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RANS S-20LS Raven gets FAA factory built approval
The United States apex aviation regulatory body, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has signed off, and RANS Designs will now supply the Raven, factory-built and ready to fly, with engines from 80 to 180hp, as a SLSA. The S-20LS Raven carries pricing starting at $119,000.
The SLSA Raven is already in production, with an order book that’s filling fast. And, like its Experimental-category sibling, the S-20LS doesn’t lock buyers out of the options book.
Panels include traditional analog, Dynon, and Garmin components; engine choices include Lycoming 0-233, Titan 0-340, and the venerable Rotax 912ULS, 912iS, 914; and the 915, as soon as it’s available.
Designer and President of RANS, Randy Schlitter said, “We have worked hard to bring the S-20LS Raven into our line of SLSA offerings. The Raven expands the RANS lineup into the fast-growing market for light sport STOL planes.”
The decision to offer a ready-to-fly Raven was made just a few months after the S-20 Ravens in kit form started shipping from the RANS factory in Hays, Kansas, in early 2014.
RANS currently delivers seven different designs as kits; the S-20LS Raven joins the ready-to-fly S-6LS Coyote II, the S-7LS Courier, and the low-wing S-19LS Venterra.
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