Why didn't the Cessna 337 make it?

Instructors don't like 337's. Reason? No respect in an airline
interview for centerline thrust time due to no VMC issues. In fact, you
are better off just leaving the time off entirely as it is frequently
the butt of jokes. Not fair? Perhaps. But that's the way it is in macho
land.

As a personal twin it is fine. Good shortfield performance. Decent
single engine performance. Turbo and pressurized options. No VMC issues
on engine out. What is not to like?

PP-DQA wrote:
My instructor has over 100 hrs on the Skymaster, and he always said
that the problem with the Skymaster crashes were untrained piltos who
didn't take imemdiate actions when needed. He mentioned the
Synchrophaser gauge, that would show you which engine was doing the
work. IT either pointed forward or aft, so looking at it, you'd know
which engine is not working. He also mentioned that to keep the aft
engine cool he would run up the aft engine after running the front,
then shut it off, taxi with front engine on, and start the aft when
he is rady for take off before entering the runway. It's common
practice for many airlines, so it shoudln't be a problem for a
properly trained Skymaster pilot...

On 2006-06-01, Doug wrote:
Instructors don't like 337's. Reason? No respect in an airline
interview for centerline thrust time due to no VMC issues.

That's interesting. Say you have 1000 hours of multi time outside of the
flight training environment (i.e. real going places flying) - and have
never had an engine failure. Why does it matter whether the plane was
centreline thrust or not?

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