LSA Airplane to meet Solo Requirements
A Zodiac 601 XL S-LSA is available for rental for solo flights at $100 per hour with fuel (there is a $20 fuel surcharge now) totaling $120 per hour. The renter must get the typical aircraft “renters insurance” which is required for most rental aircraft to fly solo and rent the aircraft as a pilot after a sport pilot license is issued or for any pilot flying the aircraft. The rental insurance is usually good for a year and is applicable to student solo, sport and private pilot use. Popular renters Insurance is at:
We require limits of liability for bodily injury/property damage $250,000 each occurance/$2500 per passanger and $30,000 damage to non-owned aircraft.
LSA Trike to meet Solo Requirements
There is no extra trike available for rental to solo in. This is typical across the country. You can only rent a special light-sport aircraft (S-LSA) and not an experimental light-sport aircraft (E-LSA). However, you can buy an E-LSA and be trained in it and also solo in it. If you did not buy a trike to be trained in, when when you are ready to solo this is the time to buy a trike. After your initial training, you are educated and can be an informed buyer.
