It was not a safer twin since the failure of an engine was
not as quickly detected since there was no yaw, just reduced
performance. It did not have good baggage areas and it was
noisy inside.

It was successful as a FAC aircraft in VN as the O-2



"Dudley Henriques" wrote in
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| "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?
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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