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Flight Design Delivers First CTLSi

Flight Design CTLSi
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Key Takeaways:

  • Flight Design has commenced deliveries of its new CTLSi light sport aircraft, powered by the fuel-injected Rotax 912 iS engine.
  • The CTLSi features several upgrades including a redesigned cowl, standard electric trim, a more powerful alternator, an improved battery, and increased fuel capacity.
  • While costing $12,500 more and weighing 22 pounds more than the CTLS, the new model is expected to offer lower maintenance costs and Rotax claims a 21% improvement in fuel economy.
  • The CTLSi has been well-received by customers, who have exclusively ordered this new version since its introduction.
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Flight Design customers have started taking delivery of the new fuel-injected CTLSi powered by the Rotax 912 iS introduced earlier this year. Several CTLSi LSAs are already spread across the U.S., from the Northeast, where the shipments from Germany arrive, to Florida, the Midwest and the West Coast.

The CTLSi is easy to spot because of a cowl redesign that was required with the installation of the new engine. Other upgrades include standard electric trim, a more powerful alternator, an improved battery and a one-gallon increase in the fuel capacity — which doesn’t sound like much but does make a difference in an engine with a fuel burn of a little more than four gph.

Pia Bergqvist

Pia Bergqvist joined FLYING in December 2010. A passionate aviator, Pia started flying in 1999 and quickly obtained her single- and multi-engine commercial, instrument and instructor ratings. After a decade of working in general aviation, Pia has accumulated almost 3,000 hours of flight time in nearly 40 different types of aircraft.

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