Icon Aircraft

[Jeff Gordon]

Friend of mine just back from OshKosh put me onto this...What do you think?

 

http://www.iconaircraft.com/

 

 

[fly_tornado]

bags a ride, I read they signed up 148 orders at oshkosh.

 

 

[Gundy]

Told me they want $2000 deposit and Can't deliver till 2015. Sounds shonky to me.

 

 

[.Evan.]

I. Want. One.

 

 

[Jeff Gordon]

Told me they want $2000 deposit and Can't deliver till 2015. Sounds shonky to me

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they signed up 148 orders at oshkosh

think they may be flooded with orders.

 

 

[Guest SAJabiruflyer]

They LOOK pretty cool. I wonder if they can get into a deep stall that can affect T-Tail Aircraft??

 

 

[Guest SAJabiruflyer]

or if I read it further... they have already thought of that.. see the "Safety" section.

 

 

[Gundy]

Nah mate they can't deliver the first one till 2015. The other 148 from Oshkosh will be after that

 

 

[Jeff Gordon]

That's bad...dont think i can live that long:wink:

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

while you are all scraping up the deposits and waiting for delivery you can play with the RC model.

 

 

 

[Bubbleboy]

That cockpit is dead sexy!

 

 

[Ronin]

Now that is cool.......

 

 

[Jeff Gordon]

Just checked their FB

 

The numbers are in and ICON took a record 143 deposits at the 2011 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh Show! Our order book is now at position#694, and in the process, we raised over $28,000 for EAA Young Eagles.

Now thats what I call a success story!

 

 

[fly_tornado]

They have been around since 2008, and yet to deliver a plane. Hopefully they can make some planes without going bust.

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

It would be good to see the design freeze and start to deliver. Everytime you read about it they are adding some electronic bling to it.

 

They too did a good trade in the gootchy store area.

 

 

[Jeff Gordon]

I hope I will be...but in an old peoples home!!

 

 

[fly_tornado]

a couple of things going against the icon.

 

its going to be heavy, that folding wing mechanism has to weight a fair bit

 

its going to be draggy, due to the hull shape and buoyancy requirements.

 

its going to get eaten by sea water, salt water might also kill the resale value.

 

no one outside the factory has flown it.

 

its made in america, cessna moved production of the skycatcher to china to keep labour costs under control.

 

 

[winsor68]

I always worry about a company taking people's money for a potential product... of course it doesn't mean it won't succeed.... but not all of them did in the past.

 

Looks like a great idea for an aircraft though...

 

 

[eastmeg2]

Yep, saw it, touched their mock up and got their RC simulator stick in the weeds. ;-) Had to be reset.

 

My travelling buddy decided to get a Kitfox instead, with the Lycoming IO-233 engine option. 2,400hr TBO, 115hp naturally aspirated, air cooled, USD 10k cheaper than Rotax-914, though a bit heavier.

 

www.kitfoxaircraft.com

 

Cheers,

 

Glen