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by **Naki** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:41 am

New Light Sport aircaft from Cessna pics here

by **FlyingKiwi** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:39 am

Naki wrote:
QUOTE(Naki @ Jul 27 2007, 09:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
New Light Sport aircaft from Cessna pics here

Looks more like a Tecnam than a Cessna to me... <_<

Also, where on earth did they come up with the name "SkyCatcher"? :unsure:

by **HardCorePawn** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:52 am

Ugh... its like they've taken all the worst features of light aircraft and put them together...

'castoring nosewheel'... yuck... so you have to steer with the brakes right?

centralised 'stick control'... blurgh... must be really uncomfortable having to work a central stick... especially for someone like me with broad shoulders

Nevermind the name... what about the colour??!? omg... that has to be the worst colour scheme I have ever had the misfortune of looking at.... thankfully that is easily fixed! <_<

Gimme a 152 any day! :ph43r:

by **ardypilot** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:41 pm

Vomit!!

by **ZÃƒÂ¶ltuger** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:06 pm

Love that panel! Would be worth having the 162 for the panel alone >buck<

by **kiwiflyboy** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:16 pm

There have been rumors that AFS, may be getting a few...... but hopefully i'll be long gone by then...

by **ZK-Brock** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:02 pm

I wouldn't really want one of those Garmin G300 avionics thingies, they confuse me to no end on flightsim once you get past the most basic of instruments.

by **kiwiflyboy** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:10 pm

After having done a CPL in a G1000, I'd say the glass cockpit is nice, but doesnt beat hamster and steam driven gauges in most GA aircraft. Wouldnt mind going IFR in a baron with the G1000, would be nice and easy.....

by **ZK-Brock** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:18 pm

Cessna have released the specs in a PDF here. Another nice touch is the sticks, and mechanical flaps. Well done Cessna!

by **chopper_nut** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:37 pm

I really dont trust glass cockpits on light aircraft. I prefer the ole steam driven gauges!

by **squirrel350** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:00 pm

Thats got to be the ugliest piece of dog @@@@ I have ever seen and don't care much for the paint scheme either looks like that cessna has fallen from the top of the ugly tree and hit every branch on its way down.

Im sorry but I was actually starting to get used to planks but if anything else like that comes out I will be sticking strictly to rotary.

SQ350

by **ZKTOM** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:29 pm

Bloody tiny. Jeez it's about the size of a mini.

by **pois0n** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:48 am

That's suprisingly fast for only a 100hp engine

by **G-HEVN** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:44 pm

Hmm, don't like the panel much. But say what you like, in a few years there'll be thousands of the buggers, and we'll think nothing of it.

by **Naki** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:15 am

and heres Ciruss's answer to the 162 - looks a lot better IMO.

by **HardCorePawn** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:06 am

By LSA (Light Sport Aircraft), they mean micro/ultra light don't they? Like the Tecnam?

EDIT: it would appear so... although they are not micro/ultra lights... but you only need a sport pilot certificate to fly them... interesting that the Piper Cub falls into this category!

by **victor_alpha_charlie** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:04 pm

I'll have the Cirrus thanks.. It looks faster

by **Naki** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 9:01 pm

It would seem that the Ciruss has a BRS system and Rotax up front (not sure whether it has a glass cockpit but dosen't look like it) whilst the Cessna has an ordinary Continental. I'll have the Ciruss thanks even if it based on another a/c and has steam gauges.

by **Naki** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:25 pm

G-HEVN wrote:
QUOTE(G-HEVN @ Jul 24 2007, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hmm, don't like the panel much. But say what you like, in a few years there'll be thousands of the buggers, and we'll think nothing of it.

Well looks like there will be 1000's all over the place in a couple of years time - 400 were ordered in the two days after it was unveiled at Oshkosh.
.... and the Cirrus looks like it does have a glass cockpit - now to rob a bank (or sell the house) to buy one of these critters - the Cirrus - not the Cessna.

by **ZK-KAG** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:57 pm

kiwiflyboy wrote:
QUOTE(kiwiflyboy @ Jul 23 2007, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
There have been rumors that AFS, may be getting a few...... but hopefully i'll be long gone by then...

The rumours are true... Saddlebags has confimed the Skycatcher for the fleet replacement...

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