Cessna Concept Light Sport Aircraft (162 SkyCatcher)

At Sun 'N Fun, 2007, AVweb's Glenn Pew spoke with Vice President of Cessna prop aircraft sales, John Doman, about recent changes to the Cessna Light Sport aircraft proof of concept aircraft -- what would become the Cessna 162 Skycatcher

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[airste172]

No yokes, ugly cowl styling, built in China, crazy price tag for a nothing plane and 2 out of 2 have crashed so far. If this plane attracts a crowd, it'll be those with a morbid curiosity rather than buyers.

Sorry Cessna, after producing quality aircraft for this long, a dud was bound to come up and I believe this is the one. :(

[stormbear]

SkyCasket is my fav!

[honestann]

These guys are lightyears behind Pipistrel (Virus SW).

[mikensammy]

3)the production 162 has VERY comparible performance numbers of a 172 all while saving some money. cessna is passing the savings on to the customer with a low price, only possible by producing them in China. american aviation workers aren't cheap. so, :( yourself...

[mikensammy]

@airste172...its been a year since your comment so lets clear some things up. 1)production 162s look very little like the one in this video. different wing, cowling, rudder, etc. 2)have you ever heard of another manufacter's light sport crashing during developement? i didnt think so. the general public can rest assured that the Cessna 162 has been fully flight tested, by experimental test pilots; the crashes are proof of that, and have nothing to do with "producing quality aircraft."

[pgcoonce]

Most all manufacturing will probably be in China shortly. Like it or not, the US can't compete w/ the labor costs. China still has to build to our quality, material and process specs and our quality people still have to buy it off. That said, the only difference is cost of labor. Have it built here exactly to specs or have it built there exactly to specs at a fraction of the cost. I don't like it but that's the way it is.

[plumrdude]

It's aaa..... Great plane and aaa... And it's air coled and aaa..... and aaa... It's like 35lbs heavier and aaaa... I really like it and aaa.... I really recommend it and aaa....

And I will never buy aaa.. Plane from you aaa..... Somebody aaaa... So in cohesive aaa.....

And aaaa Cessna needs aaaa... new sales man aaa...

[zagi2007]

I would get TWO RV-12 instead of this nice little Cessna.

[ExtremeRecluse]

Cessna decided to maximize there profits. So what did they do? What does every company do to maximize profits? CHINA!!!! Built by the country that is not trusted to produce anything with more than two moving parts. I wonder if they will be selling portable parachutes just in case of the need to bail out. Produced for $30,000 and sold for $120,000. Why didn't they pass this 75% cost savings on to the consumer? Greed!!!!!

[splitty1944]

Cessna you have finally build a heap of Shit!

[emforty2]

wanna buy a Hummer ?

its gonna be made in China

[JonnyTommyGuns]

lol