Monday, December 7, 2009

[Titanaircraft] Re: SLSA for IFR?

--- In Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Bob MacAdams" <rmacadam@...> wrote:
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> LS
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> Aha you are so right and it can become one of those 30 or so hanger queens at our airport that maybe get flown only when the owner needs his bi-annual or when the plane needs an annual because in truth few can afford to fly and maintain them. I know of plenty of Comanche's and Arrows that are for sale right now because the pilots cannot afford to fly them and have lost interest. In fact, one ARROW at our airport was just taken over by the bank last week. The bank sold it for $50,000 just half of what was owed on it.
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> I thought the idea was to have something you could afford to fly with the possibility of IFR just as a safety measure.
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> Bob

Hi Bob,

Well true. But on the other hand, you can also imagine what life would be like with a monthly payment on a 130K plus bank loan for an SLSA. I wouldn't feel much like flying either if I had to struggle with something like that for the next 10 years ;).

Still, if I were really looking for an IFR platform an SLSA would be at the very bottom of the list of things I'd consider.

But I guess it just depends on how rich you are - the bang/buck ratio of outfitting an SLSA for IFR doesn't strike me as a good investment. But if 130 large for the initial purchase doesn't hurt, an extra 10 to 15large for the rest of the stuff probably won't add much pain.

If I were expecting IMC on a trip in an LSA I'd either stay on the ground/do a 180/rent an IFR equipped plane.

Like I said, there're very very few circumstances under which IFR in an LSA appears as a good idea in my mind, financially or safety-wise.

But that's just me. YMMV......

LS


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ls78705
> To: Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:25 AM
> Subject: [Titanaircraft] Re: SLSA for IFR?
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> PS: For example:
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> http://www.barnstormers.com/classified_367012_1975+Arrow+II+Garmin+GNS+430.html
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> Instead of an SLSA, you could buy this and use the other 60 grand for flying it. The Arrow is a superb IFR platform you could fly all over the country on the guages.....
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> There's just no sane reason to consider an SLSA for IFR ops given the alternative choices......
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> LS
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