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Cessna takes about 8 gallons per hour to fly; if you want to fly at 3 gallons per hour then go for any Rotax 912ULS plane, most are LSA but you can upgrade the
by AdrianB1 10y ago
Cessna takes about 8 gallons per hour to fly; if you want to fly at 3 gallons per hour then go for any Rotax 912ULS plane, most are LSA but you can upgrade the license to PPL adn the flight time on LSA (cheap) is considered for PPL. In the end a Comko Ikarus C42 has similar performance with a Cessna 152 and a Pipistrel Virus SW is lighter and much faster (+30%) than the 152 for less than half the fuel consumption.
- walrus01 10y agoYou can't buy a modern Pipistrel for th price of a 1975 Cessna. A huge % of the light 2 and 4 seat aircraft out there in the c172 and smaller sizes are 25+ years old.
- AdrianB1 10y agoYou are right, but that does not make it right to compare a new electric plane's cost, flying performance and energy efficiency/consumption with a 1975 Cessna except if you have a time machine to send the electric plane back in 1975.
- walrus01 10y agoExcept that 1975 Cessna is much, much more likely to be what a small flight school/rental operator/FBO company can afford to buy. $35,000 and ongoing maintenance vs $175,000+.