The Cessna 162

ryanmickG said:
I have seen way cooler aircraft out there for the money but there's no way in hell an insurance company is going to insure the RV I just built in my garage for flight training.
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You misread what I said. My suggestion was that Cessna should buy the rights to produce an aircraft such as the RV. Which would make the aircraft a Cessna RV-7. This is essentially what happened to the Glastar homebuilt, now know as the Symphony.

And the "insurance" that is driving the price is liability insurance for the manufacturer. Not the flight schools and pilot's insurance. Close to $80K of the price of a new Cessna is for product liability.
 
NJA_Capt said:
You misread what I said. My suggestion was that Cessna should buy the rights to produce an aircraft such as the RV. Which would make the aircraft a Cessna RV-7. This is essentially what happened to the Glastar homebuilt, now know as the Symphony.

And the "insurance" that is driving the price is liability insurance for the manufacturer. Not the flight schools and pilot's insurance. Close to $80K of the price of a new Cessna is for product liability.
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I love the RV....I think its a little speedy for a LSA. ;) The only good RV's are the tails and thats a big no-no for flight schools.

I understand product liability. The thing is that insurance is the second biggest expense to flight schools and they are who these LSA are marketed to. Thats where their bread and butter are gonna come from. A flight school is gonna buy a Cessna product over Bob's LSA's anyday of the week. Cessna has a looong track record with insurance companies so the rates will be cheaper.
 
Should be SkyChicken so I can stop calling the SkyHawk the 'Chicken and having FSS ask me what type I am.

I'm a SkyHAWK...like it's gonna do something CRAZY.
 
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