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Old 30th October 2009 | 20:37
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smarthawke
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The Groundcatcher is certainly an interesting project.

The original prototype had a Rotax 912 in the nose but then the Americans said they would prefer something proudly built in the USofA hence a lightened weight non-modern O-200 was put in and 25-50lbs of useful load was instantly thrown in the woods.

Arguably it looked prettier after it met the desert nose on. I note that the spin-fix tail (dorsal fin etc) doesn't appear to be on the first 'production' kit flown in China - wonder what the final look will be at the back end. How many sales did Cessna lose out on when they announced the manufacturing was to be done 'off-shore'?

Ab-initios climbing into it (and that's a laugh in itself trying to do that) won't know any better but the stick moves very unnaturally from side to side - bit like a car heater slider control.

It will sell because it's a Cessna. Will it be the best two seater/LSA on the market? Nope...
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