They can't drop the price by too much , it would end up being cheaper than their non-certified offerings. Hahaha!

Negative, the pilot flies from the front seat in any Carbon Cub

Actually, it was about 136 true at 5000 feet.

i was thinking 150k max lol

with 300K you have a lot more options! I personally would go for an American Champion Denali Scout...

Why are these so expensive?

Carbon Fibre and Titanium are not cheap materials.

seaplaneguy exactly, and since you'll almost always be under that no matter what guy carry, that just means more performance. Of course add anvil floats and that eats into the margins but of course it still can handle it.

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...and isn't available.

so make it cost 2wice as much, i dont think there filling that many orders, but i dont know, it way to costly for the average las pilot, thats my point.. im glad they are working on putting us in the air, im just saying it cant come fast enough, and this plane is not a porshe, or a f16 look alike

it seems this is a move up the rungs for Cub Crafters into the certified Husky world. Would love to see a fly-off against the two. Also would love it if just one of these (damn) companies would create a side-by-side taidragger...

Bulgdoom it compares very favorably against the husky and is way nicer inside and faster for the same ff. Aviat better step up their game and release the D model or they'll be left in the dust.

This airplane is not aiming for the average LSA flyer. That's the whole point. It is above and beyond anything an LSA can do in speed or payload. It has literally twice the useful load of a typical LSA. They have a plane like you describe, it's called the Carbon Cub. This plane is their answer of taking the Carbon Cub and improving it enough to certified airplane standards. They will sell these planes as quick as they can make them. There are many people that need and want a bush plane, but that an LSA just wont get the job done.

35-50 grand airplane? Well, thats a stretch, what kind of airplane do you have in mind then? You cant even get a CTLS for that kind of money, and that airplane is considered cheap. Sure, 300k for this airplane is alot and i agree that it will not sell very well but 35-50 grand for a new airplane is unrealistic

Agree 100% I think the saving grace for GA will allowing for sport pilot avionics like the Garmin G3X to be installed on under 6000 lb aircraft. A new industry can emerge to rebuild older aircraft to new technology and also keep it affordable. These new LSA and there price points are a joke.

Sean Dorn why dont they get better paying jobs elsewhere? a company wont and shouldn't pay more than what a person thinks they are worth so if they stay they are saying its just fine. enough people leave and a company will find a way to make themselves more appealing.

I think that is a skewed mentality. I think the race to the bottom mentality of continued hacking workers pay is going to catch up with the US. I'm guessing this company could afford to pay their workers better, but they take advantage of the economics of Yakima WA.

Even assuming you're right & that your comment is appropriate, you'd feel better about it if the Cub was made in China by workers paid $2 a day?

People are bitching about the price and bitching about the wages. You can't have it both ways. The problem with these airplanes is that they are labour intensive, even more than a PA18 with all the carbon parts. Now add in the burden of certification documentation.... if they paid $20/hr imagine the cost increase.