Denny has an enviable position to some. Imagine any fixed wing instructor saying, "I wish the aircraft would do some operations differently for my teaching. I can't find one that exactly matches what I seek, so, you know what? I'll just design what I want."
Yeah, sure. Most of us never have that chance. Instead, we learn to adapt to the aircraft. As an example, what if you wanted the throttle in a different place, or any number of possible changes.
In a long career that has included talking to CFIs from around the world, I have never met a fixed wing flight instructor who set about making the airplane he truly wanted. Denny Reed decided precisely that. Then he went and did it.
To make the airplane fit the terrain Denny wanted to access — creek beds, desert landscapes, mountainous terrain and more — he knew he needed a very durable, strong, and well-performing trike.
When I think of trikes, I think of 
"When you chase strength and when you chase simple, you get ugly," observed philosophical trike designer Denny Reed with a smile on his face. "When we first showed it, I was real proud of it but one of the first comments we got was, 'It looks like a post-war Russian tractor.'" Denny laughed aloud as he related the story.
That's why Goat looks as it does. If it seems a riot of tubes going every which way, consider the thought Denny put into it.
"Every notch, every cut, every bend, every tig weld seems like it has a story," he said while not ignoring the wisdom of and guidance from other aviation designers, "We nonetheless wanted something that said off-road, crawler, racing."
After a few iterations, he was happy and production began. Customers were waiting.
The entire frame is welded chrome moly with a ceramic coating.
Like most trike builders, Denny does not attempt his own wing. That type of construction is its own art and science that one company has proven to do better than anyone else. The company, another trike builder called North Wing, manufactures wings for trikes for other carriage manufacturers. After more than 30 years in the business, North Wing owner, Kamron Blevins largely owns the space. (He also builds wings for Evolution among several other trike aircraft suppliers.) A couple foreign trike builders make their own wings — 
Prices start at $36,500 (in summer 2020; subject to change). Of course, you can spend more, but with that modest starting cost for this tougher-than-nails trike, Goat qualifies as an "affordable aircraft" as this website promotes. (Of course, "affordable" means something different to every single pilot, but at about the cost of an average new car, I'd say this was a very fair asking price.) 
"I enjoy teaching," Denny said, returning to what is obviously a favorite topic after he described details of how he builds Goat.
"After 9,200 hours and 300 students, we have a perfect safety record." He added, rightly so, "I'm very proud of that." He related stories of students who spoke with him years later saying, "I understand why you were so hard on me during training, Denny." So it's no surprise that he reported getting "a hundred applications a year for trike school."
Here's two videos: a newly-produced one from 
If you flew better than 9,000 hours solely to give trike instruction, you would tend to develop ideas about how an aircraft can better fit the type of flying lessons you want to give. That’s exactly what Wild Sky owner Denny Reed reports. Denny has an enviable position to some. Imagine any fixed wing instructor saying, “I wish the aircraft would do some operations differently for my teaching. I can’t find one that exactly matches what I seek, so, you know what? I’ll just design what I want.” Yeah, sure. Most of us never have that chance. Instead, we learn to adapt to the aircraft. As an example, what if you wanted the throttle in a different place, or any number of possible changes. In a long career that has included talking to CFIs from around the world, I have never met a fixed wing flight instructor who set about making the airplane he truly wanted.
If you follow light aviation intently as many readers do, knowing what aircraft and subgroups (within LSA and SP kits
Why? We don't claim to have all the answers but regular surveying of exhibitors at airshows revealed that many sellers say, "The market is good. People are buying." Of course, this is anecdotal not scientific but we heard it from enough vendors to believe they're feeling good about their enterprises. Many pilots backed up this finding with their own, personal assessment.
If you want to do your own analysis, you certainly can using our completely free-of-charge 
This is the first time you've seen this because earlier, we segmented SLSA from ELSA from SP kits. This made it appear kits were growing faster than the LSA groups. In fact, they are nearly matched with kit-built aircraft.
Viewing all light aircraft as a group, Steve noted, "The same six brands continue to lead the pack." He refers to the full fleet of light aircraft a Sport Pilot may fly — led by kit-built aircraft producers: Zenair/Zenith, Van's, Rans, Sonex, and Kitfox plus SLSA builder, 
Using 
However, fixed wing continue to be, by far, the biggest group of LSA (partly as very few kit-built aircraft are "alternative" types).
Among Special (fully built) LSA, Flight Design continues atop the ranking. They enjoyed a phenomenal start back in 2005-2006 and have never lost their leadership position. American Legend, Czech Sport Aircraft, CubCrafters, Tecnam, and 
As we head into the final quarter of 2019 — and the final LSA show of the year, the 
The Copperstate airshow is on in Arizona! Put on by a new combination of Copperstate leadership in cooperation with the town of Buckeye Arizona — which has been hosting its own 
In many years of reporting on light aircraft, I have flown a lot of weight shift control trikes. I love flying trikes. I've flown simple ones, super-deluxe ones, tough ones, and ones that weren't so tough. Most I enjoyed.
Yet I've never seen one built so sturdily as 
"Talk about heavy-duty, this is simply the roughest, toughest Weight Shift Control (WSC) trike in the world," said Sid. After my own close look at Goat, I cannot dispute his description.
"Our impact testing exceeded 6 feet high at maximum gross weight in several configurations & trajectories," explained Denny. ASTM requires that a trike be dropped in various ways including nosewheel first …but from 16 inches, not six feet. I've seen these kinds of tests; they are very demanding of an airframe.
"Finally," Denny added, "we focused on short take off & landing (STOL) with emphasis on being easy to setup & transport coupled with “easy-to-fly.”
"Goat is one of a kind, said Denny. "It doesn’t need special care. It is not fragile. It just needs good fuel, your respect, and a little love once in a while. If anybody can build something better, we’d like to be your first customers. Until then, we’re looking to build our team of true adventurers. We hope to share what we’ve learned & hope to learn from you too."
"After all, aviation is not about the planes, it’s about what you do with them." Who can argue with Reed's logic?
Here's a quick (2-minute) teaser video about Goat:
https://youtu.be/zBwU02qt2xQ