Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Skycatcher news

Actually I take that back ... Average US male adult is still 189.5 pounds in fact.
Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "apollonorthamerica" <apollonorthamerica@...> wrote:
>
> Average US male even today is around 192 pounds Helen. You are just getting "above" average males :). Must be all the snow you guys get.
> Abid
>
> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Helen Woods <Helen_Woods@> wrote:
> >
> > Unfortunately for most of you on the list, the "average 170lb person"
> > would have to be female. Adult menfolk don't tend to average any where
> > in that ballpark from what I've seen. 200-230 is more like it for the
> > mature male pilots I see at our school.
> >
> > Helen
> >
> > Jim Bair wrote:
> > > Realistically, airplanes are built for the average person.
> > > Technically, one might refer to the statistically 95% person, or
> > > something like that. I'm sure it's annoying to be larger than
> > > average, but do you honestly expect someone to build a light aircraft
> > > around the specs of larger than average individuals? If that was the
> > > case, the Robinson R-44 would have two seats and be called the R-22
> > > and the existing R-22 would be scrapped. Personally, I like it that I
> > > have the option of buying an aircraft designed around a 170 pound
> > > person. If we designed seating in the airlines around large people,
> > > the entire cabin would be business class seats and tickets would
> > > double in price because we could fit half the number of people. That
> > > would be a popular move for the average person.
> > >
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > Quoting Richard Williams <rkwill@>:
> > >
> > >
> > >> All,
> > >>
> > >> I tried to get into the demo model.
> > >> It was not nearly big enough.
> > >> When I put one leg in first, then the other leg, the result was
> > >> I was hanging out the door and the top of the door was below my arm pit.
> > >> There was no way to get all of me into the cabin.
> > >> I might have put my rear into the door instead,
> > >> Then used the Sky crapper accordingly, but I felt there were too
> > >> many people around for my sense of privacy.
> > >>
> > >> R. Williams
> > >>
> > >> ---------- Original Message -----------
> > >> From: "jimmyg51147" <james-galvin@>
> > >> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > >> Sent: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:24:39 -0000
> > >> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Skycatcher news
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Hi Rick:
> > >>> Actually it is a Skycrapper. Cessna had a blank sheet of paper.
> > >>> They could have designed anything. Instaed they came up with an
> > >>> underpowered, overweight, shrunked up 150. And although it may seem
> > >>> derogatory to call it a "Skycraper" it is a much more acurate
> > >>> description.
> > >>> Jimmy
> > >>>
> > >>> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Pitcher"
> > >>> <lightflyer@> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Gary, that's the Cessna Sky*Catcher*.
> > >>>> You keep calling it something else, I don't know if you're trying
> > >>>>
> > >>> to be funny, cute, or what.... but it's not a skyscraper.
> > >>>
> > >>>> Knowingly using the wrong name is being derogatory... let's not
> > >>>>
> > >>> do that on purpose.
> > >>>
> > >>>> Otherwise people will start talking about your Rot-Axe engines
> > >>>>
> > >>> and Euro-fux. ;)
> > >>>
> > >>>> Rick
> > >>>> Avid Flyer builder (predecessor to the Euro-Fux)
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >> ------- End of Original Message -------
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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