I have owned and flown a Lancair for three years. I can honestly say that it scared me to death when I heard how many crashes there have been with them shortly AFTER I bought mine. Ooops! Since then, I have grown to appreciate it for what it is - a fast traveling machine.
Yes, it does feel loose at low speeds. If you fly it by the numbers, it will not bite you, but also respect that you can get into an accelerated stall by pulling only slightly more Gs in this plane at slow speeds. It is very similar to the original Grumman Yankee in that respect.
There are two places where you can get into trouble. On the turn from base to final, don't overshoot. Just like they teach you in the military, if you overshoot this turn, it is a MANDATORY go around. If you try to tighten the turn at pattern speeds it will kill you. Don't do it.
The other thing is that the small tail (MkI) 320 does not have enough pitch stability in the flair. In this respect, they are similar to Cessna Cardinals. However, you will only bend a Cardinal. You will break a Lancair. The bigger tail (MKII) does not have this quirk. (On the Cardinal, they added leading edge slots to the stabilator to improve low speed effectiveness.
As long as you have a factory built wing (fast build), you probably won't find yourself upside down after a stall. If a good and straight build fixture was used on the wing, then you will be ok, but if there is any twist in the wing, the stall will be really nasty. This plane rolls really fast, and this is especially the case in an asymmetrical stall, when one wing stalls before the other.
Pilot skill...
Well, how do I say thiis? People with money are busy people usually and maybe more hard headed than the general population. They can buy expensive planes and feel ready to solo before they really are. Many just don't have time to stay current in a demanding plane. They should not fly these, but they do. That hurts the crash statistics. A Cessna is really not a good trainer. It will make you think that you are a good pilot when you are in fact a terrible pilot!
Go fly a Grumman. They are a much better plane to assess your flying skills in. Then if you have the right stuff......
