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Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"



 
 
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Old July 22nd 07, 10:42 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
Jim Logajan
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Default Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"

For those who haven't seen this, Cessna has provided lots more detail on
its LSA entry:

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/

Fancy brochu

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...ni_bro_web.pdf

Order form with pricing (for first 1000):

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...final_0721.pdf
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Old July 22nd 07, 11:01 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
Vaughn Simon
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Default Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"

I was sort of hoping for a more useful, useful load. With full fuel and no
accessories, you have capacity left for two mythical 170 pound pilots plus 6
pounds left over for headsets and sectionals. Or is the 6 pounds for the engine
oil?

Other than that, I like it so far.

Vaughn



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Old July 22nd 07, 11:03 PM posted to rec.aviation.owning
Jim Carter[_1_]
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Default Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"

It is typical that the sales agreement would adjust the price of the
aircraft at delivery by the difference in the average CPI for 1982
through 1984 and November of the year prior to when it is actually
delivered?

I can see making CPI adjustments based on July 2007, but to go back 25
years seems to unfairly weight this in Cessna's favor. Or am I reading
section 7 of the agreement wrongly?


Kindest regards,
Jim Carter

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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Logajan ]
Posted At: Sunday, July 22, 2007 4:42 PM
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Conversation: Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"
Subject: Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"

For those who haven't seen this, Cessna has provided lots more detail

on
its LSA entry:

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/

Fancy brochu

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...ni_bro_web.pdf

Order form with pricing (for first 1000):

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...final_0721.pdf


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Old July 22nd 07, 11:35 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
buttman
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Default Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"

On Jul 22, 2:42 pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
For those who haven't seen this, Cessna has provided lots more detail on
its LSA entry:

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/

Fancy brochu

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...ni_bro_web.pdf

Order form with pricing (for first 1000):

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...final_0721.pdf


http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...r_interior.jpg

whoa. Mechanical flaps?

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Old July 22nd 07, 11:45 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
Maxwell
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Default Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"


"buttman" wrote in message
ps.com...


whoa. Mechanical flaps?


Cool! I hate electric flaps.


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Old July 23rd 07, 12:26 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
RomeoMike
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Default Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"



buttman wrote:


whoa. Mechanical flaps?


What's wrong with that?
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Old July 23rd 07, 12:49 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
buttman
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Default Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"

On Jul 22, 4:26 pm, RomeoMike wrote:
buttman wrote:

whoa. Mechanical flaps?


What's wrong with that?


nothing is wrong with it. Mechanical flaps are way better than
electric flaps. I just didn't think it could be possible with a high
wing design. At least not with the handle being where it's at.

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Old July 23rd 07, 12:50 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
Morgans[_2_]
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Default Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"

whoa. Mechanical flaps?


What's wrong with that?


Pay no attention. It's just buttman.

You know, the CFI that pulls the throttle on his students - 10 feet off the
ground?
--
Jim in NC

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Old July 23rd 07, 03:37 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
Ron Wanttaja
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Default Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 23:49:37 -0000, buttman wrote:

On Jul 22, 4:26 pm, RomeoMike wrote:
buttman wrote:

whoa. Mechanical flaps?


What's wrong with that?


nothing is wrong with it. Mechanical flaps are way better than
electric flaps. I just didn't think it could be possible with a high
wing design. At least not with the handle being where it's at.


Nothing ground-breaking, not even for Cessna. 150s had mechanical flaps until
the late '60s.

Ron Wanttaja
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Old July 23rd 07, 04:19 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.owning
Phil
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Default Cessna's new LSA: "Skycatcher"

On Jul 22, 4:42 pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
For those who haven't seen this, Cessna has provided lots more detail on
its LSA entry:

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/

Fancy brochu

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...ni_bro_web.pdf

Order form with pricing (for first 1000):

http://www.cessnaskycatcher.com/imag...final_0721.pdf


I'm sorry, but SkyCatcher?? I think they should have just stuck with
Cessna 162 and left it at that.

The Tecnam Bravo is very comparable to the 162. It is all aluminum,
but it weighs 100 pounds less (which under LSA rules means it has 100
pounds more useful load) and it doesn't need wing struts. It also has
a base price of $95,000 rather than the $111,000 Cessna is going to
ask. The Flight Design CT weighs a full 170 pounds less, also does
away with the wing strut, has a wider cabin, and costs about the same
as the Tecnam. There are a number of other LSAs out there which
compare favorably to the Cessna and cost quite a bit less. I think if
a small, relatively unknown company had brought an airplane like the
162 to the market, there would have been a resounding thud. But
Cessna is to airplanes what IBM used to be to computers, and maybe
they can get away with charging a premium to get the name Cessna on
the side of the plane.

I think this situation is similar to the time when IBM introduced
their first personal computer. It legitimized the concept of the
personal computer. In the long run, though, IBM withdrew from the
manufacture of personal computers because they just could not compete
with the likes of Dell. Time will tell whether or not a large company
like Cessna can compete with the many smaller companies that have
entered the LSA market.

 




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