{"id":2135,"date":"2016-03-13T17:37:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T17:37:52","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-03-13T17:37:52","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T17:37:52","slug":"rans-s-20ls-raven-gets-faa-approval-factory-built-slsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/news\/rans-s-20ls-raven-gets-faa-approval-factory-built-slsa\/%20","title":{"rendered":"RANS S-20LS Raven Gets FAA Approval as Factory-Built SLSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\\wp-content\\uploads\/RANS 20160204_140815a (1).jpg\" align=\"right\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" alt=\"RANS 20160204_140815a (1).jpg\" \/> The 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. (Photo: Awarding the acceptance paperwork. Left to right are Tony Dopita, Assembly Forman; Randy Schlitter, CEO RANS Designs; Derrick Jones, FAA; Ed Schwab, RANS Designs Aircraft Technical Specialist; Sheldyne Brown, RANS Designs Assembly Specialist)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\\wp-content\\uploads\/RANS DSC_0004hiresedit.jpg\" align=\"left\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" alt=\"RANS DSC_0004hiresedit.jpg\" \/> The SLSA Raven is already in production, with an order book that\u2019s filling fast. And, like its Experimental-category sibling, the S-20LS doesn\u2019t 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\u2019s available.<\/p>\n<p>Says Randy Schlitter, designer and President of RANS, \u201cWe 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.\u201d<br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\nThe 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<div class=\"field_attachment\">\n<div><b>Attachment:<\/b><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 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. (Photo: Awarding the acceptance paperwork. Left to right are Tony Dopita, Assembly Forman; Randy Schlitter, CEO RANS Designs; Derrick Jones, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kansas","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/\\wp-content\\uploads\/RANS 20160204_140815a (1).jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}