Whisper X350 aircraft

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It seems that every time you turn around there’s a new kit aircraft manufacturer on the market. Just came across this on Dan Johnso’s website. Another competitor to the RV. Does anyone know anything about this aircraft?


Here’s the artical on Dan’s website

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Fly Light Sport CA - ByDanJohnson.com

Fly Light Sport CA offers the super-speedy Whisper from South Africa. A kit with a LSA model in the works brings this sleek aircraft to American skies. Build time is half of an RV (to which Whisper is often compared), and the delivery time is shorter.
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It says it’s priced “between” an RV 7 & RV 14, but claim about half the build time.
 
No option for BRS that I see. Just don't understand such an omission.
 
The website compares the Whisper x350 against lots of comparable aircraft, including the RV-7 and RV-14. The Whisper takes the lead in the comparison: price, build time, lead time, speed, range, safety, BRS, etc. They've been around for a few years, strange they are not more well known. There must be some drawbacks, otherwise we'd see these aircraft all over the place.
 
SoCalPilot88 said:
The website compares the Whisper x350 against lots of comparable aircraft, including the RV-7 and RV-14. The Whisper takes the lead in the comparison: price, build time, lead time, speed, range, safety, BRS, etc. They've been around for a few years, strange they are not more well known. There must be some drawbacks, otherwise we'd see these aircraft all over the place.
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I wonder if these aircraft had come around decades ago at around the same time Vans began selling kits, if they’d be super popular today. At a time when experimental was far less expensive. Experimental today can still be more affordable than going certified, but the gap has diminished.

Another aircraft that I’ve posted about is the Revolution Tango.
revolutionaviation.net

RAI-1 Tango

2 Seat Aircraft 180 hp, 180 knots, 1,800 nautical mile range. Those are the basic performance numbers for the RAI-1. The basic description is: Fun, feels like a little fighter. A typical reaction is I love it. Approaching the plane, you may wonder about the raked back wind screen and...
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180 kts & 1800 nm range on fixed-gear. I’ve seen them at Airventure.
 
I sat in one years ago at Oshkosh. The cabin was massive, something like 48-50” wide. Performance was great and price wasn’t bad. I couldn’t understand why there weren’t people drooling all over this plane. It was parked over by main entrance of OSH, where Pipestrel and Bristell normally are. So maybe it was overlooked by potential kit builders?
 
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