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    Default Re: Need to buy a certified LSA, any recommendations?

    Seems to be I will be limited to those planes they want FAA certified planes only, like the Aeroncas, Luscombes, Pipers, and Ercoupes.

    And I dont like them much, will they be more fun than a Cessna 182?


    The airport is located at 5,500 feet with hot humid weather so need something with some hp to be able to fly.

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    Default Re: Need to buy a certified LSA, any recommendations?

    Quote/Seems to be I will be limited to those planes they want FAA certified planes only, like the Aeroncas, Luscombes, Pipers, and Ercoupes.

    And I dont like them much, will they be more fun than a Cessna 182?


    The airport is located at 5,500 feet with hot humid weather so need something with some hp to be able to fly. quote/

    I flown planes made by all the designs you listed including a converted Ercoupe,..
    at the alt. with heat you mentioned scratch the ercoupe and smaller aeronca's and pipers ..unless it's a super cub or the plane is been upgraded with bigger hp. and you plan on taking someone with you. I've only flown one luscombe and that was in the winter from a field at 545 alt.
    the tripacer has a glide ratio of a rock with engine out I know this first hand,..this was at an altitude less then 5500 during the summer .

    You want to look for a high lift winged plane or a plane with so much HP it would make a barn door fly to have good stol characteristics at alt. 5500 with heat , especially if you plan on taking someone with you.
    your problem is not going to be landing short ..but rather taking off short
    if the plane you choose doesn't have good power to weight ratio with high lift wings for stol

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    Default Re: Need to buy a certified LSA, any recommendations?

    well that's too bad,..I know the tripacer if it's got good ponies on the nose will fit the bill and it's fun to fly..but with that short wing, it doesn't leave much room for error in an engine out situation,..if I did not have any other choices,..I'd find a non metalized tripacer and install a BRS.
    Personally I'd be moving to a more pilot friendly enviroment

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    Default Re: Need to buy a certified LSA, any recommendations?

    I wanted a STOL plane, with slow stall speed.
    Kitfox or Savannah were my priorities.
    What about a Cessna 172 with 180HP conversion , or a 182?

    And the Maule is it hard to fly?

    The problem with those is operational costs.

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    Default Re: Need to buy a certified LSA, any recommendations?

    Have you considered the Flight Design CT
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    Default Re: Need to buy a certified LSA, any recommendations?

    I've got to ask again motodave,..is it just that particular airport that has set these rules?? or the entire airspace over Costa Rica ? what is stopping you from flying out of a private field, and flying what you want.

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    Default Re: Need to buy a certified LSA, any recommendations?

    Ok so your saying it is just the particular airport that has these rules,..well there has to a piece of ground somewhere close to you you could fly out of,...the biggest advatange of any stol aircraft is that you do not need a runway,..
    I've use roads,..corn fields,..football fields..and it doesn't have to be flat either,..I've even landed on a roof of a manufacturing plant,..
    here where I'm living now ,..the access road in front of my house is on a hill and it has a 25% grade..that is going to be my runway.
    If you let someone stand between you and your goal,..then you have to follow the parameters,.
    So find a place where you can do the closest to your goal.
    From the sounds ..the airport your speaking of has allot of different traffic for them to set a rule like the rule you state

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    Default Re: Need to buy a certified LSA, any recommendations?

    Quote Originally Posted by motoadve View Post
    My airport wont allow LSA unless is certified.

    I wanted a STOl plane.
    What would you uys recommend as a certified LSA?
    That can be a STOL? I want trike gear.
    motoadve,

    The Kitfox S-LSA is an FAA certified aircraft.

    It is certified by the FAA under different guidelines than the conventional FAR Part 23 certification.

    Any questions please feel free to call me.
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