[BuffDriver]

I also wondered who is maintaining the list now Fenton is out...
I had asked to be put on the list but never heard back.
Still willing to take the chance that one day production might be enough that I have my chance to get one.
BUT, I know how dreams work in the real world...

I used to be in aviation (A&P mech) and during the last 45 years have seen many extraordinary / great planes that people designed and built and displayed thru the Experimental Aircraft Association and Sportplane community. Designer builders would attempt to produce kits for people to build their own (as per FAA regs described here for example https://www.eaa.org/en/eaa/aviation-...efore-building ) and some would take deposits of $2000.00 up to one kit which was $40,000.00 ... and about 95% of those people lost their money whe the developer just got out of their ability to go into production.
However, a lot DID succeed and today there are 50 or so kit planes that are actually in production. According to the 2017 June numbers there are 35,300 Experimental / Light sport planes flying and most of these were kit built.
So there IS hope the Phantom may "get off the ground" and everyone who wants one will be able to buy one but I / we have to be realistic too. At least we are not being asked to put down deposits.

However, I, as others have said here too, would put down a deposit of $500.00 in a heartbeat, even knowing the odds of eventually losing it!!!!

Sent a PM to Fenton the day he listed his but was too late. Maybe next time...

I just don't want a turbocharger. Right now I am grudging looking at other supercharger systems but they all don't do what I want. The Phantom does / will. Someone IS going to produce something like this, probably out of China, Ha Ha because the demand is there for lots of platforms, not just ours.