the IO360 in my Beach Musketeer never failed to start hot
once in the 13 years we had it.
I couldn't hold my breath on that one. It was the only Injected plane
I ever had experience with though.
Rwolf
At 11:15 AM 11/6/2009, you wrote:
>
>
>Yes. There are 5 sumps under each wing and 3 under the nose.
>
>1968 Cessna seats were designed to bend forward and backward. If yours
>don't, I suggest you have them serviced.
>
>I have a good deal of time behind an IO-360 and I haven't found one yet
>that was easy to start when hot.
>
>As a Cessna owner and card carrying member of Cessna Pilots Association,
>I think I have earned the right to gripe about what the current company
>has done to what was once an excellent line of planes. The 50's and
>60's planes were awesome but they've gone down hill from there,
>especially after the break in the production line in the late 80's due
>to lawsuits. I am guessing that is why you and I both own 1960's
>Cessna's and not modern ones.
>
>Helen
>
>Rick Pitcher wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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>http://www.scribd.com/doc/903694/Cessna-172-SP-Checklist
> >
> > 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...
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > And the useful load on the SP is still around 850 pounds, same as my
> > 1968 172i. How much does your 172 carry?
> >
> > I know that you are selling other airplanes, but it just seems little
> > disengenuous to pick nits on everyone else's airplanes.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Helen Woods <mailto:Helen_Woods@verizon.net>
> > *To:*
> <mailto:Sport_Aircraft%40yahoogroups.com>Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com>
> > *Sent:* Friday, November 06, 2009 7:25 AM
> > *Subject:* Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Skycatcher news
> >
> >
> >
> > The 13 fuel sumps for one so the lawyers can't possibly prove that
> > the
> > pilot checked all of them for water. The fuel injected engine that
> > refuses to start when hot to prevent law suits from pilots who don't
> > know how to identify and resolve carburetor ice. The giant super
> > heavy
> > seats that won't bend so you can reach anything in the back that you
> > might need in flight but presumably prevent wiplash lawsuits for
> > another. I could go on. They've added so much lawyer proofing on
> > their
> > current 172 that its so heavy as to be a two person bird.
> >
> > Helen
> >
> > Rick Pitcher wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Helen Woods
> > > To:
> <mailto:Sport_Aircraft%40yahoogroups.com>Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:Sport_Aircraft%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 5:32 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Skycatcher news
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> You know, one thing that no one has talked about that is going
> > to be
> > >> really interesting is what type of service Cessna is going to
> > provide to
> > >> owners looking for LOAs. Since the restart of the Cessna
> > production
> > >> line in the 90s, Cessna has been hyper concerned about
> > liability, often
> > >> to the design detriment of their aircraft. A quick comparison of a
> > >> C172SP against any P or earlier model of C172 illustrates what
> > I mean.
> > >>
> > > I> can easily see them refusing to offer any sort of LOAs or
> > modification
> > >
> > >> support to owners.
> > >>
> > >
> > > That's an odd sounding statement, what does it mean?
> > > What kind of design detriments did they make for liability purposes?
> > >
> > >
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> > >
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