Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"

For those who haven't seen this, Cessna has provided lots more detail on
its LSA entry:

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/

Fancy brochu

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...ni_bro_web.pdf

Order form with pricing (for first 1000):

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...final_0721.pdf

I was sort of hoping for a more useful, useful load. With full fuel and no
accessories, you have capacity left for two mythical 170 pound pilots plus 6
pounds left over for headsets and sectionals. Or is the 6 pounds for the engine
oil?

Other than that, I like it so far.

Vaughn

On Jul 22, 2:42 pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
For those who haven't seen this, Cessna has provided lots more detail on
its LSA entry:

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/

Fancy brochu

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...ni_bro_web.pdf

Order form with pricing (for first 1000):

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...final_0721.pdf

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...r_interior.jpg

whoa. Mechanical flaps?

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whoa. Mechanical flaps?


Cool! I hate electric flaps.

buttman wrote:


whoa. Mechanical flaps?


What's wrong with that?

On Jul 22, 4:26 pm, RomeoMike wrote:
buttman wrote:

whoa. Mechanical flaps?

What's wrong with that?

nothing is wrong with it. Mechanical flaps are way better than
electric flaps. I just didn't think it could be possible with a high
wing design. At least not with the handle being where it's at.

whoa. Mechanical flaps?


What's wrong with that?

Pay no attention. It's just buttman.

You know, the CFI that pulls the throttle on his students - 10 feet off the
ground?
--
Jim in NC

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:49:37 -0000, buttman wrote:

On Jul 22, 4:26 pm, RomeoMike wrote:
buttman wrote:

whoa. Mechanical flaps?

What's wrong with that?

nothing is wrong with it. Mechanical flaps are way better than
electric flaps. I just didn't think it could be possible with a high
wing design. At least not with the handle being where it's at.

Nothing ground-breaking, not even for Cessna. 150s had mechanical flaps until
the late '60s.

Ron Wanttaja

On Jul 22, 4:42 pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
For those who haven't seen this, Cessna has provided lots more detail on
its LSA entry:

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/

Fancy brochu

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...ni_bro_web.pdf

Order form with pricing (for first 1000):

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...final_0721.pdf

I'm sorry, but SkyCatcher?? I think they should have just stuck with
Cessna 162 and left it at that.

The Tecnam Bravo is very comparable to the 162. It is all aluminum,
but it weighs 100 pounds less (which under LSA rules means it has 100
pounds more useful load) and it doesn't need wing struts. It also has
a base price of $95,000 rather than the $111,000 Cessna is going to
ask. The Flight Design CT weighs a full 170 pounds less, also does
away with the wing strut, has a wider cabin, and costs about the same
as the Tecnam. There are a number of other LSAs out there which
compare favorably to the Cessna and cost quite a bit less. I think if
a small, relatively unknown company had brought an airplane like the
162 to the market, there would have been a resounding thud. But
Cessna is to airplanes what IBM used to be to computers, and maybe
they can get away with charging a premium to get the name Cessna on
the side of the plane.

I think this situation is similar to the time when IBM introduced
their first personal computer. It legitimized the concept of the
personal computer. In the long run, though, IBM withdrew from the
manufacture of personal computers because they just could not compete
with the likes of Dell. Time will tell whether or not a large company
like Cessna can compete with the many smaller companies that have
entered the LSA market.

Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:49:37 -0000, buttman wrote:

On Jul 22, 4:26 pm, RomeoMike wrote:
buttman wrote:

whoa. Mechanical flaps?
What's wrong with that?
nothing is wrong with it. Mechanical flaps are way better than
electric flaps. I just didn't think it could be possible with a high
wing design. At least not with the handle being where it's at.

Nothing ground-breaking, not even for Cessna. 150s had mechanical flaps until
the late '60s.

Ron Wanttaja

That Johnson Bar was fun. You had to lift up on it slightly as you
pressed in the end button to release the pressure on the catch. If your
hand was a bit slippery from that last hamburger you ate at the airport
coffee shop, the bar could slip right out of your grip and slam the
flaps up in about a nano-second. Great system really, but you had to be
careful especially with go-arounds initiated from the flare :-)
Dudley Henriques