Vashon Aircraft Ranger R7
Everything here is true of every aircraft of the type, not of any one aircraft.
The Vashon Ranger R7 is an unusual light sport aircraft: all-aluminium rather than composite or fabric, built in Washington State, fitted with a Continental O-200 rather than a Rotax, and sold at a price well below most of the imported competition. It was designed to be simple to build, simple to fix and cheap to own.
That design brief shows in what it is not. It cruises at about 103 knots, which is slower than a Bristell or a Tecnam, and it is plainly built to a cost. What it offers instead is a familiar engine that any American mechanic can work on, riveted aluminium that can be repaired conventionally, a Dynon glass panel as standard and a price that undercuts almost everything new. The reservations are the company's size and age: a small manufacturer with a small fleet means thinner parts logistics and an unproven resale market.
Variants of the Vashon Ranger R7
- Ranger R7 · 2018 · 133 active · this page
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tricycle |
| Engines | 1 |
| Engine | Continental O-200-D |
| Horsepower | 100 hp |
| Fuel | 100LL |
| Certification basis | LSA |
| Production start | 2018 |
| Production end | current |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise speed | 103 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range | 500 nm |
| Service ceiling | 13,000 ft |
| Climb rate | 800 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 35 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 490 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | 334 lb |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,320 lb |
| Empty weight | 830 lb |
| Usable fuel | 26 gal |
| Fuel burn at cruise | 5.6 gal/h |
Estimated cost to own
An estimate, not a quote. Change the inputs to match how you would fly it. Defaults are for a single-engine piston, 1–2 seats.
| Fuel (burn × price) | hourly | $41/h | $4,150/yr |
| Engine reserve (overhaul ÷ TBO) | hourly | $1,611/yr | |
| Maintenance reserve | hourly | $1,500/yr | |
| Insurance | fixed | $1,400/yr | |
| Annual inspection | fixed | $1,500/yr | |
| Hangar | fixed | $6,000/yr | |
| Rental rate, wet | for comparison |
How these estimates are built. Fuel = this model's typical burn x the national average price from AirNav's Fuel Price Report (100LL $7.41, Jet A $7.66 per gallon, 5 Oct 2026; your airport may differ by $2 or more). Engine reserve = typical overhaul cost / TBO for this engine. The remaining lines are class-level defaults, not quotes for this aircraft: annual inspection is the base inspection fee (findings are counted in the per-hour maintenance line); insurance assumes an instrument-rated owner with time in type and a $1M liability limit - less experienced pilots commonly pay 1.5-2x; hangar and tie-down are national mid-tier figures, with rural and metro options; the rental rate is a 2026 flight-school rate for a comparable aircraft, including fuel. Twin and turboprop maintenance defaults are estimates, not published figures. Sources: AirNav, BWI Aviation Insurance (2019-2026), Flying (May 2026), Savvy Aviation, American Flight Schools, published airport rate sheets. Every default is editable - change any number to match your situation. Depreciation, taxes, financing and major upgrades are not included. Depreciation is not included. An estimate, not a quote.
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | $115,000 |
|---|---|
| Price, high | $175,000 |
| Prices as of | 2026 |
| Engine TBO | 1,800 h |
| Overhaul cost, low | $24,000 |
| Overhaul cost, high | $34,000 |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 135 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 133 |
| Median year built | 2022.0 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 3 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 22.561 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 15.042 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 68 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 51.133 |
| Airworthiness directives | 0 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | ok |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 133 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 133 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 133 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 8.1 of 103 |
| Support | 7.5 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 9.7 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 25.3 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
These record scores treat Vashon Aircraft Ranger R7 as one design with the same aircraft registered under other names: it includes 8 aircraft registered under CKD ENGRG LLC DBA VASHON ACFT. Prices are not combined.
- Accident record: class median 31.56 · 197 models in class.
- Severity: class median 10.
- Access: class median 1,000.75.
- Support: class median 89.
- Liquidity: class median 19.74.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 6 · scores Sep 30