> The Ercoupe tried this exact approach in the 30s in one of the big GA booms and it just wasn't borne out.

The Ercoupe was a great idea for it's time, but we can do so much more with the technology we have today that we didn't have back then

> a production aircraft that's cheaper than $50/hr to fly would.

yes! our long term goal is to get there, but we need more people flying airplanes today to generate enough scale to actually build such an airplane and also stay in business. That's our approach, get more people who can afford to fly doing it, then use that to drive down the cost for everyone.