No assembly required for the Light Sport model BY ALTON K. MARSH T he photos on these pages show the tailwheel configuration of one of the lower-cost new Light Sport aircraft on the market ($99,000 to $120,000 with most commonly requested options), but I know what you are thinking. AOPA statisticians say 90 percent of you don’t fly tailwheel aircraft, and the majority of you don’t need backcountry tundra tires. But hold on a minute, because the Rotax-powered Kitfox Super Sport SLSA also comes with normalsize tires, and one of them can go on a nose strut. All you need to do when you order the factory-assembled LSA is to tell the salesman you want a nosewheel aircraft; there’s no extra cost. If you later discover you want a tailwheel aircraft after all, the factory can convert it for you. PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS ROSE AOPA PILOT • 50 • APRIL 2012