Gary O,
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.
The load limit does not even accommodate the FAA standard weight for two persons of 350 pounds.
A prime example, I'm 300 pounds, where are we going to find an instructor of less that 50 pounds?
According to wiki, the latest design crashed, in a very similar manner to the first model, when control was lost during a spin test.
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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From: "Gary Orpe" <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.
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> 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.
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> Right from AOPA's E Brief site.
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> Gary Orpe
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