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Re: New AX Sport

Postby bobthebuilder » Wed May 15, 2013 12:20 pm

Have there been any new developments with this cool project?
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Re: New AX Sport

Postby Turbo » Wed May 15, 2013 2:14 pm

Man O Man -- what a beauty!! for Rthat price i would look at one before a VANS!
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Re: New AX Sport

Postby bobthebuilder » Wed May 15, 2013 7:35 pm

..... and what price is that?
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Re: New AX Sport

Postby Turbo » Wed May 15, 2013 9:48 pm

+ - R850K
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Re: New AX Sport

Postby bobthebuilder » Wed May 15, 2013 11:45 pm

The Italian Dallair FR1 in Kit form costs around R450K, with a
a factory buit one coming in at around R850K. This excludes. Shipping, VAT etc.
Will be interesting to see what our local offering comes in at.
That price was for the Italian Dallair FR1, which is now built and marketed by none other than ..... Tecnam!
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Re: New AX Sport

Postby Turbo » Thu May 16, 2013 10:34 pm

bobthebuilder wrote:
The Italian Dallair FR1 in Kit form costs around R450K, with a
a factory buit one coming in at around R850K. This excludes. Shipping, VAT etc.
Will be interesting to see what our local offering comes in at.
That price was for the Italian Dallair FR1, which is now built and marketed by none other than ..... Tecnam!
i know -- thats what a was referring to. carbon parts, 130HP turbo engine .... mmmhhhhh vhpy
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Re: New AX Sport

Postby bobthebuilder » Fri May 17, 2013 7:51 am

There may also be another locally produced aerobatic aircraft on the market soon. Holding Thumbs.
I'll try and find a pic.
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Re: New AX Sport

Postby bobthebuilder » Fri May 17, 2013 8:45 am

Talk is that it will be sold as a BASIC kit only. i.e. composite shells. Still early days.
Designed for the serious aerobatic enthusiast only.

It looks similar to the Rhin One Design, well ..... kind of!
Beautifully built - I ABSOLUTELY fell in love with it.

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Re: New AX Sport

Postby Turbo » Sat May 18, 2013 11:11 am

check this out -- found another awesome design pane -- expensive at $139K but unreal inside and styling is brilliant and amphibious....

http://www.iconaircraft.com -- waiting period till 2016!!
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Re: New AX Sport

Postby bobthebuilder » Sat May 18, 2013 1:30 pm

Wow .... beautiful futuristic design with really sexy curves .....
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Re: New AX Sport

Postby Sideslip » Sat May 18, 2013 5:32 pm

The Icon has been around for some years now but production has as far as I know not begun. Many deposits have however been taken. I do hope it does not end in tears. I fully agree that it has very classy styling.

They have run a flawless marketing campaign and created a lot of hype around the aircraft. That's all good and well. I was talking to one of the aeronautical engineers working on the icon at Oshkosh last year and the conversation revolved around how the hype has put them under rediculous pressure to live up to the hype. I hope it does.
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