Friday, November 6, 2009

Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Skycatcher news



Rick,

About 1.5 years ago, I was in Northampton, MA.
At the airport I was flying a 182 to acquire the towered airport signoff in my log book.
There were several sumps on each wing, some under the engine cowl, etc.

R. Williams



---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Rick Pitcher" <lightflyer@adelphia.net>
To: <Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:57:27 -0800
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Skycatcher news

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> 13 fuel sumps just so the lawyers can't prove that you checked them all for water? Really? The checklist only shows the normal wing tank and fuel strainer. Are you saying there are MORE of these sumps? Where?
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/903694/Cessna-172-SP-Checklist
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> And the seats don't bend so you can reach things in the back seat? My 1968 172i seats don't bend either, do the seaats in your older 172 bend?  wierd...
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> The fuel injected engines refuse to start when warm? Funny, the 3 172SP's at EAFB flying club all seem to start and run OK when warm, so do all the other fuel injected engines that I see fueling up next to me at the fuel pumps.
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> And the useful load on the SP is still around 850 pounds, same as my 1968 172i. How much does your 172 carry?
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> I know that you are selling other airplanes, but it just seems little disengenuous to pick nits on everyone else's airplanes.
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