10 Cheapest Light Sport Aircraft You Can Buy

we've already said it numerous times you don't have to spend a fortune to fly your own aircraft hi my name's james and here are the 10 cheapest light sport aircraft you can buy let's dive right into it shall we before we talk about the highlander we wanted to tell you that we're going to be ranking these models based on the kit price we're not going to consider the upgrades now with that out of the way let's talk about the most expensive aircraft on this list yes twenty four thousand nine hundred fifty dollars is the most you'll be required to pay for an aircraft just aircraft has designed the highlander for all your fishing hunting and camping trips because the cargo compartment is 30 cubic feet you'll have more than enough room to store all your fishing and hunting gear fitted with either a rotax or jeribu engine and a single propeller this little monster will allow for a climb rate of 800 feet per minute if you want the highlander can also be equipped with water skis and turned into an amphibian with snow skis for winter trips or tires for everyday use moving down the list you have the sonyx b unlike some of the ultra lights this one is a bit more powerful and it falls in the us sport pilot category because of this this sleek looking plane can be equipped with various types of motors ranging from 80 horsepower to 120 freaking horsepower now that's power thanks to the special design the sony xb has a lot more panel space and a large but compact fuel tank carrying 20 gallons this means that you can fly this aircraft 687 miles away from your garage before you run out of fuel the two-seater with a base engine of 80 horsepower has a cruise speed of 130 miles per hour and never exceeds speed of 197 miles per hour the top height it can reach is 16 000 feet and only needs about 400 feet before taking off the story about baby ace began way back in 1929 that was 10 years before world war ii and the baby ace was marketed as the world's first home-built aircraft well more than 90 years later the ace aircraft is still available in kit form at ace aircraft this single-seater with a parasol wing can smash that like button just like you should have if you haven't done so already but no it can actually be equipped with four types of engines all of which are continental and have between 65 and 85 horsepower each one has a single fixed pitch propeller with two blades when speaking about performance you should know that this thing has a max speed of 110 miles per hour but a cruise speed of around 100 miles per hour thanks to the 9.6 gallon fuel tank the baby ace can fly 350 miles away from home and yes in just 10 minutes you can reach a height of 12 000 feet now that's what you call old but gold designed with sport pilots in mind this 1984 zenith model has been redesigned to fit modern design standards as well as a more spacious cabin area the model was introduced back in 2001 with performance as the number one priority the most impressive thing about the zenith ch-650 is the fact that it comes in a modular kit form for those of you that are new to the field that means every part of the plane is constructed separately therefore instead of buying the whole plane you can opt in to buy one part build it and get the next one since we've touted performance so much let's give you a rough estimate on what you'll be getting the model can either be equipped with a jibiru or rotax or lycoming engine with the lycoming being the least powerful with 100 horsepower the gross load is the same in all models standing at 1320 pounds and a varying empty weight with a 24 gallon fuel tank you'll have a range of around 600 miles depending on the model the cruise speed depends on the engine but it'll be between 134 and 138 miles per hour when it comes to kit-built aircraft none can even come close to van's rv4 model it's become a classic since it was first introduced back in 1980 and the company has managed to sell 1436 models since then we don't know if it's the fighter jet design the tandem seating position with the pilot in the front or a combination of the both but this is the company's fourth best seller because it's very powerful it has an empty weight of 903 pounds and a total weight of 1500 pounds this leaves 600 pounds for the two pilots and then some for cargo the main power source is the lycoming o360 four-cylinder engine that has 180 horsepower top that with the two-bladed propeller in the front and you get a max speed of about 212 miles per hour and a cruise speed of 200. filling the 32 gallon tank to the bram will give you a range of 590 miles the kr2s is a comfier addition to the kr family of nv aerospace compared to the previous model the kr2 the kr2s is 16 inches longer and has more head and room the tricycle landing gear is a safer landing alternative to the conventional landing gear and we should also mention that the kr2s uses fiberglass wood and foam to achieve the sleek and modern two-seater design you should note that this model can be equipped with three different motors which will in turn have varied performance regardless of the motor you choose the max speed will always be 200 miles per hour but the cruise speed will move between 150 and 180 miles per hour furthermore you can also choose the capacity of the fuel tank as it comes in the range of 12 and 35 gallons with the 35 gallon tank you'll be able to fly at 1080 miles without ever stopping this is a relatively new model that was first introduced in 2012. because this is a relatively new model there aren't so many models sold but judging by the elegant design these things will sell like hotcakes in the coming years and yes just like the previous models this one comes in kit form as well the plane has the capacity to carry one person the pilot and it has a gross weight of 850 pounds a large chunk of that weight is taken up by the 20 gallon engine but we don't think you'll mind when you realize you have a 500 mile range powered by the 84 horsepower volkswagen four-cylinder four-stroke engine this thing can reach a max speed of 150 miles per hour and a cruise speed of about 120 miles per hour and yes just like the baby ace you can reach 12 000 feet in only 10 minutes the first thing we thought of when we saw the cold mark iii was hey look a dragonfly plane even though it doesn't look powerful this thing might surprise you it's a side-by-side two-seater that has an empty weight of 450 pounds the gross weight however is exactly 1000 pounds some of that weight is taken by the 10 gallon fuel tank and the rotax 582 two-stroke twin cylinder engine that has exactly 64 horsepower the never exceed speed on this thing is a bit lower from the previous models and it's only 90 miles per hour that's why the cruise speed stands at around 75 miles per hour with a full tank of gas you can ride the cold mark iii for 130 miles before ever needing to refuel not bad for a dragonfly hey yes you don't forget to smash that like button and hit the notifications bell from 17 000 we move down to 14 grand and the first on this list is the ultralight hawks from cgs aviation for the entire kit you'll only need to pay about 14 826 dollars and you'll get a lot of cargo space for this price tag if you use some of the less powerful engines the weight of the hawk plus will not exceed 350 pounds now take that 350 pounds from the 800 pounds max takeoff weight and you get a plane that can carry 450 pounds of extra weight the one seater can be equipped with motors ranging from 40 horsepower to about 65 horsepower and have a speed ceiling of 100 miles per hour and a cruise speed of 85 miles per hour this is it folks the cheapest light sport aircraft you can buy will only run you 13 495 even though it might look like a plane designed in the 1920s it was actually first introduced on the market in 2011. just like the other aircraft this one comes in kit form so you can build it yourself and yes there's a reason this plane looks like it came from a different time it's designed as a full-scale replica of the british sopwith camel used in world war one but unlike the model from the 20th century this one comes equipped with a rotek r3600 nine-cylinder four-stroke engine that has 150 horsepower this engine powers the two-bladed wooden propeller to get a cruise speed of 85 miles per hour and with an 18-gallon tank you'll be able to fly 200 miles without stopping that's a 100 mile round trip bye for now

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Length: 9min 12sec (552 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 26 2021