I know we've got some aviation buffs, here.
Hmmm...making that cheap Porsche look like a bargain....
If that cheap Porsche breaks down, it could leave you sitting at the side of the road.
A cheap airplane would never do that.
Interesting that they don't even mention what kit it is. Based on the wing (thick and big) that is a slow plane, and no way those barbells are a safe tie down in any decent wind.
Probably something fun to putt around if you have enough property to land it on. I would think it would be a bit more entertaining (and probably a bit safer) with an open cockpit though. I can't imagine that canopy is buying a lot of speed.
I've only been near this sort of thing and not actually spent my own money on pilot's license etc but I think being a member of a flight club makes way more sense than buying a plane at this end of the market. Or find more money and get something like a manual retracting gear Mooney (but I always thought Mooney's were cool where as the aircraft technicians I've spent time around did not like them and would rather see a Cessna roll in). A Grumman Tiger would also be more to my liking than this thing.
The barbells really say things; good catch on those.
not to rain on anybody's parade.. where the registration numbers? Even an experimental plane needs numbers. If they are missing, that raises a lot of questions.
In reply to mad_machine (Forum Supporter) :
If its light enough, it could be an ultralight Some savvy designers have made them light enough to be fully enclosed, and don't look like a lawn chair. The FAA doesn't consider them aircraft.
The aircraft in the original post is a TEAM Mini-Max. I've seen enough at Oshkosh to know.
Decent aircraft with good flying characteristics. Always have been relatively cheap. The most important thing it needs is a complete builder's logbook and inspector signoff for me to feel comfortable piloting it, or any experimental for that matter.
N numbers on experimental aircraft that fly under 180 kts. need only be 3 inches high.
This simple aircraft is more thrilling than any Porsche, any Porsche ever made. Yes, any of them.
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