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The Cessna Skymaster is a United States twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a push-pull configuration. Its engines are mounted in the nose and rear of its pod-style fuselage. Twin booms extend aft of the wings to the vertical stabilizers, with the rear engine between them. The horizontal stabilizer is aft of the pusher propeller, mounted between and connecting the two booms. The combined tractor and pusher engines produce a unique sound.
The first Skymaster, model 336, had fixed landing gear and first flew on February 28, 1961. It went into production in May 1963, and 195 were produced through mid 1964.
The Skymaster handles differently from a conventional twin-engine aircraft, primarily in that if an engine fails, the plane will not yaw toward that engine. Without the issue of differential thrust inherent to conventional (engine-on-wing) twins, engine failure on takeoff will not produce yaw from the runway heading. Flying a Skymaster requires a pilot to hold a multi-engine rating, although many countries issue a special "centerline thrust rating" for the Skymaster and other similarly configured aircraft.
In my opinion, this aeroplane is really one of the weirdest aeroplane I have ever seen. Still, I would certainly like to have it..!!
The first Skymaster, model 336, had fixed landing gear and first flew on February 28, 1961. It went into production in May 1963, and 195 were produced through mid 1964.
The Skymaster handles differently from a conventional twin-engine aircraft, primarily in that if an engine fails, the plane will not yaw toward that engine. Without the issue of differential thrust inherent to conventional (engine-on-wing) twins, engine failure on takeoff will not produce yaw from the runway heading. Flying a Skymaster requires a pilot to hold a multi-engine rating, although many countries issue a special "centerline thrust rating" for the Skymaster and other similarly configured aircraft.
In my opinion, this aeroplane is really one of the weirdest aeroplane I have ever seen. Still, I would certainly like to have it..!!
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