Marc Cook talks with Neal Willford, Cessna Aircraft’s project engineer on the 162 SkyCatcher. Neal was kind enough to share the inside scoop on the SkyCatcher’s journey to market.
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Down to Earth
When it came to choosing a kit aircraft to build, columnist Amy Laboda and her husband opted for a metal design, in part because it would be resistant to destruction by lightning strike and also because fatigue is easier to detect in metal than it is in a composite plane. However, new nanotube technology, if integrated into composite construction material, could not only help identify wear problems, but also potentially heal them.