Friday, June 16, 2006

Light Sport



This week I had the chance to fly my first Light Sport Airplane. The airplane is a Flight Designs CTSW, and it was a great flying plane. It has a 100 h.p. Rotax engine and burns only four gallons an hour. It was a warm day and with two big guys it left the runway in about 5oo ft. With 15 degrees of flaps we climbed at about 650 feet a minute. It is an impressive little airplane.

Here is a picture of a Cessna 172 panel that I flew the day before and the panel of the Flight Designs. One of the drawbacks to the Flight Designs is the price. One equipped like I flew is almost $120,000. For that kind of money you can choose from a lot of good used “traditional” airplanes with a lot more capability.