10 Cheapest Light Sport Aircraft You Can Buy

Light-Sport Aircraft or LSA do become more and more popular among new pilots because they are fairly simple to fly. If you're looking to buy a Light-Sport Aircraft and become a private pilot we put together the 10 cheapest light-sport aircraft you can buy. The Aircraft in today's video meet the LSA criteria of the FAA. Please keep in mind, that there are no universal LSA criteria so depending on your country the LSA criteria will most likely be different. Compared to the ultralight or microlight aircraft category the LSAs tend to be heavier and more sophisticated but the LSA restriction on weight and performance separates the category from established General Aviation aircraft.
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0:20 Just Aircraft Highlander
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4:57 nV Aerospace KR-2S
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[@BeyondFacts]

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[@rileymonson7649]

i have watch it

[@rileymonson7649]

@Alfie Pickin me

[@harveywallace-williams1281]

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[@karstenmurphy3489]

THE RV4 IS NOT AN LSA.

[@joseguerrero6475]

Hey, where can I find more info about NV Aerospace KR-2S? (Pricing, availability, etc)

[@toadman506]

Warning to those Interested, with some exceptions, the Kit Prices DO NOT INCLUDE Engine, Prop, and Instruments/Avionics

[@henryostman5740]

I was going to post that myself. Overhauled or rebuilt engines can cost as much as the kit and most planes will need about $7 to $10k in avionics to meet today's requirements. A kit plane is registered as 'experimental' (you're experimenting with your assembly skills). Do your homework.

[@OscarDad]

kinda need an engine, prop and instruments.. those arent “upgrades “ 🤣

[@toadman506]

@@henryostman5740 "Experimental" engines are a lot cheaper than certified, That said if you're buying New, a Lycoming non-certed 0-320 (Their "Thunderbolt" line is still probably in the 30K area and up depending on your options.) There are a slew of Other engines though, most of which are a LOT Cheaper than a traditional "Aircraft" engine, especially if you're looking at some of the smaller Kits where the suggested plant is in the 100-130 HP range. Not including the Core, but you can do a Corvair Engine for under $10K by Building it yourself, Then there are other Auto-Conversions, like Jabiru, or Viking, ranging in the $15-20K arena. As for Avionics, you can do a REALLY Solid VFR-Only glass setup, with ADS-b in/out for around another 10-12K. If you go Steam Gauges, you can probably Halve that with Keeping ADS-b In/out. It's generally a good idea to budget out double the base price of the Kit for Engine and avionics/Instruments. If the Full kit Price is say $30K, Expect a Minimum of $60K out the door, before you do your paperwork for the Inspection for your Temp Airworthiness Certificate.

[@commentatron]

...or the cost of losing your spouse - that can be a doozey!

[@mitchelljagg]

@@commentatron been there done that now back to my dreams

[@krissfemmpaws1029]

Clearly who ever wrote this has no clue of the Light Sport Aircraft regulations and the speeds and weight limitations those regulations impose on the aircraft for use in the LSA class. A number of the planes that were listed are outside the LSA class of aircraft.

[@skyhawk5851]

Exactly. Some of these are not Light Sport. You should not post a video if you do not know what you are talking about.

[@karlschmidt7258]

Highlander…water skis….sounds exciting.

[@steelers4srilanka]

Solid content ✨️✈️👍

[@stephendonahue9764]

Very poor details... Especially showing the sonex jet during your comments on the sonex B model

[@matthewmitchell8941]

Hey, now...the Sonex shown was the turbine powered model...for part of the segment. I like your vids, a lot...I'm just nit pickin'...

[@alanploetz7100]

Jet, I think?

[@blinimationstudios1717]

The $115,000 turbine model

[@neelpatel407]

love u keep up the good work

[@BeyondFacts]

Hi neel patel, thanks for your nice comment. Hope your having a great day 🙂

[@neelpatel407]

@@BeyondFacts yes I am having a wonderful day you have a great day

[@davidholdman8015]

Awesome

[@alanploetz7100]

It is sort of a moot point since I am so late to the stream and others have mentioned the issues that combine to skew your rankings. It would be more informative to rank the by the price of a completed/flying aircraft. I realize there are a lot of variables in an experimental based on builder preferences. So perhaps more of a ranking based on least expensive or most expensive prices to get them in the air. Some of these end up being far from affordable, but then a crewcab 4x4 pickup starts in the mid-50s these days. Perhaps another approach would be to rank the various powerplants by cost.

[@jardaschannel]

Very interesting video, I am true airplane lover and those small airplanes are so cute! Greetings from Czech Republic, Europe.🇨🇿😁👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@BeyondFacts]

Thank you very much!

[@js5072]

Part 2 coming? This was a great vid!

[@rileymonson7649]

hi nice video u should do most expensive aircraft and 8:46 my grand pa use to have a toy model of it

[@BeyondFacts]

Hi riley monson, thanks for your comment. Thats a great video idea. Hope you enjoyed the video 😊

[@jamesbarros950]

Maybe I misunderstood, I thought light sport had a max gross takeoff weight of 1300lbs and the max top speed in level flight was 120kts? No?

[@Jkur2009]

Yes. This guy in the vid has no clue what he’s talking about.

[@mwb7121]

Interesting name for the channel, considering the misleading (or simply wrong) “facts”

[@SalveMonesvol]

I was wandering just that when I heard about the last one having a 9 cylinder.

[@toadman506]

@@SalveMonesvol it has I Believe Rotec Radial. Radial Engines always have an Odd Number (Or Multiple thereof) of Cylinders. the Rotecs come in 7 and 9 Cylinder Models. the WWII era P&W and Wrights usually had 9 Cylinders as the base, and then just more crankcases with 9 Cylinders bolted on as they went up in Power.

[@jjohnston94]

JAR-i-bu, ja-BIR-u, you pronounced it every way but right.

[@isaacshultz8128]

Sonex builder here. It's a great airplane

[@BeyondFacts]

Hi Isaac Shultz, thanks for your comment. Hope you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@thewatcher5271]

Wouldn't The Onex Be A Better Fit For This Type Of Video?

[@isaacshultz8128]

@@thewatcher5271 I'd love to see more love shown to onexes. Sonex has a really cool lineup of planes

[@flyfreeandsoar7505]

The pricing is way way off on many of the kits. A new Rotax 912 costs $17,000 and a decent instrument panel will cost at least $5,000. That is $22,000 for just the engine and instruments.

[@sethenewman4309]

Automotive conversion?

[@miromst]

You forgot about SD-1 minisport. Pretty cheap, beautiful hot plane

[@tomtom6319]

Aviators never cease to amaze me. I got an idea, Let’s glue feathers on are arms and fly! Haha haha haha haha haha haha haha haha

[@commentatron]

(Meanwhile, Tom told anyone who would listen that bookkeeping _was_ a creative and challenging occupation).

[@BlueMax333]

Not among the most efficient but a pusher aircraft with the pilot seated in front of the wings offers maximum visibility for recreational flying

[@bradjacobs1844]

True, but placing the pilot in front means that he will absorb the brunt of the impact in the unfortunate case of an accident. There’s always a trade off.

[@buckmurdock2500]

@2:50 and in just 10 min, a Baby Ace can reach a height of 12,000 ft. That's 1200 FPM, bwaaaahaaaa ! !

[@yamezzcuross4353]

I'm on the verge of an epileptic fit with the speed at which you change the video. I barely have time to focus on one image and you've changed to the next.

[@danielforde-pogson]

Yeah, and totally confusing with the whole Sonex range including the Subsonex - no idea which one the climb rates were for!!

[@edwinperez285]

Yes

[@BeyondFacts]

Hi Edwin Perez, thanks for your comment. Hope you enjoyed the video 😊

[@nickjones3559]

Well done video but misleading information (Sonex jet aside). These are the prices for these kit planes without a power plant. If it’s a two stroke, add at least $8,000. If it’s a four stroke, add at least $19,000. Would have been a phenomenal video if the complete truth was unveiled. However I am more than willing to admit I am wrong if you can prove these prices include an engine.

[@raydreamer7566]

What is a 20 gallon VW motor ???

[@rileymonson7649]

u also should do a video on hot wheels most expensive to lest expensive

[@BeyondFacts]

Hi Riley monson, thanks for your idea. I really like it and will check if we can make such a video 🙂

[@stanley917]

Water skis on the Highlander?

[@azzir325]

So the price mentioned is for a unbuilt kit, not an airplane. Further complicating things, you never make it clear if the price mentioned factors in such inconsequential items as the engine? But it was fun watching those airplanes fly.

[@alanploetz7100]

I had the same problem until I put my cheaters on and saw the gross pricing in the banners at the lower left. My comment is it would be better to re-rank them based on finished aircraft cost.

[@asrafulalam1025]

Hi, I love your information video, because I love flying. I am from Kolkata, India. Can you please tell me do these plains require pilot license or any training is given. I am interested.

[@BeyondFacts]

Hi Asraful Alam, thanks for your comment. You will need to get a license to fly the aircraft shown in the video. Hope you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@asrafulalam1025]

@@BeyondFacts From where I can get training and license. Where to buy this type of Air crafts?

[@GrantOakes]

6:15 mark, 20 gallon engine? What the heck is THAT?

[@blinimationstudios1717]

peep this 4,620ci engine on my *light sport aircraft*

[@arizonaadventureriders9384]

The cheapest plane needs a $24k radial engine….. the most expensive plane has a $40k engine option.

[@bradjacobs1844]

Don’t want to scare off any prospective buyers now, do you? Telling them the actual completed cost will turn away all those that clicked on the video hoping to buy a $14,000 airplane and go flying tomorrow. Not going to happen in any way, shape or form. Those unltrlights, by the way, are just that. Don’t think you’re going to be doing much traveling in those things except early morning when the air is CALM.

[@josemmontes5810]

0:58 "if you want, the Highlander can also be equipped with water skis and turned into an amphibian with snow skis" and this is when turned off the video...

[@theuggy504]

U ain’t gonna stop till u named every ultralight in the world.

[@BeyondFacts]

🤣 Yes, but unfortunately there are not that many left which we can cover. Hope you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@swaminathangnanasambandam5384]

Waiting for blackfly

[@dreadone6894]

What about the SD-1?

[@robzilla730]

Looking g for a 3 or 4 seater. Any suggestions?

[@LukusCannon]

LSA’s are limited to 1 pilot and 1 passenger. You are on an LSA video… Get a Bonanza

[@jadams3427]

The SubSonex jet is not one of the cheapest light sport aircraft you can buy, but if you want a jet it probably is one of the best bangs for the bucks.

[@dancollier4647]

And because it is a jet it is not a light sport aircraft

[@luckycondor]

I wish you could give me where did you get those price tags. It must be from 1930, because I when into some of the actual website of the sellers and the prices are not even near what you have posted. I really wish I’m wrong and that the number you posted are right. I’ll buy one tomorrow

[@augustoduminuco4683]

Highland will cost around $ 120000 completed

[@larryowens6041]

Do these need a license?

[@gastrofile]

20 gallon engine?

[@tcepilot]

The airdrome kit finished, is closer to $30k

[@skyboys9814]

Too bad, there's no links here for the airplanes you talked about in this video.

[@TheBinaryAcademy]

You forgot to mention the Sonex B price

[@forrestallison1879]

Saying an aircraft cost 25,000 when the kit cost $25,000 is totally nuts to me. That thing's going to cost $40,000 to build and an insane amount of time

[@marcellasinclair6215]

We’re is your location?

[@thedogpound1977]

click bait these are all kits double the prices for a working plane which means none of them are cost efficient for the price. TOTAL click bait

[@lipstick318]

The Prices for the Sonic B is, about $42,053... Yes... Sonex Aircraft Sonex-B

[@gabeplays9441]

The Highlander is in average 70,000 USD to 100,000

[@mohdrozibakar847]

can we put a motorcycle/superbike engine instead of those normally aircraft engine? modern superbike engine is very light and have a decent HP

[@MaxxVelocity]

Motorcycle engines aren't held up to the same reliability standards. You can't settle for 99.9% in aircraft. Motorcycles are known to have wide tolerances and temperamental running.

[@buckmurdock2500]

They are not "light" when compared to aircraft standards, they will require a PSRU because they turn way too fast for a propeller, need a cooling system and don't need a transmission.

[@bijuthomas2640]

Hello sir I'm a subscriber from India,Kerala pleas give me a hello

[@BeyondFacts]

Hi Biju thomas, thanks for your comment. Hope you enjoyed the video 😊

[@michaeljohnson2922]

The video clip of the Baby Ace in the shop with the black and red checkered floor was taken from my videos of my Baby Ace build. If anyone is interested visit my channel. I have videos on how to make aircraft fittings from scratch as well as comprehensive videos on learning to TIG weld thin wall 4130 CM aircraft tubing.

[@dancollier4647]

Most of these planes require more than I like sport pilot certifications

[@oliverdiegodiego3421]

Can you do only jet enjen ples if you oredy did a video get me the link pelis fan sins you startet

[@BeyondFacts]

Hi Oliverdiego, hope your doing well. No we don't have a video which is just about jet engine airplanes. I will check if we can make such a video because I think it's a great idea. Hope you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@oliverdiegodiego3421]

Ok

[@IsaacWale2004]

'Ello 'ow are ya?

[@BeyondFacts]

Hello Isaac, I'm good how about you? Btw, I just started my second channel in case you wanna check it out kzbin.info/door/2xTDc6DcbhQaEau3H913RQ

[@IsaacWale2004]

@@BeyondFacts cool

[@SureshPatel-qw4jb]

I want to but that

[@BeyondFacts]

Hi Suresh Patel, thanks for your comment. Hope you enjoyed the video 🙂

[@dogsbd]

Many of the aircraft shown do not qualify as "Light Sport". So yes, you've gone "beyond" facts into fiction.

[@rickabell2840]

The number of outright mistakes in this “report” is beyond counting.

[@highestandbesthomes]

It would be good if the narrator knew the difference between a motor and an engine.

[@jimhart5964]

The KR-2S isn't light sport. The cruise speed is too high. Stall speed is too high.

[@mellokeith]

Several of these are ultralights, not light sports.. You don’t even have to be a pilot to fly them. These kit planes do not have engines or instruments. My $11k kit plane (a brand that you showed in the video) will actually be costing closer to $40k by the time it’s finished. Still inexpensive for a plane, but not what is quoted here.

[@dennisdye7270]

There are no ultralights on the list. Wt limit of ultralight is 254 lbs and can have only one seat, among other restrictions. Any "ultralight" looking craft that does not comply with Part 103 regulations is considered a light sport and you must have at least a Sport Pilot ticket to fly legally. I fly a Kolb Firestar two seat as a Sport Pilot.

[@rss0128]

Just an FYI. There is no such word as aircrafts. Aircraft is both singular and plural.

[@hyperion882]

Isn’t this the watop guy

[@jimhart5964]

The RV-4 isn't light sport. The gross weight is too high.

[@zengalileo]

Wrong. The cheapest plane you can get is the MiniMax, and it out performs some of the planes on this list. $6,500.00.

[@superduper1917]

Kit price = with zero engine! Engine price = $10,000 to $20,000 plus Kit Price FYI Young Ones to good to be true = probably is

[@ThePbird1]

Oh baby! Purchase is a small fraction of the cost of ownership!

[@BeyondFacts]

So true!

[@jimzieman6753]

Should change name to "10 least useful videos". A few of the planes shown are not "light sport eligible". You didn't even know the name of one of the planes. Costs mentioned are for a bare kit with no engine or instruments. At least know that you'll get great mileage without an engine!

[@markstephens7236]

Beyond Facts is right. You got so many things wrong why did you bother to make this?

[@sweetweedtv7758]

С самолётом мир становиться меньше

[@IsaacWale2004]

Well... Time to get me wallet...

[@BeyondFacts]

Can you buy me one too? 🤣

[@IsaacWale2004]

@@BeyondFacts Haven't got enough I afraid... and my parents are saving up to move house

[@terrymenees8109]

$75k for a Baby Ace? It's not possible to spend that much money on that aircraft. You should change the name of your series to "Barely Facts"

[@DeadRoman]

Incredibly deceptive ranking. The kit is the cheapest part of a kit built plane.

[@bf945]

Click bait. Many of these do not meet the FAA requirements to be a Light Sport Aircraft.

[@thelastrebelshow1627]

POS.

[@skyhawk5851]

Your channel name is bogus. You have no facts. Some of these are not even Light Sport aircraft.

[@dennisintersimone2494]

Pleas stop portraying other aircraft e.g. sonic turbine as prop aircraft.

[@nakinajay]

Water ski’s ? *LMAO*

[@2Phast4Rocket]

Thumb down for the "pricing disinformation".

[@JimPfarr]

Jeez what crap. Just Highlander barebones kit, no engine, no avionics will cost $24,900 (check their website). All up with a good engine and everything else will top $40,000 easily. I hate this kind of BS video that misleads people.

[@Steven9675]

Sonex B- $50,000.00 just looked it up. So…… what was that crapin the first line of the video about 24K being the most?……😅 btw- I can’t stand it when you stop mid sentence and scream SMASH THAT LiKE BUTTON….. i really hate it, there’s this other channel wher the jerk does the same thing only its “this centipede will crawl on your face”. Just really irritating……

[@TactlessWookie]

Would be nice if the presenter had a flipping clue what he's talking about.

[@speedomars3869]

C'mon, if you are gonna do these videos THEN DO YOUR HOMEWORK... First, an ULTRA-LIGHT is not a LIGHT SPORT aircraft. SLSA and ELSA are a category of their own. Ultra lights can include powered kites and gyrocopters. All your aircraft are EXPERIMENTAL kit aircraft, one even a small jet. Light sport aircraft include SLSA (factory built) and ELSA (kit built). Kits ARE NOT CHEAPER...they require thousands of hours of labor by YOU...labor that is NOT FREE. Try doing a video that is a little more honest than your click-baiting and incorrect title.

[@tracyholmes9193]

I am a Sport Pilot. This guy has no idea what he's talking about. Thanks for wasting my time, bro...

[@mp-xt2rg]

What a dumb video. Your taking about a sonex b but then show video of three different sonex aircraft. Also you can't build a Highlander for 25k I know you said we're not including upgrades but last I checked an engine was required. That plane will run minimum $60k to build.