Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Skyscraper...

Yup. I've seen that. How many LSA web sites though can you actually
believe the numbers on though? I'd like to know the useful load of the
plane that was delivered.

Helen

dcdoc@aol.com wrote:
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> Acc. to their website the useful load is 490 lbs.
> http://www.cessna.com/single-engine/skycatcher/skycatcher-weights.html
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Williams <rkwill@lewiscounty.com>
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, Sep 15, 2009 4:37 pm
> Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Skyscraper...
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> Gary O,
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> Irregardless of what the PR people say, the skycatcher is not going
> to be a great primary trainer.
> With a useful load of only 346 pounds (pilot+student) there is no way
> for most adult Americans to be two-up in this plane.
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> The load limit does not even accommodate the FAA standard weight for
> two persons of 350 pounds.
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> A prime example, I'm 300 pounds, where are we going to find an
> instructor of less that 50 pounds?
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> According to wiki, the latest design crashed, in a very similar manner
> to the first model, when control was lost during a spin test.
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> The skycatcher is an expensive joke. At over $110,000.00 it will only
> be useful for a pilot plus a young kid. Humm... the EAA CAP program
> could use this plane.
>
> R. Williams
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> *---------- Original Message -----------*
> From: "Gary Orpe" <garyo@bak.rr <mailto:garyo@bak.rr>.com>
> To: "Sport Aircraft Group" <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:33:54 -0700
> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Skyscraper...
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> > Cessna SkyCatcher said to make "quantum leap" for pilot training.
> >
> > The founders of King Schools received the keys to Cessna's first
> > production SkyCatcher LSA over the weekend. The newest and smallest
> member
> > of the Cessna family will be used to prepare sport pilot and private
> pilot
> > ground school courses. One blogger calls the light sport aircraft a
> > "quantum leap" forward in technology, reliability and affordability for
> > primary flight training. AviationWeek.com/Business Aviation Now (9/14)
> >
> > Right from AOPA's E Brief site.
> >
> > Gary Orpe
> >
> >
> *------- End of Original Message -------*
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