The Cessna Skymaster is an American twin-engine civil utility aircraft with a push-pull layout: one engine sits in the nose and one at the rear of a pod fuselage, with twin booms carrying the tail. Because the combined thrust acts along the centreline, an engine failure does not yaw the aircraft toward the dead engine. The fixed-gear Model 336 first flew on 28 February 1961 and entered production in May 1963, and the larger Model 337 Super Skymaster, with retractable gear and more powerful engines, followed in February 1965, with a turbocharged T337 in 1966 and a pressurized P337G in 1973. Cessna built 2,993 Skymasters of all variants, including 513 military O-2 versions. American production ended in 1982 but continued in France under Reims.
Facts
Engine Class Top Speed (km/h) Maximum Mass (kg) Engine2 x Continental IO-360-C air-cooled flat-six piston engine, 210 hp each 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
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Development
The first Skymaster, Model 336 Skymaster, had fixed landing gear and initially flew on February 28, 1961. It went into production in May 1963 with 195 being produced through mid-1964.
Specifications (337D)
Powerplant: 2 × Continental IO-360-C air-cooled flat-six piston engine, 210 hp (160 kW) each
Specifications (337D), empty weight
Empty weight: 2,655 lb (1,204 kg)
Specifications (337D), maximum takeoff weight
Max takeoff weight: 4,400 lb (1,996 kg)
Specifications (337D), maximum speed
Maximum speed: 199 mph (320 km/h, 173 kn) at sea level
Development, production total
Cessna built 2993 Skymasters of all variants, including 513 military O-2 versions. Production in America ended in 1982, but was continued by Reims in France, with the FTB337 STOL and the military FTMA Milirole.
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The Cessna Skymaster is an American twin-engine civil utility aircraft built in a push-pull configuration.
Development, status
Cessna built 2993 Skymasters of all variants, including 513 military O-2 versions. Production in America ended in 1982, but was continued by Reims in France, with the FTB337 STOL and the military FTMA Milirole.
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