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Cessna Launches Light Sport Aircraft Program
Just released information on their new plane.
http://cessna.com/news/article.chtml...Uh6JfkkJNoEMTK Larry Fitzgerald |
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Cessna Launches Light Sport Aircraft Program
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:19:27 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder"
wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote: IMHO, The best thing about Cessna getting into the LSA market is not the aircraft they will produce. The more important aspect is that it lends a certain amount of legitimacy to LSA. ....and will generate a nice healthy batch of used ~ 100 HP engines for the small homebuilders to install. A-65s are getting pretty long in the tooth. Ron Wanttaja |
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Cessna Launches Light Sport Aircraft Program
Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:19:27 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote: IMHO, The best thing about Cessna getting into the LSA market is not the aircraft they will produce. The more important aspect is that it lends a certain amount of legitimacy to LSA. ...and will generate a nice healthy batch of used ~ 100 HP engines for the small homebuilders to install. A-65s are getting pretty long in the tooth. Ron Wanttaja The one in the T-Cart I used to fly was built in 1939. Still runs just fine. |
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Cessna Launches Light Sport Aircraft Program
On Jul 10, 7:23 pm, cavelamb himself wrote:
Ron Wanttaja wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:19:27 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote: IMHO, The best thing about Cessna getting into the LSA market is not the aircraft they will produce. The more important aspect is that it lends a certain amount of legitimacy to LSA. ...and will generate a nice healthy batch of used ~ 100 HP engines for the small homebuilders to install. A-65s are getting pretty long in the tooth. Ron Wanttaja The one in the T-Cart I used to fly was built in 1939. Still runs just fine. Mine's a 1946. Just finished regrinding the crank. Getting plenty tired otherwise. Dan |
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Cessna Launches Light Sport Aircraft Program
"Ron Wanttaja" wrote in message ... On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:19:27 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote: IMHO, The best thing about Cessna getting into the LSA market is not the aircraft they will produce. The more important aspect is that it lends a certain amount of legitimacy to LSA. ...and will generate a nice healthy batch of used ~ 100 HP engines for the small homebuilders to install. A-65s are getting pretty long in the tooth. Ron- I was looking at one of your books in Borders last night, and then wondered if I can get one direct from you, signed by the author? |
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Cessna Launches Light Sport Aircraft Program
On Jul 10, 8:16 pm, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:19:27 -0500, "Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote: IMHO, The best thing about Cessna getting into the LSA market is not the aircraft they will produce. The more important aspect is that it lends a certain amount of legitimacy to LSA. ...and will generate a nice healthy batch of used ~ 100 HP engines for the small homebuilders to install. A-65s are getting pretty long in the tooth. The last thing a modern experimental needs is an "AIRCRAFT ENGINE". A modern "AIRCRAFT ENGINE" is a P&W PT-6. Half a mil last time I checked. Piston aircraft engines made for that purpose are museum pieces. The Harley Davidson V-twin is also a museum piece, but it's a museum piece made in some considerable quantity, and it will put out more sustained power longer than any Continental before the 0-200, and the engine with a belt redrive is, if overpriced, at least something you can count on parts being available for for awhile, from NON-AVIATION sources. Aviation means turbine and corporate money. It basically did in 1980, and it almost exclusively does today, and it absolutely will tomorrow unless there is a massive change from globalism and outsourcing and the extirpation of the middle class in America. LSA is a sop to keep a few cranks quiet, and if you buy some thing designed just for that market you can expect it to be both heinously expensive and all of a sudden not available when you need it. Motorcycles and little airplanes were niche items for nuts in 1950. The bikers had Evel and Sonny and the aviators had a Polack in Milwaukee. Funny how it worked, accordions went out of favor, and so did little airplanes. |
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Cessna Launches Light Sport Aircraft Program
"Bret Ludwig" wrote The Harley Davidson V-twin is also a museum piece, but it's a museum piece made in some considerable quantity, and it will put out more sustained power longer than any Continental before the 0-200, and the engine with a belt redrive is, if overpriced, at least something you can count on parts being available for for awhile, from NON-AVIATION sources. Check your facts. The Harley engine that makes 100 HP is a modified engine, and therefore unlikely to be able to come close to sustained 100 HP on an extended time period test. -- Jim in NC |
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