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

Vaughn Simon wrote:
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

Yeah, it's about 100#s heavier empty than a lot of the competition.

In article ,
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:

Yeah, it's about 100#s heavier empty than a lot of the competition.

It is 100 lbs lighter than a Legend Cub, carries 8 more gallons of fuel
and flies 10 kts faster.

john smith wrote:
In article ,
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote:

Yeah, it's about 100#s heavier empty than a lot of the competition.

It is 100 lbs lighter than a Legend Cub, carries 8 more gallons of
fuel and flies 10 kts faster.

Let's see, 50 year old design compared to a modern composite design. Yes,
that a fair comparison.

It seems that Legend put their Cub on SlimFast recently though it is still a
little chubby.

http://www.legend.aero/news.asp?id=44
Following an extensive review of the design of the Legend Cub, the company
has determined new empty weights for its three base models as follows. The
open cowl model, or J-3 style, with a Continental O-200 engine weighs in at
830 lbs. A closed cowl version, or PA-11 style, with the same engine weighs
in at 845 lbs. The lightest weight unit features a Jabiru 3300A engine and
is available in a closed cowl. This model weighs in at 800 lbs.

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?

"buttman" wrote in message
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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.

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