Is it a Fighter OR Ultralight LSA? Beautiful Blackshape Prime 

Thanks for making this video! ✌✈

You can always trust Italian designers to come up with machines tht look like they're doing 100 mph even when they are on the ground. This machine looks gorgeous. A BRS won't land you smoothly but it will land you alive even if the aircraft needs a total rebuild after using it.

this plane is very similar of Tucano, used in Brazil! It's a beautiful small version, loved it!

From the off center front pic looking down the fuselage it looked like a spitfire

That inane marketing drivvel is absolutely unsufferable.

It’s like an updated P51 Mustang! Super slick super beautiful!

Beautiful aircraft

LuxORious...? 🤔😆 Great vid though, adding this one to my wishlist!

The secnod i saw it years ago, it became my favorite plane hands down

Kinda had that spitfire inspired look to it, not sure if there is another fighter it was designed around but I do like it. Something I would definitely fly!!!

As far as 'Beauty' goes, the Tarragons, the Green and Red one starting at 3:13 appeal to me.

Nice airplane, I flew one a few years ago and was expecting more of a fighter feel, but sadly it just felt like an extremely overpriced ultralight

Thanks but could you please review jmb aviation offerings and compare with this ?.would be interesting. Thanks

Will these ever be available in the U.S. market?

I don't know whose LSA rules it complies with, but it sure doesn't comply in the USA. Retracts, Constant Speed Prop, and what cruise speed. I remember when LSA first came out..."The Everyman's Airplane", "Cheap to Own and Operate"...Yeah....if your a millionaire!

Reminds me of the Italian Falco design of the 1960's.

It's a beautiful plane.

You had me at Italian!

Big metal Birds craft 2024 😊 . Looks great . From Lillian .

Somebody needs to stick a TP100 turboprop in this thing. It is the right size and the right power (241 hp).

The wing fillet is pure Spitfire

Quite good looking plane but the surprising 'failure' is that the side by side seating Sea Avio Risen substantially outperforms it.

The Italian sports car business model: Beautiful, Fast, Breaks down easily, cost a fortune to maintain. If this plane is based on an Italian sports car, I think I’ll pass. It is beautiful though.

It comes with an anemometer but the rain gauge is optional. 😁

Personally, I prefer the Shark Aero. Looks much better than the prime and can go further.

It would be cool if it came with wing hard points for extended fuel or baggage space.

I could tell at first glance that it was an Italian plane. The hair under the wings was the give away.

Light Sport Aircraft (LSA) has a legal definition in the United States. An aircraft must meet the definition of light-sport aircraft (LSA) before the certification process can begin. If it meets the definition, it must then be manufactured to the applicable standard. There are five categories of LSA's: airplanes, gliders, powered parachutes, weight-shift-control aircraft (commonly called trikes), and lighter-than-air aircraft (balloons and airships). There are three types of aircraft that are excluded from the LSA category. They are gyroplane aircraft, transitioning ultralight-like vehicles, and light-sport kit aircraft. These aircraft receive an experimental LSA certification. Definition. As defined in FAR 1.1, a light-sport aircraft is an aircraft other than a helicopter or powered-lift that since its original certification has continued to meet the following: - A maximum takeoff weight of not more than 660 pounds (300 kilograms) for lighter-than-air aircraft; 1,320 pounds (600 kilograms) for aircraft not intended for operation on water; or 1,430 pounds (650 kilograms) for aircraft intended for operation on water. - A maximum airspeed in level flight with maximum continuous power (VH) of not more than 120 knots calibrated airspeed under standard atmospheric conditions at sea level. - A maximum never-exceed speed (VNE) of not more than 120 knots calibrated airspeed for a glider. - A maximum stalling speed or minimum steady flight speed without the use of lift-enhancing devices (VS1) of not more than 45 knots calibrated airspeed at the aircraft’s maximum certificated takeoff weight and most critical CG. - A maximum seating capacity of no more than two persons, including the pilot. - A single, reciprocating engine, if powered. - A fixed or ground-adjustable propeller, if a powered aircraft other than a powered glider. - A fixed or auto-feathering propeller system, if a powered glider. - A fixed-pitch, semi-rigid, teetering, two-blade rotor system, if a gyroplane. - A nonpressurized cabin, if equipped with a cabin. - Fixed landing gear, except for an aircraft intended for operation on water or a glider. - Fixed or repositionable landing gear, or a hull, for an aircraft intended for operation on water. - Fixed or retractable landing gear for a glider.

Rather than compare it to a sports car, how about compare it to another famous Italian sport plane---the Siai-Marchetti SF-260? (I think they're called Frati these days). This looks like a worthy successor to the SF.260's crown!

Once Dark Aro 1 hits the market then we will see next level speed and efficiency. And whats with the price of this thing..

It looks good, but when you compare several of the numbers to other planes in the same price range it's subpar on multiple levels.

Good price for what you’re getting. Most excellent!

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The old high-end homebuilt story: the cooler it looks the sooner it will kill you. Have fun while it lasts ...

Looks like the Marchetti military training plane

Looks like the lovechild of a Spitfire and P-51

EASA grounded the Blackshape and Gabriel. Curious what comes out of it.

Pilatus PC9 for the masses

wow that looks exactly like Slovakian Shark. Who copied who ? Or was it a colab ?

Excellent for people who don't work and have made ridiculous amounts of money and can afford these as a result of TRICKLE DOWN ECOMICS... The average working man can never buy any of these nowadays, unlike in the 1950-70s when they could... Thanks Reagan!

It's cute. But a lancair320 got this beat.

4G positive? That’s pretty low…

Is it a fighter? No. However, form follows function and sports planes and fighters have similar design goals.

One crashed in Malaysia a few days ago. Both pilots are no more. Investigation ongoing.

1st view!!!

vientos

Why all of the Czech rondels?

P-39 airacobra?

BK model max cruise 200 mph 575 mile range, so refuel about every 2 hours.

LSA aircraft in the US require a fixed gear so this doesn’t qualify

200,000 pounds? Sorry, but a Van's RV-8 beats this in almost every way at half the cost.

It looks very nice. However, it appeared to me like it’s very Squirrley and if you’re going to build an airplane like this, it should at least have aromatic status. It seems to me a lot of hype in order to get you with the price.

Just another plastic fantastic. I prefer a Piper Cub on a sunny summer afternoon, with the doors left in the hanger. Steer by dangling a leg in the breeze. Far more fun.

nice plane but hardy legendary

Nice looking plane, but for $200K it will barely get out of its own way?? Sorry, I'll take the Subsonex Jet.

Yeah that single engine piston airplane is definitely a fighter

This is almost a copy of the Turbine Legend.

If it has guns it’s a fighter.

If you are looking for Stupid, prejudicial comments...you have come to the right place. It seems that most of the comments are from a demographic of Americans that never advanced from a Sand Box Mentality. So...Now that that is out of the way... As soon as I win the Lotto, I will go to Italy and claim mine and then tour Italy in a 850 Spider.

Far from a fighter. Civilian pilots can only dream.

Going bust very soon at that price, nobody spends that much and suffer the restrictions of LSA.

+4/-2G??? WTF?

I'm just thinking of the millions of dollars the US military could save by using this aircraft as a basic trainer before students graduate to the T-6. Yeah, nevah happen

Being aware of their business practices - walk away. Or ask them about every single law suit they have pre delivery of the aircraft. It's a gorgeous plane, but...

It really looks like no WWII era fighter especially with that tricycle landing gear, sorry.

Retractable gear? Really? That's not LSA.

More of a looker than a goer, +4 -2 G limits doesn't fit with the rest of the design.

So, Blackshape took someone else’s work and put snazzy seats in it? No bags? No room? A 115hp fighter huh? LSA? $200-300K--No thank you. Hard Pass!

looks like a highly overpriced AC

Total shit aircraft….so many better and faster aircraft now available…