Cessna 337

ahw01 said:


is there one to rent anywhere?
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There are two at my home field. One of them was in the mx hangar for annual the other day and I got a good look at it up close. Really cool airplane.

Don't know of one for rent, but I imagine you could get a ride or two if you got in touch with the type-specific forum.
 
ahw01 said:


is there one to rent anywhere?
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If you want to go slow and make a LOT of noise this is the plane for you. The aft prop traveling in disturbed air is noisy and inefficient. I did ride in one BHS ( Before Headsets), it was really loud in the cockpit.

I believe the owner of the Big Bear Airport flight school still owns two of them. He’s paralyzed below the waist so it’s the perfect twin for him. The USFS rents or charters them from the flight school. Don’t know if he rents them to people off the street. I know if you get a ME in a 337 it only good for Centerline Thrust. If you have a ME from a conventional ME aircraft is anything special required to fly a 337?

When I was based at Corona KAJO a 337 owner landed gear up twice. He was unable to get insurance on a retractable aircraft (what a surprise). So he pinned the gear down and added wheel pants turning his 337 into a 336.

Other planes to consider would be the “PintoMaster”.

 
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fholbert said:
If you want to go slow and make a LOT of noise this is the plane for you. The aft prop traveling in disturbed air is noisy and inefficient. I did ride in one BHS ( Before Headsets), it was really loud in the cockpit.

I believe the owner of the Big Bear Airport flight school still owns two of them. He’s paralyzed below the waist so it’s the perfect twin for him. The USFS rents or charters them from the flight school. Don’t know if he rents them to people off the street. I know if you get a ME in a 337 it only good for Centerline Thrust. If you have a ME from a conventional ME aircraft is anything special required to fly a 337?

When I was based at Corona KAJO a 337 owner landed gear up twice. He was unable to get insurance on a retractable aircraft (what a surprise). So he pinned the gear down and added wheel pants turning his 337 into a 336.

Other planes to consider would be the “PintoMaster”.

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When I was a very small lad a friend of my father (not sure how or why) was involved in that debacle, he refused to speak of it.
 
knot4u said:
When I was a very small lad a friend of my father (not sure how or why) was involved in that debacle, he refused to speak of it.
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fholbert said:
I know if you get a ME in a 337 it only good for Centerline Thrust. If you have a ME from a conventional ME aircraft is anything special required to fly a 337?
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Negative. From a regulatory standpoint, if you earned your multi in a traditional twin; Seminole, Seneca, Apache/ Aztec, TravelAir (BE95), Baron, DA42, etc., then you can hop in and fly. Insurance will have something to say about it.

For a little while military pilots doing a conversion to civilian were being issued centerline thrust limitations due to the distance between engines on the fighters. I forgot what the measurements were, and maybe it is still a thing, but funny to see a Navy pilot that’s checked out in an after burning F/A-18 get slapped with the same limitation as a Cessna Skymaster pilot.
 
CFI A&P said:
Negative. From a regulatory standpoint, if you earned your multi in a traditional twin; Seminole, Seneca, Apache/ Aztec, TravelAir (BE95), Baron, DA42, etc., then you can hop in and fly. Insurance will have something to say about it.

For a little while military pilots doing a conversion to civilian were being issued centerline thrust limitations due to the distance between engines on the fighters. I forgot what the measurements were, and maybe it is still a thing, but funny to see a Navy pilot that’s checked out in an after burning F/A-18 get slapped with the same limitation as a Cessna Skymaster pilot.
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Any airplane that didn't have a Vmc published would get a military pilot stuck with the "centerline thrust" restriction. IIRC, the T-38, F-18, F-15, F-111, and F-14 all were "centerline thrust" (which was really ironic since the F-14 apparently had a serious single engine yaw).
 
Just for reference, a stock Ford Pinto was a lightweight (2,270 lbs). The closest contemporary cars are a Hyundai Accent, Nissan Versa, or a Kia Soul with with a weightloss program.
 
As of August 2018, the FAA decided to do away with the centerline thrust restriction category (so if you fly an aircraft with no VMC, you will receive a multiengine rating with no restrictions). If you received your certificate before the rule change, your ratings will show the centerline thrust restriction.
 
There are always a few of these parked in Gallatin, TN (KXNX). Apparently there is a maintenance shop that specializes in them.
 
There is a guy based at my field that flies one over open water almost daily. Apparently he used to have a Mooney. I'd rather have the Mooney as well but I guess he got tired of tempting fate.
 
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