One of Czech Republic's leading LSA makers,
Evektor-Aerotechnic, has upped the ante with its Turbo-powered
SportStar MAX, a lovely LSA that I flew with the standard powerplant recently and will have a report in Plane & Pilot coming up soon.

The new muscle comes courtesy a
turbocharged Rotax 914 UL, which takes the MAX way higher than sport pilots can legally fly: all the way up to
28,850 ft.! Can you say pressure suit? Climb rate, already pretty peppy, jumps to 1,320 ft/min, and of course it jumps off the ground a lot quicker too.
Thinking about mountain flying in the U.S.: you could
legally fly this wee beastie at 16,000 feet over the Rockies. Now there's a thought.
The first Turbo MAX went to a Canadian customer. I'll hope to get an update hop at the
Midwest Expo in 3 weeks.
In a side note for our pilot friends of the Euro persuasion, the MAX just earned its EASA (
European Aviation Safety Agency) Permit to Fly, which gives Europilots the right to fly the MAX with a PPL licence, at 600 kg MTOW and with non-commercial pilot training.
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