Question About Cessna Skymaster?

[fastpat]

Originally posted by t6dpilot
To address the first question in this thread...
Our company used to have a 337. It is a great concept, but for what ever reason, poor execution. We used to joke that when you shut the hanger door, parts would fall off. We later purchased a pressurized version and can you say $$$$$$$$$$ in maintenance costs. It just seems that the prop wash going over the fuselage meets the rear prop wash and beats the airframe to death. I loved flying it - kind of a little fighter plane.

I also echo the Twin Beech comments. I love that airplane - she is a real sweetheart to fly. Tim's '59 C-310 is a damn cool bird too. I have lusted for one of those for a long time also. Well, any 310 would do...

We, back when I was more involved in aviation, used to say that the Skymaster, called a Skysmasher by some, was one of the few airplanes that sounded like it was flying formation with itself. Weird prop induced sympathetic resonances off the tail assemblies I think.

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[David McLaughlin]

Originally posted by jyl
OK, I am not a pilot and very likely will never be. Nevertheless I think airplanes are very cool.
One light plane I've always thought was neat is the old Cessna Skymaster, the push-pull inline twin. Not sure why, maybe because it is so unusual.
Question is, what do pilots think about it? And why? I get the impression that it is not a very well regarded plane, as light aircraft go.
P.S. Of course, I now think the Adam A500 is neat.

Who say's you can't be a pilot ...
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