Why the Lancair LX7 is an Underrated Workhorse

The LX7 is a thoroughly updated version of the Lancair IV-P with more innovation and upgrades. Designed to be a safer plane. The new LX7 looks a lot like a Cirrus SR22 or Lancair clone with far better performance. It offers breathtaking performance, unparalleled flight efficiency and a high level of combined safety and innovation. With new engines, props, windshields, wings, and tails made from modern materials in a specialized facility, the LX7’s is far more capable than they ever were.

Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
00:38 - Design Overview
01:48 - Exterior/Design
03:46 - Interior
05:28 - Avionics
06:25 - Engine
07:25 - Performance
11:55 - Variants
13:49 - Market
14:23 - Pros
15:20 - Cons
15:38 - Conclusion

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[edcew]

Trying to figure out what adjectives were left unused...

[codymccormick]

Very welll thought out redesign. Delightful to fly, non-event stalls. Handles turbulence very well. Having been through the entire build process, I can safely say it's no longer a 4P. Maintenance is much easier. Great fuel system.
As a former Army AVIM helicopter mechanic, I'm impressed by the thought and planning RDD put into the LX7 series.

[rmshivo]

This has got to be my absolute favorite 4 place aircraft since i can't get my hands on Patey's Turbulence. Lovely machine

[omolemophaoe]

That landing gear looks like it skipped leg day

[GSteel-rhiu]

What a fantastic idea! Take a IV-P carcass, new wings and tail. Lower stall speed 68kts? whole plane parachute, electric deicing and range. The piston version is sweet.

[madisonstephens]

Showing some love to the aircraft I fly. N299KT. Best prop Ive ever had the chance to fly thus far.

[BillyJ]

Could actually get to Bermuda from the eastern seaboard w/ necessary reserves with the piston engine, , just need to add the required comms

[theopendoor]

Does it have a heated windshield ? (anti-ice/de-ice)

[tinman]

The fly in the kit plane ointment is that when you buy a used one you're gambling that it was constructed true to plans, or that if mods were made, they're safe. I once bought a Velocity RG that was constructed by a very well respected builder. He left one wing tank filled with 'glass shavings when he closed the wing.

[brentdavidson]

Honestly 8500' cabin altitude is too high IMO for most older pilots coming from sea level. That's Breckenridge, CO altitude and routinely people have issues at that altitude. Go up there from sea level for 5 hour long XC, seems not 100% ideal.

[masakeris]

I would buy one immediately if you know about one for sale. Best located in europe

[dieselyeti]

The power quadrant on the turboprop looks janky. And only 30kt faster for all that money to upgrade to turbine power? 12:05 mentions Continental piston engine but shows turboprop. Who edited this video?

[thezeek]

It’s actually an RDD LX-7 made from a donor lancair IV-P

[owenhorn]

Why does the picture of the plane keep changing? come on!

[Anotherday]

It’s not that it’s too expensive, I just can’t afford it. Just wondering if aviation is reaching the point of extinction with prices and desire to be a part of due to difficulty of training and purchase power. Maybe what way said in top gun, regarding A.I planes, will collapse the industry/careers.

[johnmorris]

Most underrated GA aircraft I wonder why, maybe because it costs a shit ton of money? Just a thought.

[CaptainRon]

Coast to coast without refueling? How's that possible with a 1400 mile range. Last time I checked, NY to LA is about 2500 miles

[phatvu]

For the price of the LX7, why don't people just purchase a branch new Cirrus that is equipped with the parachute? The mission for both airplanes is the same.

[mojo]

I like that he said if engine stops your in a brick.

[IgorMelnick]

Lancair models precede modern cirrus airplanes.
TlDR of the video: IV-P is a no-nonsense xc machine that outperforms cirrus in every way except for wife-factor (chute). It will also kill you if you’re not careful with it.
LX-7 solves the wife-factor and improves wing design to make airflow separation more benign.