Why didn't the Cessna 337 make it?

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:29:16 +0100, Greg Farris
wrote:

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On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:51:01 GMT, "Dallas"
wrote:

Looking at the design of the C377, it seems like it should have been more of
a winner. Why did it flop?

Most people purchase twins to go fast, carry a lot of people/cargo,
and have the redundancy of a twin.

The non-turbo'd C337 only meets 1 of those requirements.

Having said that, Riley takes P337s and swaps the turbo'd 210HP
engines for 310hp TSIO-520s. The plane is called a SuperSkyrocket,
and is appropriately named: 2500fpm climb, and 300mph top speed.
http://www.superskyrocket.com/pages/super_skyrocket.htm



And they sit there for sale for years and years...

Actually, I don't know if it is any worse than the conventional twin
market. The high fuel consumption and potential maintenance costs are
terrifying to most prospective buyers.