Cessna developing new LSA

Cessna is working on a LSA to be unveiled at Oshkosh this year. It
kinda sounds like a modern 152. If this enters production it would help
legitimize the LSA segment (not that it needed it). Between this plane
and the "Cirrus Killer" and a new jet sized below the Mustang, the
Cessna product planning crew must be working overtime these days...

Here's a link to the company press release:

http://www.cessna.com/news/article.c...5rb0IwV1R6VtDK

Cessna is working on a LSA to be unveiled at Oshkosh this year. It
kinda sounds like a modern 152. If this enters production it would help
legitimize the LSA segment

Cool. But if you've flown the "CT", you know that the "modern 152" is
already on the market, brand new, for less than $90K.
http://www.flightdesignusa.com/

I flew it a couple of weeks ago, and am now counting the days until my kids
are grown and I can justify buying a 2-seater. It is a really fun plane to
fly -- and, being made entirely from carbon-fiber -- it feels like a "real"
plane, not a glorified ultra-light like so many current LSAs.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Kingfish" wrote in news:1149702942.302087.9400
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Jay Honeck wrote:


Cool. But if you've flown the "CT", you know that the "modern 152" is
already on the market, brand new, for less than $90K.
http://www.flightdesignusa.com/


I suspect Cessna's plane will look a lot less like something Dr. Seuss
would have designed than the CT : )



Yup, ever since I first saw/flew the CT, I've said it should have a smiley
clown face painted on it's nose big grin

--
-- ET :-)

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Cool. But if you've flown the "CT", you know that the "modern 152" is
already on the market, brand new, for less than $90K.
http://www.flightdesignusa.com/

Nah. Bad mistake. It still uses a Rotax, which "I" will avoid like the
plague.

I flew it a couple of weeks ago, and am now counting the days until my
kids are grown and I can justify buying a 2-seater. It is a really fun
plane to fly -- and, being made entirely from carbon-fiber -- it feels
like a "real" plane, not a glorified ultra-light like so many current
LSAs.

Put a O-200 in it, and you might have something.
--
Jim in NC

Kingfish wrote:

Cessna is working on a LSA to be unveiled at Oshkosh this year. It
kinda sounds like a modern 152. If this enters production it would help
legitimize the LSA segment (not that it needed it). Between this plane
and the "Cirrus Killer" and a new jet sized below the Mustang, the
Cessna product planning crew must be working overtime these days...


Cirrus killer? Nobody needs to build one of those. Just stand back and
try not to get hit with the Cirrii that are currently raining down.

"Kingfish" wrote in message ...
I suspect Cessna's plane will look a lot less like something Dr. Seuss
would have designed than the CT : )

Now that was the funniest description I have ever heard.
You are 100% correct on that one.

David

Jay Honeck wrote:

Cessna is working on a LSA to be unveiled at Oshkosh this year. It
kinda sounds like a modern 152. If this enters production it would help
legitimize the LSA segment


Cool. But if you've flown the "CT", you know that the "modern 152" is
already on the market, brand new, for less than $90K.
http://www.flightdesignusa.com/

I flew it a couple of weeks ago, and am now counting the days until my kids
are grown and I can justify buying a 2-seater. It is a really fun plane to
fly -- and, being made entirely from carbon-fiber -- it feels like a "real"
plane, not a glorified ultra-light like so many current LSAs.

Unfortunately, I can't see myself flying something so ugly :-)

And Cessna, assuming they produce a decent design, have a support
network that is pretty well unparalleled in the industry. They are
likely to still be around in 20 years when I need spare parts. Assuming
I live 20 more years! :-)


Matt

In article W5Dhg.21385$No1.1745@attbi_s71,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I flew it a couple of weeks ago, and am now counting the days until my kids
are grown and I can justify buying a 2-seater.

And you can still attend OSH and SNF.
I have flown the Champ to both. You learn to pack only the essentials.
If you aren't going to use it more than once, you don't pack it.

"Morgans" wrote in
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"Jay Honeck" wrote

Cool. But if you've flown the "CT", you know that the "modern 152"
is already on the market, brand new, for less than $90K.
http://www.flightdesignusa.com/

Nah. Bad mistake. It still uses a Rotax, which "I" will avoid like
the plague.

I flew it a couple of weeks ago, and am now counting the days until
my kids are grown and I can justify buying a 2-seater. It is a
really fun plane to fly -- and, being made entirely from carbon-fiber
-- it feels like a "real" plane, not a glorified ultra-light like so
many current LSAs.

Put a O-200 in it, and you might have something.


There is nothing wrong with the Rotax, but you CAN get an LSA with an
0-200; the 601XL from AMD. --
-- ET :-)

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

"ET" wrote in message
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"Morgans" wrote in
:


"Jay Honeck" wrote

Cool. But if you've flown the "CT", you know that the "modern 152"
is already on the market, brand new, for less than $90K.
http://www.flightdesignusa.com/

Nah. Bad mistake. It still uses a Rotax, which "I" will avoid like
the plague.

I flew it a couple of weeks ago, and am now counting the days until
my kids are grown and I can justify buying a 2-seater. It is a
really fun plane to fly -- and, being made entirely from carbon-fiber
-- it feels like a "real" plane, not a glorified ultra-light like so
many current LSAs.

Put a O-200 in it, and you might have something.


There is nothing wrong with the Rotax, but you CAN get an LSA with an
0-200; the 601XL from AMD. --

And the Champ from Americam Champion. The unugly alternative.


-- ET :-)

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams