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tu16
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:54 pm Post subject: DirectFly Alto (via CorbiAir)? |
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( http://www.flyalto.com )
Anybody had a chance to look inside or fly this plane?
Any impressions?
A chubby-looking 100kts-cruising Czech all-metal low-wing design with slide-forward canopy and seemingly smallish rudder - but "americanized" Skyview 7" version starts at $102,000 at CorbiAir...
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NCPilot
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:17 pm Post subject: Re: DirectFly Alto (via CorbiAir)? |
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tu16 wrote: ( http://www.flyalto.com )
Anybody had a chance to look inside or fly this plane?
Any impressions?
A chubby-looking 100kts-cruising Czech all-metal low-wing design with slide-forward canopy and seemingly smallish rudder - but "americanized" Skyview 7" version starts at $102,000 at CorbiAir...
Kind of reminds me of the Piper Cherokee 140. |
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N918KT
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| This is a cute little airplane! IIRC, I think the plane can also be equipped with control yokes instead of joysticks. However, I don't see it on the website being equipped with yokes. Is it still true that the DirectFly Alto can be equipped with control yokes? |
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NCPilot
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N918KT wrote: This is a cute little airplane! IIRC, I think the plane can also be equipped with control yokes instead of joysticks. However, I don't see it on the website being equipped with yokes. Is it still true that the DirectFly Alto can be equipped with control yokes?
I wonder if they offer this in kit form, it'd be awesome if they did. :D |
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tu16
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N918KT wrote: This is a cute little airplane! IIRC, I think the plane can also be equipped with control yokes instead of joysticks. However, I don't see it on the website being equipped with yokes. Is it still true that the DirectFly Alto can be equipped with control yokes?
(Dress wearers can definately appreciate it.) Looks like it:
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tu16
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NCPilot wrote:
I wonder if they offer this in kit form, it'd be awesome if they did. :D
As far as I can tell it is indeed a kit plane, recently certified as S-LSA by CorbiAir(?)... Kits should be available...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_vywQRO2uQ |
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NCPilot
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tu16 wrote: NCPilot wrote:
I wonder if they offer this in kit form, it'd be awesome if they did. :D
As far as I can tell it is indeed a kit plane, recently certified as S-LSA by CorbiAir(?)... Kits should be available...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_vywQRO2uQ
Yay, hopefully that'll cut down on the cost of it. I wonder how it handles. |
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dan coffey
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:45 pm Post subject: Re: DirectFly Alto (via CorbiAir)? |
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[quote="NCPilot"][quote="tu16"]( http://www.flyalto.com )
Anybody had a chance to look inside or fly this plane?
Any impressions?
A chubby-looking 100kts-cruising Czech all-metal low-wing design with slide-forward canopy and seemingly smallish rudder - but "americanized" Skyview 7" version starts at $102,000 at CorbiAir...
[img]http://www.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2008-2/8/10308.jpg[/img][/quote]
Kind of reminds me of the Piper Cherokee 140.[/quote]
All of the images shown are a older version of the Alto, the current aircraft which is LSA approved, is on www.flyalto.com or the Facebook site
http://www.facebook.com/pages/FlyAlto-usa/164287213607845 |
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dan coffey
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[quote="NCPilot"][quote="N918KT"]This is a cute little airplane! IIRC, I think the plane can also be equipped with control yokes instead of joysticks. However, I don't see it on the website being equipped with yokes. Is it still true that the DirectFly Alto can be equipped with control yokes?[/quote]
I wonder if they offer this in kit form, it'd be awesome if they did. :D[/quote]
the Alto can be ordered as a expermental kit ... we have not addressed the ELSA kit process .. as of this date ... the kit Alto can be ordered w/ control yokes ... |
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dan coffey
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:05 pm Post subject: Re: DirectFly Alto (via CorbiAir)? |
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[quote="tu16"]( http://www.flyalto.com )
Anybody had a chance to look inside or fly this plane?
Any impressions?
A chubby-looking 100kts-cruising Czech all-metal low-wing design with slide-forward canopy and seemingly smallish rudder - but "americanized" Skyview 7" version starts at $102,000 at CorbiAir...
[img]http://www.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2008-2/8/10308.jpg[/img][/quote]
CorbiAir .. will be at Sun 'n Fun w/ the Alto ... please come and see the aircraft ... |
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dan coffey
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[quote="tu16"][quote="NCPilot"]
I wonder if they offer this in kit form, it'd be awesome if they did. :D[/quote]
As far as I can tell it is indeed a kit plane, recently certified as S-LSA by CorbiAir(?)... Kits should be available...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_vywQRO2uQ[/quote]
Hi guys ... I just spoke w/ the factory "DirectFly" and our contact Marketa .. gave me a website of one of their customers .. that build
a kit Alto http://www.alto912.cz/fotogalerie.html |
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NCPilot
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You know, on the Pricing page, it says
Quote: Our focus was to develop a niche market aircraft with a flyaway price of $10,000 to $15,000 under the current market for Flight School Aircraft.
http://www.flyalto.com/pricing.html
Is that $10k to $15k for the aircraft itself, is that the USD price, what is the context for the $10k to $15k price? |
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dan coffey
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[quote="NCPilot"]You know, on the Pricing page, it says
[quote]Our focus was to develop a niche market aircraft with a flyaway price of $10,000 to $15,000 under the current market for Flight School Aircraft.[/quote]
http://www.flyalto.com/pricing.html
Is that $10k to $15k for the aircraft itself, is that the USD price, what is the context for the $10k to $15k price?[/quote]
That is .. 10K to 15K under the current (LSA) flight school aircraft .. or a Piper Sport, Ramos, etc.. which come in at $135,000 to $140K ... our Alto is $110K to $115K ..
We are actively looking for dealers .. I see you are in NC .. |
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zaitcev
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Location: Albuquerque, NM
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| Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 12:10 am Post subject: Re: DirectFly Alto (via CorbiAir)? |
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NCPilot wrote: Kind of reminds me of the Piper Cherokee 140.
Looks more like AA-1 to me than Cherokee. Cherokee has a real door, albeit only one, and main gear attached to wing spar, same as Musketeer, while BD-1 and AA-1 have the same self-sprung main gear as Alto. At least they did not try to make wings identical, judging by 3-views.
-- Pete |
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