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I love the 337, but get one with turbos. You will appreciate it when you load it down with all your camera gear, friends and bags.
Super cool “twin” . Don’t need to worry too much about Vmc.
Do it Josh! Me I want the 336, fixed gear. One for sale in WPB FL.
I say get a 310 or Cirrus. You have speed and range with the 310 or Cirrus. Plenty of room for baggage and avionics upgrades.
Had to be one of the nicest 337's I've seen in awhile. Cudo's to the owner for taking such good care of it. Baron would be my choice for two engines but they are why out of my price range not to mention I really don't have the mission for a twin requirement. So will keep enjoying our Comanche 260B. Great video.
Have you considered a Saratoga turbo? Great payload and super roomy cabin.
Very nice videos, hug from Portugal
If you want and Chelsea is ok with it. Go for it. Happy days and many blessings.
Hey josh
You may consider a 177rg. I bought one in april of this year and have put around 120 hours on it since then.
It meets your mission parameters with the exception of speed. I pretty routinely true out around 140kts. The book says we can get up to 146. At 140kts the plane has a no reserve range of 1040 miles.
60 gallons of fuel and a 1000lb useful load… along with a massive cabin for the size of airplane, has made it a real winner for me
I wasnt a believer until I bought it. If you're ever up in the twin cities area, let me know and I'll show you around in good ole cardi
The rear engine cuts out…NEXT!!
Amazing video !!!
I can only pass along my reservations. I lost a number of my military classmates in the O-2 skymaster. The aircraft was quickly taken out of inventory because of our high loss rate. I would be hesitant to recommend the aircraft.
I'd be really happy to have a "Sky Smasher."
Should not have watched this…now I have to think about options should I leave the ownership group I'm in 🙂 I love our M20F and our Cherokee 6 as cross-country platforms. The C6 has legs but is definitely slower than what you are thinking about.
For cross country performance and twin engine safety I would suggest either a Wing Derringer or a Beechcraft Duchess that has been privately owned and not subjected to flight training. Both will be difficult to find. The Duchess is roomy, comfortable and easy to fly with mild mannered engine out behavior.
One more engine you get to maintain… $$$$$$ always better to spend more.
It's unfortunate that Art Craft has such horrendous customer service. I've tried now to get two Bonanzas painted there over the last two years (I'm based just south at SBA) and getting them to respond in any kind of reasonable manner is impossible. I take everything to Corona now.
So beutiful plane. I have ever seen 😊
As a Skymaster owner I wanted to clear up a few points that were mentioned in this comments section. 1) Interior noise–Yes, it is slightly noisier than a conventional twin because of both engines attached to the fuselage, however, ANR headsets completely eliminate this concern. 2) Rear engine cooling–paying attention to rear engine baffling easily solves this problem. 3) Rear engine maintenance–Sometime in the mid 70's Cessna installed a service door to the rear engine that is accessed from the baggage compartment. There is an STC to install this in the earlier models. This substantially improves access to items such as the rear alternator. 4) No light twin flies well on one engine, especially during takeoff. In a conventional twin, unless the engine seizes, just looking at the propeller will not tell you which engine is failing. 5) The 336 model, produced for only about 12 months, lacks many of the improvements of the 337. 6) It’s easier on the battery to start the front engine first because of the long battery cable run to the rear engine. You can easily tell when the rear engine starts. One should always lead the takeoff run with the rear engine, as Kevin did in this video. 7) Wingspan is 38.5 feet, so it can fit in a 40 foot t-hanger (barely). 8) The single engine service ceiling on the normally aspirated model is about 6,500 feet, and it is 18,000 ft for the turbocharged version. That is hardly “limping a few extra miles” to the scene of an accident. 8) I have heard wives tales of people caging one of the engines in cruise flight to save money, but I don’t know a single 337 owner that would do that. 9) With long range fuel tanks at 148 gal usable, at 20 gal/hr and 150 kts, the range is over 1000 miles.
There are lots of great airplanes available—Bonanzas, Mooneys, Cirrus, Pipers, Barons to name a few. Each has its pluses and minuses. Thank you Josh (and Kevin) for sharing this video on YouTube.
Great work performance
@Aviation101 to answer your question, NO! I would not recommend buying a 337. You get the cost and complexity of a twin with the performance of a 182 verging on 206 as far as load and speed go, with less interior space than the 206. These are the reasons the 337 wasn't as popular as Cessna's conventional twins even when new. For the money, IMHO you'd be better served with a 310. At least with the 310, you get rather higher speed to make you feel like the expense of the 2nd engine is worth something. Besides, although the 337 always has centerline thrust with 1 engine out, that rear engine is rather less efficient than the front due to having to eat the air disturbed by the front engine and the fuselage pod. And all that makes the rear engine's air supply for both combustion and cooling more difficult than with a conventional twin, So basically, you get about 1.5 or so engines worth of power while still having to pay for 2.
I love the skymaster as well. However my vote would be the RV10. Good useful load, low cost to operate, great cruise speed.
I live 5 minutes from SMX. Lunch is on me if you’re still in the area.
yes
Didn't the FAA remove the centerline thrust limitation on MEL in 2018?
Yes Josh I would encourage you to get a Cessna Skymaster!There is this other GA YouTuber channel called “TomAir” .Tom owns Cessna Skymaster C-GRBR in Canada & has done 3 YouTube videos with his Skymaster.Encourage you to get one .Would be great to have to have another Skymaster owner doing regular YouTube videos.Even got one still flying here in New Zealand.Go for it!