Cessna bought Columbia. Thats why its the C-400.
Cessna bought Columbia. Thats why its the C-400.
And as for the 400's... MWAH!
I wish they would of renumbered it. A 400 series Cessna to me is a twin engine aircraft!
Flying a Cessna 400 is probably like snorting cocaine off a hooker's boobies.
Rrrrrrrrright
Change the name of the airplane that beat the mooney.
Then why not keep the name Columbia and treat it like a division of Cessna. Like the Chevy/Cadillac theory?
Flying a Cessna 400 is probably like snorting cocaine off a hooker's boobies.
Anyone flown one?
About 500 hours in the 350 (same as the 400 just non-turboed). Freaking fantastic airplane! Much more of a pilots airplane than the Cirrus and an all around great cross country machine.
Rrrrrrrrright
Change the name of the airplane that beat the mooney.
Beat the Mooney at what?
A fligjt school in VA has one but the mins are very high (IR with 250 plus hours, completed ground school for the plane, and 3 training flights of 10 hours total. Way to much to take a joy ride in once.
Aviation adventures?
I agree with the ground school since you are dealing with O2 and a bunch of other stuff most planes dont have. But 10 hours in the plane? I mean damn, it took me less time to get my private multi add-on.
But people are paying it and renting it. One of the first guys to rent it took it down to Florida and made it from Northern VA to Florida in just over 3 hours, and flew in the flight levels using the O2. It would be pretty awesome to get checked out in it when I can afford it, which wont be for years.
... I guess I'm probably the only one still obsessing over single engine recips on this forum so i'll explain.
Mooney was going to be beat soundly by the 400 as the fastest airplane. Mooney came up with the acclaim 3 to counter the 400. Ended up being knots of difference between the two in cruise but the final product but both claim the "worlds fastest certified single engine recip on the planet, period".
Mooney's marketing was always, "this is the fastest certified single engine recip on the planet". Cirrus tried to beat it and failed; they are 3rd rate at best, in this competition. The Columbia rounded beat Mooney in ever sense of the word and Mooney had to come up with the Acclaim 3 to beat the Columbia. Side by side tests in real world airplanes show the 400 is faster but there was going to be a big "fly off" by both manufacturers to settle the issue once and for all (i don't know what ever happened to it, to my knowledge it didn't happen). POH data says Mooney is faster and some have shown their Mooney's to be faster than the 400 with data from the Garmin 1000. Mooney did have a fly off back in April that Columbia did not attend and won the race against everything, including the home builts. I'm a Mooney fan (obviously) but the 400 is giving the Mooney a run for it's money, and in some races won.
I'm rambling and my geek is showing so I'm gonna stop and shutup. Anyway, that's why the 400 beat the Mooney.