making just comments.
Gordon Bennett!....You're advocating posters should start making
unjust comments?
tut tut, It.s already been refuted.....GtE's remarks were even-handed and objective.....Perhaps you're one of those eople who refuse to accept that the Ford Mondeo is not the pinnacle of automotive engineering and driver-satisfaction.?
IMHO, the way forward for Cessna would to have been building the Rotax under license.....creates American jobs (offsets the loss in lycosaurus sales by expanding the market) so, the punter gets a better donk, Cessna get a bigger margin , the objection to Chinese airframe sub-contracting is partly defused and everyone's a winner!
If my reading of history is correct, the original RR Merlin was a triumph of individual hand-fitting and building... The Packard (USA) version was far more consistent,precise and less labour-intensive I suspect it was vastly cheaper to produce as well.....the downside was that parts were incompatible with a RR version.
I'm sure it's not beyond the vast manufacturing resources of the USA to produce a licensed Rotax, or even, as they did, scratch-design a 21st. century engine for GA. Jabiru had that opportunity and blew it. That A maker of Microlight 2-strokes can reach respected Certified status in ~10 years, shows it can be done.
A properly thought-out "skycatcher" could still find a market....the fact that this one didn't, points to inept management.