As usual, I've downloaded the end-of-year FAA registration database and run my various processes to examine the trends for a number of homebuilt aircraft types. Note that these count only aircraft registered as Experimental Amateur-Built. It does not count aircraft that do not list a certification type (about 5,000 aircraft with homebuilt-like names) nor aircraft registered as Special Light Sport or Experimental Light Sport (e.g., SLSA or ELSA RV-12s).
Type 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021Air Command 36 35 31 31 25 19 18 18 18Aventura 71 68 63 65 57 50 49 50 48Avid 359 359 343 352 342 296 289 280 278Baby/Junior Ace 230 228 228 230 225 204 201 199 197Bede BD-4 98 91 93 92 90 78 82 78 79Bede BD-5 49 43 40 41 38 34 35 32 31Benson Gyro 271 218 200 198 158 105 79 64 62Bowers Fly Baby 183 168 167 167 160 140 139 135 130Carbon Cub (EAB) 29 46 64 90 119 177 244 308 331Challenger 584 594 586 593 578 491 480 476 461Christen Eagle 214 207 206 205 204 194 192 192 193Cozy 158 160 164 165 163 151 151 156 158Glasair 601 606 596 603 599 571 571 563 558GlaStar/Sportsman 374 386 396 407 424 410 424 438 443Harmon Rocket 88 85 87 85 85 80 77 75 78Hatz 105 107 110 111 110 112 111 110 113Kitfox 905 918 936 950 946 875 871 889 887Kolb (Ex-AB) 248 241 236 235 227 205 198 186 181Lancair (All Models) 835 847 855 875 866 824 826 834 839Lancair IV 246 244 259 260 249 236 240 243 244Midget Mustang 241 240 236 238 233 207 205 204 202Murphy 173 171 171 176 174 156 161 159 160Pietenpol 307 313 311 321 319 296 297 289 284Pitts (EX-AB) 639 613 617 625 608 548 543 534 522Pulsar/KIS 130 126 124 125 122 107 108 105 102Quickie/Q2/Q200 168 148 140 143 130 109 103 100 98Quicksilver EX-AB 170 163 156 162 154 134 127 129 131RAF-2000 Gyro 113 114 110 111 90 69 69 69 66Rand KR-2 194 175 167 167 154 132 132 124 115RANS 627 638 659 677 673 636 651 652 663RANS S-12 130 129 128 128 121 107 106 109 104RANS S-6 200 201 208 213 211 204 205 200 198RANS S-7 180 189 202 206 209 202 210 208 213Rotorway 404 392 374 380 350 296 296 287 283Rutan Long-EZ 428 418 416 417 406 379 380 378 369Rutan Varieze 323 297 286 286 272 243 238 231 222SeaRey 231 242 242 249 255 241 238 235 236Sonerai 215 199 194 194 184 156 156 158 155Sonex 383 420 451 484 497 486 510 527 532Steen Skybolt 250 246 247 248 235 215 215 215 211Stolp 404 396 399 402 385 358 349 354 342Stolp Starduster 357 349 351 352 337 310 302 308 301Thorp T-18 261 259 259 262 257 239 238 236 238Vans 5745 5956 6110 6293 6414 6447 6634 6779 6960Vans RV-3 155 154 158 160 152 149 149 149 149Vans RV-4 952 956 955 965 958 921 921 921 922Vans RV-6 1763 1783 1775 1795 1796 1731 1742 1737 1750Vans RV-7 1000 1066 1118 1170 1220 1244 1285 1322 1358Vans RV-8 1038 1082 1123 1161 1198 1215 1252 1278 1304Vans RV-9 522 552 588 611 630 638 658 677 689Vans RV-10 304 340 366 394 419 434 459 492 530Vans RV-12 (EX-AB) 36 49 53 63 68 74 75 74 81Vans RV-14 0 0 0 14 38 66 98 134 182Velocity 232 237 235 240 236 222 224 228 228Volksplane 104 95 85 86 76 48 47 48 48Zenair 862 920 965 1013 1028 992 1013 1028 1066Zenair CH-601 340 348 353 367 367 339 332 325 323Zenair CH-701 331 334 348 351 347 318 328 333 329Zenair CH-750 86 127 145 171 187 209 229 247 285Overall 27946 27909 28078 28830 28451 26572 26842 26941 27117
Ron Wanttaja