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info(at)flylightning.net
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:20 am Post subject: newsletter survey

Brian,



There is no drift away from the experimental version of the Lightning. It

still is and always will be sold as such well after SLSA certification is

complete. The FAA, as many know is revising the EAB rule and instead of

getting caught with our pants down mid summer with nothing to sell we

decided to turn or attention to the SLSA for the time being...you can still

by it as a E-LSA kit at that point too. Yes you could build yours to meet

the LSA rule as a EAB but you could not take a ELSA or SLSA and modify those

to exceed the rule. All of the kits are what could be considered a quick

build and so kit quality is the same, as far as the build assist is

concerned I cane only speak for us here in TN but I am sure my other dealers

would agree, that at one time or another we will most likely fly your

aircraft and would not want anything but the best quality we would expect in

our own aircraft under our butts. I have no problem with flights to SNF or

OSH non stop and those are nearly 4 hours. Hope this helps a bit, We want to

still provide a kit everyone can build and enjoy , and with the new EAB rule

looming it seemed like pursuing the LSA end for now was in the best interest

of the Lightning.



Nick Otterback

Arion Aircraft, LLC



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ryee

Joined: 26 Apr 2008
Posts: 3
Location: Santa Cruz, CA

Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:39 pm Post subject: Newsletter Survey

Hello Lightning List,

Regarding the newsletter, I think it is important in that it is the

main source of information for the Lightning since the factory website

is not updated regularly and does not provide any build information to

anyone who has not purchased a kit already. The Lightning initially

caught my eye from an advertisement in the EAA Sport Aviation. Since

then, my primary sources of information on it has been Jim's

jimslightning.com site, flylightning.net, and greenlandings.com. I

followed Jim's build log all last year. I would like to see the

newsletter continue to be enhanced and perhaps follow the model of the

Van's RVator newsletter.

I find articles on builder tips and trip logs interesting to read. It

is also interesting to hear about what new things might be coming out

of the factory.



I find the Matronics list awkward to use. I receive the emails in

digest form so I get one big email a day. It is hard to read the

emails because they become so long whenever people reply to an email

thread a lot. I would prefer starting up a google group, a vBulletin

site, or a site such as http://www.eaa119.org (which I maintain) that

consists of content management software called Drupal and the MySQL

database. The nice thing about a site run by Drupal is that members

can add content themselves without them having to know anything about

HTML and this content can be moderated. It features a calendar,

stories, and blogs. I would even offer to set up, host, and help

administer the site for free (or perhaps a discount on a kit in the

future).



Regards,



Richard Yee

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info(at)flylightning.net
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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:08 am Post subject: Newsletter Survey

You are welcome to check out www.flylightning.net/Owners.htm and take a look

at the build manual.



Nick



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