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Cessna's Corvalis TTX, the

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April 5, 2012 12 Pictures

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Florida. There it announced that its luxury single-pilot aircraft, the Cessna
Corvalis TTX, has entered production. The new aircraft, proclaimed by
Cessna to be the "world's fastest fixed-gear aircraft," will replace the old
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The four-seater aircraft is powered by a turbocharged, fuel-injected, six- X3 hits 255 knots
cylinder Continental Motor TCM TSIO-550-C engine which maxes out at
310 hp, granting a maximum speed of 235 knots (435 km/h). The aircraft has
a usable fuel capacity of 102 US gallons (386 liters) allowing a range of 1,250
nautical miles (2,315 km) at economy-cruise speeds. With a certified ceiling
of 25,000 feet (7,620 meters) - Cessna claims the TTX is capable of flying
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12 Comments

650.000 $ for a single piston engine and fixed gear. They are
becoming crazy.
The future is not that. CESSNA takes the same way as KODAK, for
sure.
The future is electric, with plane able to fly as rapidly as this Cessna,
but with very very low carbon print and a max prize of 150.000 $.
That's the future.
150.000$ - 150 knots - FL 150 - and no burned FUEL!!! General aviation
needs a rebirth. Single Piston Engine are Not Part of that Rebirth.
Facebook User
5th April, 2012 @ 09:54 am PDT

I used to live in Corvallis! Seems like a nice set up, I saw one of the
older TT's last year but this seems like a very good upgrade and the
speed is fantastic! The price is a bit over the top, will be curios to see
if they can sell any?
mrhuckfin
5th April, 2012 @ 02:23 pm PDT

Roger.....no.
It might be close to $15)k, but the batteries are going to need
replacing more than the motor will. How expensive is the battery
pack?
I know the one of the supecars is $120,000 but you need to replace
the battery pack every three years at $40,000.
Adding to that, you must not have read closely as this airplane will do
well over 200knots. It's pricey, but so are Corvettes and Porsches.
VoiceofReason
5th April, 2012 @ 04:05 pm PDT

Too bad it's only a single-seater.

Tell me, Roger Wielgus. How is the electricity for your batteries
generated? That's right, by burning fossil fuels. The carbon footprint is
going to be lower since power plants are more efficient, but it's
definitely not "very little". Combine that with the sheer weight of such
a battery pack and the in sustainability of building one (it's more about
replacing every existing motor with current technology) in the first
place, and it turns out it isn't that good of an idea actually.
Fretting Freddy the Ferret pressing the Fret
6th April, 2012 @ 08:52 am PDT

@Roger
What? It's a six cylinder engine. It's extremely rare to find single piston

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engines outside of walk-behind lawn mowers or other lawn care

equipment. Scooters, perhaps. Also you can get much more range per
unit of weight using aviation fuel than you can with any current
battery system.
Facebook User
6th April, 2012 @ 09:22 am PDT

@Roger Wielgus; In the future I hope all your dreams come true. Do
you think that Cessna is is capable of building your electric dream
airplane?
Dennis Roberts
6th April, 2012 @ 01:03 pm PDT

Fretting, where did oyu read that it is a single seater? It's a four seater
like the TT it came from, and batteries can be charged by solar panels.
Paul Smith
6th April, 2012 @ 07:27 pm PDT

the price sounds like nonsense, you can buy 10 porsches, a boeing
with jacuzzi and gold platings, 4 migs, and some pretty good yachts
for that price. what makes it so special? the company is not selling
many?
Facebook User
7th April, 2012 @ 01:50 am PDT

Waouh. It would to complicated to answer every question.

1. If electricity is today generated by fossil fuels, it is not the goal of
true environmental concerned people as I am. We cannot continue
that way.
I am an enthusiast of aviation since I was 5 years old. I passed my PPL
IR license during the eighties. Now I am 60, and I stopped flying,
because I consider it as a egocentric activity which is not necessary to
our planet.
In the same time, I dream of the rebirth of general aviation, but on a
other way, and that's why I believe that Cessna executives are as
stupid as were the Kodak ones.
Facebook User
7th April, 2012 @ 09:12 am PDT

Is this 235KIAS (Knots Indicated Airspeed) or ground speed. If it is

KIAS at which pressure and altitude?
slarmas
9th April, 2012 @ 11:41 am PDT

Buy a Cozy Mark IV and save some cash.

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Cruise speed: 190 kn; 350 km/h (220 mph) @ 75% power
But the Corvalis TTX has the looks.
Steve Vollmar
10th April, 2012 @ 05:26 am PDT

Mr. "VoiceofReason" makes his usual mistakes in favor of old

fashioned fuelishness and opposed to the electric economies
proposed here. Batteries are composed of cells. The battery pack in
any vehicle will not need to be replaced at any more cost or
frequency than the rebuild cost of the engine it replaces as we gain
confidence with the technology. That pack will then be rebuilt by
replacing just the weak cells and sold, perhaps to another purpose.
When and if he has the chance to look back on his comments twenty
years hence he may do so with the regret of those who would say
"Get a Horse" one hundred years ago. Cessna will by then be selling
this plane in an electric, low maintenance version.
Paul Gracey
7th May, 2012 @ 01:30 pm PDT

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