I've always thought the P337 had ramp appeal because it looks unusual. Here is a nice one for sale.

http://www.controller.com/listingsdetail/aircraft-for-sale/CESSNA-P337-SKYROCKET/1976-CESSNA-P337-SKYROCKET/1319627.htm

What do you like about them?
What do you dislike about them?
Are they maintenance pigs?
Do they fly LOP?

IMO they are noisy and have no baggage room.

I was thinking the same about the luggage, and the one in the ad has a luggage pod added to the bottom.

Never thought about the noise, but with the engine sitting out front, makes sense. Wondering how much the noise the rear engine makes?

That's the reputation.

Unlike conventional twins, the engines are packed into tight compartments that are hard to work on.

And then you add the folding leg Cessna landing gear which isn't the most reliable.

And then you add a rear engine which can suffer cooling problems (it depends on the prop wash from the front engine to cool it while on the ground).

For the same money and less aggravation, buy a 310 or a Baron. They will run circles around a Skymasher.

Mike C.

Run.....

I can't speak to the Skyrocket but I have a regular P337. I haven't had any particular maintenance issues that would be specific to the airframe and my P337 is in annual now so I can provide more data soon on maintenance expenses.

Contrary to what others have said, the P337 is not noisy at all. I can hardly hear the rear engine start and that's without headsets on. Possibly non "P" models are louder. The P is also a five place airplane as it doesn't have a second exit so cannot be certified as a six place airplane. Luggage goes where the sixth seat would be.

Look for other threads here that I have replied to but I get in the low 182 KTAS on 10.6 GPH per engine LOP at 65% power. ROP or higher power settings give faster TAS, of course.

Pressurization is wonderful !

The 337 reminds me of the piper tomahawk. Lots of people with no or little experience in the make have all kinds of opinions about how they suck when the opposite is true. I can defend the t hawk till the cows come home and I just get a blank look follow by, "yea but it doesn't have all the spars, won't recover from a spin, blah blah blah...". Oh well. Any way it is good to hear from people who own the plane.