Sonoma Flight Center Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Flight Design to set for a press release today for the first flight of the C4. Here is an advance look at the C4's first flight Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Cesnalis Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 I guess they know how fast it goes now? At least with dirty feet. The cantilevered wing looks good in the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastEddieB Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Looks a lot better in flight than some of the photos on the ground. Am I seeing what look like tuned exhausts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbigs Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Remember, they are going after alternative fuel and noise abatement...two things the USA customers don't care about. But are packing it with everything needed to wipe out Cessna on both their much more expensive and less capable Skyhawk and Skylane products. Stick instead of yoke, Garmin G3x instead of G1000, BRS parachute versus none on Cessnas, cruise at 155ktas versus Skyhawks 125ktas and Skylanes 156ktas, and useful load of 1320lbs versus Skyhawks 900lbs and Skylanes 1020lbs. The fuel burn will also destroy Skyhawk and even the turbo version of Skylane. And the takeoff and landing distances for the C4 dwarf the heavy metal 50 year old designs of Cessna. Price? Well the C4 will be 2/3rd the price of Skyhawk, less than half the price of Skylane. The big trick of course is will FD be able to make enough to meet demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CT4ME Posted April 14, 2015 Report Share Posted April 14, 2015 Flying Mag's account... http://www.flyingmag.com/news/flight-design-c4-makes-first-flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CT4ME Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 AOPA article: http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2015/April/14/Flight-Design-C4-flies AERO-News: http://www.aero-news.net/AnnTicker.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=526a7cda-5e5b-405d-b168-acfc9d9f9c4f Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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