Phyrcooler
Well Known Member
Talking with a friend/flight instructor this afternoon about LSA aircraft. His little school is becoming a Cessna Pilot Center... and he has been talking to Cessna quite a bit about their up-coming LSA. However, he mentioned that they don't anticipate it becoming available until late next year. What caught my interest was one of the main reasons he relayed to me is the engine. While it is designed around the Rotax - apparently Lycoming is aggressively wooing them while working to release a competitive LSA engine. TCM is also supposedly headed down that path. I know at AOPA in Palm Springs I had an interesting talk with a rep from TCM about their efforts in producing a lighter - more LSA friendly engine as well. So... I only bring this up in hopes that those of you heading to SnF will sniff around and see what the engine manufacturers are playing with, as well as see if Van will consider a change in engines if it doesn't significantly change W&B issues. I am not against the Rotax... but am interested in all the possibilities.
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