Is it a Fighter OR Ultralight LSA? Beautiful Blackshape Prime

Blackshape prime is one of the best ultralight in its class. Its truly top light sport aircraft with amazing speed and comfort. This might be your best plane for family and weekend trips. In this aviation documentary we review blackshape prime ultralight and talk about the history of this plane.

Chapters:
00:59 History
04:22 Fuselage
05:42 Specs
07:09 Propeller
09:27 Price

[mothmagic]

You can always trust Italian designers to come up with machines tht look like they're doing 100 mph even when they are on the ground. This machine looks gorgeous. A BRS won't land you smoothly but it will land you alive even if the aircraft needs a total rebuild after using it.

[MISTERLeSkid]

PLEASE enough with the talking brochure. People who watch these are interested in performance and specifications, NOT listening to agonizing salespitches. It's a nice plane but the Risen 915isv blows it out of the sky in every category (cruise speed, rate of climb, fuel burn, over double the range at 2900km etc..), with a huge, comfortable 48+ inch wide side by side cockpit.

[Cancun]

That inane marketing drivvel is absolutely unsufferable.

[jonmktchell]

LuxORious...? 🤔😆
Great vid though, adding this one to my wishlist!

[bikersoncall]

As far as 'Beauty' goes, the Tarragons,
the Green and Red one starting at 3:13
appeal to me.

[alebarbosa_env]

this plane is very similar of Tucano, used in Brazil! It's a beautiful small version, loved it!

[doc]

Lux-OR-ious?
That said, what a nice-looking plane.

[rajsekharjaggampudi]

WW-II Fighter - Supermarine Spitfire. Lot of design concepts from wing design seem to be inspired fro this one.

[dwightlooi]

Somebody needs to stick a TP100 turboprop in this thing. It is the right size and the right power (241 hp).

[Chance-ryhq]

The Italian sports car business model: Beautiful, Fast, Breaks down easily, cost a fortune to maintain.

If this plane is based on an Italian sports car, I think I’ll pass. It is beautiful though.

[onebridge]

It would be cool if it came with wing hard points for extended fuel or baggage space.

[alfredneuman]

I could tell at first glance that it was an Italian plane.
The hair under the wings was the give away.

[LillianRivas-lg]

Big metal Birds craft 2024 😊 . Looks great . From Lillian .

[phillipzx]

It comes with an anemometer but the rain gauge is optional. 😁

[Warhorse]

Rather than compare it to a sports car, how about compare it to another famous Italian sport plane---the Siai-Marchetti SF-260? (I think they're called Frati these days). This looks like a worthy successor to the SF.260's crown!

[maloyaircraft]

Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) has a legal definition in the United States.

An aircraft must meet the definition of light-sport aircraft (LSA) before the certification process can begin. If it meets the definition, it must then be manufactured to the applicable standard.

There are five categories of LSA's: airplanes, gliders, powered parachutes, weight-shift-control aircraft (commonly called trikes), and lighter-than-air aircraft (balloons and airships).

There are three types of aircraft that are excluded from the LSA category. They are gyroplane aircraft, transitioning ultralight-like vehicles, and light-sport kit aircraft. These aircraft receive an experimental LSA certification.

Definition. As defined in FAR 1.1, a light-sport aircraft is an aircraft other than a helicopter or powered-lift that since its original certification has continued to meet the following:

- A maximum takeoff weight of not more than 660 pounds (300 kilograms) for lighter-than-air aircraft; 1, 320 pounds (600 kilograms) for aircraft not intended for operation on water; or 1, 430 pounds (650 kilograms) for aircraft intended for operation on water.

- A maximum airspeed in level flight with maximum continuous power (VH) of not more than 120 knots calibrated airspeed under standard atmospheric conditions at sea level.

- A maximum never-exceed speed (VNE) of not more than 120 knots calibrated airspeed for a glider.

- A maximum stalling speed or minimum steady flight speed without the use of lift-enhancing devices (VS1) of not more than 45 knots calibrated airspeed at the aircraft’s maximum certificated takeoff weight and most critical CG.

- A maximum seating capacity of no more than two persons, including the pilot.

- A single, reciprocating engine, if powered.

- A fixed or ground-adjustable propeller, if a powered aircraft other than a powered glider.

- A fixed or auto-feathering propeller system, if a powered glider.

- A fixed-pitch, semi-rigid, teetering, two-blade rotor system, if a gyroplane.

- A nonpressurized cabin, if equipped with a cabin.

- Fixed landing gear, except for an aircraft intended for operation on water or a glider.

- Fixed or repositionable landing gear, or a hull, for an aircraft intended for operation on water.

- Fixed or retractable landing gear for a glider.

[shockwavegaming]

It looks good, but when you compare several of the numbers to other planes in the same price range it's subpar on multiple levels.

[iyibu]

Thanks but could you please review jmb aviation offerings and compare with this ?.would be interesting. Thanks

[gary]

Now that is a toy to behold. Wondering if they used the wing design from the Spitfire.

[FLAC]

Excellent for people who don't work and have made ridiculous amounts of money and can afford these as a result of TRICKLE DOWN ECOMICS...
The average working man can never buy any of these nowadays, unlike in the 1950-70s when they could...
Thanks Reagan!