ( i.e...

His channel is rather small with about 50k average views per episode … thats not much at all, certainly not nearly enough to live off of .

The problem is not with their intelligence but rather with the system itself …

That 50 k+ was the number Rotax gave back in 2015. More than 50,000 engines of the Rotax 912 / 914 series were sold since 1989, resulting in more than 45 million flight hours of the fleet. Rotax is simply mature and well tested engine - the only downside is their relatively low power offerings...

50 000+

It is supposed to be a 100% clone due to expired patents or something along these lines … of course there are always questions about manufacturing/qa process differences …

Well, if I were to buy a new LSA i would prefer a spacious plane with a modern engine, a parachute ….rather than something like Ranger which is basically a Cessna 152 for 4 times as much money.

My guess would be yellow …

I dont think anyone comes out of training as a “proficient and well trained pilot” - the best one can hope for is just enough proficiency and knowledge that, when mixed with reasonably well developed self-preservation instinct, will allow one to survive out there by yourself while slowly...

it is sugar that is bad for you … drink your coffee with tons of typical extra sweet creamer and it is going to be as bad as Mountain Dew.

To be frank, most of flights I see at my airport fit that profile regardless of what plane it is ( ok, I dont see citation owners doing that :-) ) It seems everybody is talking cross country when buying a plane but then when they start flying most of their flights end up being quick simple...

With 500+ hours behind Rotax 912 …. this post is just complete nonsense ..