You will not find a better engineered, stronger LSA than a Rans. Randy S. is a fanatic about solid engineering (and making improvements, as in the Coyote II) and great flying qualities.
I have visited their shop here in Kansas numerous times, as well as several other LSA/kit manufacturers (I traveled 11 states for 7 years for my job), and rate RANS at the top along with the RV folks.
Mike
Yessirree. Totally agree. The plane that is being offered for sale is a real beauty. At least in the pictures. All I have heard is good about Rans aircraft. But it appears the S6ES has very VERY limited baggage room as initially designed. But that may be modified or changed. Which is an advantage of Experimental. I will not have to ask "Mother may I of Big Brother. I need to see one up close and personal. Working on that!
The Sky Ranger is looking pretty good also. It apparently has a larger baggage area. And has a higher useful load then the Rans. The one being offered is only 30 miles away. So hoping to get up close and personal with this one here real soon.
Bill--You want space in the back and 600-650s useful? Check out the Wagbond at Wagaero.com They will manufacture--maybe you will have to shop around for the covering and engine.
I'm building one, but I don't reccommend that if you want to get in the air soon. Jon
Do you know one already built that is for sale, Jon?
Bill Grants Pass, Oregon
Not at the moment. They do come up for sale once in a while. The guy at Wagaero who knows everything and everyone doing these projects is Tom O'Neil. Very friendly. I'm on a Yahoo account, I think its called "Wagbuilders" and there might be someone there who knows. I'll post an inquiry and see if there is a responce. If you can register there you can follow up as well. Jon
Wow! Is there an unwritten rule out there that people that fly LSA do not need baggage room? All we are looking for is a space 27 x 20 x 19 (inches). And so far have not found a single airplane. We are finding Light Sport Aircraft with nearly 700 pounds useful load. But yet little to no baggage space?
We may be forced to keep the 150 as long as we plan on the dog traveling with us...........
It's sold with the understanding that we need to find a suitable E-LSA for replacement. Which now is looking to be a lil harder task then originally anticipated.
Bill, My flying buddy has a Rans S-7. The guy that builted it put in plastic gas lines from the gas tank to the firewall. I assume the gas lines came from the factory. The gas line broke where the wing, fuselage fit togeather, under neath the skylight. Good thing for him he had just landed when the engine quit.
