Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Skycatcher news

Well thank you Helen, that is the nicest thing anybody has said about my 215 lbs!

--- 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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