"john smith" wrote in message
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Looking at the design of the C377, it seems like it should have been
more
of a winner. Why did it flop?

My old CFI said guys would forget to start the back engine or not notice
that it would quit and end up crashing, true or not I don't know but it
was
his story. I always thought it was an odd looking piece.

To that I would add that I personally think the 200 hp O-360's are not
enough power for the size and weight of the aircraft.

Maintenance wise, we had a cracked case on one of the engines that was a bit
costly to fix :-) and you had to monitor the EGT carefully on takeoff
because the noise was so bad you couldn't pick up an engine problem during
the run, but aside from that, fun to fly!

Dudley Henriques