Budget < $40,000+/-
Mission. Just getting up in the air. Enjoying the scenery.
i would like to have something than can do easy acro, I always enjoyed that, but it is not a necessity. 90% of the time I will be solo, but an extra seat would be nice, tandem or side by side is fine. Luggage, load carrying is not as significant as the primary purpose is local pleasure flying. I have to plead ignorance about 2 strokes, my opinion is based completely on what little I have read on the internet which seems to me to show them as unreliable. To give a little more background, I had slimmed my choices for building down to two aircraft. Zenith ch-650 and the Vans RV-12. The issue with the the latter is that I think I would be hard pressed to complete the plane for less than twice my budget and I know the zenith would be better but still stretch my funds beyond what I hoped.
Rick