"Kitplanes" Editor-in-Chief Marc Cook talks with Neal Willford, Cessna Aircraft's project engineer on the 162 SkyCatcher. Neal was kind enough to share the inside scoop on the SkyCatcher's journey to market.
after the redesigned vertical stabilizer mentioned in this video, the second flying prototype crashed from an identical unrecoverable spin, which the redesign of the tail was supposed to prevent. i have not heard anything about a second redesign. i believe that spin testing is not mandatory for LSAs so the plane will still be certified airworthy. this sounds like an accident waiting to happen, imagine if a pilot gets monetarily disoriented and enters an unintentional spin and cant recover.
I'm buying one of these but I sure hope it flies better than this representative speaks. Booooorrrrring.
gulfstream587 1 month ago
after the redesigned vertical stabilizer mentioned in this video, the second flying prototype crashed from an identical unrecoverable spin, which the redesign of the tail was supposed to prevent. i have not heard anything about a second redesign. i believe that spin testing is not mandatory for LSAs so the plane will still be certified airworthy. this sounds like an accident waiting to happen, imagine if a pilot gets monetarily disoriented and enters an unintentional spin and cant recover.
flythec152 2 years ago
hooray for creeps! \o/
arm73c05 3 years ago
that guy is creepy
TORCHforAMERICA 3 years ago