I agree with Ernie Martin and Roger.
I have a degree in Aerospace Engineering and an MBA. I own and operate Commodore Aerospace Corp where we specialize exclusively in Skymaster 337 and 0-2 aircraft. I spent 15 yrs in the aerospace industry at GE, LTV, McDonald Douglas, Bell Aerospace and my last 25 yrs working for the USAF at Tinker AFB depot. In my carreer I worked advanced aircraft designs, testing and analysis, aircraft accident investigations, aircraft stuctures, and aging aircraft corrosion research.
With my background and experiece I can appreciate the extensive "slide rule era" engineering Cessna people did in designing the safest small twin aircraft, the 337 and 0-2 Skymasters. At Commodore Aerospace we try very hard to not quickly change the original Cessna design unless we have done a very careful and extensive analysis. Ernie is right, any change or mod must be analyzed using a "Systems Engineering" approach because everything is interrelated.
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