>>1995279One crashed in the past month during an unmanned test flight.
>>1995167I know that I am 10 days too late, but what is your experience? If none, just spend $30k on a Champ, Chief, Cessna 120/140, Stinson, Taylorcraft, Funk, Luscombe or Ercoupe (or $40k on a Cub, Vagabond, Clipper, Canuck, Porterfield Collegiate, Commonwealth, Interstate, Pacer or Tri-Pacer).
>>1995196Citabria is also good, if you widen your budget to $60-80k, but at $80k CAP-10s, which are better aerobats, become available.
Just one thing: Avoid purpose-built LSAs like the plague, unless you are looking at one from CubCrafters. They are seen as death traps. Same goes for anything powered by a Jabiru engine.
The engine is what matters when it comes to repairs and spares, for classic aircraft only the order is as follows:
Continental=Lycoming>Franklin>>>Aeronca/Prestwich>>>Inlines and radials.
For modern aircraft, Rotax follows Continental and Lycoming and Jabiru, Revmaster/Aerovee and FlyCorvair follow Franklin.
