Jack Tyler
Well Known Member
I hope it's OK to request info on this topic without stirring up things too much.
As I look at the fluid, worrisome and immature LSA marketplace - my focus right now - it seems to me the two mfgrs. mentioned above are both credible, experienced builders in the U.S. market who build 'conventional' (meaning: stressed skin, metal & rivet) aircraft and that also look like what I want to own & fly. And generally, I have to believe many a RV kit buyer/builder/owner looked at the RANS product line before choosing a RV.
Given that, this forum seems like an excellent place to ask what differentiates one manufacturer from the other, in your opinion? (In my case, I'm looking at the S-19 kit from RANS & the RV-12 kit from Vans, but I hope folks don't restrict themselves to commenting on just those two designs).
Tho' I don't mean to close off other comments, here are the two fundamental questions I would welcome responses to:
-- What led you to choose to BUILD a RV kit (to the extent your choice was a function of the kit package itself) rather than a RANS kit?
-- To the extent both manufacturers offered you a plane that met your needs, what led you to choose to FLY a RV a/c vs. an RANS a/c?
There are undoubtedly many A's to my two Q's. I'd welcome them all.
Many thanks,
Jack
As I look at the fluid, worrisome and immature LSA marketplace - my focus right now - it seems to me the two mfgrs. mentioned above are both credible, experienced builders in the U.S. market who build 'conventional' (meaning: stressed skin, metal & rivet) aircraft and that also look like what I want to own & fly. And generally, I have to believe many a RV kit buyer/builder/owner looked at the RANS product line before choosing a RV.
Given that, this forum seems like an excellent place to ask what differentiates one manufacturer from the other, in your opinion? (In my case, I'm looking at the S-19 kit from RANS & the RV-12 kit from Vans, but I hope folks don't restrict themselves to commenting on just those two designs).
Tho' I don't mean to close off other comments, here are the two fundamental questions I would welcome responses to:
-- What led you to choose to BUILD a RV kit (to the extent your choice was a function of the kit package itself) rather than a RANS kit?
-- To the extent both manufacturers offered you a plane that met your needs, what led you to choose to FLY a RV a/c vs. an RANS a/c?
There are undoubtedly many A's to my two Q's. I'd welcome them all.
Many thanks,
Jack