25 Pounds Lighter... and Whole Lot More!
While Cessna's C-162 SkyCatcher was first shown to the public as
a Rotax powered vehicle, the ultimate powerplant selection by
Cessna dictated that the front end be filled by a powerplant
well-known to Cessna flyers the world over -- the Teledyne
Continental O-200... and not just any O-200, but a new variant,
this one lighter and updated to current needs, called the
O-200D.
The Proof-Of-Concept bird first flew with a 100-hp Continental
O-200 engine on Aug. 17, 2007, just a few days aftwer the final
configuration was unveiled to the world on the grounds of Oshkosh.
Cessna explained that the TCM O-200D was selected due to perceived
"advantages in operations, warranty and maintenance."
The Teledyne Continental Motors O-200D is an aircooled,
horizontally opposed, four cylinder, naturally aspirated, spark
ignited, four stroke, direct drive engine incorporating a wet sump,
updraft intake, carburetor, and down draft tuned exhaust
system.
The engine is designed with the capability to operate on 100LL
aviation fuel, has been lightened by some 25 pounds over previous
iterations, and has a maximum continuous rating of 100 hp at 2800
RPM with a compression ratio of 8.5:1.
The time between overhaul is 2000 hours or 12 years, whichever
occurs first. Expected fuel efficiency will enable the SkyCatcher
to achieve an average fuel consumption of less than six gallons per
hour. The Cessna installation will drive a two-bladed fixed-pitch
composite propeller.
Aero-TV Checks Out The NEW Continental
O-200D!!!
About Aero-TV: It's DEFINITELY Show
Time!!!!
OK, folks, here we go... we are NOW initiating the first
feature programming series for Aero-TV... we're going to take it
slow, but we're also going to try and be steady about this. DO
UNDERSTAND that this is the most complex media program we've ever
undertaken and what you're seeing is just the tip of the iceberg...
but from here on out, we will be doing our best to educate,
inform, and entertain YOU about all aspects of the exciting worlds
of aviation and aerospace.
If you've been an observer of the media and associated media
industries over the last few years, it's not hard to mistake the
fact that a massive revolution is taking place. Old sources for
news and information are falling by the wayside, having to change
their modus operandi or risk obsolescence (or extinction).
Electronic media and print media are both under the assault of
progress, and the online world has been a cornerstone for
revolutionary change.
We've been ready to go for a while, but to be honest, there's so
much more to this program than we've alluded to, and so we've been
building and planning a massive new organization within ANN. That
said, we're hiring talented new people as
fast as we can find them (a far more difficult
task than we had imagined -- REALLY good people are hard to find),
and we're brainstorming at speeds that would make a deorbiting
Space Shuttle feel like a slug. Suffice it to say that we wanted to
do this right, rather than right-now, and that the development of
this program has been the most carefully pursued undertaking we've
ever undertaken.
E-I-C Note: The
complete feature shown above is embedded in this
story, with most of the slick and useful functionality
otherwise available on the main Aero-TV site (which will be
upgraded aggressively over the next few weeks). The ability to
embed a video on another web page is but one of the hundreds
of amazing little features that we've worked hard on, for many
months now, to implement in different phases of the initial
release of Aero-TV. It is, BY NO MEANS, the only way to enjoy
unaltered Aero-TV programming on other parts of the web... as we
have extensive plans for future functionality, but this
feature allows those with an interest in a specific Aero-TV News or
Feature program to embed it on a different web site, though we
must note that we reserve the right to forbid such use for those
sites or purposes that we do not feel fit in with the proper
mission of the Aero-News Network, Inc.
Webmasters or Administrators of well-trafficked aviation or
aerospace related sites, are welcome to contact the Publisher to
start conversations on how they may be able to leverage some of the
immense power of Aero-TV programming for their sites and
constituency by clicking the I Want Aero-TV For
MY Website! link.
Coming Soon!
Aero-TV Shows You How To Build A Glasair Sportsman
2+2 in RECORD TIME, Covers The Unveiling of Eurocopter's
EC-175, Sees Some AMAZING Flying At E-Fest!!!, Flies The Piper
Matrix, Gets A Briefing On Sikorsky's AMAZING X2 Program, Hears
What's Hot At Blue Mountain Avionics, Gets Some GREAT Rotax
Lessons, More On Gobosh--This Time, Though, On the NEW G800!,
Checks Out More "HIGH" Tech at I/ITSEC 2007, Hears From AOPA
On Critical Aviation Issues, Spills Some Juicy (and HIGHLY
Detailed) Cirrus G3 Info, Catches Up On ALL Things SkyCatcher,
Scores A BUNCH of LSA Reports, and SO MUCH MORE!!!!! Do NOT
Miss Them!
ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (04.30.25)
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