Twins in clubs....

Captain Wubba wrote:
Hello. I'm a member of a flying club that is in the process of
purchasing a Cessna 337 (Actually a new member is bringing it in with
his membership). The club manager wants to bring in a twin because he
thinks he can easily get 7 or 8 new members specifically for the twin.

I had the feeling that the push-pull configuration doesn't make a "twin"
in that it doesn't require a twin rating ? Or is it only in some
European countries ?


I'm fairly low time (Commercial Single &
Multi, Instrument, 500 hours total, 20 multi, 40 complex)

I wish I were that "low time".

in the US it's a TWIN... but if you take your initial ME checkride in it..
you will be limited to "center line thrust" on your certificate.

BT

"Gilles KERMARC" wrote in message
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Captain Wubba wrote:
Hello. I'm a member of a flying club that is in the process of
purchasing a Cessna 337 (Actually a new member is bringing it in with
his membership). The club manager wants to bring in a twin because he
thinks he can easily get 7 or 8 new members specifically for the twin.

I had the feeling that the push-pull configuration doesn't make a "twin"
in that it doesn't require a twin rating ? Or is it only in some
European countries ?


I'm fairly low time (Commercial Single &
Multi, Instrument, 500 hours total, 20 multi, 40 complex)

I wish I were that "low time".

Gilles KERMARC wrote:



Captain Wubba wrote:
Hello. I'm a member of a flying club that is in the process of
purchasing a Cessna 337 (Actually a new member is bringing it in with
his membership). The club manager wants to bring in a twin because he
thinks he can easily get 7 or 8 new members specifically for the twin.

I had the feeling that the push-pull configuration doesn't make a "twin"
in that it doesn't require a twin rating ? Or is it only in some
European countries ?



Just to stick my oar in here - here in New Zealand it also doesn't count as
a twin. Even our logbooks state you can't log time as multi if it's
centre-line thrust.

cya

Chris Nielsen

Chris,

Just to stick my oar in here - here in New Zealand it also doesn't count as
a twin. Even our logbooks state you can't log time as multi if it's
centre-line thrust.

Interesting. In the early '60s when Cessna certified the 336, it
asked the FAA to allow single-engine pilots to fly it; FAA said no,
have to have a multi-engine rating. Also, those military pilots who
flew the F-4 Phantom and then obtained U.S. civilian ratings based on
military experience were given centerline thrust limitations on their
ratings, apparently due to the close proximity of the engines and the
relatively mild yaw on loss of one.

All the best,
Rick