Well,
Broomstick, the OP writes
expecting and then produces a wishlist, so I guess we can all have a go
As my handle suggests, I fly these things (the RG version though) quite a bit in their current incarnation. For any future model, I'd like to see:
1) no strut (although it helps to climb up and check the fuel), can't remember now, but I think the photos from Oshkosh showed it didn't have one anyway; could've been their new Light Sport Aircraft, though
2) Better ventilation (not these ridiculous push/pull tubes at the top of the windshield
3) glass cockpit
4) Jet-A engine, although I doubt that one will come to pass. In the US the difference between Jet-A and 100LL is simply too small to justify the price of a diesel engine. Plus, by all accounts, the Thielerts aren't exactly models of reliability
5) more SPEED ! while I get about 125 - 130kts out of the ones I fly, I'd like to see something capable of doing, say, 160-180kts in normal cruise.
6) as per above, choice of powerplants
7) oh yes, properly closing doors would be nice, but as IO540 has already pointed out, probably won't happen
Glass cockpit seems to be
de rigeur these days anyway, so I guess that's a given.
Endurance: I know some models in the current lineup are challenged here (one of the ones I fly, an -N model, only does about 3 hours), but the long-range RGs easily do 5 hours to reserves. Just hope they offer the long-range tanks on the new ones.
I'm sure we won't see retractable undercarriage, as none of the new aircraft makers seem to go for it. Too expensive, I guess.
Anyone know when the new model's due out ?