Guest Pioneer200 Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Over the weekend we have had the Great plains flyin at our airfield (Ashburton NZ) Today I was out there and was lucky to see the Jabiru J120 up close. 1st one to be delivered in NZ, was getting delivered by agent to buyer in Te Anau. I was very impressed by this aircraft,very well finished. Local agent has his own J160 and said the 120 is as good in nearly every way. What are the thoughts of some of you that have flown this wee gem? Wish I had a spare 70 odd K!! By the way how has the cricket been going over there? I heard NZ are 2-0 up in the series!!! Can someone confirm this is correct please.
Guest bigblockford545 Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 I've flown the 120/lsa/160 and prefer the 120 out of the group. There isn't much difference between the 120 and the LSA but the 160 in comparison need MUCH more power everywhere. It climbs like a cessna 150 (slowly) but decends at idle like a brick. The two redeeming features of the 160 are the electric flaps and the fuel capacity. Simon
Guest Brett Campany Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Bloody Kiwi's...... Yeah, not the best Summer for the Aussie's at the moment. As for the J120, how big was the rudder? I've seen a few of them with really small rudders.
gofastclint Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 I've flown the 120/lsa/160 and prefer the 120 out of the group. There isn't much difference between the 120 and the LSA but the 160 in comparison need MUCH more power everywhere. It climbs like a cessna 150 (slowly) but decends at idle like a brick. The two redeeming features of the 160 are the electric flaps and the fuel capacity.Simon I prefer the manual flaps. less to go wrong. I recon the price need to be around the 30k to 40k mark though.
Guest Cloudsuck Posted February 7, 2009 Posted February 7, 2009 Funny thing is the J120 has been around for ages. Use to be called the SP and came with the option of a 3300 6cyl. A real go machine. Suddenly everything is new again
Harthy Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 J120 I have owned a 120 for nearly 12 months now. it has 360 hrs on the clock and is going as good as the day I got it. They have only had one rudder fitted since release, and it is larger then the LSA. It's performance is more then adequate. I have landed in some very strong cross winds and have never run out of rudder control. These aircraft handle very well on the ground in taxing and takeoff and landings. In the air they are even better with suppurb handling. it cruises at a comfortable 100kts at 2900rpm with an over all average of 13.8 ltr per hour Its climb rate is great even with two on board. Much better then the J160's. It is smaller then the 160 in side, however just last week it did an nav with a 130kg student and a decent sized instructor and it handled it very well. There will always be plenty of knockers out there. But whether you like Jabiru's or not, this is a great aircraft!! Untill someone else can come up with a new fly away aircraft for $58000 with it's performance, it is worth a very close look. Harthy
Guest Rocko Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 I recon the price need to be around the 30k to 40k mark though. Umm, show me ANY aircraft that costs $30-$40K flying, apart from rag and tube. EVen there, most are well above that, finished and flying $58K is friggin' cheap for a J120, methinks.
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