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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 message ink.net... | | "john smith" wrote in message | ... | 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 | | |
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