http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/ Engadget Comments for Icon's foldable, 2-seater plane unveiled, available now http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/

The NON pressurized cabin turns me off entirely.]]>Jun 16th 2008 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/
Any idea what pressurization does to the costs of buying and, especially maintaining, an aircraft? LSA is the antithesis of pressurization, IFR, etc.... It's all about (relatively) cheap and simple.
]]>Jun 16th 2008 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/
Uh, no. I bet you can't.]]>Jun 16th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/
Rufus]]>Jun 16th 2008 11:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/
Anyhow, this doesn't bridge the gap between hang gliders and commercial aircraft... Are you guys not aware that there are thousands of small aircraft of varying types available?

And as said, flying is damn easy. Landing, not so much. I've taken off and flown a small airplane without any training but would never try to land it.]]>Jun 16th 2008 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_Recovery_Systems]]>Jun 16th 2008 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/
]]>Jun 16th 2008 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/
]]>Jun 16th 2008 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/
http://www.iconaircraft.com/management.html]]>Jun 16th 2008 1:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 17th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 17th 2008 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/
But yeah, it reeks of a scam.]]>Jun 16th 2008 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/A high performance aircraft may or may not have 200 horsepower. Landing gear configuration and constant speed prop play into the mix.
*IF* this delivers, it might be a nice airplane. If it gets less than 10 gph, it's a *really* nice airplane for the price.


]]>Jun 17th 2008 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/ For $139,000 I could buy a late-model Cessna and probably maintain it for a while too. For half that I could buy something very similar to the icon, but proven to have been flyable. has no one at Engadget hears of an LSA before?]]>Jun 16th 2008 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/
1) Ability to land and take off on water
2) Ability to fly with a sport pilot license (Can you fly a Cessna with Sport Pilot license?)
3) Ability to fold the wings and tow it home (avoid hanger fees, or the airport all together)

Has anyone else combined these features into a two-seater before? I'm pretty sure this is not a scam their board and Engineering teams have some pretty heavy hitters. Vern Raburn was able to get the Eclipse off the ground in a brand new class (Very Light Jet) I'm sure he can help them get their product airborne in an established market segment. Still $140,000 is a lot of coin, get 10 people together and . . . .]]>Jun 16th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/
If you've got $140,000 to spend on an aircraft and you are the type of person who wants to have something when it's brand new, then 5 grand is a no-brainer.]]>Jun 16th 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/It is a kind of interesting design. Would be more interesting if they had even flown a prototype one time.
Everybody talking about how great it is and wanting one. Those people won't even remember this day by the time that thing is certified to fly.
Now... the carter copter is an actual interesting vehicle for flight.
There are some cool vids on youtube showing stripped engineering flying models and some fully built out flying models.
There is even a cool vid where they accidentally crash one by forgetting to put the landing gear down. Still.... the crash looks more than survivable.
The auto-gyro is the oldie that's a goody and will be coming 'round again.

- mike]]>Jun 16th 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 16th 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/
I'm building an RV-9A, which will run ~$50k. Of course I have to do all the painstaking labor myself, but it can be rather rewarding. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%27s_Aircraft_RV-9]]>Jun 16th 2008 11:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/16/icons-foldable-2-seater-plane-unveiled-available-now/Jun 17th 2008 4:43AM