Cheetah light sport aircraft, X-Air lightsport aircraft, a lot of bank for the buck at the Midwest LSA Expo, Light Sport Aircraft Pilot News newsmagazine.


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Cheetah light sport aircraft, X-Air lightsport aircraft two light sport aircraft that give a lot of bang for the buck!

Two aircraft at the Midwest Sport LSA Expo that really give a lot of bang for the buck, were the Cheetah and the X-Air. Both of these aircraft are priced in the $55,000 to $60,000 range, which is a the low end of the spectrum for lightsport aircraft.

They are both high wing aircraft, featuring side by side seating, and a steerable nose wheel, in a tractor configuration.

The Cheetah uses a center mounted stick, and dual rudder pedals, and throttles while the X-Air has dual sticks dual rudder pedals, and dual throttles.

Both aircraft are equipped with flaps, trim and brakes, with the Cheetah's brake handle located on the stick, and the X-Air equipped with toe brakes.

The Cheetah is imported from South Africa while the X-Air is imported from India but goes through an "Americanization" process where the final engine, instruments, brakes etc are installed in the U.S.

At the show both aircraft were powered by the Jabiru four cylinder, four stroke 85 HP, direct drive aircraft engine but can also be powered by the Rotax 912, 80 and 100 HP four cylinder four stroke aircraft engines.

They use similar construction and building techniques, in that they use aluminum tube bolt and rivet together construction covered in dacron sailcloth.

The Cheetah is currently only offered as a factory built ready to fly aircraft while the X-Air can also be built from kit form with building times reported to be in the 100 to 150 hour range. Blue Skies Sport Planes represented X-Air at the show while the Cheetah was displayed by Midwest Sport Aviation it's U.S. distributor.

X-Air
Blue Skies Sport Planes

Cincinnati Ohio
859-250-5240
www.blueskiessportplanes.com

Cheetah
Midwest Sport Aviation

410 N. Church St.
Richland Center
WI 53581
608-427-0233
www.cheetahus.com

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