Simviation Forum - Price increase. New Skycatcher.

Nov 24^th, 2011 at 5:46am

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New Skycatcher: Loadsa Money!

Interesting reading...>>> http://www.flyingmag.com/aircraft/pistons/cessna-raises-price-skycatcher?cmpid=e...

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Reply #1 - Nov 26^th, 2011 at 1:28am

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I don't know any actual details of this (it's news to me as much as anyone else), but I feel that it may be getting a little blown out of proportion. What it seems to me is happening is Cessna is simply including popular options as standard, and raising the base price to reflect that. Essentially, 99% of customers will pay that price for the plane anyways, so to save some money on production they are just making it standard.

Unfortunate for anyone that actually wanted a base model at the original price, but probably good in the long run for those that want a typically configured Skycatcher.

I will say that I get annoyed by complaints of it being 'built' in China. First and foremost, we live in a global economy, so people better get used to it. Secondly, the Skycatcher is assembled in the USA, literally across the runway from Cessna headquarters.

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Reply #2 - Nov 26^th, 2011 at 8:23am

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I think if and when the FAA expands the use of the driver's license medical, the LSA market will completely disappear. Why spend $150k for an airplane with limited speed, range, and payload when you can fly a 172 or Cherokee without a medical.

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Reply #3 - Nov 26^th, 2011 at 4:21pm

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DaveSims wrote on Nov 26^th, 2011 at 8:23am:

I think if and when the FAA expands the use of the driver's license medical, the LSA market will completely disappear. Why spend $150k for an airplane with limited speed, range, and payload when you can fly a 172 or Cherokee without a medical.

Because a new 172 costs nearly $400,000, and some people want new rather than used.

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Reply #4 - Nov 26^th, 2011 at 5:03pm

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Jayhawk Jake wrote on Nov 26^th, 2011 at 4:21pm:

DaveSims wrote on Nov 26^th, 2011 at 8:23am:

I think if and when the FAA expands the use of the driver's license medical, the LSA market will completely disappear. Why spend $150k for an airplane with limited speed, range, and payload when you can fly a 172 or Cherokee without a medical.

Because a new 172 costs nearly $400,000, and some people want new rather than used.

400,000

. And sold for about 50? that's a loss Undecided

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Reply #5 - Nov 27^th, 2011 at 8:28am

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Jayhawk Jake wrote on Nov 26^th, 2011 at 4:21pm:

DaveSims wrote on Nov 26^th, 2011 at 8:23am:

I think if and when the FAA expands the use of the driver's license medical, the LSA market will completely disappear. Why spend $150k for an airplane with limited speed, range, and payload when you can fly a 172 or Cherokee without a medical.

Because a new 172 costs nearly $400,000, and some people want new rather than used.

Not necessarily true. I am close friends with a LSA dealer (CzechSport, PiperSport, CzechSport, whatever they call it today), the majority of his clients have been older people with older Beechcraft, Cessna, or Pipers that are worried about losing their medical and wanting an aircraft to still be able to fly. Since there are not many LSAs on the used market yet (at least not much cheaper than new) they are forced to buy new. The original LSA rules were carefully crafted to exclude many older existing models, including the 150/152, forcing a need for new models.

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