Cessna O-2A Skymaster practicing engine out procedures

[@accountingstepbystep2229]

Fantastic airplane! Thanks for sharing the video!

[@GereDJ2]

"Huff and Puff", I always thought this was a pretty cool airplane even with it's built-in issues.

[@JuanSanchez-zg7ti]

i worked on the 0-2A at pleiku in 1969. my friend capt. Landron from Bayamon, Perto Rico was a FAC pilot on one of these.

[@Flying_Snakes]

Favorite of all airplanes, but for now still driving a 182.

[@TheObserver258]

The O-2A should have defeathering accumulators. When the prop control was moved foreword the prop should have come out of feather. It didn't. Why?

[@stingginner1012]

In 1971 at Danang with the 20TASS a O-2A had a front gear fail to retract and would not go down ether. We were short of front propeller so the pilot was told to shut down the front engine. The pilot was told to feather the front propeller but got confused and feathered the rear. The aircraft was a glider at this point and landed short of the south end of the runway. An Army helicopter saw the crash and picked up the pilot keeping the 37ARRS from getting credit for another save. The pilot was transferred to a B-52 unit. On another note, a question about the O-2A center of balance. Our aircraft in Vietnam had so many radios/avionics that the elevator had to be adjusted to fly level. So top end speed wasn't what was advertised. This post Vietnam O-2A does it have this problem?

[@nengsihhanifah3103]

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[@pilot3016]

Always wondered how long for va feathered prop to stop rotation.. thanks!

[@vovak5264]

Хороша птица, обзор из кабины отличный!!?

[@AviationVideosNL]

Да!

[@thud9797]

Can you fly like this? Like slow speed for survey or inspection work?

[@AviationVideosNL]

No, it is not supposed to fly on one engine. The O-2 is also very underpowered on one engine.

[@stories-myhalfcenturyasapi3978]

Thud979. I disagree with Joost's answer. The O-2 and the 337 are actually quite capable on one engine, as long as it is the rear engine. I have shut down an engine in both the O-2 over Vietnam and in the 337 over Kosovo, over Iraq and over Alaska. The thing to remember is that the hydraulic pump on the front engine powers landing gear extension. The alternate gear extension with a pump lever between the front seats requires an insane number of pump strokes. P.S. I flew the Thud for 6 years. I'm assuming that you also flew that wonderful machine.

[@rudyho3790]

That would be captioned. 'mixture - Lean!

[@julianhogan1549]

After you put gear up, the gear lights are amber then neither are on.

[@wernerhoerning2230]

MELHOR AINDA.

[@thatfeeble-mindedboy]

Engine out is a a non-event in one of these ... possibly the most under-utilized, under-appreciated, and under-explored aircraft, and aircraft DESIGN concepts in aviation history. All the while, Cessna has treated these with very little less than contempt, as if they were actually ashamed of them, despite the undisputed fact they ended up as a mil-spec, 6- place, 260 mph traveling-machine that flies at over 30,000 ft, and has a range of 1000 nm or better. I’d be willing to bet that all the advancements of this line, from the humble fixed-gear 336 all the way through the supercharged and pressurized Super Skymaster (and everything in between) - all faced an uphill battle among the ‘suits’ at Cessna, but at least they were willing to acquiesce to customer demand and to sales figures. If it weren’t for Vietnam, no one would even know what one of these IS, much less seen them remain in production as long as it did. Par for the course for Cessna, who dropped the ball (IMHO), by not offering an aggressivey updated A-37 Dragonfly II to be a contender for the U.S. military’s request for a new ‘light ground attack platform. Do they just not want to sell airplanes anymore?

[@eugenemcilhargie1042]

A

[@simonnomis5302]

what about the issue with the aft propeler hub fault?it could break a prop to the boom..