Sonex -- The Sport Aircraft Reality Check!

Your Sport Pilot Prescription

Named the Best Sport Pilot Kit Aircraft for 2006 by Aero News Network, Sonex Aircraft offer the widest possible performance envelope allowed for Sport Pilots at an unbeatable price. A Sonex Aircraft can be built and flown for under $25,000 total cost! While other LSA manufacturers focus on maximizing Sport Pilot allowable gross weights, Sonex Aircraft maximize your enjoyment of recreational flying with designs that are fast and fully aerobatic. And if your medical situation disqualifies you from flying under Sport Pilot regulations, Sonex Aircraft has a solution for you with the Xenos Motorglider.

Does Your Flying Lack "Sport?"

Sonex Aircraft may be right for you! Whether your idea of fun is flying aerobatics, soaring, cross countries, or doing your part for Homeland Security by patrolling the local lakes for U-boats, Sonex Aircraft keep the "Sport" in Sport Pilot flying.

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Sonex Aircraft Fill the Sport Pilot Envelope
In All the Ways that Matter Most!

Notice how Sonex Aircraft only use 87 percent of the allowable Sport Pilot gross weight, yet we can fly at 98.55 percent of the allowable speed.

This reduced weight vs maximized speed allows Sonex Aircraft to fly faster with less horsepower (which translates into lower purchase and operating costs), and enjoy the benefits of aerobatic G-loading capability.

Also consider that Sonex Aircraft stall even slower than required!

Your Published Specs say a Sonex can cruise at 170 mph. Aren't you too fast for Sport Pilot?

All Sonex Aircraft models, with all approved engine options, qualify as Light Sport Aircraft. If you look closely at the Light Sport Aircraft Envelope above, you'll see that the FARs define max speed at Vh. Vh is defined as maximum continuous power setting, which is set by each engine manufacturer's operating specifications. The rule goes further, specifying that speed at Vh must be measured under the following conditions: speed in level flight with maximum continuous power (Vh) of not more than 120 kts (138 mph) CAS (Calibrated Air Speed) under standard atmospheric conditions at sea level. In a standard-gear, Jabiru 3300 powered Sonex or Waiex, our CAS under those conditions is 136 mph. Flying a cross-country in a Jabiru 3300 powered Sonex or Waiex, however, we can climb-up to 8,000 feet and see a True Air Speed of 170 mph at 75 percent power, and it's still perfectly legal under the Light Sport Aircraft rules.

Find out more about Sport Pilot and Light Sport Aircraft regulations:
Read the Sonex Sport Pilot pages	Go to EAA's SportPilot.org

Are You Medically Disqualified from Sport Pilot?

The Xenos Motorglider may be right for you!

Did you know that under the Federal Aviation Regulations for Glider pilots, no medical certificate of any kind is required? Although the Xenos qualifies as a Light Sport Aircraft and can be flown by Sport Pilots, pilots with a glider rating and a self-launch glider endorsement can also fly motorgliders like the Xenos.

If you have a medical situation that prohibits you from flying as a Sport Pilot, and feel your are still able to fly safely, you might want to consider the Xenos!

What in the World is Ludusfugapam?

Our creative staff wanted to make an ad about Sport Pilot that was a spoof on the drug advertising that has flooded popular media, tying the medical advantages of the Light Sport Aircraft regulations into the concept for the ad. If we wanted a drug ad, we needed a name for our highly-addictive formula! According to a Latin to English translation web site (which we are assuming is fairly reliable), the Latin word for "Sport" is "Ludus", and "Flight" is translated as "Fuga." We put the two together to make Ludusfugapam HCI 200mg.