Single engine Cessna Skymaster

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15 жыл бұрын

A United States Navy owned and operated 1976 Cessna O-2A/337H retrofitted with a larger rear engine, and no front engine, came to the airport today, and I had to make a video of it. I'm a very big fan of Skymasters, and have seen pictures of these retrofits before, but never in person.

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@JimForeman 6 жыл бұрын

I once ferried a Skymaster from Topeka, Kansas to COS with the front engine dead.

@PatrickLipsinic 10 жыл бұрын

This is a Cessna O-2A Pelican. The nose conversion is made Zivko Aeronautics. The engine in the rear is changed from the IO-360 to a IO-550N 310hp.

@HugoDBPHuguenot 10 жыл бұрын

What the hell is the role of this thing... drone chasing?? There were were experiments with existing 0-2's during the Vietnam war to build a STOL aircraft as an air ambulance by ditching all of the extra radios the FACs carried and moving the rear engine up slightly... one or two patients could be loaded. Having flown Skymasters, that seems like it obviate the advantages of perfectly tuned centerline thrust and made the aircraft really hard to fly. I've seen similar configurations with both engines unchanged, but loading for patients thru the belly (not much room to clear).

@regressmenot 10 жыл бұрын

Hugo DBPHuguenot I read on another video that this is "A US Navy single engine Cessna O-2 Skymaster with a Multi-Spectral Targeting System (sensor pod)". More info on the Multi-Spectral Targeting System here: www.raytheon.com/capabilities/products/mts/

@PatrickLipsinic 8 жыл бұрын

www.cirpas.org/pelican.html

@josephdupont 5 жыл бұрын

They made a turbo prop version... which carried passengers and fast. never caught on.

@MrNorthernRed 13 жыл бұрын

Very interesting airplane- I'd read about a company that did single-engine conversions, but those were to a turboprop (P&W PT-6?), this one seems to have a big piston engine, like something out of an old Piper Comanche 400. Thanks for posting!

@zanjani13 15 жыл бұрын

love the plane nice!

@krlos116 14 жыл бұрын

love it

@rubychung5266 4 жыл бұрын

A cessna f337g into a O2 with the 337g windows then removed the front engine

@Lanny615 14 жыл бұрын

I wonder if its a 206 engine in the back?

@hodgejr 15 жыл бұрын

What a bizarre 337...would you happen to know what engine they placed in the back?

@maxsmodels 14 жыл бұрын

Conroy did a mod like that

@Rangerboycustom 15 жыл бұрын

i agree its strange

@puenteselgueta 14 жыл бұрын

Wow, looks amazing, but, how sure is flying it? Certainly the engine should be a powerful one. I love this airplane, I've flown it and it's really nice. I made a coverage of the history of this airplane, why this unusual way to install the engines, but it's in Spanish, anyway, here's the link. Regards, Fabián Puentes.

@donaldtreadwell257 6 жыл бұрын

Fabian Puentes I

@TheCannonofMohammed 13 жыл бұрын

I guess this is great because you can carry a few extra bags in the nose, but you can't tell me that engine-out safety hasn't suffered.

@armoredtuktuk 12 жыл бұрын

How much horsepower is it, once I get my private pilots license, I want to rent one and fly it but of course it has to be below 200hp for me to fly it. What beauty!

@rogertycholiz2218 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry - 300bhp!

@ohwell2790 5 жыл бұрын

These for obvious reasons are not for rent, duh!