jgombos

Thanks for all the information. I'm not up for a 2000-3000 hour mission , so I'll probably just keep my eye on the (apparently very small) market for one. For some reason I was thinking these were ultralights, or at most light sports, and so I was also under the assumption it would be an ultra-light workload to build one (some of the lighter ultralights are only 80 hour home kits). Before I even saw a canard I was figuring I wanted pusher with a sidestick and a diesel engine. It doesn't exist, however the Canard seems to satisfy two of those characteristics. It's a shame the FAA has been dragging their feet on approvals for diesel engines. It's almost tempting to take the plans to Mexico and use cheap Mexican labor to build one, but the wiki implies this is not simply a matter of assembly, but rather fabrication of parts in a machine shop.

I see prices on used Canards ranging from $2k to $85k which seems like a huge variance for an ultralight. The median used price seems to be roughly around $10k. Are all Canards ultralights? I noticed about 15-20 different models, and I have no idea what the differences are. I'd really like to see a table detailing the differences. Which model is the richest in features? Are any of them factory built? If so what percentage? Do they all have side sticks? How many work hours are the kits designed to require?