''Sportcruiser??? Are they not a bit fragile around the nose leg area?''
Yes it is true that there have been some issues with the early type of noseleg, particulary where it is a group owned aircraft and groupies don't know how to land it properly.
Mine is an original leg operating off a roughish strip and it has been fine in 150hours.
All aircraft have issues and foibles that you will have to live with that are peculiar to that aircraft. The perfect aircraft has yet to be made!...and they are always a compromise between performance and carrying capacity and STOL, plus a multitude of other things.
Question:- Are you looking for a LAA machine, to build and maintain it yourself? or do you want to hand it over to someone and then pay the bill at the end?..EASA regime.
Aquila comes under EASA so can't build or maintain yourself, so does a Breezer.
Sportstar, if its the Max (MAUW 600kg) then you will again be under EASA. LAA if the lighter version so you can build/maintain yourself.
A new option that is just coming on to the UK scene and was at the LAA rally at the weekend.....The Bristell. Definitely worth a look and once again a LAA machine in the Sportcruiser mould (same designer)that will be approved in the next 12months or so.