Popular Kit Aircraft

[Admin]

I am trying to compile a list of the top 20 aircraft kits - both RAAus and SAAA - I have listed 26 and would like to know what you think are the top 20 most popular aircraft kits - thanks!

 

AeroCanard

 

Aeropup

 

Brumby

 

Cheetah

 

Chinook

 

Cobra

 

Corby Starlet

 

Glasair

 

Jabiru

 

Kestrel

 

Kitfox

 

Lancair

 

LightWing

 

MCR

 

Pioneer

 

Pitts

 

Pulsar

 

Quicksilver

 

RV

 

Sapphire

 

SeaRey

 

Sonerai

 

Sonex

 

Supapup

 

Terrier 200

 

Zodiac

 

 

[robinsm]

what about the xair in its variations, i.e std, F and Hanuman.?

 

 

[Guest palexxxx]

What about Velocity (canard pusher)

 

Cozy IV Aircraft (another canard pusher)

 

Falco Furio

 

Rans aircraft

 

Vans aircraft

 

 

[Galpin]

What about the Arion Lightning. There are at least 17 in Australia to date. Two (maybe 3) are flying.

 

 

[Admin]

Thanks Guys, keep them coming :big_grin:

 

They will make up the new kit building section of the forums

 

 

[Guest pelorus32]

There are at least 10 SG Aviation/Stormaircraft a/c on the register and around an equal number in build at the moment.

 

Regards

 

Mike

 

 

[drifter_driver]

drifter aircraft

 

different variants of drifters are still available from different sources

 

http://www.spectrumaviation.com.au/

 

http://www.fpna.com/drifter.htm

 

 

[Guest palexxxx]

I know that Nestor Slepcev has left Australia and returned to his homeland of Serbia. Is the Slepcev Storch that he was making here still available now? He's still making and selling them in Serbia but does he still have an agent in Australia?

 

 

[storchy neil]

hey ian how about the flysynthes storch :thumb_up::thumb_up::thumb_up: the kit is so easy to put together

 

no painting :clap:two good men ;)and a woman :question:could put it to gether in six weeks neil

 

 

[Guest Wingman98]

What about the Rand KR group of aircraft? The KR1, KR2 and KR2S? Been around for about 30 years and still selling well. And, if you are frugal with your construction, it can be built and flying for under $15000.

 

 

[Guest David C]

There's the Sadler Vampire , a model currently under active construction , and lets not forget the good old KR2 and its many variants .

 

Dave C

 

 

[gavinl]

SkyRanger?

 

They seem to win a few world championships.:))

 

 

[crashley]

sonex

 

what about the sonex

 

 

[sain]

zenith's various: ch601, ch701,ch801,ch 650,ch 750 etc

 

hummelbirds various: hummelbird, ultracruiser, ultracruiser plus

 

jdt's various: max103s, mini-max1100s 1500Rs 1600Rs 1650R Euros, 1700R Hi-Max etc

 

australian aircraft kits various: wasp, hornet

 

murphy aircraft various: rebel, moose, renegade etc (pretty sure not RA-AUS - i've never looked at the specs))

 

aeroprakt: foxbat a22

 

I believe Kitplanes magazine publishes a list of all kit and plans built aircraft - might be a bit of bother to figure out which ones would comply with RA-AUS rules or SAAA.

 

Upcoming, but not kits (or plans) yet (i think):

 

Plyon500's LR-2 (I love the shape of this beastie!)

 

Bruce King's BK-1.3

 

Bob Hoover's Chugger

 

 

[Deskpilot]

We have quite a list here, just about every kit plane one can buy. I think some-one needs to sit down an find the number of individual types being built so the the popularity of each type can be assessed. Only then will the thread title be justified.

 

 

[facthunter]

Clarified.

 

Sain, the Murphy Rebel and Renegade are BOTH OK for RAAus. (unless you use large engine options in the Rebel) Nev..

 

 

[Guest Redair]

Oh come on.... what about Savannah? There must be millions of them out there now! (OK, well at least 10:laugh:).

 

Redair.

 

 

[sain]

facthunter - thanks for that bit of info. I'd always looked at them and thought "too big", without doing any checking.

 

 

[MXJ]

What about the Hornet Stol and Wasp GT?

 

http://www.aircraftkits.com.au/

 

Cheers

 

Max

 

 

[Guest grostek]

What about the Evans VP1, so simple might as well produce the "kit" in your garage and then build the aircraft.

 

Kind regards,

 

Gunter

 

 

[shags_j]

Great list (thought I might revive this thread). Do we have this list by any chance, along with the place to purchase said kit?

 

 

[pete8862]

Dont forget the Bushcaddy R80, it's a very strong aircraft.

 

Pete

 

 

[eightyknots]

What about the Eurofox kit (known as Aerotrek in North America to avoid confusion with the Kitfox)? And, now that Skyranger is an official supporter of recreationalflying.com, we had better include that kit as well.

 

There are many hundreds of Eurofox/Airtrek and Skyranger kits successfully flying around the world but I'm not sure how many of then are Downunder.

 

Realistically, the Top 20 kits target should be s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d to 30 or 40 because aviators are rather choosey and there are so many different ships to suit their tastes and requirements. Twenty is too small a list size for us recreational flyers.

 

 

[Ultralights]

in the GA Catagorie, Vans RV's would have to be the most popular by far.

 

in RAAus, Jabiru would be near the top, ICP Savannah would be up there also, quite a few getting around now.

 

 

[eightyknots]

in the GA Catagorie, Vans RV's would have to be the most popular by far.in RAAus, Jabiru would be near the top, ICP Savannah would be up there also, quite a few getting around now.

The top dozen RA-Aus flying in Australia (with New Zealand "microlight" numbers in RED) are:

 

Jabirus 755 (NZ 24)

 

Other manufacturers of note are:

 

Airborne (trikes) - 234 (NZ 25)

 

Aerochute (powered parachutes) - 215 (NZ 11)

 

Tecnam - 132 (NZ 77)

 

ICP (mostly Savannahs) - 125 (NZ 8)

 

Thruster - 115 (NZ 26)

 

Skyfox - 105 (NZ 1)

 

Austflight (Drifters) - 98 (NZ 1)

 

Howard Hughes (Lightwings) - 97 (NZ 1)

 

Zenith/Zodiac - 76 (NZ 57)

 

Aeroprakt (Foxbats) - 68 (NZ 4)

 

(Micro Aviation Bantams in NZ = 131)

 

(Source: http://www.recreationalflying.com/threads/number-of-jabirus-and-others-in-raaus.3Of c7569/page-2)

 

Of course, not all are kits. Nor does past take up rates of aircraft indicate present popularity but it gives a reasonable indication.