Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Cessna SkyCatcher

I just flew the skycatcher for the first time today as well. It is a nice stable platform.  I will agree the controls felt well harmonized.  My only complaint would be, what felt like to me, a heavy rudder.  Really had to push down hard to center the ball during steep turns.  Also needed left rudder during descents - having a heavy rudder a persons leg (mine) started to feel it.   I am use to light inputs on my previous plane, the Sonex.  I will fly the Skycatcher again. 
 

Michael Hilderbrand
Derby, Kansas

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From: apollonorthamerica <apollonorthamerica@yahoo.com>
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun, October 23, 2011 9:04:52 PM
Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Cessna SkyCatcher

 

A Cessna SkyCatcher showed up the other day and Phil Mednick got to fly it. It seemed to have 460 pounds useful load although Cessna advertises 490 pounds, most of the planes according to the dealer are coming in at 460 pounds useful load.
So it was loaded close to gross when it was flown. According to Phil, it actually flew very nicely burning about 4 gallons per hour at 105 knots and cruised quietly and easily at at 120 knots IAS. Climbed about as good as our Apollo Fox (similar to Gary's plane). Stalled at 39 knots clean. Controls were very harmonized. Phil kept saying it flew a lot like the Apollo Fox except had less adverse yaw during steep turns. That to me means it flew pretty harmonized and very well. Phil is not easy on airplanes he flies especially in their handling. He is not easy with his compliments whether it was a Remos or Paradise or Sport Cruiser. He has found handling quirks in all of them in his opinion. He didn't in the 162 and he thought 162 flew faster than some of faster looking LSAs that look like they should fly faster but don't quite do it.
Just FYI. It certainly looked well done inside and outside.
Abid

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